Senior Staff QA Engineer & Strategic Leader

Quality at
Absolute Scale.

I am a Strategic Quality Engineering Leader with 12+ years of experience driving organizational transformation through automated testing, CI/CD integration, and team mentorship. Expert in architecting scalable automation frameworks from scratch while leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software. Proven track record of aligning quality engineering with business goals to reduce risk and increase delivery velocity.

At Guard RFID (now part of HID Global), I established the QA department from inception, defining testing standards and KPIs that reduced manual regression effort by 40%. I prioritize data-driven insights to reduce risk and accelerate delivery velocity.

Anuj Gaba

Skills

Engineering Stack

Java & Python Selenium & Appium Maven & TestNG Robot Framework Cucumber (BDD) Katalon Studio Postman & SoapUI Rest-Assured Burp Proxy ZAP Security Jenkins & GitLab CI Git / SVN / Bitbucket Agile / Scrum / Kanban Waterfall V-Model Test Planning & Strategy JIRA & TestRail Regression / Performance Microsoft Project

Strategic Leadership

Team Management Mentorship & Coaching Cross-functional Collab Resource Planning Task Allocation Quality Metrics & KPI Change Management Stakeholder Engagement Process Improvement Strategic Communication Leadership Advising Data Analysis Knowledge Transfer Continuous Improvement Business Problem-Solving Risk Mitigation Six-Sigma Methodologies Global QA Governance

AI-Assisted Engineering

Automation & Coding

Utilizing AI to accelerate script development, refactor legacy code, and debug complex automation frameworks.

Test Case Generation

Leveraging LLMs to generate comprehensive test cases and edge-case scenarios from technical requirements.

Strategic Planning

Applying AI tools to draft detailed test plans and documentation, significantly reducing project kickoff timelines.

Experience

2019 — PRESENT

Senior Staff QA Engineer

Guard RFID Solutions (part of HID Global)

  • Department Founding & Leadership: Architected the QA department as the sole founding engineer; managed all testing operations single-handedly for 5 years before scaling the team and establishing organization-wide KPIs, standards, and resource strategies.
  • Automation Framework: Designed and deployed a scalable Java, Selenium, and Appium suite, reducing manual regression effort by 40%. Performed regular security compliance checks by conducting vulnerability scans (ZAP/Burp Proxy).
  • Project Governance: Orchestrated QA delivery for 26 concurrent Agile projects, ensuring 100% on-time release cycles through strategic task prioritization.
  • Modernization: Led the migration of legacy local testing to BrowserStack (Cloud), enabling parallel execution and reducing test cycle time by 50%.
  • Risk-Based Testing: Implemented a risk-based testing strategy for critical RFID security firmware, ensuring high reliability for HID Global’s enterprise-level hardware deployments.
  • Hardware Validation: Expanded testing capabilities by automating UART/LoRa log analysis for hardware devices.
2018 — 2019

Senior Software Test Engineer

Bharti Airtel

  • High-Scale Engineering: Developed an enterprise-level automation framework using Java, TestNG, and JMeter to support a 97M subscriber base.
  • Business Impact: Optimized sanity and performance testing scripts that contributed to an $18M profit increase by stabilizing high-traffic revenue streams.
  • Collaboration: Acted as the technical bridge between DevOps and QA to integrate automated suites into the Jenkins CI/CD pipeline.
2016 — 2017

Software Testing Specialist

Comptel Communications

  • People Management: Led an 8-member international QA team, achieving zero-defect deliveries for major telecommunications releases.
  • API Testing: Built an automated framework for API Provisioning using SOAP UI and Java, streamlining the validation of complex backend workflows.
  • Global Delivery: Managed on-site packaging and release processes during a 3-month assignment in Malaysia.
2013 — 2016

Software Test Analyst

Dell International Services

  • Tool Development: Engineered a custom migration framework tool in Java to facilitate complex technology upgrades across Dell’s infrastructure.
  • Mentorship: Trained 16 new hires on Robot Framework and Postman, establishing a high standard for automation within the department.

Training & Mentorship

Expertise Pillars

  • Test Strategy & Planning

    Mastering the art of high-level QA governance, risk assessment, and resource mapping.

  • Advanced Manual Testing

    Exploratory testing techniques, edge-case discovery, and the psychology of quality.

  • Automation Architecture

    Transitioning from manual to automated workflows using industry-standard frameworks.

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Quality is an attitude that must be cultivated. I provide 1-on-1 mentorship designed for individuals seeking to master the craft of Quality Engineering and transition into leadership.

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Testimonials

What colleagues and leaders say about working with me.

“Anuj is one of the best QA I have ever worked with. He is a detailed and thorough QA professional. He is also a nice person and easy to get along with.”

Jay Hu

Sr. Software Development Manager

Senior colleague · LinkedIn recommendation

“I have worked with Anuj in the same team for almost 2 years. He is a very good mentor and technically sound. He knows how to handle big projects and end to end requirements as it is kind of a recurring activity in Airtel due to large amount of subscriber base. He has an eye for analysis along with good hands on Automation Testing, Manual Testing and writing complex test cases for big enterprise applications in Telecom OSS/BSS domain.”

Akanksha C. Arora

Telecom Product Owner

Teammate, Bharti Airtel · LinkedIn recommendation

“Anuj is an amazing professional, who brings all of the skills and expertise in programming and client handling. His effective soft skills and problem solving capabilities bring more power to his way of working.”

Vishal Chawla

Technical Architect

Same team · LinkedIn recommendation

Education

PG Diploma in Project Management

Conestoga College, Kitchener, ON

B.Tech in Information Technology

Amity University, India

Recognition

  • Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification
  • Pratishtha Award (Comptel)
  • On-the-spot Award (Dell)