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Hired full-time w/GDIT as a Sr Test Engineer to help support the Office of Medicare Hearings/Appeals ECAPE Module support task.

Sparks Glencoe, Maryland, United States

Transformed software level requirements and specifications to create test protocols and test cases for functional, non-functional and risk-based tests for BD COR using CockPit. Executed planned test cases to discover functional and nonfunctional System and Software anomalies with Risk impacts. Provided a detailed description of discovered anomalies to obtain resolutions from Software, System, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering teams using Azure Dev Ops in Visual Studio Team System (VSTS). Engaged in continuous improvement to enhance Test Automation, Test Architectural and Test Leadership skills for a given feature.Accomplishment: Supported software systems and engineering teams with troubleshooting, characterization and validation activities to troubleshoot customer complaints and provide testing support to sustaining activities. This helped to resolve complaints swiftly and catch issues and bugs early to prevent production problems.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Retrieved and performed data analysis using SQL in Teradata database environment. Summarized and presented findings to customers. Developed rules and methodologies for data collection and analysis. Participated in discussions and identified solutions to improving systems and processes supporting data outlier operations. Performed review of specifications for system enhancements. Completed testing of process improvement initiatives; logged defects, coordinated with developers, prepared end user documentation. Validated CMS Part D claim adjudication process for beneficiary Medicare payment responsibility thru Outlier process.Accomplishment: Completed quarterly outlier analysis and evaluation of sponsor responses in support of CMS Part D Manufacture Invoice. This resolved any issues with a calculation of claims for initial coverage, coverage gap and catastrophic claims.

Served on PQRS Content Validation team. Directly tested CMS claims and registry-based data, SAS Measure Engine data in a CMMI Level 3 contracting environment leveraging various SDLC paradigms including waterfall and Agile methodologies. Designed, executed, automated, analyzed, and reported functional data testing using HP ALM, HP Quick Test Pro v8.0.1 and PL/SQL Developer. Developed test plans and individual cases in accordance with functional requirements. Wrote and executed SQL queries and analyzed results to validate data, including complex calculations. Performed integration tests, functional tests, component tests, regression tests, system tests, and automate tests using ALM DECCAF. Prepared test data, and load test data to QA environments. Deployed tested db artifacts to Verification and Validation (V&V) or R&A contractors using SSH Tectia. Coordinated peer review of test artifacts and document testing result for team review and PQRS functional areas supported: Claims, Registry, EHR (QRDA1, QRDA3), QCDR, CPC, CAHPS, ACO/MSSP, Universal Data Set (UDS), incentive eligibility/satisfactory reporting calculation analysis and validation including MAV, Payment Adjustment, GPRO and ARRA HITECH. Accomplishments: Analyzed production issues and validated CMS Part B claims adjudication process to verify insurer's financial responsibility was calculated and stored in backend database.

Linthicum Heights, Maryland, United States

Hired for one month to establish manual and automated test environment for the Health Insurance Exchange project (HIX). Reviewed requirements with Maryland State business analyst and assisted in requirements gathering for testing. Attended daily stand-up meeting to discuss testing progress and installed the JIRA bug-tracking tool for bug/issue reporting to the developer(s) for their review.Accomplishment: Utilizing computer system validation to updated the Maryland State test plan, test cases and test strategy for first sprint of HIX project using agile testing methodology.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Hired full-time to lead software testing for end-user .NET and Java applications, Thin Client and Medical Device products within CNMC organization system environment. Ensured proper functionality before Corporate Resume for Terrence Smithproduct deployment to production by using unit, integration, functional, gray box and white box testing. Developed test plans, test cases, test metrics and procedures based on project and organizational requirements. Prepared traceability matrix to fill in the gap between the test cases and functional requirements. Performed automated ETL testing using HP Quick Test Pro v8.0.1 and MS SQL server 2008 R2 for source data validation, which includes data profiling from the Oracle source location, data quality management and assist in the business and functional requirements gathering. Also writing SQL queries, PL/SQL procedures scripting for backend testing of the data once the application completed the ETL process. Led a 4-member testing team to report any bug/issue found using JIRA test management tool within three tracks: manual, integration and system testing. Accomplishment: Reduced existing dataflow of 20,000 patient data by overhauling an obsolete system and reducing end user wait time by 50 percent.

Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Hired as a fulltime tester to perform API Testing functional, white box and gray box testing techniques for software releases after the product development process.