SREEKANTH ALLAM

Tampa, FL ***** 727-***-**** ad2pj9@r.postjobfree.com Linkedin.com/in/sreeallam

Summary: Software Test Engineer/Consultant with over 8 years of experience in software testing and development. Experience in testing applications related to various domains like Insurance, Retail, eCommerce, and Healthcare. Experience in all phases of the software life cycle, including requirements gathering, risk analysis, project planning, scheduling, testing, defect tracking, management, and reporting. Experience in system testing, integration testing, functional testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing.

Description:

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and specifications.

Working closely with Development, Business Analysts and Product Owners to ensure project success.

Translate feature requirements into testable user stories.

Contribute to the continuous improvement of the QA process and methodologies with new technologies and best practices.

Develop new strategies for manual and automated testing to optimize test coverage.

Capable with XML, JSON, HTML, and CSS.

Experience utilizing Agile development tools for project management and bug tracking (ex. TFS, Jira, ALM or Rally)

Experience testing RESTful API and competent with API testing tools (ex. Postman, SoapUI and Swagger)

Background with healthcare industry HIPAA standards and associated technologies (ex. HL7, FHIR communication)

Experience with industry standard processes for test design and test management.

Experience with automated UI testing technologies (Selenium, Appium)

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, in-sprint test automation and CI integration.

Experience with performance and/or security testing

Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.

Experience with facilitate / coordinate end-user / UAT testing.

Experience with QNXT, Facets Inbound & Outbound interfaces, EDI configuration, and data mapping using ANSI X12 4010 and 5010 (834,835,837).

Ability to mentor and share Testing / QA knowledge with team members.

Strong interpersonal communication and effective presentation skills.

Core Qualifications:

Defect Tracking Tools and Test Management Tools: JIRA, Bugzilla, Test Rail, Test Link, JAMA, Confluence and ALM/QC.

Automation Testing Tools: Selenium IDE, Selenium Web Driver, Selenium Grid, and basic Python scripting, Appium, Postman Rest API, SOAP UI.

Programming Languages: Java, UNIX, JavaScript, VBScript, XML, HTML and COBOL.

Databases: PL/SQL, MySQL, DB2, MongoDB.

Mobile Platforms: Windows Phone, iOS, Android, and Chrome Developer Tools.

Skills: Test Automation, Frameworks, Test Scripts, Communication, Root cause analysis, Corrective action, Manual Testing, Test Strategy, Debugging, Documentation, Release Management, UAT, Test Planning, Test Design, Test Strategy, Performance Testing, Test Requirement, Analysis, Test Metrics, Reporting, RTM, Mobile Testing, API Testing, MMIS, Quality Assurance, Problem Solving, JMeter.

Relevant Experience:

Senior Associate in Test Mar 2021 - Oct 2023

Gainwell Technologies Tampa, FL

Industry and Solutions: Medicaid Management, Managed Care Organizations, Human Services & Public Health, Providers, Pharmacy Solutions, System Integration & Interoperability, Cost Containment & Care Quality and Analytics.

Tracked and managed product backlog, burndown metrics, velocity, and task breakdown.

Created Test Plans, Designed and executed Manual and Automated Test Cases.

Performed System Testing, Integration Testing, Adhoc Testing, Performance Testing and UAT.

Closely worked with multiple end users to facilitate UAT.

Performed Defect Tracking & Management in ALM and Quality Center.

Written and executed Queries to test, update, and access data in SQL server to verify the data integrity.

Tested embedded application software on various mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets.

Developed test plans and test cases for the mobile apps, worked on mobile devices like Android, iOS, and iPad to their compatibility with the code.

Worked effectively with Developers, onsite and offshore testing team, Project Management to achieve Selenium automation, high quality, and release deadlines.

Performed functional, regression, compatibility, and usability testing, which reduced 90% of reported defects with 0% post-production client issues.

Identified defects and coordinated with a 5-person development team, which helped resolve 81% of non-conforming product issues.

Exhibited strong initiative, organization, and customer service skills.

Performed Functional, Regression and Back End testing.

Consultant in Testing Practice - System Engineering Feb 2018 - Jan 2021

Deloitte Consulting Tampa, FL

Industry and Solutions: Technology, Digital Transformation, Health Care, Insurance, Government & Public Services.

Led E2E System Testing activities including planning, coordinating with multiple vendors on the process, issues reporting, participating daily triages, and circulating Daily and Weekly Status Reports to end client.

Proficient in STLC with focused exposure to Business Requirement Analysis, Test Strategizing, Test Planning, Test Design, Execution, Test Automation and Defect Tracking for Functional/Regression Testing, Project Management, Project Schedule, Project Tracking and Team Management skills.

Engaged in rigorous testing of various kinds of integration patterns which include SFTP and Web Services.

Experience with QNXT 3.4, QNXT 4.6, Facets 4.71, Inbound & Outbound interfaces, EDI configuration and data mapping using ANSI X12 4010 and 5010 (834,835,837).

Performed RESTful web services and APIs testing in SOAP UI.

Used Java to launch QTP scripts from command line for continuous integration testing.

Developed automated scripts using Selenium Web Driver and Implemented Framework using Java. Involved in web UI application over HTTP client request protocol.

SME Data Quality Feb 2012 - Dec 2015

Cognizant Technologies Solutions Hyderabad, India, Telangana

Industry and Solutions: Technology, Health Care, Insurance, Application Modernization, Automation, Quality Engineering & Assurance.

Performed Manual testing on web-based and Client/Server Applications.

Ran manual test cases and automated test scripts to verify and validate existing and new functionality of the application.

Assisted business analysts to clarify requirements' ambiguities, define user stories and generate test data.

Design Mocks and Use Cases to develop Test Scripts and Test Cases for Testing.

Performed extensive Smoke test, Functional test (negative, positive), Regression test, Integration test and UI test.

Developed Detailed Test Cases from user stories, use cases, requirements documents and sometimes based on communication.

Involved in Data Integrity Testing using SQL Queries.

Documented and reported bugs/defects with evidence using JIRA.

was responsible for identifying the functional test cases for Regression Testing and automated these scripts using QTP and maintained previously automated testing scripts.

Participated in weekly meeting and discussed modification request with management team.

Education: Master of Science: Major in Information Technology Sep 2019

University of The Cumberland’s Williamsburg, KY

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