Roman Margulis

**-** **** ******, **** Lawn, New Jersey 07410

Cell: 201-***-****, home 201-***-****

Email: acykaj@r.postjobfree.com

Summary & Qualifications:

Senior Quality Assurance Professional with extensive experience in a full SDLC. Emphasis in quality assurance analysis, testing, and implementation of the Client Server and Web based Database systems. Strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills. Experience in strategic planning, people and resource management. Ability to work effectively under stringent timelines with offshore/onshore technical teams and business partners. Creative and enthusiastic, self-starter and quick learner.

Technical Skills:

HTML, Java Script, Java Applets, ARCDRIVE Tool, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, CICS, VSAM, OS/JCL, COBOL, COBOLII, SQL, Visual Source Safe, TSO/ISPF, OS/2, FILE-AID, PANVALET, INTERTEST, XPEDITER, PROEDIT, Oracle, Unix, Test Director, Lotus Notes, Visual Source Safe, Win Runner, Windows NT, Windows 95/98/2000, XP, Compuware Hiperstation, HP Application Lifecycle Management, SharePoint, Clearquest, IBM308X, 3090, 4341, 370, IBM PC.

Professional Experience:

Alta TECHNOLOGIES CONSULTING / Health first NEW YORK, NY

QA-Lead/ Senior Quality Assurance Analyst 01/2016 - present

Healthfirst is a not-for-profit managed care organization that is sponsored by some of the most prestigious and nationally recognized hospitals and medical centers in New York. Healthfirst has a unique hospital-sponsored business model which allows us to reinvest in the not-for-profit and public healthcare system by returning the financial savings from our operational efficiencies to our hospital sponsors. Healthfirst mission is to ensure that Healthfirst members have superior healthcare and satisfaction. Healthfirst offer a variety of government-sponsored health insurance programs including New York State’s Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage to individuals and families in New York service areas.

Liaison between business, developers, QA teams and end users to ensure 100% testing coverage and traceability to the business requirements.

As a Lead QA working with onsite and offshore resources to ensure that all testing activities are on track and all critical and blocking defects are being escalated to respective development teams.

Conduct daily standup meeting for my team and communicate daily priorities and goals. As a part of the agile team work with Scrum master to prioritize test stories and assign tasks to team members.

Responsible for monthly standard release tasks assignments.

Participated in creation and execution 834 ENR files utilizing excel spreadsheet and 834 EDI (File conversion tool.

Participated in testing Data Entry for EZR application – MHS 738 Upgrade and FPL (Federal Poverty Limit) updates.

Responsible for creating and execution HFIC project test cases.

Created EEIMAS files for PEGA processing to verify membership data transferred to MHS (Managed Healthcare system) for HFIC (Healthfirst Insurance Company) project.

Generated test case execution and defect reports for upper management for each release utilizing ALM tool.

Prepared and executed test scripts for SAS reports and coordinated validation with business stake holders.

HP ALM 11.0 was used for creating Test cases and tracking defects.

Testing was performed using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

Express Scripts (former Medco) Franklin Lakes, New Jersey

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst 04/2004 - 11/2016

Fortune 25 Pharmacy Benefits Management Company responsible for processing millions of prescription drug claims each year through home delivery and retail pharmacies.

The company assists its customers to moderate the cost and enhance the quality of prescription drug benefits provided to members nationwide. As the QA project lead I have planned, scheduled, and executed all stages of software implementations. Lead and directed five plus multi-functional testing teams. Excelled in guiding the work of extensive QA Teams by addressing project goals, scope, and translating project requirements into detailed Test Plans and Test Cases. Monitored progress to meet very aggressive deadlines and to ensure 100% test coverage and traceability to the business requirements. Ensured interaction between business and technical areas to achieve on-time, on-budget, and on- speck project completions. Ensured that client needs were adequately met by the requirements. Resolved numerous project issues including, but not limited to staffing shortages, requirement gaps, and test data limitations.

Liaised between business, developers, QA Teams and end users to ensure 100% testing coverage for the nation’s largest mail order pharmacy operations.

Responsible for managing business/system requirements, created Project Plans/Schedules, established traceability matrix between business requirements and test cases.

Performed QA testing for CICS and DB2 applications that were re-designed for the HIPAA Compliance initiative.

Utilized automated tool Hiperstation to capture, maintain, and execute TCP/IP and 3270 mainframe scripts against Eligibility, Client Profile, and Pharmacy Processing Point of Sale (POS) and Medical claims systems.

Responsible for creating project plans, project schedules, and multi-phased test cases/plans.

Created and setup QA environment for necessary eligibility, groups, medical and pharmacy claims data according to QA testing scenarios.

Bessemer Trust Woodbridge NJ

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst 09/2002 – 04/2004

Privately owned and independent, Bessemer Trust is a multifamily office that has served individuals and families of substantial wealth for more than 100 years.

Lead QA analyst responsible for testing and implementation of Internet based business-to-business Siebel Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system for Bessemer Trust. The system helps create and execute internet based marketing campaigns to identify and acquire new customers, to develop tailored product and service offerings, and to facilitate unassisted selling.

Responsible for manual tests design and execution.

Highly involved in writing manual, functional, GUI, data Integrity, cross entity, and end-to-end test scripts.

Used PL/SQL to develop SQL statements and queries for data analysis and data verification.

Participated in Cognos report testing using SQL statements.

Used Test Director Tool for creating and executing test cases.

ALKERMES Inc. Waltham, MA

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst 05/2002 – 08/2002

ISOTRAIN is a powerful, flexible and reliable Client/Server and web-based tool to track, schedule and organize the training process required to fully comply with FDA regulations for a total quality based program. ISOTRAIN helps easily answer any inquiry about training status or history, and can also help deal with FDA 21 CFR Part 11. ISOTRAIN’S objective is to automate and simplify the scheduling and documentation of firm’s training efforts, ensuring Continuous Compliance with federal, state, and local government requirements.

Responsible for creating test plans, test conditions/scripts based on the business/system requirements, executed test scripts for functional and regression testing.

Executed SQL query’s and wrote SQL scripts to populate test data into appropriate tables.

Specific responsibilities included Maintenance of Bug tracking system and working with software development team on software problem redemption.

VERIZON/AMDOC Boston, MA

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst 11/2001 – 05/2002

Responsible for QA testing during the conversion of three different proprietary LEGACY database systems into a new Oracle-based database system.

Utilized PL/SQL Developer to generate SQL statements and queries for data analysis and verification.

Excel and MS Query used as a tool for data extraction and data collection from external databases.

Use Excel to sort data, execute database functions, and create custom filters and reports.

Reviewed technical specifications and tables translation.

Created test scripts including test cases and expected results.

Used a proprietary tool called EZREP based on UNIX platform to extract data from Oracle databases.

Mercury Test Director 7.2 used to develop test cases and document results and defects for development team. Manual tested the converted data and performed regression testing to verify valid data.

GOLDMAN SACHS Inc. New York, NY

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst 8/2000 – 10/2001

Responsible for testing of an Internet based business-to-business application, which lists equity offerings and provides

institutional investors with the opportunity to place Indication of Interest.

Responsibilities included requirements Analysis and Reassessment after each testing cycle. Test case design, creation

and execution.

Integration testing, examination of all processes influencing multiple interfaces.

Usability testing, including navigational issues, general design, page layout, multimedia, and error handling testing.

Database Update Interface testing.

Regression testing to ensure modifications made according to requirements.

Compatibility testing across different browsers, operating systems, and architectural components.

Results analysis, bug reporting and re-testing, using SRS defect tracking tool. Test Director Utilization as a tool for test case design, execution and to generate project activities reports. Used WinRunner to automated processes.

Responsible for testing and support of the additional trading system which integrated Goldman Sachs Order Systems and Position Management / Trades Processing Systems with Spear, Leeds & Kellogg’s TAXI system. TAXI provided functionality for Order Management, Execution Management and Position Management, and ultimately replaced numerous Goldman Sachs systems that performed these tasks.

My responsibilities included planning and running test cases, test scripts, status reporting, modification and executions of shell scripts.

Generated results and bug analysis.

Executed re-testing, using SRS defect tracking tool.

Utilized Test Director Utilization for test case design, execution and project activities reports.

CAP GEMINI AMERICA New York, NY

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst 04/1998 – 2/2000

As a member of a Quality Assurance team participated in WEB QA testing of Intranet-based Customer New and Current Accounts System for the First Bank of Minnesota that provides expanded functionality through utilization of the set of Web Design and Web Testing tools.

Utilizing Requirements documentation participated in test plan preparation process, developed test cases for the Primary, Security and Currency Trading Account Web pages.

Utilized ARCDRIVE automated testing tool during expected results base line preparation.

Conducted stress and performance measurement tests by loading abnormally high number of accounts on the test server.

Utilize WEB Analyzer during the performance test.

Developed SQL queries and multiple AD-HOC reports to assist the client during the multiple problem research and analysis process.

EUROPEAN AMERICAN BANK Long Island, NY

Programmer / Analyst 01/1998-04/1998

Participated in the maintenance and enhancement of Relative Customer Information System and Finance Communication System.

Was responsible for analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of batch modules, designed conversion programs to implement enhanced data structures.

Performed Regression Testing to ensure modifications made perform to requirements.

Specific responsibilities included analysis, design, development and testing of various on-line CICS front end programs. The applications were developed using COBOL II, CICS and using VSAM files.

Education:

Globe Institute of Technology / New York, NY

Computer Programming and System Design, A.O.S.

Technical college of Electrical Mechanics / Khmelnitsky Ukraine.

Contact this candidate