Vishaal Bharania
About Vishaal Bharania
Vishaal Bharania is a QA Engineer at Barracuda in Leicester, United Kingdom, with extensive experience in quality assurance, customer service, and IT management.
Current Position at Barracuda
Vishaal Bharania is currently employed as a QA Engineer at Barracuda, based in Leicester, United Kingdom. His role includes performing regression testing of cloud-based applications and APIs, managing databases and writing queries using SQL Server Management Studio, and creating and managing Virtual Machines using VMware. Additionally, he deploys patches to Windows-based servers and designs and executes test plans using Testrail to ensure comprehensive testing coverage.
Previous Experience at West Unified Communications Services
Between 2016 and 2018, Vishaal Bharania worked at West Unified Communications Services in Leicester, United Kingdom, as a QA Test Analyst. During this period, he honed his skills in performing load tests on applications to ensure performance under various scenarios, documenting software defects, and analyzing server/application logs using JIRA. His role also involved performing cross-browser testing to ensure stability and maintaining the QA PCI infrastructure using Octodeploy.
Early Career at Phones4u and Carphone Warehouse
Vishaal Bharania's career began at Carphone Warehouse, where he worked as a Customer Consultant from 2008 to 2010 in Leicester, United Kingdom. He then transitioned to Phones4u, serving as a Deputy Manager from 2010 to 2014, before returning to Carphone Warehouse briefly as an Assistant Manager in 2014. These roles contributed to his managerial experience, focusing on customer service and team leadership.
Educational Background
Vishaal Bharania holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Information Technology from Birmingham City University. His educational background has provided him with a strong foundation in IT principles and practices, which he has applied throughout his varied career in quality assurance and customer support roles.
Skills and Expertise in Quality Assurance
Vishaal Bharania possesses a broad skill set in quality assurance, including working knowledge of automation testing, JSON, Teamcity, Kibana elastic search, New Relic, and OWASP Top 10 web application vulnerabilities. He effectively leads projects from new features through to User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and maintains extensive documentation of software defects. Additionally, he provides training and shares his knowledge with new team members, demonstrating his ability to work collaboratively and provide valuable mentorship.