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Gayathri ponnusamy

Gayathri ponnusamy

Summary

Solutions-driven and detail-focused Senior Automation Engineer with expertise in Playwright, Selenium, Karate, Cypress, Specflow, and Cucumber frameworks. Recognized for outstanding performance and contributions to achieving project goals.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior QA Automation Engineer

CoBank
09.2022 - Current
  • Developed and automated test scripts using Playwright for AWS cloud-based web applications and APIs.
  • Implemented cross-browser testing strategies for Playwright, ensuring compatibility across major browsers.
  • Integrated Playwright automation tests with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions).
  • Automated REST APIs using Karate and integrated with Cucumber for BDD testing.
  • Led a team initiative to train and mentor junior QA engineers on Playwright and automation best practices.
  • Improved locator reliability by implementing Playwright's advanced locator strategies.

QA Automation Engineer

Innovar Group (Client: Worldpay/FIS)
03.2018 - 09.2022
  • Designed and implemented automated test scripts using Specflow, BDD, Postman, and C# in Visual Studio.
  • Created Entity Framework-based automation scripts for comprehensive database validation.
  • Contributed to major business releases by validating production data and resolving critical issues pre-deployment.

QA Automation Engineer

Innovar Group (Client: NEON)
07.2017 - 01.2018
  • Automated functional and regression tests for web applications using Selenium WebDriver, JUnit, and Java.
  • Integrated Selenium WebDriver scripts into Jenkins for continuous integration.

QA Analyst

ITC InfoTech (Client: Walmart)
12.2016 - 07.2017
  • Automated test cases using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Java.
  • Wrote and executed Python scripts for backend data validation in Hadoop/Spark environments.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Anna University

Skills

  • API Testing
  • Cloud
  • Java
  • C# net
  • JavaScript
  • Cucumber
  • Karate
  • Specflow
  • Playwright
  • MS SQL Server
  • Postgres
  • CI/CD Integration
  • Backend Testing
  • Big Data Testing
  • Selenium WebDriver
  • Bug tracking and resolution
  • Functional testing
  • Integration testing

Timeline

Senior QA Automation Engineer

CoBank
09.2022 - Current

QA Automation Engineer

Innovar Group (Client: Worldpay/FIS)
03.2018 - 09.2022

QA Automation Engineer

Innovar Group (Client: NEON)
07.2017 - 01.2018

QA Analyst

ITC InfoTech (Client: Walmart)
12.2016 - 07.2017

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Anna University
Gayathri ponnusamy