PPPinky Gopal Prasad
@pinkygopalprasad
Senior QA Lead specializing in test automation, CI/CD integration, and observability.
GermanyWhat I'm looking for
I am a Senior QA Lead with 9+ years of experience in manual and automated testing, skilled at designing and maintaining test frameworks and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines. I focus on improving software testability and implementing observability practices to ensure reliable releases.
I have a strong hands-on background with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JavaScript frameworks, and experience with Java, Groovy, Python, and PySpark. I have led initiatives that reduced regression effort by 60%, improved build verification efficiency by 30%, and achieved 98% execution per release through clear test reporting.
My work spans banking, enterprise data migration, and security projects where I delivered zero-rollback migrations, 95% adoption of SSO/MFA for large user bases, and 99.9% accuracy in defect tracking. I collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in Agile/DevOps environments and hold ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst and cloud certifications.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior QA Lead
Synechron Technologies
Jun 2023 - Aug 2025 (2 years 2 months)
Led QA automation for banking projects, implemented 250+ automated test suites and integrated tests into GitLab CI/CD, reducing regression effort by 60% and achieving 98% execution per release.
Designed test plans with 100% traceability and executed automated and manual tests to validate enterprise data migration integrity, improving transparency across three cross-functional teams.
Principal Software Engineer
Maveric Systems
May 2021 - Nov 2022 (1 year 6 months)
Automated QA workflows using Python and PySpark, reducing QA cycles by 35%, implemented SSO and MFA solutions with 95% adoption, and improved SQL-based data integrity checks reducing errors by 25%.
ZASenior Test Engineer
ZS Associates
Jul 2020 - Apr 2021 (9 months)
Ensured 100% GxP compliance for pharma data projects, optimized HP ALM processes to reduce validation effort by 40%, and developed VBA validation scripts and Spotfire dashboards to standardize audit trails.
Senior Test Engineer
Incedo Technology
Oct 2019 - Jun 2020 (8 months)
Built API test suites using Postman/Newman, automated data validation with Selenium reducing manual QA time by 30%, and introduced logging frameworks for root-cause diagnostics across multiple IT functions.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
SUSavitribai Phule Pune University
Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication
2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication from Savitribai Phule Pune University completed between 2010 and 2014.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
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