Sushmita Sagwal

Background

About Sushmita Sagwal

QA Manager / Quality Engineering Manager with 11+ years of experience leading end-to-end quality strategy, test automation, and CI/CD quality integration for enterprise and SaaS platforms across Energy, Aviation, and Technology domains.I specialize in building scalable QA organizations, driving shift-left testing, and embedding automation-first quality practices within Agile and DevOps environments. My background includes owning release quality for multiple concurrent programs, reducing defect leakage, and enabling faster, more reliable delivery.I bring strong hands-on and leadership experience across test automation (Selenium with Java and JavaScript), API and integration testing, CI/CD pipelines, and test governance. I have successfully led onshore and offshore QA teams, partnered closely with Engineering, Product, DevOps, Security, and Compliance teams, and established quality metrics that support data-driven release decisions.Core strengths include QA strategy and test planning, automation framework design, continuous testing, defect management and root cause analysis, release readiness, and stakeholder communication. I am passionate about treating quality as an engineering discipline and building teams that deliver stable, scalable, and high-quality software.Open to QA Manager, Quality Engineering Manager, and Test Automation Leadership roles.