Dinesh Deokar
About Dinesh Deokar
Dinesh Deokar is an Automation Lead - Developer in Test at Mastek in London, with extensive experience in testing complex solutions across various methodologies and domains.
Title and Current Role
Dinesh Deokar is currently serving as an Automation Lead - Developer in Test at Mastek. His role is based in London, England, United Kingdom, where he leads automation projects and ensures thorough testing practices are implemented.
Professional Experience
Dinesh Deokar has accumulated extensive experience in the software testing domain. He has worked in various testing roles across multiple organizations, including Santander UK as a Senior Test Engineer, HM Revenue & Customs as a Senior Test Engineer - Automation Developer, IBM United Kingdom Ltd as a Senior Product QA/Analyst, ADP as a QA Consultant, and Kenexa Technologies Pvt. Ltd. as a QA Engineer. His career spans over 15 years, encompassing diverse testing methodologies such as Agile, Iterative, and Waterfall, and includes notable expertise in the Banking, HR, and Finance domains.
Educational Background
Dinesh Deokar's educational qualifications include a Master's in Computer Applications (M.C.A) from Madurai Kamaraj University, completed from 1997 to 2000, and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Computer Science from Osmania University, completed from 1993 to 1996. He also completed his Intermediate studies in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry at Aliya College, Hyderabad, and his Secondary School education at NVS High School.
Testing Expertise
Dinesh Deokar specializes in testing complex solutions across various platforms including web, mobile, and desktop applications. His extensive experience includes writing test documents such as test plans and test cases using tools like Confluence, Jira, IBM Rational Team Concert, and HP ALM. He has performed multiple types of functional testing, including Integration Testing, Regression Testing, end-to-end testing, and system testing. Additionally, he has conducted Web services testing for REST APIs using Postman and Accessibility testing using JAWS, NVDA under WCAG 2.1 guidelines.
Skills and Tools
Dinesh Deokar is proficient in reviewing Business & functional requirements to mitigate risks early in development. He is skilled in creating requirement traceability to map test cases and experienced in Risk-Based testing, UI testing, and Cross OS and browser testing. His toolset includes developing, maintaining, and executing automation test scripts using Selenium JAVA8, Cucumber, Gherkin, Maven, Junit, Gitlab, TestNG, Jenkins, and IntelliJ. Dinesh actively participates in Agile Ceremonies and defect triage meetings, and he conducts hot fixes testing on live client issues.