Nivedita Bera

Professional Test Engineer with proven track record of enhancing software quality through rigorous testing methodologies. Adapt at identifying and resolving issues, ensuring optimal performance and reliability of applications. Strong focus on team collaboration and adaptability to evolving project needs. Skilled in automated testing, bug tracking, and test case development, consistently contributing to successful project outcomes and high user satisfaction.

Qualified Test Engineer having14+ years of experience in Cognizant Technology solution, and total IT industry experience 16+ years with sound knowledge in DuckCreek on Demand product, Policy centre and Billing . Have worked in Duckcreek Agency portal testing as wrapper UI . ISTQB certified Test Professional, Certified Scrum Master(CSM), Duckcreek (ACTE) Profound experience in Insurance and Healthcare domain.

Automation testing using Selenium.

Experience in leading team of size 15 both from offshore and onshore (US) handling primarily US clients. Actively participating in Scrum call, Sprint planning, Confluence Management as scrum master in Agile project. Involved in Release Management process with client driving to closure of UAT Testing phase and release of product in production. Experience in Defect Management activities, Defect Life Cycle, Defect Reporting, and Defect Matrices in various Test Management Tool like HP Application Life cycle Management (ALM 11), JIRA ,Knowledge of MDM and backend testing.

• Countrywide Insurance Company, USA, Working in Automation and validating data mapping and Policy center Duckcreek and managing team.
• Prosight Specialty Insurance Company, USA, Worked in Policy centre and Billing in Agency Bill, Direct Bill, Pay as you go, Disbursements, Payment types, Items in Suspense.
• Pacific Specialty Insurance Company, USA, Property and Casualty Insurance product application built on Duckcreek for issuing Policy, Billing and Claims.
• American International Group, USA, Managed 10-12 Insurance applications with automation.
• Massachusetts Mutual Insurance, USA, Delivered CDM Program in small iterative sprints and releases.
• Novo Nordisk, USA, Tested One Stop Shop in SFDC application for compliance.
• Boehringer Ingelheim, USA, Implemented enhanced data processes for Customer Master Remediation project.
• Pfizer, UK, Built an enterprise CRM and Analytics application.

• Leading and managing team and coordination of around 10 team size.
• Osite experience of customer handling.
• Experience in Handling agile projects as scrum master.
• Appraisal of team members, working on project planning and estimation.
• Allocation of task and handling client calls and other internal stakeholders.
• Hands on Automation expertise.
• Preparing Test Reports.
• Review the improvements and defects identified during the sprint to understand the criticality and the importance of the changes suggested.
• Analysis of System Requirements, Functional Requirement Documents (FRD) and Business Requirement Documents (BRD).
• Developed Test cases based on the requirements provided.
• Developed Test Plan and overall Test Strategy for the program.
• Performed manual testing at various Phases of the development and test cycles.
• Developed Regression Suite to make sure that new functionality not affecting existing basic functionalities.
• Involved in executing the SQL Queries for Data Validation.
• Reviewed the defects with development team and reported the defects in HP ALM, JIRA.
• Conducted Defect review meetings by coordinating the Development, Testing and Business teams.

• Awarded with the People Pal award for contributions to CRM Cognizant team building awarded by Subo Samanta
• ISTQB certified Professional
• Certified Scrum master
• Duckcreek ACTE certified