QA Lead | Senior Staff QA Engineer

Driving Quality through Automation & Strategic Leadership.

I am a Strategic Quality Engineering Leader with over 12 years of experience specializing in building high-performing QA departments from the ground up. My expertise lies at the intersection of technical architecture—designing scalable automation frameworks—and organizational leadership—aligning quality initiatives with long-term business goals.

Throughout my career, I have focused on driving digital transformation through technology adoption and process improvement. At Guard RFID (now part of HID Global), I established the QA department, defining testing standards and KPIs that reduced manual regression effort by 40%. Whether managing quality for 26 concurrent Agile projects or optimizing performance for a 97M subscriber base, I prioritize data-driven insights to reduce risk and accelerate delivery velocity.

I am passionate about "Quality at Scale" and technical mentorship, having trained numerous engineers in modern automation stacks and CI/CD integration. I thrive in complex environments where I can bridge the gap between technical teams and executive leadership to ensure zero-defect deliveries.

Anuj Gaba

Core Competencies

Technical & Leadership

Technical Engineering

Java & Python
Selenium & Appium
Maven & TestNG
Robot Framework
Cucumber (BDD)
Katalon Studio
Postman & SoapUI
Rest-Assured
Burp Proxy
DAP 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

Professional Path

Experience

2019 — PRESENT

Delta, BC

Staff QA Engineer / Lead QA Tester

Guard RFID Solutions (part of HID Global)

  • Department Leadership: Built the QA department from the ground up, establishing testing standards, KPIs, and resource allocation strategies across the organization.
  • Automation Framework: Designed and deployed a scalable Java, Selenium, and Appium suite, reducing manual regression effort by 40%.
  • Cloud Modernization: Orchestrated the legacy migration to Browserstack, enabling parallel execution and slashing test cycle times by 50%.
  • Hardware Validation: Expanded testing capabilities by automating UART/LoRa log analysis for hardware devices and conducting firmware vulnerability scans (DAP/Burp Proxy).
2018 — 2019

Gurgaon, India

Senior Software Test Engineer

Bharti Airtel

  • Scalable Testing: Engineered an enterprise-level automation framework (Java/TestNG/JMeter) to support a massive 97M subscriber base.
  • Financial Impact: Contributed to an $18M profit increase by stabilizing high-traffic revenue streams through performance testing.
  • Global Revenue: Spearheaded a mission-critical project in Sri Lanka, generating $8M in revenue from a net subscriber base of 2M.
  • DevOps Bridge: Integrated automated suites into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, serving as the technical link between development and quality.
2016 — 2017

Noida, India

Software Testing Specialist

Comptel Communications

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

Noida, India

Software Test Analyst

Dell International Services

  • Tool Engineering: Developed a custom migration framework tool in Java to facilitate technology upgrades across Dell's global infrastructure.
  • Corporate Training: Mentored 16 new hires on Robot Framework and Postman, establishing automation standards.
  • Enterprise Support: Provided critical on-site ATS support for two weeks post-release for major enterprise solutions.

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)