Abhishek Rao

Senior QA Engineer with 7+ years of experience testing large-scale, citizen-facing government web and mobile applications across Rajasthan and Punjab. Skilled in end-to-end test strategy, manual and automated testing, mobile application (APK) security auditing, and Playwright/Selenium-based automation framework development. Proven track record of leading QA delivery for multi-module ERP and citizen-service platforms serving 10,000+ concurrent users, mentoring QA teams, and partnering directly with government stakeholders and development teams in Agile environments.

Senior QA Engineer at E-Connect Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (2019-05 – Present)

• Lead QA delivery for government citizen-service and ERP platforms, owning test strategy, planning, and execution across functional, regression, integration, system, UAT, performance, security, and database testing.
• Designed and built a Playwright-based test automation framework for a large government web application spanning ~50 services and 100–150+ dynamic forms, using JSON configuration files as the single source of truth for form structure and validation rules.
• Architected core framework modules for session reuse via storageState, parallel test execution across workers, dynamic field-visibility resolution, cascading dropdown handling, and bilingual (English/Punjabi) field validation.
• Performed a senior-level static security audit of an Android APK (React Native/Expo) for a state citizen portal, identifying critical issues including a hardcoded encryption key, exposed configuration identifiers, an insecure backup setting, an unrestricted exported file provider, missing certificate pinning, and an unobfuscated JS bundle exposing API endpoints and authentication flow details; delivered a formatted vulnerability report to stakeholders.
• Authored 77 structured mobile test cases for a state citizen portal app covering DigiLocker-based authentication, form submission, application status tracking, profile management, and certificate download, organized by module in a color-coded test suite.
• Conducted a senior QA review of an officer-facing government web portal handling citizen service applications, producing a detailed bug report covering critical functional defects, UI inconsistencies, and UX improvement recommendations.
• Built and led a team of software testers, including training, mentoring, task allocation, and workload management across concurrent project workstreams.
• Designed automated UI test scripts using Selenium with Robot Framework and executed load testing via JMeter for an application supporting 10,000+ registered users.
• Ensured end-to-end requirement-to-defect traceability, maintained comprehensive test artefacts (test plans, test cases, test reports), and drove defect triage and resolution in coordination with development teams.
• Represented QA in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives across Agile project teams; investigated and resolved customer-reported production issues.
• Planned and managed test environments (development, testing, staging, production) to support phased delivery across the SDLC.

B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering – Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies, Udaipur (2018)

Higher Secondary in PCM – GNPS Sector 4, Udaipur (2014)