Prakash Narkhede
Principal QA Automation Architect
Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Top SchoolPrakash Narkhede is a Principal QA Automation Architect based in Pune with over a decade of experience focused on test automation, quality engineering, and delivering end-to-end automation at enterprise scale. He has progressed from hands-on roles in mainframe and banking systems to leading automation strategy and frameworks at Wolters Kluwer and now Workday, reducing startup and maintenance effort through centralized frameworks and monitoring solutions. His technical breadth spans Selenium, Java, Python, TOSCA, RestAssured, Docker and CI/CD tooling, and he has a track record of automating complex ETL, SAP, Salesforce and API workflows. Prakash combines individual contributor depth—building custom TOSCA extensions and utilities—with team leadership, training new hires and coordinating cross-functional program testing. He also shares automation insights publicly via a dedicated AutomationTalks channel, reflecting a commitment to community knowledge-sharing beyond corporate work. Known for pragmatic solutions that bridge legacy mainframe processes and modern cloud-native pipelines, he excels at turning complex business flows into reliable, maintainable test automation.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Anuradha Engineering College ChikhliHigh School, Electronics, High School, Electronics at C.S. Kothari Junior college Nandura
English, Hindi, Marathi
Github Skills (10)
youtube2
storage1
poc1
linux1
google-cloud-platform1
aws1
sdk1
google-cloud1
read-text1
gcp1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
prakashnarkhede/ctcu_vnr_POC
Jun 2019 - Sep 2022
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
prakashnarkhede/UnixForTestersCourse_UnixOperationsUsingJsch
Jul 2019 - Jul 2019
This repo is created for my UnixForTestersCourse on udemy and Youtube.
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
linuxyoutube
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