Meenhaz Foysol

Software Automation Engineer @Cognizant

Utilized Selenium Webdriver with Java to automate test scripts for website by implementing, modifying, and maintaining new and existing automation frameworks. • Created hybrid framework with Page Object Model design for code reusability and avoiding duplicity • Used tools such as TestNG, Apache POI Excel Reader, Maven, Jenkins, Extent Report, and Github to optimize framework process. • Organized framework in predictable manner: kept locators and actions in the main folder, separating tests and assertions in test folder, and placing utilities such as excel and constants in another folder. • Worked on preparation of test plans, test cases, and test scripts. • Operated in Agile environment and participated in ceremonies like daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint retro, and sprint demo. • Experience using Confluence to collaborate for team management and ALM for writing test cases. • Built data driven automation framework from scratch – from downloading jars and adding first locators all the way to running test runner in Jenkins and requesting pull requests in github. • Customized efficient locators like Xpath, CSS, and sibling-parent concept for element identification to run in stable condition. • Utilized Extent Reports to document reproducible defects in organized manner and logged them in JIRA tickets for developer review. • Analyzed business requirements based on acceptance criteria to gather adequate and accurate knowledge to build script. • Performed daily Regression Tests, smoke tests, user acceptance tests, and functional tests using testrunner.xml file through Jenkins job • Proficient with working with git and github as a local and remote repository. Familiar with gitbash. • Proficient in writing SQL queries and performing database testing using JDBC library for automation. • Displayed leadership by delegating parts of the website that are not to be automated to manual testers.