Meena Gaikwad

Summary
 8 years of experience in Software Testing as a Automation Engineer (Selenium)/ Software Quality
Analyst/ QA Tester in delivering critical solutions on various levels of Quality Assurance for Web
based and Client/Server based applications.
 Experience in full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Methodologies and Validations to
ensure the Quality Assurance Control.
 Good experience in creating automation framework along with developing, executing and
maintaining automation testing script with Selenium WebDriver.
 Expert on Selenium Automation using WebDriver and Server. Heavy programming using Java and
TestNG.
 Conversant with Maven project build tools.
 Expert in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) using Gherkin Language to write the acceptance criteria's
such as feature file, Scenarios, outline and performed the step decisions and runner classes using
Cucumber.
 Expert in integrating Automation scripts on Continuous Integration tool Jenkins for nightly batch
run of the Script.
 Experienced in Mobile testing using Appium.
 Experience in Protractor Angular UI testing automation.
 Extensively experienced in Software QA performing Manual and Automated Software Testing,
writing Test plans and Test cases using various Automation Tools.
 Experience in creating Test Plans, writing and executing Test Cases, Manual Testing, and
automated Test Execution.
 Extensive experience in GUI, Regression, Functional, Integration, System, User Acceptance (UAT),
Sanity, Performance, Stress, Reliability, compatibility, Cross Browser, Security and Database Testing.
 Good experience in Web Services testing using SOAP UI/Postman, XML, and WSDL. Providing
required input data to request XML and get the required data from response XML and use the
response data from other request XML using SOAP UI/Postman.
 Proficient in overall Defect Management/Problem solving including tracking bugs and reporting
using HP Quality Center, HP ALM and Jira.
 Experience in using SQL Queries to make sure that data was entered properly in the right tables,
when the data was entered from front end screen.
 Excellent understanding of waterfall model and agile methodology – SCRUM.
 Excellent interpersonal skills, proven team player with an analytical bent to problem solving and
delivering under high stress environment.
 Good analytical and communication skills and ability to work independently with minimal
supervision and also perform as part of a team.

Technical Skills:
Testing Tools Selenium WebDriver/RC/IDE/GRID, Soap UI, Postman, Cucumber BDD,
Appium, Protractor
Languages HTML, CSS, Java, XML
Test Framework TestNG
Project Methodologies Agile-Scrum, Waterfall
Defect Tracking Tools Jira, Quality Center, HP
ALM Build/ CI Tools Maven, Jenkins
Packages MS-Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access), MS-Project
Databases Oracle, SQL Server
Operating Systems Windows variants, UNIX
Education and Certification:
 Bachelor of Arts
 Certificate Diploma in Selenium Automation
 Certified in Selenium Automation QA Tester from ISTQB
 Jira and Confluence Certification from Udemy
 WebServices Rest API Testing from Udemy
 Attended Various Training and Workshops for Selenium Automation /QA.

Professional Experience:

Employer: Wipro
Client: State Street, Boston MA 01760 July 2022 – Till
Date Role: Automation Engineer (QA)
Responsibilities:

 Designed automated test, created automated test cases and executed test using Selenium
WebDriver.
 Exported Test case Scripts (Java-Selenium WebDriver) in Eclipse IDE and modified the Selenium
scripts and executed.
 Used Maven to help manage project’s build, report and documentation across the network.
 Created automation framework in Selenium WebDriver using behavior driven approach like
Cucumber.
 Created automation test plans and deployed test cases on Jenkins to have a continuous integration
test.
 Used GITHUB as central repository to perform Push, Pull, Stage, Unstage, Stash, Status, Add, Clone
and remove operations in local repository GIT.
 Developed Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) to ensure appropriate level of test coverage.
 Involved in running Selenium automation scripts and updating the scripts according to enhanced
requirements using Selenium WebDriver.
 Responsible for running the same tests on different browser versions as well as browsers (Chrome,
Firefox).
 Participated QA weekly meetings and various other meetings and discussed Enhancement and
Modification Request issues and defects in the application.

Client: Country Financial, Bloomington, IL. Nov 2020 – July

2022 Role: Automation Engineer (QA)
Responsibilities:
 Analyzed the Business Requirements Document, put input in Test Plan and prepared detailed Test
Cases for new functionality.
 Involved in test cases review by development team, product management and modified the test
cases based on their feedback.
 Designed and developed Page Objects using Page Object Design Pattern and Selenium WebDriver.
 Developed an automated test suite from scratch with Java and Selenium for doing periodic testing
of the product.
 Performed functional testing to identify various critical points in the application and automated it
by using TestNG.
 Responsible for creating the functional testing framework using TestNG and using Selenium
WebDriver to automate the UI components.
 Developed and executed White box test cases of the Java API using TestNG framework & Eclipse.
 Used Maven to help manage project’s build, report and documentation across the network.
 Created automation framework in Selenium WebDriver using behaviour driven approach like
Cucumber.
 Created automation test plans and deployed test cases on Jenkins to have a continuous integration
test.
 Used GITHUB as central repository to perform Push, Pull, Stage, Unstage, Stash, Status, Add, Clone
and remove operations in local repository GIT.
 Implemented Appium scripts to test IOS and Android platforms.
 Implemented UI Automator viewer in Appium to inspect elements in mobile applications.
 Involved in writing automated scripts for Angular JS application using Protractor.
 Involved in writing automation script Javascript/Typescript for web based & mobile web
application using protractor.
 Performed manual testing and Front-end Web based Functionality testing, for Smoke testing,
Regression testing, Integration testing and System testing.
 Developed Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) to ensure appropriate level of test coverage.
 Involved in running Selenium automation scripts and updating the scripts according to enhanced
requirements using Selenium WebDriver.
 Involved in testing GUI front-end applications in Java and HTML.
 Responsible for running the same tests on different browser versions as well as browsers (IE,
Firefox).
 Performed REST API Testing using Http java Test Client for SOAP/REST web APIs.
 Tested request and response XML's based web services interfaces using Postman. Performed Web
Services Testing and XML validation by creating test case suite using Postman.
 Documented defects with high level of detail, accuracy, and informative recreation steps using HP
ALM.
 Conducted backend testing using SQL queries to validate data for database and Used SQL queries
for retrieving data from database for executing user specific test cases.
 Followed Agile testing methodology, participated in daily SCRUM meetings and testing each SPRINT
deliverables.
 Participated QA weekly meetings and various other meetings and discussed Enhancement and
Modification Request issues and defects in the application.

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins, Cucumber, Appium, Protractor, HP
ALM, Eclipse, Postman, Rest API, XPATH, GitHub, SQL, Agile and Windows.

Client: Flag Star Bank, Troy, MI. Sep 2019 – Oct

2020 Role: Automation Engineer (QA)
Responsibilities:
 Analyzed the Business Requirements Specification, System Requirements Specification and User
Interface Specification documents.
 Developed and executed Test Plans, Test scenarios, Test Cases, Test Scripts for Manual and
Automation Testing.
 Developed and design necessary test plan and test scripts for functional and performance testing
using, Selenium Web Driver.
 Created and Developed Automation test framework using Selenium WebDriver and executed
TestNG Test Cases in Eclipse IDE.
 Responsible for developing test automation Framework using Selenium WebDriver with TestNG.
 Worked on Automation framework using Selenium WebDriver to run test cases in multiple
browsers and platforms.
 Used Java as client library for Selenium WebDriver to design and developed Automation test
Framework using TestNG.
 Developed Maven Build scripts to run Sanity Test scripts developed in Selenium WebDriver.
 Proven success in establishment of agile test practices including acceptance test automation using
Cucumber (ruby scripting) during acceptance test driven development methodology.
 Responsible for Integrating Selenium Tests with Jenkins for Continuous Integration.
 Used GitHub repository to run the Jenkins job for Continues Integration.
 Implemented mobile automation frameworks using Appium.
 Involved in Mobile Automation (Android & IOS) using Appium.
 Involved in testing the Angular based application using Protractor.
 Involved in writing automated scripts for Angular.JS application using Protractor and Java.
 Involved in GUI testing, integration testing, navigation testing and regression testing using web and
client-server applications.
 Performed Regression Testing for every modification made in the application and new builds
using Selenium WebDriver.
 Wrote highly efficient and maintainable Java code to develop Page Objects using the Selenium
Framework.
 Performed the testing of Restful web services for mobile apps for the Using Postman.
 Involved in SOA testing for Payments API's using Postman and Java framework for Web Services
testing.
 Tested applications in different types of browsers and versions, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox,
Google Chrome to simulate production environment.
 Analyzed test results, tracked the defects and generated reports using Quality Center.
 Involved in Back end testing using SQL queries. Performed back-end testing on Oracle and SQL
Server databases by writing SQL queries to make sure the contents displayed on the UI correct as
per requirements specifications.
 Actively participated in Stand-up meeting, walkthrough meeting, weekly assessment meetings and
daily bug triage meetings and interacted with developers and business analysts to ensure high
quality of the application under test.

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, Maven, TestNG, Jenkins, Cucumber, Postman, Appium,
Protractor, XPATH, XML, Eclipse, Quality Center, Agile, SQL, Oracle, Windows.

Client: Chewy.com, Dania Beach, FL. Apr 2018 – Aug

2019 Role: QA Engineer
Responsibilities:
 Analysed functional requirements and documented the user specifications and business rules.
 Involved in writing Test Plans and Test cases documents.
 Designed automated test, created automated test cases and executed test using Selenium
WebDriver.
 Developed automated script for back-end testing using Selenium IDE.
 Exported Test case Scripts (Java-Selenium WebDriver) in Eclipse IDE and modified the Selenium
scripts and executed.
 Performed functional testing to identify various critical points in the application and automated it
by using Selenium.
 Performed Regression testing for new builds and every modification in the application using
Selenium WebDriver.
 Worked on Selenium for creating and executing test cases for functionality testing of a web app.
 Involved in defining test automation strategy and test scenarios, created automated test cases,
test plans and executed tests using Selenium WebDriver.
 Performed System level integration, load and performance testing of the application.
 Validated sites across browsers and operating systems, verified the accuracy of links, visual
presentation and its alignment with design specifications.
 Prepared a Report of all automation difficulties and test results for further application.
 Developed and Executed Automation and Manual test cases for Functional testing of various
modules of the application.
 Verified the application on difference web browser such as IE, Mozilla Firefox and Opera.
 Tested web-based application on different operating systems such as Windows XP, Vista and UNIX.
Also, tested the application for different Java versions.
 Developed and documented complete testing process with well-written test cases.
 Performed data accuracy, data validation and data integrity testing by querying the database using
SQL queries to check the data table on server.

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium IDE, Eclipse, HTML, SOAP, Quality Center, SQL, and
Windows.

Client: Synovus, Columbus, GA. Jun 2015 – Mar

2018 Role: QA Tester
Responsibilities:
 Involved in requirements gathering and Set up QA Team.
 Frequent interaction with developer team and conduct meetings.
 Worked with test cases and test scripts and modified to accommodate new changes to the
software/applications.
 Defects were identified, provided documentation to the development team for debugging.
 Tested the application manually prior to automation for functional testing.
 Performed Manual performance testing to identify various critical points in the application.
 Created Test Cases Test Plans and Test labs using Quality Centre.
 Supported new and existing products by configuring and testing software products and software
components of a website.
 Reviewed Designs and Specifications and created test cases based on content.
 Tested applications Performed Regression and Integration Testing.
 Devised test Procedures /Bug tracking mechanisms, Time lines, Schedules, Software
standardization; collection and analysis of user requirements and Black Box testing.
 Tested complex PL/SQL queries.
 Developed test scripts for manual/automatic tests.
 Involved in document preparation and future releases.

Environment: Java, Manual Testing, HTML, Oracle, PL/SQL, Shell, Windows.

References: Will be provided upon request.