Dhania Steephan
Senior QA / Automation Engineer
E-mail: **************@*****.***
Mobile : +1-847-***-****
Current Location : Edison, NJ
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
• 17+ years of professional experience, including 7+ years managing QA onsite across healthcare and banking projects, consistently balancing team and project priorities in fast-paced environments.
• Full lifecycle experience across SDLC and STLC in both Waterfall and Agile Scrum settings — from test plans, scenarios, and traceability matrices through manual test case development in MS Excel and HP ALM.
• Hands-on with automation and technical testing: HP QTP/UFT and Selenium for test scripts, JMeter for performance testing, and API/web service testing.
• Skilled backend tester, writing and executing SQL queries with complex joins and functions to validate application data.
• Broad testing coverage — functional, integration, regression, GUI, back-end, browser compatibility, black box, system, and user acceptance testing (UAT) — including end-to-end UAT with business users and post- go-live production validation.
• Working knowledge of major healthcare systems including Cerner, Athena Health, NextGen Healthcare, Epic, Advanced MD, and ModMed.
• Proficient in JIRA dashboards, filters, and queries, and experienced with the Aha! features board for release and feature planning.
• Strong track record of QA documentation — status reports, summary reports, and bug-tracking reports — and of collaborating with business analysts, developers, infrastructure teams, and clients on triage and feature discussions.
• Quick learner and reliable self-starter, effective working independently or as part of a team, who has driven operational improvements and cost savings by introducing automation wherever possible. CORE SKILLS
Testing Functional, Regression, Integration, System, Back-End, UAT, Browser Compatibility, Black Box Tools HP ALM/QC, JIRA, Postman, SoapUI, Selenium, HP QTP/UFT, JMeter, GitHub, Aha! Databases Oracle SQL, MS SQL Server, MySQL
Methodologies Agile Scrum, Waterfall, SDLC, STLC
Platforms Windows, Unix
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project Name : CYBER (Sept 2022 -Aug 2026)
Role : Test Manager- Quality Engineering and Assurance Client : Perform Care, Trenton, New Jersey
Employer : Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp.
• Led testing for CYBER, an internet-based electronic youth-records platform used by providers for reporting, outcomes measurement, and multi-site collaboration.
• Owned test plans and scenario-based test scripts across system, regression, incremental, and data validation testing, and served as the key resource through UAT and production rollout.
• Built test artifacts — test plans, test cases, and traceability matrices — directly from BRDs, FRDs, and design/mockup documentation.
• Managed the full defect lifecycle in HP ALM/QC, from test case authoring and execution through defect logging and triage.
• Ran daily stand-ups and defect triage meetings with business analysts and developers, and reviewed the full application UI for quality before each release. Project Name : EMR Archive (Aug 2020 -Mar 2022)
Role : Senior Quality Analyst.
Employer : ELLKAY, Elmwood Park, New Jersey.
• Tested LK EMR Archive, a web application that migrates and displays data from source EMR/ERP/HR/financial systems across 65+ clinical modules (demographics, insurance, medications, allergies, vitals, and more).
• Defined client-specific scope, filters, and validation rules, then reconciled record and patient counts between source systems and the archive.
• Validated converted patient data against the source "Black Box" database using SQL and side-by-side source-system screenshots to confirm accuracy and completeness.
• Signed off on application stability across Sample, Pre-Go-Live, and Post-Go-Live conversion phases, and re-verified prior-phase issues before each go-live.
• Ran regression testing in each sprint, tested new modules as they shipped, and validated the Consolidated Archive against individual source archives.
• Contributed to Selenium automation of Archive test scripts and partnered with the performance team on JMeter load testing; tested EMR Archive as an API source system in Postman.
• Maintained functionality and data-validation checklists, SQL query libraries, and module-level reports; produced weekly/monthly QA status reports for the client and trained new team members. Project Name : Rally (Jan 2019-July 2019)
Role : Senior IT Quality Analyst.
Client : United Health Care, Minnetonka, Minnesota. . Employer : TEKsystems, Bloomington, Minnesota
• Tested a consumer- and super-user-facing health records application covering health summary, care team history, results, prescriptions, conditions, procedures, and visit portlets.
• Wrote test plans and scenario-based scripts sourced from the Aha! features board, and represented QA in requirements and functional-document reviews.
• Developed and executed manual test cases in HP ALM, logged defects, and tracked work in JIRA through to resolution.
Project Name : IHR (Individual Health Record) (May 2018- Dec 2018) Role : Senior IT Quality Analyst.
Client : United Health Care, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Employer : TEKsystems, Bloomington, Minnesota
• Tested the Individual Health Record (IHR) application used by physicians, nurses, and clinical staff to assemble each member's Single Best Record from PHI data.
• Validated foundational provider/member data and transactional data — including Rx claims, 837 medical claims, and LabCorp/Quest results — for accuracy and completeness across ACO rosters.
• Cross-checked data against NPI, NDC, LOINC, CPT, and ICD-9/ICD-10 reference sources, and built reference documentation for future test cycles.
• Ran ad-hoc and usability testing alongside scripted regression and UAT cycles to surface issues scripted tests missed.
Project Name : Banking Front Office (Jul 2007- Oct 2017) Role : Banker
Employer : South Indian Bank, Chennai, India
• Supported branch operations on the Finacle core banking platform, supervising staff and day-to-day customer service delivery.
• Processed cash, cheque, and transfer transactions and maintained account and loan documentation from origination through disbursement and reporting.
• Identified new business opportunities and marketed banking and insurance products to prospective and existing clients.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering LBS College of Engineering, Kasaragod — Kannur University, India TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS
• Structured Testing & Software Quality Management (SQM)
• Test Automation Methodology — HP QTP (Quick Test Professional)
• Agile Practices — Sprint Planning & Story Sizing
• Scrum Master & Agile Product Manager