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Rakesh S

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QA Project Lead at Persistent Systems automating Pega insurance workflows and validating APIs and SQL data.

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At Persistent Systems, I maintain the Leapwork automation suite and automate stable modules for a Pega retirement insurance product. I also validate APIs and backend data, and define test strategy and release exit criteria.

At Clowise Business Solutions LLP, I designed a Selenium and Java hybrid framework for supply chain financing modules and integrated automated suites into Jenkins pipelines. The work reduced manual effort by 40% and pre-release testing windows by 50%.

At Synechron INC, I led QA for a Pega migration from Pega 6 to Pega 7.1, building and maintaining Selenium frameworks and automating API tests with RestAssured. I also led a team of six and provided QA sign-off for production releases.

Earlier, I worked on Pega CRM testing at Synechron Pvt ltd and SMART CRM at Symphony Services Ltd., and contributed to automation frameworks and QA practices at Patni Computers pvt ltd. My experience also includes ERP workflow testing, SQL-backed data validation, and test automation with QTP/UFT.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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QA Project Lead

Current

Persistent Systems

Aug 2025 - Present (1 year 2 months)

Led QA for a retirement insurance module, maintaining Leapwork AI automation and performing API testing with RestAssured. Validated data integrity using complex SQL queries and provided QA sign-off for production releases.

Leapwork Rest Assured SQL MySQL PEGA .NET SQL Server Test Management Root Cause Analysis

QA Automation Lead

Clowise Business Solutions LLP

Mar 2024 - Mar 2025 (1 year)

Led test automation for supply chain financing modules, designing hybrid frameworks with Selenium and integrating CI/CD pipelines. Mentored a team of 4-12 engineers and reduced manual effort by 40%.

Selenium Webdriver Java TestNG Playwright Jenkins CI CD Page Object Model DataDrivenTesting AWS Docker Swagger Agile DevOps Jira

QA Lead

Synechron INC

Jan 2016 - Dec 2021 (5 years 11 months)

Led QA for a Pega migration project, building hybrid automation frameworks with Selenium and automating 200+ API test cases with RestAssured. Managed a team of 6 testers and provided QA sign-off for production releases.

Selenium Java Rest Assured TestNG Postman MySQL Jenkins Git PEGA AWS API Testing SQL Test Management

QA Analyst

Synechron Pvt Ltd

Oct 2009 - Jan 2016 (6 years 3 months)

Spearheaded end-to-end testing for Pega-based call center applications, including migration testing and SOAP API validation. Maintained Selenium-TestNG frameworks and led ISO-standard testing audits.

Pega PRPC Selenium Java TestNG SOAP Fiddler Oracle MySQL Jenkins Git NodeJS ISO Compliance

QA Analyst / Test Lead

Symphony Services Ltd.

Nov 2007 - Sep 2009 (1 year 10 months)

Led end-to-end testing for SMART CRM, coordinating functional, regression, and backend validation. Automated web-based workflows with Selenium and reduced defect leakage by 30%.

Oracle 11i Oracle Forms Toad Selenium Java TestNG Quality Centers SQL Test Management

Sr. QA Engineer

Patni Computers Pvt Ltd

May 2005 - Oct 2007 (2 years 5 months)

Drove standardization in QA COE, leading POC for WinRunner to QTP migration and developing a generic QTP framework. Managed a team of 8 QA engineers and ensured zero critical defects in production go-lives.

QTP UFT WinRunner Testing Automation SDLC Test Management Mentorship

QA Engineer

Kyros Solutions

Jun 2003 - Apr 2005 (1 year 10 months)

Performed end-to-end testing for a no-code ERP application builder, designing and executing 200+ test cases. Conducted sanity testing and basic performance testing with JMeter.

ERP BPM JMeter PostgreSQL Visual Studio Test Case Design Defect Management