Radhika Erasani
Summary
Accomplished Senior Technical Systems Analyst and Engineer with over 15 years of experience delivering technology solutions in the Property and Casualty Insurance domain. Expert in systems analysis, software engineering, process automation, and production support. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, drive operational efficiency, and deliver secure, scalable, and high-performance systems aligned with business goals. Recognized for technical excellence, leadership, and mentoring that enhances team capability and productivity.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineer I
GEICO
04.2024 - Current
- Actively explored new cloud-native technologies and design approaches to align with GEICO’s modernization roadmap.
- Pursued continuous learning to stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to bring innovative solutions that ensure success of business projects.
- Achieved successful project outcomes by learning from Senior Engineers on my team.
- Collaborated with other teams to understand their testing needs and allocated sufficient time to complete testing within the project timelines.
- Provided comprehensive testing and subject matter expertise on communication triggers to complete Project migrations within the scheduled timelines with zero errors.
- Developed BDD automated testing frameworks using Playwright and Cucumber, improving testing accuracy and reducing regression cycle times.
- Built and optimized observability dashboards in Splunk and Azure Insights, providing real-time visibility into production systems and KPIs.
- Collaborated with senior engineers and stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust, maintainable, and secure code solutions.
- Ensured 99.9% application uptime for the team owned applications by proactively monitoring, identifying, and resolving issues within the defined SLA.
- Actively contributed to Agile ceremonies, design reviews, and sprint planning to ensure high-quality deliverables.
- Mentored other engineers on team owned insurance modules, promoting a culture of learning and collaboration across development teams.
- Documented engineering processes and best practices to strengthen team knowledge sharing and to maintain development consistency.
Senior Technical Systems Analyst II
GEICO
11.2009 - 04.2024
- Led analysis, design, and delivery of complex insurance systems across Policy Coverage, Security and Communication domains.
- Served as a bridge between business stakeholders and engineering teams, ensuring alignment between business objectives and technical execution.
- Developed and managed project LOEs, tracked progress, and maintained risk and issue logs to ensure timely delivery.
- Collaborated with developers and QA engineers to optimize existing codebases and system logic, ensuring efficient and scalable outcomes.
- Directed and performed integration, regression, and UAT testing cycles to validate project success and maintain production readiness.
- Performed data validation and verification for multiple environments using SQL.
- Proactively monitored production environments using SQL Developer and Splunk to detect, analyze, and resolve production issues.
- Mentored new team members and coordinated onboarding, improving team ramp-up speed and productivity.
- Partnered with engineering leadership to introduce best practices for documentation, technical requirements, and continuous improvement.
- Spearheaded initiatives to enhance code quality through design reviews and test coverage improvements, reducing post-release issues.
- Supported the transformation of legacy applications into modular, service-oriented components aligned with enterprise modernization goals.
- Recognized for exceptional collaboration, innovation, and ability to deliver consistent business value under tight deadlines.
QA Analyst
GEICO
09.2008 - 04.2009
- Executed comprehensive QA testing for Guidewire Claim Center/Contact Manager projects.
- Designed and implemented test strategies to enhance functional coverage and system reliability across business-critical modules.
- Collaborated with developers and business analysts to identify functional gaps, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements.
- Led testing documentation migration into Quality Center, improving traceability and reducing manual test management overhead.
QA Analyst
Philadelphia Insurance Company
10.2005 - 08.2008
- Developed and executed functional, workflow, and regression test cases for the Insurance platform.
- Ensured traceability by mapping requirements to test cases, improving test coverage and compliance visibility.
- Collaborated with product teams and business analysts to document and review test results for critical product releases.
- Utilized SQL for backend data validation and test accuracy verification in multi-environment setups.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communications
India01.2001
Skills
- Programming: Java, JavaScript, VB Script, SQL, C, VBNet
- Testing & Automation: Playwright (Cucumber/BDD), Azure DevOps (ADO), JIRA, TFS, Quality Center, Test Director
- Web Technologies: HTML, XML, JSP, JDBC, Servlets, ASP
- Tools & Platforms: Splunk, Guidewire, Temporal, SharePoint, WebLogic, WebSphere, SOAP UI
- Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access
- Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, LINUX
Certification
- Temporal 101 & 102 Online Training | 2025
- Java Full Stack Engineering Bootcamp (Revature) | 2024
- Product Manager/Product Owner Certification (SAFe) | 2023
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) | 2022
- IT Systems Analyst Technical Track Certification (GEICO) | 2020
Timeline
Engineer I
GEICO
04.2024 - Current
Senior Technical Systems Analyst II
GEICO
11.2009 - 04.2024
QA Analyst
GEICO
09.2008 - 04.2009
QA Analyst
Philadelphia Insurance Company
10.2005 - 08.2008