SUMMARY:

• More than 13 years of experience with the current and recent nine(9) years as US Federal Government contractor(Department of ) in the Healthcare Information Technology Systems and Software Quality Assurance/Testing field with strong emphasis on IBM/Mercury products. Diverse experience working in Health - care and non Health-care environments.
• Currently serves as a Senior SQA Test Engineer on the VistA Laboratory Enhancement(VLE) - Anatomic Pathology and Microbiology disciplines with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs. Participates from providing laboratory subject matter expertise to developing processes that would help the team in successfully delivering the defect free product to the VA hospitals. Very experienced in the entire SQA life cycle in Agile environment and VA processes.
• Experienced in using the Mercury/HP and IBM products for the project. Created internal process for creating test plan/test case/test suites/test scripts in Rational Quality Manager. Responsible for coordinating with the Requirement Analysts, Functional Analyst and Developers across various teams.
• 13+ years of Healthcare and Information Technology Integration experience with different healthcare systems.
• Experience using Mercury/HP and IBM Tools like Performance Center (Load Runner), Virtual User Generator, Quality Center, WinRunner, TestDirector. Rational Quality Manager, Rational Functional Tester, Rational Configuration Management and Rational Requirements Management.
• Experience using PL/SQL and T-SQL.
• Knowledge and experience using Laboratory Information Software like Cerner PathNet, Meditech and Sunquest.
• High Level Expertise using VistA, VA CPRS and HL7 messaging within the Department of domain.
• Experience testing interfaces for Intelligent InSites and WaveMark applications.
• Experience using Rational ReqPro, ClearCase and ClearQuest
• Extremely proficient using MS Office - (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) and MS Visio
• Detail Oriented, Process Oriented and a quick learner.
• Excellent communication skills, great team player and ability to work independently without supervision.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a Senior SQA Test Engineer for Confidential VistA Laboratory Enhancement project which includes Anatomic Pathology(AP) and Microbiology disciplines.
• Key member of development team responsible for creating and designing SQA Master Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scripts in Rational Quality Manager(RQM).
• Responsible in creating presentation and demonstration of functionality for VA Business User, Medical Professionals and internal project team.
• Responsible for managing and task assignment for other SQA team members.
• Provided training and subject matter expertise for VistA and CPRS for AP module.
• Responsible for end to end submission of 508 testing documents. Assist in getting conformance for VistA and CPRS applications.
• Responsible for Installation of new builds in VistA test account.
• Responsible for executing test scripts and conduct smoke, regression, functional testing for every new build which was released to SQA.
• Created an internal process for defect management and assignment to respective developers.
• Responsible for recording training session via Lync to be used at the test sites.
• Provided support to the project team in Operation Readiness Review for IOC entry to be able to nationally release the software.
• Successfully delivered/tested all functionality to be deployed at 121 different VA Medical Centers.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Working as a Senior Systems/SQA Analyst for HP/VA Real Time Location Systems. Very experienced in writing and reviewing documentation as described in the VA PWS(Performance Work System).
• Participate in User Functional Testing with the business stakeholders at various VISN level hospitals.
• Create Test Plans, Test scripts, execute test cases, map requirements to test cases, create metrics reports and other automation reports in Mercury Quality Center according to the requirements and scope described in VA Project Management Accountability System(PMAS).
• Coordinate with Requirement/Business Analysts and Developers for understanding requirements and writing test scenarios to successfully test the end to end interface for various different VA Applications like CPRS, RTLS MAXIMO etc.
• Creating scenarios and executing smoke testing for new release/builds and have worked in Agile as well as Waterfall methodology implementations.
• Participate in deliverable acceptance review for feedback on the build.
• Assigned a special task on the team to conduct Stage 1 Performance Testing.
• Created automation scripts using Virtual User Generator and created load scenarios on Performance Center for up to 100 Users.
• Very proficient in recording scripts, creating parameter data tables, synchronization points, configuring protocols, configuring user settings on Performance Center for better executing of the load scenario.
• Involved in HL7 Testing to verify appropriate message updates happen between the CPRS and Cerner systems.
• Involved in extensive interface testing between VistA, CPRS and Cerner for various laboratory disciplines like Anatomy Pathology, Microbiology, Chemistry and Molecular Biology during the four years on Laboratory Systems Reengineering Project(LSRP).
• Proficient and highly experienced with the ordering process of laboratory orders in CPRS and VistA.
• Very experienced in performing 508 testing, coordinating with the 508 office and getting conformance for different VA applications within LSRP and RTLS.

Confidential

Business analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created test cases, test plans using business requirement documents.
• Worked closely with Business analysts, developers and QA team throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Functional responsibilities include System testing, Database testing, Security testing, Interface testing, User Acceptance Testing, Agile Testing and Regression testing.
• Performed thorough security testing in compliance with HIPPA.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Sub-contractor/independent contractor on projects with end clients like Pitney Bowes, Devon Energy and .
• Write test plans and test cases using Test Director.
• Reported and track bugs using Test Director.
• Performed functional, stress and regression testing on the application.
• Manual testing of the application.
• Involved in automation testing using Winrunner/QTP
• Create, update, delete and check data using SQL queries.
• Attended daily meetings on defect prioritization.
• Worked in a high multitasking environment responding to multiple conflicting priorities.
• Identified software defects, interacted with developers and after they were fixed, retested them and closed the defects.