Sudha Janakiraman

Contact Number - 401-***-****, Email - acqwuy@r.postjobfree.com, Status – US Citizen

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Experience in Information Technology Field in Software Testing, Quality Assurance of Mortgage, Banking and Financial Applications, Mutual fund, Insurance, Health Care and Web Applications. I am currently working at Inovalon.

Experience in application Analysis, Testing and Production support (Java/J2EE and IBM WebSphere portal).

Communicate and interface directly with Development, Business Requirement and Production Support, Database Management and Program Management Office teams.

Respond to requirement tasks and software quality assurance issues with related groups such as development, database, and management teams.

Responsible for planning, organizing and managing programs in accordance with contractual agreements. Uses professional leadership, planning, and project management skills to achieve required business development goals, budget compliance, administration, reporting, and contractual performance standards.

Manage aspects of SDLC and project delivery process for key infrastructural initiatives that range from scope, resource planning involving mixed levels of risk and change management.

Provide necessary definition, development, and deployment of product quality assurance strategy, addressing all phases of product development.

Experience working within Waterfall, Agile and Iterative software development methodology and Expertise in Software Development Life Cycle.

Proficient in implementation of software testing (functional, integration, regression, ser acceptance, business certification, security, front end and back end) and development to high quality assurance standards.

Knowledge of UNIX and Shell Scripting.

Maintain SQA Test Library.

Develop and manage quality assurance metrics for performance improvement.

Manage the planning and execution of product testing efforts, including all associated resources to meet committed delivery dates.

Maintain product consistency throughout product cycle, including the design and build phases through quality checkpoints and testing.

Manage and Review Automation Testing Framework for Regression and Performance Testing.

Providing dynamic solutions to achieve high quality, repeatable processes with minimal intervention.

Experience with Rational and Mercury Automation tools to lead the effort of developing automation scripts, create and execute test scenarios, and analyze results.

Developing and maintain test automation Coding Standards, Procedures, Guidelines consistent with QA

Develop Test Strategy, Test Plan and conduct test execution, defect (bug) tracking and reporting, and follow-up and issue resolution.

Extensive experience in setting up of test data and test environment.

Experience with setting up, configuring and maintaining test environments for Performance Testing.

Managed Projects and Coordinated with the teams working Onsite and Offshore.

Ability to prioritize along critical path and meet project milestones and deliverable dates.

Coaching, Training, Supervising, Mentoring and Assigning tasks to team.

Strong Project Management and organization skills with ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships.

Proven ability to manage multiple projects, under tight deadlines, often with competing priorities and complexities.

Review and provide feedback on project deliverables and delivering status reports to management.

Experience in handling large amounts of complex data using SQL in enterprise level data warehouse such as Oracle, SQL Server

Strong verbal, written, communications, organized presentation skills and analytical and problem solving skills.

Experience testing Web based services, .NET, and C++ application.

Experience on mainframe and client server platforms.

Received Cool Rewards from Fannie Mae for outstanding performance.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Inovalon, Herndon, VA

Information Systems, June 2012 - Till Date

Data Insight Products: Business Intelligence, Health Insurance Exchange, Affordable Care Act

Lead the Quality Assurance department and evaluate the work products of project teams.

Create and manage testing and project schedule.

Gain deep product knowledge and provide technical leadership and guidance to the team.

Review test plans, test scripts, testing processes and test results and ensure that quality assurance and controls are incorporated in the project plan

Participate and lead in the validation of design, code, and process reviews.

Facilitate project meetings and provides a single point of contact for QA projects.

Communicate and coordinate with senior management, peers, and staff to achieve the goals of the unit.

Contribute to the entire software development life cycle from initial business requirements to deployment & production support.

Resolve issues through independent decision making, effective collaboration, and strong negotiation skills.

Create policy and procedures relating to software development and releases.

Design & development of testing tools and strategies for test automation & support.

Lead unit testing, build and deploy testing, Integration testing, security testing, user acceptance testing.

Ensure Quality of Service levels of software products through performance test benchmarking.

Assist in implementation of QA standards and continual improvement activities.

Perform functional, physical and in process configuration audits to insure consistency with requirements/deliverables and delivered product(s)

Experience testing an analytics enterprise BI/Data warehouse solution (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS)

Ensure the use of appropriate tools for documentation, testing, and change management

Review program specifications and related project documentation for completeness, consistency and clarity

Experience in Back End Testing, and developing of SQL Queries.

Ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations and requirements.

NIH, Bethesda, MD

Consultant, August 2010 – June 2012

Electronic Funds Management System, Document Submission System, Scientific Information System, Grants Workflow Information System, Intranet, Construction Grants Management System

Proactive involvement in test strategies, planning and execution following the SDLC to ensure that software, systems, and services meet minimum company standards against defined functional and non-functional requirements.

Leadership is QA and continuous improvement across the test organization as well as overall product delivery.

Ensure appropriate test approach, methodology and documentation in place.

Partner with other SDLC groups to review specifications, insure timely resolution of issues, ensure thorough testing from a business perspective and understand support issues.

Identified, recommended and implemented changes to enhance the effectiveness test methodology and strategy.

Developed the overall test strategy and approach to include System, Regression, Performance, Acceptance, and Automation test stages.

Identified test environment requirements and communicated testing schedules, milestones, and staffing needs to project managers

Lead testing staff with test planning, design, implementation, execution, and evaluation of new or revised applications/systems.

Provided up-to-date information on testing status, schedule, defects, issues, and risks.

Developed overall readiness and risk assessment of new or revised applications/systems and presents to project management.

Support in Automating End to End business scenarios.

Worked with Systems Deployment Center Testing Practice leads to improve the testing process and to follow up the consistent testing methodology.

Fannie Mae, Herndon, VA

Analyst, August 2005 - August 2010

Extensively involved in the Business Requirement Analysis and in Effort estimation.

Identifying gaps between the Functional Specifications and the Business Requirement.

Developing Test plans scenarios for new or modified software applications including schedules and resources in accordance to project scope or delivery dates.

Delegating test tasks, monitoring test progress and maintaining databases of known test defects, tracking successes and historical analyses of test results.

Applying testing processes that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, defect retest, or usability.

Reporting results and conducting analysis of complex software applications and system functionality.

Extensively involved in interpreting XSD and produce XML documents to conform to an XSD.

Collaborating with project team to evaluate or diagnose problems and recommend possible solutions.

Identifying automation opportunities, developing business case to demonstrate quantifiable benefits, development of business/systems requirements and turning those requirements into solutions.

Provide feedback and recommendations to developers on software usability and functionality.

Participate in code reviews to provide input on functional requirements, schedules or potential problems.

Maintain product consistency throughout product cycle, including the design and build phases through quality checkpoints and testing.

Reviewing software documentation and Deliverable artifacts to ensure technical accuracy, compliance, or completeness, or to mitigate risks.

Participating in all testing related activities such as technical walkthroughs and lifecycle reviews.

Actively involved in the Business Requirement review, Functional requirements review, Design and Code reviews.

Excellent involvement in QA activities and development of Test Scenarios/Test Cases for System/Interface Requirements and Business requirements.

Exposed in System, Regression, Integration and UAT testing.

Worked with different Interface systems supporting our application and performed end-to-end integration testing.

Absorbed the change request introduced during the Test execution phase and provided Level of Effort after Analysis.

Involved in production support in triaging the incidents.

Coordinated with developers to recreate the errors and maintained the trouble log reports.

TECHNICAL PROFILE

Languages: Win Runner (TSL), Load Runner, Scripting Languages, SQL, PL/SQL

Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95, DOS, OS/390

Methodologies: Object Oriented Methodologies

Database: DB2, Oracle 11g, SQL Server, MS Access

Internet Technologies: XML, HTML, Java Script, J2EE, JSP, Web Services, Servlets

Web/Application Server: IBM Web Sphere, MS-Internet Information Server, Apache

Software Automation Tools: Win Runner, Load Runner, Astra Load Test, QTP

Rational Tools: Rational Clear Quest, Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Test Manager, Rational Clear Case, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Team Concert, Rational Functional Tester

Microsoft Tools: MS Visio, MS Project, MS Suite of tools, Microsoft Test Manager, Team Foundation Server

Test Management Tool: Test Director and Quality Center

CRM Tools: Siebel, Siebel Tools

ETL Tool: Ab initio, Data Stage

XML, WSDL, SOAP UI

DOORS

SharePoint

EDUCATION:

B.E., Electrical and Electronics, 1997

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