Hardik Ranoliya

Highly analytical Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 4.5 years of experience architecting and executing automation frameworks across enterprise-scale applications. Deep technical expertise in Core Java, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, TestNG, REST Assured, Postman, and SQL backend data validation, with a proven track record of optimizing quality gates within continuous delivery pipelines. Specialization in the highly regulated US Retirement (Life & Annuities) domain and enterprise OMNI platforms, creating custom test utilities that significantly improve release stability and data integrity.

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) / Test Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions (2022-01 – Present)

• Engineered and scaled a custom data validation utility using advanced SQL queries and backend data manipulation, significantly streamlining data verification cycles and receiving QA Leadership Excellence Recognition for cross-border team enablement.
• Architected and enhanced robust Selenium and Playwright-based UI automation frameworks utilizing Core Java and TestNG, integrating automated regression suites into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines to maximize deployment velocity.
• Owned the comprehensive test strategy, entry/exit criteria, and quality metrics for critical business modules within the US Retirement (Life & Annuities) domain, ensuring zero-defect slippage across core releases.
• Conducted deep-dive backend database validations using complex SQL queries to verify financial transaction correctness, business rule enforcement, and enterprise application data integrity.
• Managed the complete defect lifecycle natively in Azure DevOps, authoring crisp reproduction scripts and trace analysis to minimize friction between cross-functional business analysts and core developers.
• Optimized enterprise-level test artifacts (including design scenarios, boundary-value test cases, and mock datasets), expanding functional test coverage for complex feature enhancements on the OMNI platform.
• Honored with two Client Appreciation Awards for discovering a critical, highly elusive system defect prior to production, saving extensive client overhead and drastically boosting environment stability.

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology – Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Arts, Commerce and Science