Bharat Akhil Palisetti
Albuquerque
Summary
- Results-driven Quality Assurance professional with extensive experience at CIGNA Health Care, excelling in test planning, execution, and defect tracking. Proven expertise in SQL-based data validation and a strong ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. Committed to enhancing testing efficiency and ensuring compliance in regulated environments. Resourceful Quality Assurance Engineer well-versed in producing strong test cases and scripts for manual and automated testing. Skillful in training quality assurance staff, evaluating performance and improving procedures. Team-oriented and results-focused polished in helping developers spot and resolve issues.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Assurance Engineer
CORE TRACKER INC
Irving
02.2025 - Current
- Conducted component-level design reviews to create comprehensive test plans and cases.
- Executed functional, regression, integration, system, and UAT testing across all applications.
- Supported automated test execution to improve regression coverage and testing efficiency.
- Ensured thorough integration testing for validating data flows and functionality.
- Logged defects and tracked test execution status using Jira for transparent QA reporting.
- Maintained QA test artifacts and performed SQL-based data validation with cross-functional teams.
- Developed and executed detailed test plans for multiple software applications.
APPLICATION ANALYST
CIGNA Health CARE
07.2024 - 01.2025
- Supported healthcare application testing for eligibility, enrollment, and benefits-related systems within a regulated environment.
- Analyzed healthcare business and technical requirements to design and execute targeted test scenarios supporting system enhancements and policy-driven changes.
- Performed end-to-end validation of healthcare workflows, including member data processing and downstream system integrations.
- Conducted SQL-based data verification to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance of healthcare records across integrated systems.
- Validated web applications and healthcare web services, including request/response and data format validation.
- Tracked and communicated defects, testing progress, and risk impacts using Jira while collaborating closely with QA, development, and business stakeholders.
IT Support Engineer
Conduent INC
01.2019 - 07.2022
- Supported state and public-sector client applications by validating system changes against documented business and technical requirements.
- Developed and executed system-level and regression test scenarios to ensure application stability following enhancements and data updates.
- Verified data accuracy and processing logic across batch jobs, interfaces, and reporting outputs using SQL queries and reconciliation techniques.
- Assisted with integration validation between internal applications and external partner systems, ensuring end-to-end data consistency.
- Documented test results, defect findings, and validation evidence to support audits, releases, and operational readiness.
- Collaborated with QA, development, and operations teams to resolve issues and support SDLC-driven releases in regulated environments.
Education
Master of Science - Information Systems (MIS)
Cleveland State University
Ohio05-2024
Bachelor of Electronics and Communication Engineering -
Vignan Institute of Engineering
India05-2018
Technical Skills
Test Planning, Test Case Design, Test Suite Development, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, UAT, Automated Test Execution Support, Regression Automation Concepts, SQL-Based Test Scripts, SQL Server, T-SQL, Data Validation, Data Integrity Testing, Data Reconciliation, Web Application Testing, User Workflow Validation, Interface Testing, RESTful Web Services Testing, API Validation, Request/Response Verification, XML Validation, JSON Validation, Jira, Test Management Tools, Defect Tracking, QA Documentation, Test Artifacts Management, Technical Writing, Agile, SDLC, QA Methodologies, Healthcare Systems Testing, HIPAA Compliance, State & Public Sector Applications
Certification
- Azure Database Fundamentals – Microsoft
- Information Security Awareness
- Information Privacy & HIPAA Compliance
Timeline
Quality Assurance Engineer
CORE TRACKER INC
02.2025 - Current
APPLICATION ANALYST
CIGNA Health CARE
07.2024 - 01.2025
IT Support Engineer
Conduent INC
01.2019 - 07.2022
Master of Science - Information Systems (MIS)
Cleveland State University
Bachelor of Electronics and Communication Engineering -
Vignan Institute of Engineering