Naresh Reddy Chelikam
Eden Prairie,MN
Summary
Highly accomplished professional with over 9 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Testing covering both manual and automation methodologies. Skilled in analyzing Business Requirements, Software Requirement Specifications, and Functional Design Documents to formulate comprehensive Test Plans, Test Strategies , and Test Cases for various applications, ensuring proper business compliance. Experienced in all phases of Software Development life cycle (SDLC) , facilitating User Acceptance Testing for go-live. Experienced in using Azure DevOps tool for user stories, Test plans, issues, and test execution.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer
The RMR Group
2023.07 - Current
- Accountable for end-to-end design, development, and quality assurance activities on assigned projects and initiatives
- Creates, executes, and manages test plans/test cases across the entire spectrum of quality assurance, including but not limited to exploratory tests, acceptance tests, functional tests, regression tests, smoke tests, usability tests, performance tests, etc
- Analyzes requirements (user stories and acceptance criteria) and aligns test strategy for wide ranges of projects.
Sr. Product Specialist -Tech
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
2022.12 - 2023.06
- Analyzed and comprehensively understood the project's business and system requirements to ensure successful implementation
- Developed and updated meticulous Test Plans, Test Scenarios, and Test Cases for UAT, encompassing both positive and negative test scenarios to ensure comprehensive coverage
- Engaged in thorough analysis and review of Test Cases prepared by team members, ensuring consistency and adherence to quality standards.
Senior QA Engineer
Elevance Health (Anthem)
2020.09 - 2022.12
- Coordinates with management to ensure identification of appropriate schedules, goals, design criteria, methodology, etc
- Completes assigned tasks thoroughly and on time
- Escalates appropriately if deadlines are in danger
- Manages projects to deadlines while avoiding undue time crunch for self and project team
- Balances project management while accepting responsibility over a specialized area
- Collaborated closely with the Development teams to address and resolve failed defects, escalating critical issues when necessary and verifying fixes
- Acted as an Offshore SPOC and independently handled a key module of the application, showcasing leadership and autonomy
- Gathered metrics daily from team members and effectively communicated updates to Onsite counterparts and managers.
Sr. Quality Engineer
Optum
2015.03 - 2020.09
- Demonstrated the functionality of the Use cases through comprehensive demos and ensured timely completion of SIT/Regression testing within the sprint deadlines
- Conducted in-depth Requirement analysis, breaking down high-level business requirements into scenarios, and generating comprehensive test cases
- Executed Interfaces, Extensions, and Reports for Facets 5.5R1 product, covering various modules like Subscriber/Family, Claims, Providers, and Utilization Management
- Presented the Test Plan and Test Results to different business stakeholders, obtaining sign-off on crucial Test Artifacts, including Test case Documents, Test Data, Requirement Traceability Matrix, and Test Results
- Played a pivotal role in training and mentoring team members, Entry Level Trainees, Onshore Coordinators, and other project members, imparting knowledge and expertise in the Facets and Health care domain, thereby ensuring the successful completion of the project.
Software Engineer
Liberty Mutual Insurance
2014.05 - 2015.02
- Monitored and checked the scheduler jobs to ensure the smooth execution of the daily processing tasks
- Conducted Unit Testing and Regression Testing to ensure the functionality and reliability of the application, and prepared comprehensive Test Design Documents (TDD) to document the testing process
- Participated in daily status meetings to follow up on outstanding group issues and ensure timely resolution
- Actively engaged in daily internal calls and external client calls to discuss project progress, address concerns, and maintain effective communication.
Skills
- FACETS, HIPAA, EDI, Mainframes-WGS Claims, ICD 9-10,EDI
- Soap UI, Rally, HP ALM 12.2, Citrix, TSO, ISPF/PDF, File Aid, Mantis, JIRA, ESP Scheduler, Service Now, qTest, qMetry, JMeter, ADO(Azure DevOps)
- Agile (SCRUM), Waterfall
- SQL Server, Oracle TOAD, Sybase, Tera Data
Education Certifications
Bachelors in information technology, Gokula Krishna College of Engineering, JNTU University Anantapur.
PAHM (Professional, Academy for Healthcare Management-AHM250) Certified.
CSM Certified – Scrum Alliance CSM Certified
Timeline
Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer
The RMR Group
2023.07 - Current
Sr. Product Specialist -Tech
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
2022.12 - 2023.06
Senior QA Engineer
Elevance Health (Anthem)
2020.09 - 2022.12
Sr. Quality Engineer
Optum
2015.03 - 2020.09
Software Engineer
Liberty Mutual Insurance
2014.05 - 2015.02
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