Farzaneh Rastegar
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Over 5 years diversified experience in the field of Healthcare Industry with emphasis on Data Analysis, Business analyst and Quality Assurance of various clients
Knowledge of EDI Claim Processing
Excellent skills in translating complex business concepts. Strategies in to deliverable product requirement and software requirements specification
Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), having thorough understanding of all phases like Requirement Gathering, Analysis/Design, Development and Testing
Developing and understanding overall plans and assisting Project Manager with determining scope, timeline, resource allocation and relevant details of a project plan
Ability to collaborate with peers in both business and technical areas to deliver Business Applications in line with corporate priorities
Worked Closely with Business Users to gather accurate requirements to develop detailed Use Cases, Functional/Technical Requirements and established traceability to the Business Requirements
Experience in software testing, developing test cases, test scripts and involved in System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Knowledge of Database Management, Database Design, Data Analysis, Data Modeling and data import/export
Excellent analytical skills, collaborative team player/leader with proven ability to communicate with peers and building strong customer relations
Technical Skills:
Testing Tools : Quick Test Professional (QTP), Quality Center.
RDBMS : MS SQL Server and MS Access 2000
Operating Systems : UNIX, Windows 8/7/2000/98/XP
Languages : SQL, C++, VB
Data Modeling Tools : MS Visio, Enterprise Architect, Axure Pro 7.0, UML
Other Tools : MS Office, MS Project, MS Visual Studio, Business Intelligence
EXPERIENCE:
PFIZER, Atlanta, GA June 2013 to Apr 2015
Quality Assurance Analyst
Pfizer has a leading portfolio of products and medicines that support wellness and prevention, as well as treatment and cures for diseases across a broad range of therapeutic areas. Pfizer has an industry-leading pipeline of promising new products that have the potential to challenge some of the most feared diseases of our time, like Alzheimer's disease and cancer.
Responsibilities
Worked with Business Analyst, QA Manager and Development Teams to ensure that applications met requirements, Business Rules, high quality and SDLC standards. Involved with Testing Team to plan and implement testing efforts.
Conducted Quality Assurance reviews with other teams for all testing deliverables.
Involved in the risk assessments & prioritized the requirements.
Analyzed requirements, Functional and Design Specifications to establish Test Approach and Test Strategy.
Participated in writing Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts based on business, technical and functional documents and then Execution of test cases, reporting and documenting the test results using Quality Center.
Coordinated with the Development Team on Defect Analysis arising in Tests. Logged, updated, tracked and closed defects using Quality Center for the process of validating applications.
Created, maintained and updated all the testing deliverables in Quality center for all releases.
Enhance QTP scripts with various checkpoints, logical loops, in- built functions and user defined functions for most accurate results and increased reusability of the same.
Performed Systems, End-to-End, Integration and User Acceptance Testing for all releases.
Created SQL queries to perform backend testing for data verification and validation.
Attended the daily Scrum Meeting in the agile environment to discuss all the outstanding Issues.
Environment: Quality Center, QTP, SQL, Windows and MS Office
Alere ( Matria Healthcare), Marietta, GA Nov 2009 to Jun 2013
Business Analyst/ Data Analyst
Alere (Matria Healthcare) focuses on creating breakthrough, cost-effective diagnostic solutions that address the most intractable diseases for all populations in all corners of the world including infectious disease, cardio metabolic disease and toxicology.
Responsibilities
Gathering requirements from users and SMEs by way of interviews and questionnaires
Facilitating JAD sessions with IT designers, developers, users and other stakeholders and preparing post session reports
Authoring business requirements document and Use Case documents using various UML based methods like Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, State chart Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams
Developing Test Cases, Test Data and Requirement Traceability using Excel and performing UAT
Facilitating change management across entire process from project conceptualization to testing through software development and implementation
Create and maintain ETL packages to speed up data processing and reporting
Create reports and analyze data to recommend improvement for different claim processing methods
Analyze data to ensure accurate integration of data from various databases
Deploying Emergency Bug Fixes to Production servers and databases
Performs migration of new programs and/or changes from the test environment to production using appropriate software applications
Assist with the QA Process and in communicating implementation rollouts
Environment: SQL, ETL, Windows, MS Visio and MS Office
Education:
Bachelor of Science - Information Systems
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Dean's List, President's List, Summa Cum Laude