KAVITA REDDY M

QA Analyst

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Having 7+ years of professional experience in Software Quality assurance

on various domains like Finance, Healthcare and Insurance industries with

Manual Testing, Automation Testing, Web Testing which includes Functional,

Regression Testing, System Integration and End to End testing of

enterprise, web-based and standalone applications.

. Expertise in developing Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test

Case Design, Test Reports using business/functional requirements for both

manual and automated tests

. Participation in Design reviews with the Development Team

. Liaise with developers, business analysts, and user representatives in

application design and document reviews

. Expertise in defining QA Strategy, Estimates and future roadmaps with

onsite & offshore working model

. Experience as Onsite coordinator and QA Lead with various projects and

clients

. Analyze business use cases, user interface specifications, and user

requirement specification documents

. Involved in Business Process Automation with PEGA systems Smart BPM suite

- PEGA RULES Process Commander (PRPC)

. Experience in developing Use Cases, Sequence Diagrams and Collaboration

Diagrams based on UML Methodology using tools like MS Visio, MS Word and

MS Excel

. Experience with Gap Analysis to check the compatibility of existing

systems with new business requirements

. Expertise in QA Methodologies like waterfall, V model, RUP, Spiral and

Agile with scrum methodologies with good understanding of SDLC & STLC

. Experienced in Agile Scrum model, involving in daily road maps and

sprint meetings

. Extensive experience in Manual Testing, Black Box, Functional,

Regression, System Integration, E2E, Ad-hoc, Cross Browser, Compatibility

and Regression testing

. Expertise in designing/developing test frameworks using automation tools

like QTP (Quick Test Pro), Selenium IDE&RC, SOAP UI in automating

functional, regression & UI test suits

. Experience in developing Test Cases using Selenium web driver using java,

junit and c#

. Experience in using test management tools like QC (Quality Center) and

Test Director. Have hands-on on experience in other bug tracking tools

like Bugzilla, TFS, Ontime and JIRA

. Experience with PEGA Test Management Framework built on PRPC & .net

Framework

. Hands on experience using PEGA SCRUM and Smart BPM methodology PRPC

Application Profile, Application Express, Document Wizard and Application

Enablement Wizard, CPM

. Experience on CLAIMS and HIPPA standard testing

. Working knowledge of Performance Testing using LoadRunner

. Experience in Mobile Testing [iOS and Android] for the applications

functionality

. Extensive experience in client/server and web application testing using

black box

. Experience on Localization Testing

. Quick learner and excellent team player having ability to meet tight dead

lines and work under pressure

. Good interpersonal skills, committed, result oriented, hard working with

a quest and Zeal to learn new technologies

EDUCATION

. M.Sc. in Computer Science from Andhra University, A.P, India.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

. QA Testing tools :

< Mercury Tools - Test Director 8.0, Quality Center 10.0, QTP 10.0,

Load Runner

< Automation Tools - Selenium IDE & RC and Web Driver, QTP

< Tracking Tools - Bugzilla, JIRA, Team Foundation Server (TFS) and

Ontime

< Frameworks - jUnit, TestNG

. Technologies : ASP, ASP.NET, Core Java, PL/SQL, C, C++

. Scripting/Markup : HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, Shell/Perl Script

. Operating Systems : Windows 8, 7, XP, NT/2000, 95/98, UNIX, RHEL, Linux,

DOS

. Databases : Oracle 10g, 11g, DB2, MS-SQL Server, MS Access

. Package : MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Access), MS FrontPage

. Servers : BEA Web logic, IBM Web Sphere, Tuxedo, Apache

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CLIENT : Kelly's & Associate, MD [Aug'13 to Till Date]

Domain : Insurance

Role : QA Analyst

KTBSPayroll is a division of Kelly & Associates Financial Services, Inc.,

that combines innovative technology with seamless administrative solutions,

creating a payroll management system that is fully integrated, accurate and

easy to use, comprehensive reporting capabilities. KTBSOnline is web

application mostly used by brokers who involves in daily trading.

Responsibilities:

. Development of Manual and Automated test cases by decomposing use

cases for specific functional requirements.

. Working with Business Analysts to define and design test scenarios and

test data

. Working with LINQPad to test web services and validate XML

. Validating HIPPA Standards

. Interaction with Business teams and Developers to understand business

requirements and bug fixes.

. Regression testing to daily builds both manually and running automated

scripts using LINQPad and Selenium Web driver with .net framework

. Updating existing scripts using Selenium Web Driver as per the latest

changes and for new features added

. Validating API using Fiddler

. Used OnTime to create new components for maintain Incidents, bug list

and Features

. Cross browser testing across different browsers like Internet

Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome.

. Involved in status meetings to report issues. Work with developers

through all phases of testing to prioritize bug resolutions.

. Participated in daily Scrum meetings to update the daily sprint

status.

. Integration testing to verify the data interface between various

application modules. Performed System and Regression testing for new

releases.

. Coordination between various teams to ensure consistency and accuracy

across test plans, user manuals and training materials.

Environment: C#, .Net, OnTime, SQL Server, Mongo DB, LINQPad, TestNG,

Selenium Web Driver, Fiddler, MS Office Suite, Linux, Windows.

CLIENT : AIG, NJ [May'12 to Aug'13]

Domain : Insurance

Role : QA Lead

AIG is a world leading property-casualty and general insurance

organization. AIG enables One Claim front end system is the centerpiece of

Claims strategy to provide a flexible end-to-end solution on a single

global platform. One Claim effectively manages the claim lifecycle from

intake through adjudication, to client reporting for multiple countries and

lines-of-business in a consistent manner

Responsibilities:

. As QA lead, managed onsite and offshore team, define the schedule and

timelines as per client schedule. Involved in Project Management and

Hiring Process

. Developed Manual test cases by decomposing use cases for specific

functional requirements.

. Worked with Business Analysts to define and design test scenarios and

test data

. Enrolling Claims as per the requirement and verifying E2E Data

. Tested access groups on PEGA

. Worked with SAOP UI to test some of the PEGA WSDLS and web services

. Made recommendations for manual and automated testing of varied

functionality

. Interacted with Business teams and Developers to understand business

requirements and bug fixes.

. Functional Validation of the application for the iOS Devices (iPhone,

iPad)

. Performed Regression testing to builds both manually and running

automated scripts using QTP 10.0 and Selenium

. Integrated reusable components which are created using BPT (QC) to

QTP

. Used HP Quality Center to create new components for maintain Business

Process (BPT)

. Performed Cross browser testing across different browsers like

Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome.

. Used Quality Center 10.0 to manage bugs, test reports and statistics

. HP's Business Process Testing (BPT) using Quality center 11 with

creating new test components

. Performed Integration testing to verify the data interface between

various application modules. ETL data validation through BAM and excel

reports

. Worked with developers to reproduce errors and resolve software

anomalies

. Coordinated communication between various teams to ensure consistency

and accuracy across test plans, user manuals and training materials

. Worked with collaborative testing with developers as per the SCRUM

meeting

Environment: PEGA-PRPC 6.1, .Net, DB2, Quality Center 10.0, QTP 10.0,

Oracle 11G, MS Office Suite, HTML, SQL, ASP.NET, Linux, Windows.

Client : Alere, NJ [Aug '11 to May' 12]

Domain : Health Care

Role : Business Analyst / QA Lead

Alere provides healthcare support by providing individuals with the tools

and services that enable judgments to be made at home, under medical

supervision, their health either improves or the progression of an existing

chronic problem is delayed with having different benefits maintaining like

payer health care etc.

Responsibilities:

. Develop business use cases, user interface specifications, and user

requirement specification documents

. Coordinated communication between various teams to insure consistency

and accuracy across test plans, user manuals and training materials

. Developed Manual test cases by decomposing use cases for specific

functional requirements

. Interacted with Business teams and Developers to understand business

requirements and bug fixes

. Performed Regression testing to daily builds both manually and running

automated scripts using QTP 10.0. Experience in testing HIPPA

Standards

. Tested some of the work groups based on PEGA rules

. Maintained bug lists for critical issues using Quality Center 10.0,

JIRA for bug tracking

. Distributing work to the offshore team and get the status from them at

the end of each day and report back to the QA Manager

. Integration testing to verify the data interface between various

application modules

. Provided application support based on issues reported through Helpdesk

Tickets

. Performed Root Cause Analysis for the reported issues

. Involved in Performance testing using Load Runner Scripting

Environment: PEGA, Quality Center 10.0, QTP 10.0, TFS, SQL Server 2003,

Legacy System, MS Office Suite, Windows XP, Unix, HTML, SQL, ASP.NET,

Windows NT.

Client : OpenPages, MA [June '08 to July '11]

Domain : Content Management (GRCMS)

Role : QA Lead

Open Pages is a product company selling an end to end software

solution that provides a single enterprise system for managing governance,

risk and compliance procedures and policies. Some of the popular Compliance

products released by Open Pages are FCM, ORM, ITG and GCM.

Roles & Responsibilities:

. Leading Manual and Automation teams

. On daily basis developing the QTP scripts using VB descriptive

programming

. Execute the scripts on current releases and sustaining releases

. Executed localization scripts as per client needs

. Manual and Automation execution status to management using QC

dashboards

. Designed selenium scripts for the existing QTP scripts as per the

client requirements

. Enhanced all existing Key word Driven Frame work regression QTP suits

to Selenium defined scripts using Selenium RC with JUnit Framework

. Used QC to map requirements to maintain traceability matrix for

Business Process Records

. Creation of bug Reports and reviewing the bug fixes for the test

strategy using QC 10

. Participated in Bug triage and Traceability matrix meetings

. Review Test Plan and test cases written by team members

. Participating in daily SCRUM meetings, Team coordination from client

location

. Understanding the new requirements and new features

. Highlighting the potential risks to the client which might affect the

project schedule

Environment: Quality Center 10.0, QTP 10.0, Selenium RC, SQL Server 2003,

Linux, MS Office Suite, Windows XP, Java, HTML, XML, Struts, Servlets,

JSP, Tomcat,Oracle9i, TOAD

Client : Willis, UK [May '07 to May '08]

Project Name / Role : Cover Point / QA Engineer

Domain : Insurance

Cover point provides online facilities for trading platform to support

Willis group to grow its market share in medium value business and to

support a leap in processing efficiencies. Objectives of this project are

to provide an e-trading platform based on business requirements and

developed to focus on low complexity business and reporting to assist SCR

(Security Contingency Recovery) in identifying and improving their cross-

selling opportunities.

Roles & Responsibilities:

. Analyzing the specifications provided by the client

. Understanding the new requirements and new features

. Writing the functional test cases, Prepare Test Reports

. Implementing automation scripts in QTP

Client : Skandia, Berlin, Germany [April '06 to Mar '07]

Project Name / Role : TIM (Transparent Investment Management) / QA

Engineer

Domain : Insurance

Client : Marwadi Shares & Finance Pvt. Ltd. (MSFPL) [Mar '05 to Jan

'06]

Project Name / Role : Company Intranet for Demat Account Holders / QA

Engineer

Domain : Finance

Client : Regency Ceramics Limited [Nov '04 to Jan '05]

Project Name / Role : EDMS-(Employee Database Mgmt.) / QA Engineer

Domain : Banking

Kavita Reddy M

Contact this candidate