AJEET GUPTA

Mobile: 09910905900 ~ E-Mail: ajeetgupta12@gmail.com

In pursuit of career enhancing opportunities in the field of:

~ Test Lead ~ Automation Engineer ~ Scrum Master ~

PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW

 A competent professional with 10+ years of valuable experience in the field of SDLC, Manual Testing,
Automation Testing, Scrum Master and Team Lead across Healthcare, Insurance, Telecom and Banking
domain.
 Associated with United Health Group, Hyderabad as Lead - QE.
 Knowledge and working experience of Automation Testing using Selenium and API Testing in C#.
 Certified Scrum Master with extensive experience in leading and delivering Agile projects, facilitating agile
ceremonies and daily scrum meetings, helping team and organization adapt scrum and remove impediments.
 Organized Scrum Ceremonies – Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.
 Represented Team in PI (Program Increment), 2.5 days event using SAM (Scalable Agile Methodology).
 Adroit in the entire Software Development Life Cycle, from analysis of clients’ needs to prototyping and
implementation including system study, designing, coding, testing and debugging.
 Extensive experience in Functional Testing, System Testing, System Integration Testing and User Acceptance
testing.
 Excellent at communicating effectively with stakeholders by leveraging technical, business and financial
acumen.
 Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills with diversified domain knowledge about Excellent at
communicating effectively with stakeholders by leveraging technical, business and financial acumen.
 Extensive use of project management processes; advised recommended, supervised, reviewed code and
monitored members of project group, for the correct systems developing, implementing and reporting.
 Experienced in coordinating, negotiating and motivating outside vendors and offshore resources support of time
line and project deliverables.
 Well versed with SDLC, PMLC and sound knowledge of waterfall and agile methodologies.
 Spearheading group to best utilize agile scrum principles and techniques by customizing scrum framework as per
organizational needs.
 Facilitated agile adoption retrospective for the organization with the leadership and guided teams with outcome
resulting in enhanced performance.
 Experienced in using CA Agile Central (Rally), Confluence, JIRA, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and SharePoint.
 Experienced in build Deployment using RTC, VSTS, Anthill and Jenkins.
 Good interpersonal skills, commitment, result oriented, hard working with a quest and zeal to learn new
technologies and undertake challenging tasks.
 Extensive use of project management processes; advised recommended, supervised, reviewed code and
monitored members of project group, for the correct systems developing, implementing and reporting.

CAREER RECITAL

Since April 2014 United Health Group, Hyderabad Lead - QE

Aug’2013 – Mar 2014 Tech Mahindra, Noida Team Lead

Jan’2011 - Aug’2013 ITC, Gurgaon Team Lead

June’2007 - Jan’2011 Hewitt Associates, Gurgaon Senior Quality Analyst

 SKILL SET

Technical:
Databases Microsoft SQL Server
Development/Productivity Tools Visual Studio 2015, Rally, SonarQube, RTC, Jenkins, XL Release
Functional Areas Insurance, Health Care, Health Insurance, Finance, Banking
Programming Languages C#, Java
Software Engineering Methodologies Agile, Scrum, Kanban
Testing Tools Selenium, TFS, ALM, Neo Load, VSTS Coded UI
Scripting Language VB Script, Java Script

Functional:

 Understanding business’s requirements and mapping them to system requirements specifications.

 Handling test case designing and preparation of check lists as well as conducting tests on software’s/ applications.
 Automation testing for regression and In-sprint.
 Fixed Sonar Issues for coding standard for project.
 Creating test plans, test cases and test scripts/ procedures for carrying out tests of the software at various stages
in the SDLC.
 Verifying change requests and defects; documenting, tracking and communicating test plans, test results and
unresolved problems; preparing test reports.
 Overseeing smooth implementation and testing as well as providing post-implementation, enhancement and
maintenance support to clients.
 Utilized Agile Scrum practices to help the team increase their velocity and adoption of agile.
 Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize
productivity.
 Encouraged and implemented process improvements and automation techniques. Created team-building
opportunities.
 Determined the team capacity (velocity) from historical data. Created Work Break down structure (user stories)
and corresponding activities (tasks).
 Facilitated scrum events (Daily Standup, Product Backlog Grooming/Refinement, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review,
Sprint Retrospective).
 Communicated the progress to senior management thru 'Burndown Charts' using Rally.

HIGHLIGHTS ACROSS CAREER PATH

 Received ‘Feather In My Cap’ , ‘Best Developer’ and ‘Spot’ Award the commendable work in Projects
 Noteworthy White Paper Award for writing whitepaper on ‘Scalable Agile Methodology’

SCHOLASTICS

 MCA (Computer Science) from UPTU Lucknow, 2006.

 B.Sc. from Kanpur University, Kanpur, 2001.
 Intermediate (12th) from UP Board, 1998.
 High School (10th) from UP Board, 1996.
CERTIFICATIONS

 Certified ISTQB – Foundation Level.

 AHM – 250/PAHM Certified.
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 Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
 Team Kanban Practitioner from Lean Kanban University.
 OGS Scrum Master Certified.

PERSONAL DOSSIER

Address: Flat No. 506, Jasmine Block, RDB Coconut Grove, Miyapur, Hyderabad.

For details of projects undertaken, please refer to the attached Annexure.

 ANNEXURE
Title: eFR
Role: Lead – QE, Scrum Master and Performance Testing Engineer.
Skills: Agile framework, Automation Testing
Environment: Selenium C#
Period: Since April’2014
Description:
The eFR Platform is a tool for managing patient accounts from the point of service until payment for services rendered
are received. The purpose of the product is to provide a tool for healthcare providers that will allow them to improve
revenue cycle operations improve cash collections and accelerate the process of getting payment for services
rendered.
Contribution:
 Involved in Test design, Test execution Participate in onsite calls, day to day test activities.
 Automation testing using Selenium, Rest Sharp and C#.
 Responsible for coaching the team in agile best practices including self-organization and cross-functionality
 Removed team impediments on a daily basis to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables.
 Facilitated scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups
 Enacted change & continuous improvement to increase the productivity of the team and quality of deliverables by
using automation techniques
 Coaching the team and helping to lead in organizational environments in which Scrum/Kanban is not yet fully
adopted and understood
 Ensure team execution and delivery to committed sprint work. Leading the team to maintain a sustainable pace.
 Supported techniques for effective Product Backlog management in Rally; Created forum using Rally for
communicating vision, goals, and Product Backlog items to the team
 Leading and coaching the organization in its scrum adoption; Helping associates and stakeholders understand and
enact scrum in their lines of business
 Coach and guide other scrum masters in efficient implementation of scrum principles for high performance teams.
 Provided weekly reports to higher management for sprint and release status with burn-downs charts and velocity
reports.

Title: Global Craft Access System

Role: Test Lead
Skills: Telecom, Manual Testing
Period: August’2013 – March’2014
Description:
AT&T is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions serving customers in USA. Its principal
activities include networked IT services, local, national and international telecommunications services, also higher-
value broadband and internet products and services.
Contribution:
 Involved in Test design, Test execution Participate in onsite calls, day to day test activities.
 Closely working with client to resolve functional defects.
 Determining customer requirements, analyzing and creating the business requirements document and user
stories.
 Worked closely with business experts and technical staff, vendors, and contractors to understand business and
system requirements that drive the analysis and design of the systems enhancements and project
implementations.
 Prepared business process models for automation.
 Led and successfully delivered multiple projects.
 Managed project plans & deliverables, track milestones & project progress, schedule tasks & ensure that project
remain on time/within budget.
 Led onsite /offshore project team of up to 15 members.
 Performed internal quality audits for different.
 Conducted regular one to one meetings with direct reports and performance reviews.
 Performs risk identification and mitigation activities, escalating unresolved issues.
 Prepared reports for upper management using confluence on the status of project including baselines and
schedule variances.
 Submitted and approved timesheets using Planview on a weekly basis.
Title: ICD-10 Enterprise Scenario , TOPS, COSMOS
Role: Test Lead
Skills: Health Care, Manual Testing, Mainframe, COBOL, JCL
Period: Jan’2011 – August’2013
Description:
ICD-10 Enterprise Scenario: As per the ICD-10 changes due to healthcare reform in United States, UHG is
undergoing a transformational changes for all the various internal Claim processing applications, Provider
Networks & Management, Membership enrolment, Clinical Management, Data reporting and Analytics. There was a
need of team who is well versed with all the internal application and a centralized scenario could be written which
could be tested as per the application.

TOPS: Regression Testing is the governance structure for the transformation project required to upgrade the claims
processing system. Testing project is to perform assembly/system test and regression testing for the new changes
being rolled out as part of the TOPS.

COSMOS (Comprehensive Online Software for Management and Support): COSMOS Regression ReArch team
within UHGIS was conceptualized and established in second quarter of year 2010 in order to validate critical business
modules (CoE) of COSMOS (Comprehensive Online Software for Management & Operational Support) application
which works on mainframe system.

Contribution:
 Involved in Test design, Test execution Participate in onsite calls, day to day test activities.
 Implementation in Handholding Phase of Project.
 Build Management and Patch Deployment.
 Prepared UAT testcases for Client.
 Led 7 members team.
 Involved in the cost and schedule estimation of work packages.
 Analyzed business need in order to fully understand business problems and opportunities.

Title: RBS Renewal 2010 and ongoing , YBR 5.10 Implementation

Role: Senior Software Engineer
Skills: Government, Health Care, Health Insurance
Period: June’07 – Jan’2010
Description:
RBS Renewal 2010 and ongoing: These are UK clients, provide many plans or facilities to the employees like
some Health related plans, Pension related plans, Shopping vouchers, Personal Computer and Car and bike plans.
Members can choose or make election in these plans through YBR, only once in a year in Renewal program, while
through some life style events a member can make election in these plans on YBR any time in the year.

YBR 5.10 Implementation (Website Up gradation and maintenance): This project implemented for Client RBS
which deals with upgrading the YBR (Your Benefits Resource) site which has new look and feel with additional features

Contribution:
 Involved in Test design, Test execution Participate in onsite calls, day to day test activities.
 Writing, Reviewing, Executing Functional & Integration test cases and logging bugs
 Took ownership of the requirements management plan, Systems requirements specification (SRS) and assisted
the technical team in creating the System design specification (SDS) documents.
 Attended and documented the necessary meetings to determine the exact requirements, and scheduling and
conducting BRD and SRS walkthroughs.
 Involved in creating and reviewing test plans and test scenarios and validating results.
 Participated in management meeting whenever required.
 Mentored other developers in the team.
 Automation of various day to day manual tasks which saved 50 – 100 person hours per release depending on the
size of release.