Payal Saxena

QA Manager

Delhi, India13 yrs 8 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in designing high-performance test automation frameworks.
Proven ability to scale QA practices in Agile environments.
Hands-on experience with modern automation stacks.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Test Automation Architect with expertise in Telecommunications and Agile methodologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Test AutomationQuality ManagementQuality Assurance

Other Skills

API TestingAgile MethodologiesArtificial Intelligence (AI)Azure DevOpsC#Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Continuous Process ImprovementLarge Language Model Operations (LLMOps)Manual TestingPythonQA AutomationQuality Assurance ProcessesRegression TestingRobot FrameworkSQL

About

Experienced Automation Test Architect with 13+ years of industry expertise in designing, developing, and leading high-performance test automation frameworks. Proven ability to scale QA practices, optimize test coverage using advanced technologies, and implement CI/CD pipelines for Agile and DevOps environments. Hands-on with modern automation stacks, delivering quality at speed.

Experience

Transaction network services

Technical Manager

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Architect and manage comprehensive test automation strategies for tier-1 client communication application servers serving enterprise toll-free solutions
Design and implement end-to-end test automation frameworks for complex API ecosystems, SIP call flows, and responsive UI components using Robot Framework with Python
Spearhead QA process transformation initiatives and implement advanced test management processes using Zephyr Scale for comprehensive test traceability and metrics
Establish performance benchmarking standards for RESTful APIs and microservices architecture ensuring optimal system scalability and reliability

Test AutomationAgile MethodologiesQuality ManagementContinuous Process ImprovementQA AutomationContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)+2

Ibm

Test Architect Automation

Sep 2021 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Test AutomationSeleniumQuality Assurance ProcessesQA AutomationQuality Assurance

Coforge

Senior Test Engineer

Nov 2018 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

BDD Framework development and maintenance using Selenium and C#
Wen API automation framework designing and execution
Implementing CI/CD pipeline for automation project in Azure Dev Ops
Project Effort Estimation and Test Planning.
POC and research based task execution
Creation of Performance Test Metrices for Business rules using JMETE and SOAPUI
Maintaining the test Artifacts like RTM, Test Strategy document, Test Plans.

Test Automation

Software business solutions consulting (sbsc)

Test Automation Lead

Nov 2017 – Sep 2018 · 10 mos · Noida Area, India

Automating Web application (VPS) and WPF application (FACTS).
Involved in designing Data driven Framework using Telerik Test studio and Selenium Web Driver.
Provided POCs to client on different Automation tools and Framework Designs.
Developed Smoke Test suite and Regression Test Suite.
Providing solution to complex automation scenerios.
Involved in understanding project requirements in agile methodology and participating in all scrum ceremonies (Grooming, Planning, Scrum, Review and Retrospectives).
Responsible for providing KT sessions to the new Members of the Team.
Attended all the Project Kick off meetings and was a crutial part of project Set up.
Reviewing the Completed Test Scripts of fellow Team Members.
Coordinate with manual Testing Team and Identify the Test Cases to Automate.
Reporting bugs in VSTS and TFS.
Performed Script Demos to client.
Executing the smoke Test Suite and Regression test suite.
Providing Status to the Client in scrum Meetings.
Responsible for Managing the Status Decks and Risk register.