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Sucheta Patnaik

Sucheta Patnaik

Senior Test Specialist
Navi Mumbai

Summary

  • Twelve years and two months of IT industry experience encompassing a thorough knowledge of UI, Mainframe and mobile manual testing
  • Specialization in Manual Testing - SIT, Functional, Regression, Smoke, End-to-End, UAT, Accessibility
  • Expertise in understanding and analyzing the User/Business Requirements and Software Requirement Specification
  • Expertise on Mainframe modernization
  • Worked on various migration projects (Mainframe and UI)
  • Expertise on preparing test plan and test strategy
  • Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile Methodologies
  • Extensive on job experience in Application modernization - Bank of America - Asset servicing, UPS Load handling and Anthem CS90 applications
  • Trained and working knowledge of the US Healthcare system. Certified Professional Academy for Healthcare Management by America's Health Insurance Plan
  • Extensive on Job Experience in CTD modelling using IQP
  • Handled multiple roles such as - Benefits Coder, Benefits Tester, Test lead for NASCO and Anthem accounts and Load handling application specialist in UPS, Senior Test Analyst for Freedom Mortgage - sales portal migration, Bank of America - modernization, FAB mobile application
  • Good communication skills, interpersonal skills, self-motivated, quick learner, team player.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

Senior Test Specialist

IBM
11.2013 - 01.2026
  • Lead manual testing efforts across web, mobile, and API applications
  • Analyze business requirements, functional specifications, and user stories
  • Develop and maintain detailed test plans, test cases, and test scenarios
  • Execute functional, regression, system, integration, smoke, and UAT testing
  • Perform defect identification, logging, tracking, and verification using JIRA / Azure DevOps / Bugzilla
  • Conduct exploratory testing to identify high-risk and edge-case defects
  • Collaborate with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to resolve issues
  • Validate defect fixes and perform re-testing and full regression cycles
  • Ensure compliance with QA standards, testing processes, and SDLC best practices
  • Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives
  • Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and validate acceptance criteria
  • Prepare test execution reports, defect metrics, and quality status dashboards
  • Mentor junior QA engineers and review test artifacts for quality and coverage
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives for QA processes and methodologies

Functional Test Lead

IBM Internal
03.2025 - 01.2026

Asset Engineering Team

  • Created and executed test strategies, test plans, and test cases for enterprise GenAI solutions across Healthcare, SAP, Salesforce, and marketing domains.
  • Led functional testing and validation of AI-driven healthcare claims management platform (Claims Processing UI) and GenAI assets including automated test case generation, functional specification document generation, ABAP code generation, workshop deck generation, and SAP localization.
  • Validated Salesforce and marketing GenAI assets such as Solution Advisor, solution design documents, AI-generated test cases and user stories, and creator assistant tools to ensure accuracy, consistency, and business alignment.
  • Performed functional testing of internal and external APIs
  • Analyzed API requirements, specifications (Swagger/OpenAPI), and business flows
  • Designed and executed API test cases covering positive, negative, and boundary scenarios
  • Validated request/response payloads, headers, parameters, and HTTP status codes
  • Verified data integrity, transformations, and downstream system integrations
  • Tested authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth, API keys, tokens)
  • Conducted end-to-end integration testing between APIs and dependent applications
  • Validated error handling, fault tolerance, and API response messaging
  • Performed regression testing to ensure API stability across releases
  • Used tools such as Postman for API validation
  • Collaborated with developers and integration teams to resolve API defects
  • Logged, tracked, and retested defects using JIRA

Senior QA

IBM
07.2022 - 01.2025

CLIENT NAME: First Abu Dhabi Bank

  • Understanding workflow of existing credit card options available in FAB app
  • Preparing Testcases for each screen using FIGMA and discussing with BA
  • Identifying bugs in both Android and iOS platforms for the Islamic CC in FAB app and working with back-end team, developers for quick resolution (by helping decode the root cause)
  • Performed Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression, End-to-end and sanity checks
  • Mentoring and managing new team members and bringing them up to speed
  • Used Scrum Agile Methodology for each test cycles and deliverables.
  • Participated in daily Scrum calls and status meetings and coordinated with business and developers to track the progress

Test Lead

IBM
06.2021 - 06.2022

CLIENT NAME: Bank of America

  • Preparation of Test plan and Test strategy
  • Understanding the PACE Application (asset Servicing and Settlement services) and its functionality end-to-end
  • Formulation of Testcases
  • Performed Baseline Testing and Integration Testing, Performance Testing, Exploratory testing and sanity checks
  • Used Scrum Agile Methodology for each test cycles and deliverables
  • Participated in daily Scrum calls and status meetings and coordinated with business, developers to track the project.
  • Mentoring and managing new team members and bringing them up to speed
  • Daily task allocation and status calls
  • Defect management using MLQC

Test Specialist - Web Application

IBM
12.2020 - 06.2021

CLIENT NAME: Freedom Mortgage

  • Understanding the sales portal 6.1.5 end-to-end
  • Preparing CTD models and generation of Testcases using IQP for each portlet
  • Performed Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression, and sanity checks
  • Mentoring and managing new team members and bringing them up to speed
  • Used Scrum Agile Methodology for each test cycles and deliverables.
  • Participated in daily Scrum calls and status meetings and coordinated with business and developers to track the progress

Test Specialist - Mainframes

IBM
02.2020 - 12.2020

CLIENT NAME: UPS

  • Understanding the LH Application and its functionality end-to-end
  • Formulation of Testcases
  • Performed Baseline Testing and Integration Testing, Performance Testing and UAT
  • Used Scrum Agile Methodology for each test cycles and deliverables.
  • Participated in daily Scrum calls and status meetings and coordinated with business, developers to track the project.
  • In each testing cycle following activities were performed:
  • A) Online Testing
  • Execute each online transaction, verify it is displaying the respective online screen properly
  • Verify the navigations from one online screen to other screens
  • Test the functionality of each online screen is working fine
  • Perform various operations from the online screen eg - Add, update, delete, retrieve data
  • Verify each field of the online screen, if it is populating the data accurately
  • Validate data in back-end tables (IMS-DB & DB2) updated by Online transactions
  • Verify presentation of fields on BMS Screens same as IMS screens
  • Testing of batch jobs that are triggered from the screens
  • B) Batch Testing
  • Prepare the test input files
  • Execute the Batch job(s)
  • Verify the Batch jobs have completed successfully
  • Verify the Job log, SYSOUT summary report
  • Verify the output files created, validate the data, and number of records written
  • Verify the exception or error reports created, if any.
  • Validate data in back-end tables (IMS-DB & DB2) updated by the Batch jobs

Test Specialist

IBM
02.2019 - 12.2019

CLIENT NAME: Elevance Health, Inc (Formerly Anthem, Inc)

  • Understood the requirements and formulated the test specifications including test plan and test scenarios based on requirements.
  • Working with Product Owners, Scrum Master, Developers to understand the requirement and resolve any issues.
  • Developed manual test cases to meet the business requirements of the different modules.
  • Involved in generating execution reports from JIRA.
  • Execution of test cases and documented bugs with evidence and reported them with detailed information to the development team.
  • Investigated bugs and interfaced with developers to resolve technical issues
  • Kept track of the new requirements / change in requirements of the Project.
  • Performed Functional, Agile, Regression, integration and System testing.
  • Generated Test reports and metrics for higher management and officials.
  • Participated in daily Scrum calls and status meetings and coordinated with business, developers to track the project.
  • Transferred knowledge, mentored the engagement teams, monitored team performance and provided feedback to all levels of management.

Benefit Tester

IBM
02.2014 - 02.2019

CLIENT NAME: NASCO

  • Led end-to-end benefits and claims testing across multi-payer health plans (CareFirst, Horizon, MASS, Dental), ensuring clean claims via TBM grid validation and M238.
  • Drove defect triage and grid optimization across complex benefit structures (ICD-9/10, Omnia, Master, Optional grids), partnering closely with coders and developers.
  • Owned client communication, daily status reporting, and release readiness while mentoring junior testers and standardizing QA knowledge repositories.
  • Oversaw functional testing for NASCO Payment Engine and Cash Screen applications, ensuring accuracy of claims adjudication and financial transactions.

Education

M.Tech - Bioinformatics

International Institute of Information and Technology
Hyderabad, IN
01.2013

Skills

Mobile Testing - Android and iOS

UI Testing (Manual)

Mainframe Testing (Manual)

Ignite Quality Platform: CTD

Test Management Tools: JIRA

Test Management Tools: QC

Test Management Tools: ClearQuest

Database: DB2

Languages: COBOL

Timeline

Functional Test Lead

IBM Internal
03.2025 - 01.2026

Senior QA

IBM
07.2022 - 01.2025

Test Lead

IBM
06.2021 - 06.2022

Test Specialist - Web Application

IBM
12.2020 - 06.2021

Test Specialist - Mainframes

IBM
02.2020 - 12.2020

Test Specialist

IBM
02.2019 - 12.2019

Benefit Tester

IBM
02.2014 - 02.2019

Senior Test Specialist

IBM
11.2013 - 01.2026

M.Tech - Bioinformatics

International Institute of Information and Technology

Key Courses And Training

  • Hands on and Mainframe training at IBM India.
  • Scrum Master Certification
  • NASCO Benefit Academy Testing - scored more than 98% in Benefit Testing
  • HIPAA 5010
  • AHM250, AHM 510 Certifications
  • Claim certifications (Testing and Development)
  • Healthcare 101, 201
Sucheta PatnaikSenior Test Specialist