Genie Vagodny
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SUMMARY:
Senior Software QA Analyst with over 16 years of experience in the Healthcare Industry.
Proven record creating Test Strategy for the entire project scope by analyzing Business Requirements and Technical Specifications. Experience in developing and executing Test Plans and Test Cases, validating functionality of web application, business logic and data quality. Strong working knowledge of Quality Assurance methodologies, SDLC. Advanced analytical and technical problem solving skills with the ability to deliver business solutions.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Software: MS office including: Visio, Access, Word, Excel and PowerPoint; QNXT, TruCare, TextPad, Serena ChangeMan, Sharepoint, BO-Business Object
Languages: SQL, Visual Basic, Power Builder, XML
Database/Operating Systems: Sybase, Oracle, MS Access, Windows NT, and Windows 10
Tools: Quality Center v11.0, Quest SQL Navigator, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, SQL Server 2008
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Fallon Health, Worcester MA April 2007 –November 2016
Senior Software QA Analyst
Analyzed complex requirements, technical specifications, and identified test strategy for implementation and enhancement of web applications and other company wide strategic projects.
Defined testing objectives, scope of testing effort, and testing approach
Created and executed functional test plans and cases in accordance with the written plan and scripts for the Unit, Integration, and Regression testing in a development, testing, and UAT environments using Quality Center
Worked closely with both internal and external customers, software developers, data warehouse team, reporting team, and end-users to ensure delivery of a quality product
Developed and executed SQL queries to validate the large health care data sets/reports across systems and to test back-end of the web applications
Worked on various regulatory projects such as CMS Audit., which included UM (Utilization Management) Approvals Denial, Organization Determinations, and Special Needs Plan reports.
Successfully completed testing and signed off to production web applications such as Find a Doctor, Provider Look-up, Online Enrollment, Member Portal, Member Cost Share Dashboard, Eligibility Verification, Claims Metric Report, PCP Panel Report, Referral Monitoring Report., TruCare Authorization Integration and others.
Utilized Business Object/Crystal reports for data validation
Analyzed test results for accuracy, efficiency, and mapping to the business requirements
Collected statistics and escalated issues to supervisor/manager/project manager
Categorized and analyzed defects to assign priorities and severity. Created reports to identify critical items and researched defect root causes
Facilitated defects resolution and provided recommendations for process improvement at the meetings with technical team and business.
Ensured that all planned testing activities were implemented in accordance with project schedule
Collaborated with business to ensure that the quality product delivered to the customer satisfaction in a timely manner
Managed and worked on multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
MultiPlan/Private HealthCare Systems, Waltham, MA January 2000 – April 2007
Software Configuration Specialist/QA Analyst
QA Related Experience:
Created and executed test plans, test cases, and test scripts for Functional, System, and Regression Test based on the Business Functional Requirements for the reporting part of multiple applications run in Business Object/Crystal Report
Developed and executed SQL queries to test back-end of the web applications and data validation reports
Prioritized defects, assigned defects to developers, and followed through with the testing process
Implemented requirement changes, updated test documents (Test Plan and Test Cases) accordingly using Quality Center
Participated actively in the team meetings with the Developers and Business analysts for fixing defects
Software Configuration:
Identified and implemented process improvements to increase efficiency and to reduce promotion errors, by continuously improving code promotion process to reflect best practices
Created and maintained code promotion procedures, guidelines, forms, logs, Environments Visio, and metrics within Application Delivery.
Managed source control system including defining and implementing policies and procedures for check-ins, assigned version labels and promotion module and other activities related to the source control system.
Managed the Code Promotion Process from development stage through implementation
Managed the successful completion of all promotions to Production environment identified on the Planned and Unplanned Releases
Monitored code within multiple working environments using Unix, database, and middleware environments
Maintained version control of all documentation to insure access to most current version using Integration Management System (IMS is the system of record for release) with code promotion data for all releases into production.
Collaborated with Information System Technology groups at all levels to facilitate completion of tasks necessary for problem resolution
Supported the process for Back-Out Procedures to have a successful implementation to rollback or back-out code for the applications.
Collected, documented and presented statistics on code installations to Production by scheduled and unscheduled Release Promotions.
Entered all promotion transactions onto a daily tracking system
EDUCATION:
The Boston Computer School – Boston, MA
Certificate in Quality Assurance
Clark University
College of Professional and Continuing Education, Computer Career Institute – Cambridge, MA
Certificate in Client-Server Development
Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University (CSPU) – Chelyabinsk city, Russia
Master of Science in Mathematics
Chelyabinsk State University (CSU) – Chelyabinsk city, Russia
Diploma in Construction Engineering