SUMMARY:

• Expertise in Test Management process - Business requirement analysis, Test Strategy, Planning and execution for Web based and Client/Server applications.
• Experience in System testing - Functional, GUI and Regression, Integration testing with upstream and downstream systems, business end to end workflow and UAT testing.
• Mid Experience in ETL testing and basic SQL queries.
• Good knowledge in Test Management tools: H P QC, HP ALM , IBM Clear Quest for Test Management and Defect Reporting, Rally for Sprint Management.
• Understanding of SOA technologies, Software Development Life Cycle through waterfall and Agile test methodologies .
• Responsible for overall project delivery from Software Requirements Analysis, converting requirements specification documents and Functional requirements into Test Plans, Test Cases design, Traceability Matrix, Test Data mining/creation, Test execution across test environments including defect management including End to End and Test Evidence walkthrough/Demo.
• Contributed to Agile delivery backlog grooming sessions, daily Scrum, Capacity Planning for Agile user stories and participate in Demo and Retrospective sessions.
• Defect Tracking - Extensively used H P QC and HP ALM for defect management and tracking, log and manage defects , participate in defect triage meetings with all stakeholders - system analysts, business teams, design and development teams.
• Worked with Business Teams in identifying and implementing Business scenarios, Data mining and Claims processing (837).
• Worked extensively on a Product Based testing of Customer service application on Pega platform and also benefits testing of medical claims.
• Experience in testing WebServices using SoapUI tool, request and response xml.
• Excellent communication and Analytical, interpersonal skills with ability to co ordinate activities and work in a team environment to meet the deliverables and good at time management.
• Certified Foundation Tester from ISTQB and AHM 250 .Also a certified SAFe Agilist .

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Test Management Tools: HP QC, HP ALM, IBM Clear Quest, R ally
• Databases: Oracle 10 g, SQL Server, DB2
• Automation Tools: HP QTP, HP UFT, Selenium, Core Java, GIT
• SDLC/Methodologies: AG I LE ( Scrum ), Waterfall
• Operating Systems: Windows 7/ Windows NT/Windows 10
• Miscellaneous: XML, JSON, I Informatica, ETL Testing, TOAD, SSMS, Pega

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Richmond, VA

QA Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Main role is to perform ETL testing in an Agile team of 12 members.
• Analyze and provide estimations for user stories during PI planning and grooming.
• Extensive testing ETL experience in SSMS.
• Reviewing the Business scenarios, Test description, and Test steps from the agile teams.
• Developed ETL test scripts based on technical specifications/Data design documents and Source to Target mappings.
• Extensively worked with flat files and excel sheet data sources.
• Conducting Sprint Demo to Business at the end of each sprint and Sign off.
• Used the Zephyr - JIRA tool for Test management activities.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Played the role of QA Lead from Onshore (Client Location) leading a team of 12 resources from offshore.
• Actively participated in the Requirement, Design and creation of Benefit Matrix.
• Provided process improvements ideas and automation strategies for regression testing
• Performed the Data Completeness, Data Accuracy, Data Quality and Data Transformation validations on the benefit data.
• Involved in the Test data management activities (Data creation and maintenance).
• Actively participated in Daily status calls, Estimations, Test Planning, Test Execution, Defect Analysis and reporting.
• Used the IBM Clear quest for Test management activities.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA,

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Played the role of Test Lead for the product NCompass from Onshore (Client Location) leading a team of 10 resources from offshore working across various projects for different BCBS Plans.
• Actively participated in CSR/Requirement Analysis and Design Analysis, Estimations, Test Strategy, Test Planning, Test Execution and Defect Reporting for all the projects across all the Plans.
• Coordinate with the BCBS Plans, Identified and created the test data (, Claims, Provider etc.) for all the plans testing.
• Coordinate with the BCBS Plans and walkthrough the Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Execution evidences and Defects and get Signoff.
• Actively participated in System, UAT Testing, Regression testing and Automation testing.
• Created Automation Scripts and participated in execution.
• Provide the Daily, Weekly and Monthly status to all the BCBS Plans for all the projects.
• Used the IBM Clear quest for Test management activities.
• Worked in Offshore team in developing strategies for new tools for automated validation.
• Collected the Metrics across all the projects and suggested the areas of improvement leading to the increase in the productivity with reduction in effort.

Confidential, Chattanooga, TN

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Understand the business and functional overview of the applications
• Analyze of Functional requirements for testing every release.
• Preparing the Test Plan, Test scenarios, Test description and Test steps.
• Performing Regression, Functional Testing and review of Integration testing and End to End testing for the proposed changes.
• Ensure that the test data provided by CIGNA is adequate to execute the identified regression test scripts.
• Involved in WebServices Testing using soapUI tool. Validated request and response XML
• Work with Test Lead to prepare the test execution plan for the regression test execution for the on job .
• Responsible for loading the identified regression test scripts to ALM (Application Life Cycle Management).
• Escalation in case of any delay in response or defect resolution.
• Document the lessons learnt and conduct meetings to that effect as needed.
• Provide guidance & clarification to Testers.
• Support continuous improvement process.
• Play active role in the formation of knowledge pool/cross application .