Mahesh Hirpara

I am a skilled Manual/Automation tester with expertise in all stages of QA testing. I am proficient in automated front-end functionality testing using Java and Selenium, back-end testing via Postman, Java, and the Rest-assured library. Additionally, I am well-versed in writing tests using the Maven and Serenity BDD frameworks.

• Experience in manual and automated testing of software applications under test.
• Familiar with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) , Software Test Life Cycle (STLC) & Agile methodologies (SRUM).
• Expertise in analysing business requirement and functional requirements to create test plan, writing test cases and executed them to meet client requirements.
• Experience working with defects tracking tools JIRA for raising defects/bugs throughout development cycle.
• Actively participating in all Scrum ceremonies like Daily Stand-up, Sprint planning, Retrospective and Show casing.
• Strong understanding of different testing techniques such as regression testing, functional testing, and acceptance testing.
• Basic understanding of HTML and CSS in web development.
• Experience in automation testing tools such as Selenium WebDriver, REST API using JAVA as my programming language.
• Ability to create automation frameworks using tools such as Junit, TestNG and Build management tool maven.
• Experience in building Cucumber-BDD and functional driven automation framework from the scratch using selenium WebDriver along Page Object Model and Page Factory pattern.
• Experience in creating regression automation pack and sanity pack for continuous integration (Jenkins) Experience in manual API testing using Postman tool.
• Experience in writing SQL query for validation of data in various tables.
• Experience in building BDD Cucumber, serenity framework using Rest Assured for Automation API testing.
• Good Knowledge and experience working with GIT version control.
• Cross browser testing across various version and environment using Sauce Labs and Browser stack.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines, Ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams and willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and processes.

• Master of Science : Information System,

01/2020 – 05/2021

University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth

• Bachelor of Engineering : Computer Engineering

05/2012 – 05/2015

Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, India