Edwin Francis
Thrissur
Summary
Guidewire QA professional with 6+ years of experience in the insurance domain, specializing in Guidewire BillingCenter and supporting PolicyCenter testing. Experienced in functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing of policy and billing lifecycle transactions across integrated applications. Hands-on experience in API testing using Postman and SoapUI, data validation between upstream systems and Guidewire, and test automation using Playwright and JavaScript. Experienced in Agile Scrum practices with Jira and Rally for test and defect management.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Kochi
01.2022 - Current
- Executed end-to-end functional and integration testing for Guidewire BillingCenter, validating complete billing lifecycle transactions across integrated applications.
- Performed functional validation of BillingCenter transactions, including invoices, payments, charges, commissions, premiums, taxes, discounts, and payment plans, ensuring accurate processing and data flow.
- Conducted data validation and reconciliation between upstream systems, Guidewire BillingCenter, and downstream or legacy applications to verify data consistency.
- Performed API testing using Postman and SoapUI, validating API requests, responses, status codes, and data exchanged between integrated systems.
- Validated delinquency, cancellation, pending cancellation, cancellation clearance, and payment plan modification scenarios to ensure expected system behavior across integrated applications.
- Automated applicable integration and data validation scenarios using Playwright and JavaScript, supporting regression and end-to-end testing.
- Validated updates triggered by Guidewire BillingCenter in downstream and legacy systems to ensure transaction and account data were accurately reflected.
- Designed and executed test cases based on business requirements and change requests, covering functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end scenarios.
- Participated in test strategy and test planning activities, contributing to test coverage and execution planning for application changes.
- Managed defects and test execution activities using Jira and Rally, including defect retesting and regression testing for application changes.
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Kochi
01.2021 - 12.2021
- Worked on UI automation for policy creation workflows using Selenium and Java, improving test coverage and reducing repetitive manual testing efforts.
- Designed, executed, and maintained automated test scenarios to validate policy creation workflows, application functionality, and regression scenarios across web applications.
Programmer Analyst Trainee
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Kochi
12.2019 - 12.2020
- Gained foundational knowledge of the insurance domain and policy issuance processes, supporting testing activities across policy workflows.
- Performed manual testing of policy issuance workflows and conducted defect retesting to verify fixes and ensured expected application behavior.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Model Engineering College
Kochi01-2019
Skills
- Guidewire Testing
- Guidewire BillingCenter
- Guidewire PolicyCenter
- End-to-End Testing
- Functional Testing
- Integration Testing
- API Testing
- Postman
- Test Automation
- Playwright
- JavaScript
- Selenium with Java
Timeline
Associate
Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2022 - Current
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2021 - 12.2021
Programmer Analyst Trainee
Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2019 - 12.2020
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Model Engineering College