About

Sumedha Gardikar is a highly skilled and result-driven Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with over 7 years of experience in automating web-based applications developed in Java Programming Language. She is ISTQB certified and has a strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), and Defect Life Cycle (DLC) concepts. Sumedha has solid working experience in Core Java, String Manipulation, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, and Exception Handling concepts. She is also specialized in Automation Testing using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, JUnit, and Cucumber. Her skills in Front-end Testing using Selenium WebDriver with TestNG framework and Data Driven Testing using Apache POI are impressive. She has experience in Back-end Testing, creating complex SQL queries, SQL scripts using SQL Developer, and pgAdmin for PostgreSQL database and performing database automation testing with JDBC library in different Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL. She is also proficient in RESTful API Automation Testing using POSTMAN, SOAPUI, and RestAssured Library in Java. Sumedha has a comprehensive knowledge of cross-browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, IE) and cross-platform (Mac/Windows) Compatibility Testing using Selenium WebDriver. She has good testing experience on data visualization using QlikView and PowerBI reporting tools. She is skilled in Agile project management tools- Azure Devops, Jira, and Rally. Currently, Sumedha is working as a Senior Automation Engineer at Saviynt. She has previously worked at Unilever as an Automation SDET and at TCS as a Test Automation Specialist. She has experience in leading team members and working with teams across multiple time zones. Sumedha holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Biotechnology from N M A M Institute of Technology, Nitte. She has relevant experience of 10.04 years and is proficient in tech stacks such as test, SDET, SQL, Java, Selenium, CI/CD, Jenkins, DevOps, Azure, Integration, Software Engineer, MySQL, Frontend, Backend, and Web.