Bipasa Gupta

E-mail: ad2lsq@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile No: 609-***-****

US Citizen

Summary:

Over 13 years of work experience, including 10+ years in IT Recruiting and 3+ years as a QA Analyst

Accomplished Senior Recruiter with a focus on talent acquisition across diverse industries

Proficient in devising and executing recruitment strategies, managing client requirements, and overseeing new hire orientation

Experienced working with Federal government, private clients, and preferred vendors; maintained strong collaboration with clients and vendors for effective talent acquisition

Expertise in end-to-end recruitment processes, including client requirement, job description creation, sourcing, candidate screening, shortlisting, negotiation, submission, interview coordination and onboarding

Extensive experience in sourcing through job portals like Dice, Monster, indeed, Tech-fetch, and Career builder.

Worked with candidates of different visa and residency status

Seeking career advancement in talent management within a growth-oriented organization

Worked as a QA Analyst prior to IT Recruiting career

Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills

Effective networking ability for building client relationships

Work Experience

Softek Intl. Aug’ 2019 to Aug’2023

Sr. Managing Recruiter

Piscataway, NJ. Remote

Softek Intl is a government affiliated company who has direct involvement in Federal Government projects. The key clients are US Army, US Navy, DISA, DHS, NYDOE etc. and their consulting partners i.e., Accenture and Deloitte. SOFTEK is providing IT Service Management (ITSM) and process improvement expertise, which includes proposal assessments, design, build and implementation. Worked as a Senior Recruiter with the following responsibilities

Responsibilities:

Managed strategic relationship with the above clients for their talent acquisition need and gathered the requirement for recruiting activities

Utilized tools & platform i.e., LinkedIn, inhouse digital tools to assess & recruit top talent

Maintained different client requirements in the company database/ SharePoint for active recruiting activities and monitoring the progress

Regular stand-up meeting with client to discuss progress, challenges & action plan

Post the job requirement in different recruiting portals and match with candidate profile

Check for the rates and federal govt clearance (Secret, Top Secret) requirement and confirm if the candidate match

Screen and shortlist the candidate and arrange for the client interview

Coordinate with HR for onboarding of the candidate, if selected

Timesheet approval, follow up and client feedback for the consultants working in the project

Coordinate the exit procedure when the consultants leave the project

Esha Corp IT Jan’ 2019 to July’ 2019

East Brunswick, NJ

Sr. IT Recruiter

ESHA Corp IT is a technology advisory firm that helps companies of all sizes improve their cybersecurity, technology compliance and staffing. The technology recruiting group helps client for their short term and long-term staffing need. Worked as a Sr. IT recruiter for their direct clients like Honcker, Open Road, BBB, Riot Games, IBG &Tellic etc.

Responsibilities:

Perform business development function by sourcing candidates for new clients

Proactively follow up with clients regarding their staffing requirements and help create the job descriptions

Post the job description in different job portal i.e. Dice, Monster, Indeed, LinkedIn etc.

Perform candidate search in the portal to source the right candidate

Pre-screen the candidate through telephonic, video call or personal meet and negotiated rates and other terms of employment

Match the client’s need with candidate’s expectation i.e. skill sets, pay

Coordinate with the clients and candidates about the requirement, interview, feedback, hiring and closure

Perform all the documentation and procedural activities for hiring

Use Job Diva to update status and activity

Attend daily stand-up meeting with manager and team members

Attend client calls on daily basis.

Trustek Inc. July’ 2016 to Dec’2018

Princeton, NJ

Sr. IT Recruiter

Trustek Inc. is a software research, development and consulting company engaged in IT staffing, custom software development, business process outsourcing and GIS services. IT staffing services have provided consulting services at Fortune 500 clients i.e. AT&T, KPMG, Verizon, Uline etc. Worked as a Sr. IT Recruiter responsible for complete end to end recruitment process.

Responsibilities:

Work on the complete end to end recruitment process with Hiring Managers, HR and other stakeholders for entry level to senior position

Coordinate with management in creating staffing plans, sourcing of profile, shortlisting, and interviewing strategies and implementing agreed upon action plans

Rate negotiation with client and vendor, candidate submission, interview coordination and final confirmation

Provide company information and competency-based interview methodology to candidates.

Identify and follow the recruitment best practices for best-in-class candidate experience

Maintain current knowledge of business, marketplace, legal and recruitment trends, and requirements

Ensure data integrity by proving timely and accurate information in all recruitment reports for reporting to senior management

Ensure recruitment process complies with the Service Level Agreement

Used different social media/ job site i.e., LinkedIn, Dice, Monster etc. and experienced with MS tools i.e., MS word, excel, PPT.

Orion System Inc. Sep’ 2012 to June’2016

Princeton, NJ

Sr. IT Recruiter

Orion is a globally recognized IT Solutions & Staffing Firm that has been assisting our clients for over 20 years in maximizing their technological investments with highly effective staffing solutions. Orion’s specialized Delivery model evokes the highest caliber of talent: Onshore, Offshore, and Nearshore.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for recruiting IT professional across the USA through direct phone sourcing, networking, referrals, and expanded Internet sourcing

Technical screening of candidates, coordinate interviews with Account Managers, negotiate rates & terms of contract

Schedule & coordinating interviews for the candidates short listed by the clients

Maintained a strong vendor network and relationships to get candidates for active requirements

Responsible for the full recruitment life cycle; including sourcing, pre-screening, conducting personal interviews, coordinating technical/managerial interviews, checking references, negotiating pay, and getting paperwork details

Extensively recruited for clients like AT&T, Verizon, KPMG, J&J

Successfully resourced candidates for IT, Software Developers Java, .Net, SQL, PL/SQL, and Oracle etc.), SAS Developers, Database Administrators (DBA’s), QA, Engineers/Analysts/Testers, Business Analysts, Underwriters, C, C++(Windows, Unix/Linux), Technical Project Managers.

Created resume database to cater for upcoming/ high demand requirements

Maintaining a strong vendor network across the US for multiple clients

Provided weekly and monthly report to management on the recruiting pipeline and candidates

Work extensively with MS Office tools like Word, Excel, and Outlook

QSSI, MD Oct 11-Aug 2012

Maryland Health Benefit Exchange

Sr. QA Analyst/UAT Tester

Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (MDHIX) is a project for health insurance exchange or marketplace for Maryland State and it is the central component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). QSSI was the project implementation partner. I worked as an UAT/ Application Tester.

Responsibilities:

Analysis of business, functional and system change requirement

Prepare test plan, test cases and test scripts based on functional requirement of the application

Involved in System, UAT, Regression, Smoke testing.

Worked on Life event changes, 8001(Medicaid and CHIP), Notices, Income Verification, Outstanding Verification (90 days and 30 days)

Tested 834 transaction for QHP

Performed multi browser testing

Logged defects in JIRA tool and followed up until fixed

Attended weekly status meeting with developer & business analyst to discuss issues and resolution encountered during testing

Performed End to End testing with different groups

Reported Insurance Affordability (IA) for IRS bases on test result in SOAP

CSC, Albany, NY May 2011- Oct 2011

New York Health Benefit Exchange

Sr.QA Tester/ UAT

I worked as Sr. QA tester on the Plan Management project implemented by CSC for NY-HX. Plan Management encompasses all the business processes which identify, certify, decertify, renew, manage, and administer all of the health plans offered by the NY-HX.

Responsibilities:

Preparation of test plan, test cases, test script,

Execution of scripts using Rational Quality Manager (RQM).

Walkthrough of test cases and test data with Developers and Business Analyst.

Validate elements of CHIP/MMC Plan data

Perform Positive/Negative, Smoke, GUI, Functional and Database testing.

Perform Multi Browser Testing.

Create Requirement Traceability Matrix and Defect report.

Participate in Defect triage meeting for defect review.

Coordinated with Developers and Business Analyst to resolve issues during testing

Blue Cross Blue Shield, Michigan Oct 2010 - Apr 2011

QA Tester/Data Validation Analyst

BCBSM is a renounced healthcare insurance company in Ml. Worked on Michigan Taxes, Michigan Claims, PHI information focused on healthcare data validation, health care programs, Medicaid and Medicare.

Responsibilities involved understanding the business and functional requirements and identify test scenarios based on STM and involved in preparation for test cases. Tested different types of claim (270/271, 837, 897, 276, 277, 835) to make sure application is transferring data to system correctly. Involved in Functional, Integration, System, Regression and UAT testing. Participated in defect review with developers & business.

Highmark, PA Sep 2009- Oct 2010

Quality Assurance Analyst

Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania (now Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield) is one of the largest health insurers in the Pennsylvania. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as a part of HIPAA, has mandated that health services covered entities use HIPAA transactions version 5010, discontinuing use of current version 4010A1 by end of 2011.

I was responsible for documenting test plan, test strategies, test cases in Rational Quality Manager by applying gathered requirement from business analysts. Executed ETL jobs to verify correct data is loaded in Data Warehouse. Executed Functional & Integration testing of XML/EDI 834/835 for data exchange. Did defect reporting and tracking by using Rational Clear Quest.

Academic Details

Diploma in Computer Application, India-2002

Master of Arts (Comp. Literature) -Jadavpur University, India-1993

Bachelor of Arts (Comp. Literature) -Jadavpur University, India-1991

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