Abinaya Samiaiah
Senior Advanced Software Engineer
Singapore
Summary
Dynamic professional skilled in Manual, Web Application, and ETL/DWH testing, with a strong command of SQL/HQL scripting for validating ETL flows and testing databases. Proven problem-solver adept at project management and team collaboration, driving efficiency and quality outcomes. Recent completion of an intensive six-month training program in big data technologies includes expertise in Hadoop, Scala, Pyspark, Spark integration with AWS, Kafka, Eclipse, and Nifi. Dedicated to continuous learning and aligning technical practices with evolving industry standards.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Advanced Software Engineer
Horizon Meditech Pte Ltd
09.2024 - Current
- Working as a primary manual tester for client web applications.
- Performing detailed requirements analysis and designing robust test scenarios and cases to ensure complete test coverage.
- Executing various testing phases, including smoke, functional, regression, data integrity, and end-to-end testing, throughout the software testing life cycle.
- Utilizing HP ALM to manage test cases, track execution status, and log defects.
- Preparing documentation to support testing activities, including test scenarios/cases, Requirement Traceability Matrix, Daily Status Report, Weekly Status Report, test execution/results, and Test Summary Report.
- As a primary tester, I facilitated communication and collaboration by attending daily status and defect calls, and presenting test documentation to clients.
- Applying Selenium WebDriver for test automation by learning the framework and building simple test scripts.
Business Analyst
HCL Technologies
12.2020 - 06.2024
- As a lead ETL tester and an integral part of the ETL testing process, I developed complex SQL/HQL queries to validate data integrity across the source, transformation, and target layers of ODH, EDW, and Hive databases for both historical and CDC data.
- Experienced in scheduling and monitoring workflows using Informatica PowerCenter.
- Conducted API testing with Postman, focusing on JSON responses from the Provider and Claim systems.
- Proficient in web application testing for claims (inbound and outbound processes) and experienced with various file formats (JSON, XML, CSV, text).
- Successfully led and mentored a team of over 10 individuals, sharing tasks, and providing consistent support to drive successful project delivery.
- As the primary point of contact, I was responsible for conducting internal audits across all projects and enhancements to ensure testers followed mandatory procedures, thereby preventing potential quality issues.
- Collaborated on the recruitment of ETL testers by conducting technical assessments during the interview process.
- Represented the team by consistently participating in daily Scrum meetings, defect calls, and presenting test documentation to clients.
- Discovered key requirement gaps during the analysis phase, mitigating potential defects.
- Performed claim data validation in the EDW, and utilized mainframe and Unix/Linux commands for data management.
- Contributed to the quality of our testing efforts by assisting the lead in ensuring the correctness of test plans and strategies.
- I have experience working in API testing using the Postman tool (GET and POST methods).
Senior Software Engineer
Accenture
09.2019 - 12.2020
- Worked as the primary ETL/manual tester for multiple projects that involved testing the entire data flow from the source to the transformation to the target layer, using complex SQL queries against mapping documents.
- Created comprehensive test scenarios and cases, thoroughly documenting errors and defects in HP ALM, and producing detailed test reports.
- Proficient in the validation and verification of data transformation rules, and business logic.
- Good knowledge of tools such as Control-M for job scheduling and monitoring, and Teradata, Oracle, and DB2 for relational data validation using complex SQL queries.
- Provided KT for new joiners and handled daily client/scrum calls as a primary tester.
- Managed the entire software testing lifecycle, from requirements analysis to post-release validation, and conducted client demos during each sprint.
- Utilized DML to generate and populate upstream data layers with mock data, according to test case specifications.
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
03.2016 - 09.2019
- As a lead Manual/ETL tester, I worked predominantly in Claims (claim load, adjudication, payment), Third Party Liability, and Encounters (compliance, audit, and state response) modules, where I tested both facets of front-end and back-end data against the EDI file.
- Designed project-specific test plans and strategy documents to ensure appropriate test coverage.
- Contributed to building SQL queries in order to automate encounter process validation.
- Involved in validating DWH projects with the help of SQL scripting.
- Mocked-up data in EDI 834 and 837 files based on test scenarios and validation rules.
- Tested TPL (Third Party Liability for members) projects and enhancements.
- Having experience in testing web applications, such as IAD and Navinet (healthcare payer applications).
- Managed a team of 12 testers, overseeing all reporting activities, including Daily Status Reports (DSRs), Weekly Status Reports (WSRs), and walkthroughs of test case, execution, and result documents. Responsible for gathering data, compiling reports, and presenting findings to team leads and clients.
- Created and executed test cases, test sets, and managed defects within HP ALM.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to understand system requirements, to perform end-to-end validation.
- Utilized Tidal Scheduler to define job dependencies, schedule job execution, and monitor job status.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication Engineering
Anna University, Chennai
India05-2015
Some College (No Degree) - Higher Secondary Certificate
St.Isabel's Girls Higher Secondary School
India04-2011
Skills
- Analytical and critical thinking
- Collaboration
- Decision-making
- Software testing life cycle (STLC)
- Functional, Regression, Smoke & Data integrity testing
- Agile (Scrum) and Waterfall methodologies
- HP ALM
- Jira and confluence
- Digital Agility
- IBM Rational tools (CQ, RTC)
- STLC, SDLC, Defect Life Cycle
- Control-M, Tidal Scheduler, and Informatica PowerCenter
- On-premise data validation
- ETL or Data Warehouse validation
- Manual testing, Trizetto Facets application testing
- Web application testing
- Oracle, Hadoop (Hive), Teradata, DB2, and MS SQL databases
- UltraEdit, WinSCP, HDFS (Hadoop), IPswitch, and PuTTY (Unix/Linux commands)
- Test Planning
- Test Design
- RTM
- Daily status/weekly status report
- Client walkthrough
- Daily scrum calls
- Test summary report
Languages
Tamil
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Timeline
Senior Advanced Software Engineer
Horizon Meditech Pte Ltd
09.2024 - Current
Business Analyst
HCL Technologies
12.2020 - 06.2024
Senior Software Engineer
Accenture
09.2019 - 12.2020
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
03.2016 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication Engineering
Anna University, Chennai
Some College (No Degree) - Higher Secondary Certificate
St.Isabel's Girls Higher Secondary School
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