Resume of Aswin Sakthi

Name

Aswinsakthi

Work Experience

Cognizant Technology Solutions from 23Feb 2004 to 09June2015.

Experience : 11 Years ( Onsite(USA) Experience 3 Years in Client Location)

Date of Birth

25-April-1980

Designation

Associate

Contact number

948**-*****

Email

adip4n@r.postjobfree.com

Skill Classification

Description

Primary Skills

COBOL, JCL, TSO/ISPF, Java

Secondary Skills

COGNOS

Databases

DB2, ORACLE, SQL SERVER, TERADATA

Tools Used

HP ALM 11.0, HP QULAITY CENTER 10.0, FILE MANAGER, FILE-AID, CHANGE MAN, SPUFI, QMF and XPEDITOR, CLEAR QUEST.

Certifications

LOMA 280, INS 21, ISTQB Foundation level

Management Skills

Managing 2 Offshore Teams, Multi Vendor – Multi Client Multi-Project Coordination.

Domain knowledge

Insurance – Life, Health, PnC,

PBM, Health Care.

Others (Any other classification you would like to highlight)

EDUCATION

Title of the Degree with Branch

College/University

Year of Passing

Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science and Engineering)

Sri Ramakrishna Engg College / Bharathiar

University, Coimbatore

2002

XII

Perks

Matriculation higher secondary school

1997

X

Perks

Matriculation higher secondary school

1995

OTHER SOFTWARE COURSES/CERTIFICATION COMPLETED

No

Name of Institution

Certificate

Year of Completion

1

LOMA

LOMA 280

2005

2

INS

INS 21

2012

3

ISTQB

ISTQB Foundation Level

2014

SUMMARY

11 Years of experience in Requirements Gathering and Analysis, Project Estimation, Design, Coding, Review, Unit & Integration Testing, Implementation, Production Support, Maintenance and Enhancements,

QA Analysis and Functional Testing.

MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Successfully managed complex projects with Multi-Vendor Multi-Location Multi-Client Environment.

Effective communication skills and for record the above mentioned coordination and completion of the project successfully.

Concurrent Delivery of Multiple Projects under stringent timelines and extremely high pressure.

Exceptional ability to build and maintain client trust, and to comfortably converse with all facets in the client organization.

Adept in providing Analytical Support to key business Applications /solutions

Flexible team player thrived in environments requiring ability to effectively prioritize and juggle multiple concurrent projects.

Exceptional listener and communicator in conveying information verbally and in writing, to both technical and business audiences.

Acted as liaison between Client Leadership, development teams, test teams, business teams and vendor teams for project related activities.

Producing Diagnosis reports, decision-impact analysis for a change request.

Proven experience in translating Business spec to Technical systems requirements.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

FUNCTIONAL

TECHNOLOGY

Claims Processing, Sales Reporting, Interfaces, Claims, Premium Calculation, Information Management.

Development and Testing Life cycle methodologies.

Requirements definition, functional specifications and gap analysis.

Unit testing, Integration testing, End to End testing.

Languages – COBOL, JCL.

Middleware - IBM TSO/ISPF, CICS.

Databases - Oracle, SQL Server.

Operating systems – AIX 5.3, Windows, MVS/OS.

Testing Tools – Quality Center (ALM)11.0

Development Tools – Cognos 8, Visual Basic 6.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Liberty Mutual, Coimbatore, INDIA

Team Lead - Testing Feb, 2012 – June2015

Project Summary (Agency Market): - Liberty Mutual, offers Commercial as well as Personal Insurance. Agency market is handled by Commercial Insurance. Applications involve in handling the information related to agencies like licensing, appointing, establishing and handling agency commissions, establishing hierarchy etc.

Following have been my responsibilities:

Schedule Quality Assurance Reviews (QA’s and Coordinating testing activities with team members)

Attending status review meetings with clients

Preparation and Manual test execution – System and Integration for several applications

Detailed Test case preparation

Collecting Test data from Mainframe database for all the test cases

Reviewing the test scripts and test results with clients

Customizing JCL from PROD or DEV to TEST environment

Running the Mainframe Jobs as part of test execution

Creation and Running SQL for testing various DB2 databases.

Defect management activities –

oScheduling Defect Triage calls

oUpdating Comments and Defect status in QC

Support UAT for any test data needs and re-testing of functionality

Participate in testing for the production code move to take Go/No go decision for the critical projects at onsite

Using Clear Quest to receive work requests.

CIGNA, Bloomfield, CT

Team Lead -Testing Dec, 2010 – Jan, 2012

Project Summary: - Cigna is one of the largest health service companies in the US market; Cigna also operates internationally in 29 countries, and has approximately 66 million customer relationships worldwide. Headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut, Cigna serves its customers with nearly 30,000 dedicated employees.

Following have been my responsibilities:

Lead Pharmacy Test team and Dentacom test team for Cigna TCC (Testing Competency Center).

Coordinating between Offshore and Onsite teams.

Execution of the CMS Prompt pay project, Stop Loss project for Pharmacy and 5010 project for Dentacom and other Client specific projects like Redwood.

Customizing JCL to testing environment. Executing the JCL Jobs and verifying the Job output.

Perform DML operations in DB2 database in order to perform the test execution – Test Data creation, verifying the test results.

Creation of Test Scripts from Business Requirements, Loading of Test Scripts in QC – Test Plan, Execution of Test Scripts in QC – Test Lab.

Defect Created and Tracked in QC- The defect is created if needed after the triaging the issue. Defect is created after failing the test script at fault and from the same, by which the defect is created by linking the failed test script. Defect is tracked in Defect tab in QC.

Performing Test Execution, Conducting Test Walk through and Approval.

Identify, request and obtain all the necessary security access required for testing.

Mentor testers/analysts as appropriate during a project.

Conduct testing meetings for various phases of testing by involving the relevant stakeholders – Requirement Analysis, Kick Off, Test Readiness, Requirements Confirmation, Status, Test Completion and Walkthrough.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Detroit, MI

Team Lead -Testing June, 2010 – Nov, 2010

Project Summary: - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM), a non profit organization, provides and administers health benefits to more than 4.7 million members residing in Michigan in addition to Michigan based headquartered groups, who reside outside the state. The company offers a broad variety of plans including: Traditional Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Preferred, Community Blue and Healthy Blue Incentive PPOs; Blue Care Network HMO; BCN Healthy Blue Living; Flexible Blue plans compatible with health savings account; Medicare Advantage, Part D Prescription Drug plans and My Blue products in the under-65 individual market

Following have been my responsibilities:

Understand the testing effort by analyzing the project specific documents such as Business Requirements Document (BRD), Conceptual System Design (CSD), and Technical Design Document (TDD).

Estimate and obtain testing management approval and support for the time and resources required to perform the testing and complete testing within the stipulated testing schedule.

Develop DTP (Detailed Test Plan) for the various phases of testing (System Integration Testing or SIT, User Acceptance Testing or UAT, Performance Testing, Regression Testing) and obtain relevant stakeholder approval before test execution.

Ensure content and structure of all testing artifacts is well documented and maintained.

Identify the test environment for testing and arrange all the necessary hardware and software requirements for testing.

Identify, arrange and obtain all the necessary security access required for testing.

Mentor testers/analysts as appropriate during a project.

Conduct testing meetings for various phases of testing by involving the relevant stakeholders – Requirement Analysis, Kick Off, Test Readiness, Requirements Confirmation, Status, Cycle End and Level End.

Document, implement, monitor and enforce all testing processes as per standards defined by the testing organization.

Develop test scenarios and detailed test cases along with test steps and acceptance criteria as part of the detailed test plan and obtain relevant stakeholder approval before test execution.

Define risk based testing approach (prioritization and execution of test cases based on risk impact)

Define and identify test data requirements for the test project

Keep track of all new requirements / change in requirements of the project.

Identify risks to the project pertaining to hardware, software, resources and timelines and escalate risks and/or issues to test management team.

Organize and conduct daily status report meetings with the relevant stakeholders.

Prepare status reports (daily, weekly, etc.,) and share the reports with all relevant stakeholders.

Act as a single point of contact between the development team, technical team, environment team and business team.

Track and prepare the report of test execution like test results, test case coverage, defects discovered and their status.

Log test project related issues in the defect tracking tool identified for the project and work closely with the relevant teams to track issues to closure.

Ensure the timely delivery of different testing milestones and quality delivery of different testing artifacts.

Prepare testing cycle end and level end reports and update metrics dashboard at the completion of the testing and to obtain approval from relevant stakeholders.

SallieMae, Fishers, IN

Functional Test Lead Feb, 2010 – June 2010

Project Summary: - SallieMae helps families save for college through 529 college savings plans, through its high-yield savings accounts and CDs, and through its Upromise savings program. The company offers innovative private student loans that help customers save money and offer shorter repayment terms. In addition, Sallie Mae offers planning tools and resources to assist students, parents, and guidance professionals with the financial aid process.

As a Functional Test Lead, part of Enterprise Test Team, following have been my responsibilities:

Requirement Analysis, Preparation / Updation of Requirements Traceability Matrix, Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Execution of Maintenance and Enhancements.

Quality Center 9.0 – Maintaining and Execution of Test Scripts and Defect Life Cycle Management.

Testing – CLASS functional requirements.

Analysis of the requirements with Clients through Conference.

Status Reporting.

Express Scripts, St.Louis, MO

Functional Test Lead June, 2009 – Feb 2010

Project Summary: - Express Scripts is a PBM organization which benefits large organizations and patients by developing cost-effective healthcare access and benefit strategies, technology and service-driven solutions tailored to specific needs of each customer. ESI specializes in large-volume transaction management, large-scale benefit design and technology solutions designed to control medical care costs, facilitate access to care & transform complex administrative processes into simpler, efficient, automated processes.

Following have been my responsibilities:

Functional Requirement Analysis, Test Plan Design, Test Case Design, Test Execution using Quality Center.

Quality Center 9.0 – Maintaining Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Execution Logs, Defect Life Cycle Management.

Customizing and executing JCL – for testing in QA environment, ABEND resolution, viewing Job Output, checking the Database for the expected Test Results.

Viewing & Editing FB, VB Mainframe Files using File-Aid, File-Manager with copybook template.

Browsing & Editing DB2 – File Manager and QMF - writing complex queries to check whether data is available for testing a particular business functionality involving joins, co-related sub queries etc.

Testing Informatica Workflows.

Travelers, Hartford, CT

Development Lead - Team lead Nov, 2008 - June, 2009

Project Summary: - Travelers offer a full array of personal insurance products designed to meet the needs of today's consumers. With our wide range of coverage plans, superior claim services, flexible payment plans, and efficient customer service, we offer the right solutions tailored to the individual needs of our personal insurance customers. Traveler’s personal insurance products are sold through a well-established network of over 10,000 independent agents across the country. Alternate distribution methods include GEICO, third-party internet partnerships and Affinity marketing.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Part of Client Team in Requirements and Design review

Coordinating between Offshore and Client.

Preparation of Project TimeLine.

Status Reporting, Risks documentation and Analysis.

Cognos Report Development.

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Amgen, Offshore - Chennai

Development Lead - Team lead Sep, 2007 – Nov 2008

Project Summary: - Amgen is a leading human therapeutics company in the biotechnology industry. For more than 25 years, the company has tapped the power of scientific discovery and innovation to advance the practice of medicine.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Acknowledgement and Analysis of Requirements from Onsite.

Preparation of Technical Design Specification document for the Requirements received.

Preparation of Project Timeline and getting it approved from Project Managers Offshore and Onsite.

Training fellow associates in Cognos

Modelling Meta-data in Frame-work Manager.

Developing Cognos Reports.

MetLife, Offshore - Chennai

Development Lead - Team lead Feb, 2004 – Sep, 2007

Long Term Care Project Summary: - MetLife, Inc. is a leading provider of insurance and other financial services to millions of individual and institutional customers throughout the United States. Long Term Care provides insurance to 65 and above for taking of their daily activities like toileting etc. if they are medically unable to.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Requirement Analysis, Preparation of Technical Specification from Requirements, Coding and Unit testing.

Production Support, Maintenance, Enhancements.

Analysis of the requirements with Clients through Conference.

Creation of the Design of the Module –Pseudo Code/Flow Chart- Process Flow– taking it from Draft to Approval with the Clients.

Preparation of Project TimeLine.

Status Reporting, Conflict Resolution, Solution Research.

Coding COBOL program as per functional requirements,

Compiling and Linking error free Code

Maintaining versions using ChangeMan

Debugging using Xpeditor.

Coding and executing JCL, ABEND resolution.

Viewing & Editing FB, VB Mainframe Files using File-Aid, File-Manager with copybook template.

Browsing & Editing DB2 – File Manager, SPUFI and QMF

Developing Cognos Reports - writing complex queries to test a particular business functionality of the report involving joins, co-related sub queries, GroupbyCube, GroupbyRollup, Connectbyprior, Sysconnectbypath etc.

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