Pawan Sharma

High-Calibre and results-driven Quality Assurance Professional with 5.9 years of experience in hands-on expertise in manual and functional testing and software quality assurance within Agile environments. Proven ability to design and execute comprehensive test plans, identify and document defects, and collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless product releases. Successfully reduced critical bug reoccurrences by 15% in previous projects.

Adept at analysing test results to optimize testing processes. Contributed to a 10% increase in test coverage and a 20% reduction in testing cycle time. Seeking to leverage strong analytical skills and a passion for quality to contribute to a dynamic team.

Senior Software Test Engineer at Sony India Software Centre Pvt. Ltd. (2021-08 – 2025-06)

Project: PlayStation Plus (PS5, PS4). Participated to the end-to-end testing efforts for a flagship gaming platform, ensuring seamless functionality and user experience for over million active users.

• Collaborated closely with product owners, developers, and DevOps teams in an Agile Scrum environment to define testing requirements and deliver robust solutions.
• Managed defect lifecycle using Jira, from identification and documentation to re-testing and closure, resulting in a 10% decrease in critical production bugs.
• Mentored junior QA engineers on best practices for test case design, execution, and improving team efficiency.
• Analysed functional specification documents to identify test scenarios and developed comprehensive test cases for application validation.
• Performed smoke functional GUI integration and regression testing across QA staging and production environments ensuring quality delivery.
• Coordinated with onsite and offshore development teams to prioritize defect resolution achieving 95% on-time bug fix rate.
• Collaborated closely with developers and project managers to communicate defect status track resolution progress and validate fixes.
• Executed sanity testing after each build deployment verifying critical functionalities before proceeding with comprehensive regression test cycles.
• Generated detailed test summary reports and test log reports providing stakeholders with actionable insights on software quality metrics.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Brain bees solutions Pvt. Ltd. (2014-04 – 2016-03)

Project: Firstcry ().

• Executed comprehensive manual test cases for web and mobile applications, ensuring adherence to design specifications and business requirements.
• Participated actively in daily stand-ups and retrospective meetings to contribute to continuous process improvement.
• Performed API testing using Postman to validate backend functionalities and integrations.
• Actively participated and collaborating with cross-functional team members to discuss progress updates.
• Created detailed test scenarios test cases and test data for application validating end-to-end business workflows, functionalities and user interface components.
• Executed regression testing after each new application build ensuring existing functionalities remained stable after code deployment cycles.
• Utilized Redmine for defect tracking and reporting ensuring all issues were documented prioritized clear communication and timely resolution with development team.
• Interacted closely with developers regarding defects reviewing analysing and validating bug fixes before marking issues resolved.
• Generated test summary reports documenting testing outcomes defect trends for project stakeholder review sessions.

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering – ACEIT Jaipur (2013-08)