Curriculum Vitae Updated 2026

Sasikala J

QA automation engineer with extensive experience in the development and testing of software applications across multiple domains — recognised as a successful tester and problem-solver with deep expertise in functional and automation testing within Agile, Scrum and BDD environments.


Testing Experience

Test Automation
BDD test automation framework design, Agile methodologies, regression and smoke test suites, BDD scenarios with Gherkin and Cucumber.
Web & API Testing
Web application testing, API testing, mobile testing on iOS and Android, functional and exploratory testing.
Non-Functional
Accessibility testing with Axe, visual regression with Percy, performance testing with K6, cross-browser testing via BrowserStack and LambdaTest.
Process & Tooling
Jira and Scrum, integration testing, static testing, UAT co-ordination, test planning, test data and environment set-up, database testing.
Testing Approaches
White-box and black-box testing, continuous integration in Jenkins and GitLab, version control with Git, build automation with Maven.

Automation Skills

Designing and implementing test automation frameworks from scratch — from e-commerce platforms to HRM systems — using BDD, Page Object Model and data-driven patterns.
Frameworks
Java · Selenium WebDriver · JUnit · Cypress · Playwright · Capybara · TestNG · Cucumber · Gherkin — designed and built from scratch.
CI / CD
Continuous integration testing in Jenkins and GitLab; build automation in Maven; version control in Git, GitHub and GitLab.
Non-functional
Accessibility automation using Axe; visual regression with Percy; performance and load testing with K6 and Gatling.
Cross-platform
Cross-browser and cross-platform testing with BrowserStack and LambdaTest; mobile testing on iOS and Android.

Tools & Languages

Java JavaScript TypeScript Cypress Playwright Selenium WebDriver Cucumber / Gherkin Node.js JUnit / TestNG K6 Gatling Axe Percy Postman GraphQL MAVEN Jenkins Git / GitHub / GitLab Azure DevOps Azure Services AWS Athena / DynamoDB AWS CloudWatch HTML5 / CSS / XML SQL / DB2 Unix / Shell Scripting JIRA BrowserStack LambdaTest MS Excel Macros COBOL / z/OS

Core Skills

Manual testing Automation testing API testing Agile Software development BDD Scrum & Kanban Defect management SIT and UAT Retail E-Commerce Real estate Financial services Requirements analysis

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Engineering
Undergraduate degree
ISTQB Certified Test Analyst
International Software Testing Qualifications Board
Oracle Certified Java Associate
Oracle Java SE Programmer
Anthropic Education
Claude Code in Action
Building with the Claude API
Introduction to Agent kills
Introduction to Subagents