Staff QA Engineer · Qualys

Shrinivas Patil

श्रीनिवास पाटील

Quality & Security Engineering Leader

Cloud Security Products · Test Strategy · Automation · AI-Driven Quality · Pune, India

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20+years in quality & security

30+engineers led

8companies

9certifications

Now

Leading QA for Qualys Cloud Agent on Windows as Staff QA Engineer
Exploring AI-driven quality engineering — LLM-assisted test design and triage
Just earned ISC2 CCSP (Oct 2026)
Open to conversations on security testing and quality leadership

About

I like reading, understanding and explaining things in cyber space. With intent to protect the obvious, I take my efforts with acquired knowledge in this space. With more than a decade of experience in software testing, I enjoy uncovering the unknowns while ensuring the known things work exactly as intended.

I am

I enjoy

Keeping up with Cyber Security
Reading, understanding and explaining things in cyber space — with the intent to protect the obvious.

Discussing Software Testing
More than a decade of uncovering the unknowns while ensuring known things are exactly as intended.

Networking with like-minded people
Being around people who inspire, challenge, care, collaborate and laugh together.

Expertise

How I Work

Observe→Listen→Ask→Understand→Explore→Validate→Implement→Adapt

Professional Journey

Staff QA EngineerJun 2026 — Present
Qualys Inc, Pune
- Lead and mentor a QA team of 15+ engineers, setting testing strategy and driving releases for Qualys Cloud Agent on Windows.
- Design and build automated test frameworks for functional, regression, performance and security testing of EDR, EPP, FIM and Patch modules.
- Manage CI/CD pipelines on Jenkins and Kubernetes; built Grafana monitoring dashboards for faster issue detection.
- Handled integration and release of Qualys Cloud Agent on Azure Marketplace with Microsoft and internal product teams.
Lead QA EngineerOct 2022 — Jun 2026
Qualys Inc, Pune
- Validated and published Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows as an Azure Extension on Azure Marketplace.
- Recreated customer problems internally to promptly identify and verify effective solutions.
- Defined test strategies and validated Qualys Cloud Agent on the Windows platform with cross-team coordination.
Founder & Principal Consultant2021 — 2022
Y2BSecure Cyber Security Solutions, Pune
- Created awareness around cyber security tools for personal and professional usage.
- Audited implemented practices using a homegrown framework and reported current gaps.
- Recommended best-suited cyber security and business continuity solutions for clients.
Lead QA Engineer2020 — 2021
Qualys Inc, Pune
- Defined test strategies and validated the Endpoint Security product (including anti-virus) on Windows.
- Coordinated EDR efficacy testing in a contained environment; validated back-end telemetry and event storage.
- Researched and compared integration validation strategies for the anti-virus solution within EDR.
Quality Assurance Architect2018 — 2020
Quick Heal Technologies, Pune
- Implemented POCs around an EDR and Zero Trust security model product.
- Contributed to feature design, integration planning and design reviews of agent and back-end components.
- Created mind maps for complex logic, implementation details, testing ideas and environment setups.
Senior Test Engineer2017 — 2018
Greenlight Technologies India (now Pathlock), Pune
- Led a team of QA engineers on SAP Access Violation Management products.
- Defined test strategies, estimations and release deployment strategies on private clouds.
- Identified deployment issues and fine-tuned the product with client and development teams.
Asst. Project Manager2014 — 2017
Mobisoft Infotech, Pune
- Gathered requirements with clients for mobile application and website projects.
- Coordinated 20+ engineers and clients to keep scope, deliveries and timelines on track.
- Created mind maps for visualization of application and website flows.
Test Lead2011 — 2014
Quick Heal Technologies, Pune
- Led a team of 14 engineers validating the core scan engine of Quick Heal Anti-Virus.
- Defined test strategies for functional, performance and regression tests; drove release plans for critical fixes and false-positive updates.
- Ran competitor analysis to benchmark feature effectiveness and real-world performance.
SQA Engineer2010 — 2011
Symantec Software India, Pune & Chennai
- Validated Norton Bootable Recovery Tool and Norton Power Eraser against live viruses.
- Performed malware analysis and remediation verification in contained environments.
- Configured IIS and SQL servers for build deployment on private clouds.
Software Engineer – Testing2007 — 2010
CGI Information Systems, Mumbai
- Prepared, reviewed and executed test cases; executed test scripts using TestComplete.
- Worked with the team on client-suggested automation changes.
- Explored tools like JMeter for automation of web-based projects.
QA Executive2004 — 2007
Microworld Software Services (eScan), Mumbai
- Technical support and functional testing for the eScan Anti-Virus product.
- Tested against latest threats in the wild in controlled environments.
- Coordinated with field engineers during major virus breakout situations.

Selected Work

Qualys Cloud Agent → Azure Marketplace

Drove the integration and release of Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows as an Azure Extension, working with Microsoft and internal product teams end-to-end.

Quality at scale — 15+ engineers

Set testing strategy and built automated frameworks covering EDR, EPP, FIM and Patch modules, with Jenkins/Kubernetes CI/CD and Grafana observability.

Founded Y2BSecure

Built a cyber security consultancy from zero — awareness programs, audits via a homegrown gap-assessment framework, and solution recommendations for businesses and individuals.

EDR & Zero Trust POCs at Quick Heal

Implemented proofs-of-concept on an EDR/Zero Trust product — from feature design and integration planning to validation roadmap and performance monitoring.