Hardik Ranoliya

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.

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