Sheetal Karwa
Scrum & ISTQB Certified QA Leader | 14+ Years in QA, Automation & Project Delivery
Pune
Summary
Results-driven Scrum and ISTQB Certified Professional with over 14 years of extensive experience in manual and automation testing. Proficient in the Software Test Life Cycle (STLC) and Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), with a strong track record in creating and executing test cases, managing test data, and effectively logging and tracking defects. Solid knowledge of databases, UNIX, SQL queries, and Java, along with a comprehensive understanding of FIX format and USA Equities. Recognized for exceptional communication skills, a strong work ethic, and the ability to thrive in both team-oriented and independent settings, with a willingness to travel for critical project needs.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
QA Lead
Value Add Softtech Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
02.2025 - 08.2025
- WSB is an investment management system that provides funding to builders
- Involved in manual testing of web application
- Responsible for test case review, functional testing, and regression testing
- Provided product functionality knowledge sharing session
- Responsible for managing all QA resources in Value Add Softtech
- Involved in requirement gathering, UAT demos and recording demo videos for various modules.
- Involved in Domain knowledge sessions conducted by WSB team
- Simultaneously Worked as PM for WSB CapReal project
- Project: WSB CapReal
- Client: WSB
- Team Size: 4
QA Lead
Value Add Softtech
Pune
07.2024 - 02.2025
- AOB (Agent Onboarding) is a web based application. It involves agent’s registration and overall agent training program. After completing agent training program agent can start working under different market centers
- Involved in manual testing of web application
- Responsible for test case review, functional testing, and regression testing
- Provided product functionality knowledge sharing session
- Responsible for managing all QA resources in Value Add Softech
- Involved in requirement gathering, UAT demos and recording demo videos for various modules.
- Project: Agent On Boarding
- Client: Quantum 8
- Team Size: 2
- Responsibilities: Sheetal Karwa
QA Lead
Value Add Softtech
Pune
09.2021 - 01.2024
- Xirify is B2B and B2C application. It is connecting local shopkeeper /vendors to people in surrounding area.
- Involved in manual testing of mobile and web application
- Responsible for test case review, functional testing, and regression testing
- Provided product functionality knowledge sharing session
- Responsible for managing all QA resources in Value Add Softtech
- Conducted UAT demos for various modules.
- Project: Xirify
- Client: Value Add Softtech
- Team Size: 4
- Responsibilities: Sheetal Karwa
Senior QA Engineer (Automation Selenium)
Synechron Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
09.2016 - 09.2017
- Worked on project equities trading application, securities services application, Trade eligibility and execution applications.
- Automation using Fidessa-JOAL-API
- Worked on web as well api automation using java, selenium web driver, maven,junit/testng, cucumber BDD and Jenkins, git, stash.
- Handled Test Automation, enhancing framework, Scripts creation and execution, reporting within the framework.
- Identified the test scenarios and designed Test cases for various modules.
- Executed and verified the automated script results.
- Conducted Smoke, Regression, Retesting and UAT for various modules.
- Project: Fidessa
- Client: HSBC
- Team Size: 6
- Environment: Selenium Web driver 2.53, Eclipse, Intellij IDEA, Java 8, TestNG, Cucumber
QA Engineer
SunGard Technology Services
Pune
10.2006 - 05.2015
- OMSD is an order routing system that has direct connectivity to exchanges and different ECNs. U2 is connected to OMSD for order routing and executions. OMSD receives order messages in respective system supported formats and converts those messages into FIX Format. OMSD has its own smart order routing algorithms, where it captures market data and route orders to available venue to get the liquidity available in market and smart routing follows price/ routing strategies. Set priority for venue, when there were multiple venues available at same price level and all orders are stored in database, which is referred for reporting purpose.U2 is direct market access and market making tool
- U2 provides fastest direct connection to the financial exchanges and ECNs. It provides consolidated real time market data, electronic execution management, and smart order routing capabilities to NASDAQ, NYSE, AMEX, and all major ECNs, electronic order access, and direct link to back office for brokers on Sungard network. It also comprises different order routing strategies which helps trader to get maximum liquidity from market.U2 interacts with multiple products of Sungard. It connects to OMSD for order routing and CTP for real-time market data
- .CTP is market data provider that receives data from different feeds such as UQDF, UTDF, CQS, CTS, ITCH, ARCA Book, NSX Book, and Lava Book
- Involved in manual testing of frontend and backend testing
- Gained hands-on experience in SQL for executing query and comparing result with frontend functionality
- Responsible for using Exceed/ Putty for performing backend testing (executing UNIX commands)
- Responsible for test case review, functional testing, and regression testing
- Provided domain and product functionality knowledge sharing session
- Travel to onsite for eight months for different critical assignments and regulatory changes
- 1. Project: U2 (Direct market Access)
- Client: Sungard Global Trading
- Team Size: 3
- Environment: .NET, MS SQL Server, Windows
Education
Master of Science - First Class
College of Computer Science
Pune, Maharashtra08.2006
Bachelor of Computer Science - Higher Second Class
College of Computer Science
Pune, Maharashtra07.2003
Skills
Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux, Windows
Tools: Remedy, Exceed, PuTTY, Web driver, Selenium Grid, Maven, Jenkins, Eclipse, TestNG
Databases: Oracle, MySQL, MS-SQL
Test strategy development
Test case design
Requirements analysis
undefinedCertification
Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)
Timeline
QA Lead
Value Add Softtech Pvt. Ltd.
02.2025 - 08.2025
QA Lead
Value Add Softtech
07.2024 - 02.2025
QA Lead
Value Add Softtech
09.2021 - 01.2024
Senior QA Engineer (Automation Selenium)
Synechron Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
09.2016 - 09.2017
QA Engineer
SunGard Technology Services
10.2006 - 05.2015
Master of Science - First Class
College of Computer Science
Bachelor of Computer Science - Higher Second Class
College of Computer Science
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