ANAND KAYIKKARA ANILKUMAR

As a Test Lead in the Salesforce Squad, I handle end-to-end testing from design to delivery. My key responsibilities include:

Testing & Test Framework Development

• Conducting manual testing and automation testing
• Designing and developing an automation test framework using Playwright
• Migrating existing Selenium-based test cases to the new Playwright framework
• Creating and maintaining test cases (both manual and automated)
  

Test & Release Management

• Tracking and preparing release-related documents (QA, SIT, UAT)
• Managing defect tracking and story tracking
• Organizing Defect Triage and UAT meetings with business users
• Submitting the Test Summary Report for final sign-off

• Automating test scenarios using the BDD Automation Framework
• Expertise in LeanFT BDD Framework with Cucumber, Selenium, and Java
• Utilizing Maven for build management and Git for version control
• Developed a UI Galen automation framework from scratch and successfully delivered the project within 30 days
• API & UI Testing: Strong experience in API testing using Postman and automation frameworks via SOAP UI
  UI testing for Desktop, Mobile, and Tablets
  

Testing Methodologies & Tools

• Extensive experience in Manual & Automated Testing across SDLC and STLC
• Expertise in White Box & Black Box Testing, including Smoke, Functional, Integration, Performance, Regression, and Full Life Cycle Testing
• Proficient in Cucumber-based Selenium frameworks with different browser settings

Software & Collaboration Tools

• Familiarity with Confluence, Splunk, Git, SharePoint, and Jira
  

• Developed and maintained Selenium WebDriver frameworks
• Built a TestNG-based Selenium framework capable of reading data from Excel
• Conducted Cross-browser testing on Firefox, Chrome, and IE
  Skilled in writing XPath for locating web elements

Performance Testing

• Experience in Performance Testing using JMeter