About

Harshad Kashikar is an experienced Staff Software Test Engineer at Citrix with over 10 years of experience in the information technology industry. He has 8+ years of expertise in automation and manual testing, and 2 years of experience as an assistant faculty for C language in a reputed institute in India. Harshad's key competencies include Automation Testing, Manual Testing, Networking and Security, and Other Technical skills. He has hands-on experience in automation tools such as c# for 7 years, TestComplete for 2.5 years, and Selenium for 6 months. He can design and maintain automation frameworks, develop small applications in C# to reduce manual efforts, and has beginner-level experience in QTP/RFT. He also has intermediate-level programming skills in C, C++, and C#.Net, and beginner-level skills in Java and Perl. In manual testing, Harshad can define test strategy and write test plans, create and maintain test infrastructure, and has experience working in agile environments. He can automate processes and software deployment wherever possible and has a good understanding of SDLC, STLC, and Bug Life Cycle. Harshad's networking and security skills include basic networking setup on Windows and Linux machines, configuring AD, DHCP, DNS, HTTP, and FTP servers on both platforms, troubleshooting client-server connectivity using tools and analyzing logs, and hands-on experience in configuring network and endpoint security devices like Palo Alto, Cisco firewalls, Imperva WAF, Checkpoint, Symantec Endpoint Protection, and more. In addition to his technical skills, Harshad has experience leading teams of small size and ensuring timely deliverables. He has worked as a Principal Software QA Engineer at Symantec and a Test Specialist at Mindtree, where he gained experience in test planning, execution, review, resolving technical queries of team members, automation, and test case execution. Harshad has a Master's Degree in Computer Application from Ramdeobaba Institute of Computer Application, a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science and Application from Raisoni College, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Shivaji Science. His tech stack includes test, SDET, Selenium, QA, Java, and infra. Harshad has a total of 16.19 years of relevant experience in the industry.