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Urvashi Dhar

Urvashi Dhar

Test Architect
New Delhi

Summary

Accomplished Test Architect with extensive experience at NIIT Technologies Ltd., specializing in Duck Creek Policy and Billing modules. Demonstrated success in leading QA teams and implementing innovative automation strategies, enhancing testing efficiency by 40%. Recognized for strong communication skills and mentorship abilities, effectively engaging stakeholders and driving quality metrics to ensure project success. Dedicated professional focused on software quality and reliability, proficient in designing comprehensive testing strategies, automation frameworks, and performance testing while fostering a collaborative environment to achieve project goals.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

TEST ARCHITECT

Coforge Limited
10.2018 - Current

Company Overview: Company Overview: WestBend Insurance Inc. is responsible for managing the member insurance companies located in the United States. The project revolves around implementation of Policy Admin System.

  • The goal of the project is to test new business enhancements and monthly release for defect items applicable to different Line of Businesses (Commercial).
  • Worked for the implementation & maintenance of Commercial Lines (General Liability, Professional Liability, Commercial Auto, Commercial Property and Inland Marine).
  • As a QA (Quality Assurance) Lead, my responsibilities typically include overseeing the entire quality assurance process within a project or team.
  • Define and implement overall test strategy, architecture, and frameworks for projects and enterprise solutions.
  • Evaluate, select, and integrate testing tools, automation platforms, and best practices to ensure scalable and maintainable test solutions.
  • Design robust test plans covering functional, non-functional, integration, performance, and security testing.
  • Guide and mentor QA teams in advanced testing techniques, automation, and process improvements.
  • Collaborate with development, DevOps, and business teams to align testing with project requirements and delivery goals.
  • Review and optimize test coverage, test data management, and defect tracking processes.
  • Lead proof-of-concept initiatives for new testing technologies and methodologies.
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational quality objectives.
  • Analyze test results, identify risks, and provide actionable recommendations for quality improvement.
  • Support production validation, incident analysis, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) testing.
  • Monitor production systems for issues, defects, and performance anomalies.
  • Investigate, triage, and document production incidents, collaborating with development and support teams for rapid resolution.
  • Validate hotfixes, patches, and releases in production environments to ensure stability and compliance.
  • Perform root cause analysis and recommend preventive actions for recurring issues.
  • Maintain production support documentation, runbooks, and knowledge bases for efficient troubleshooting.
  • Communicate incident status and resolution progress to stakeholders and business users.
  • Support post-deployment validation and regression testing to minimize business impact.
  • Mentor team members in production support best practices and proactive risk management.

SR. TEST ENGINEER

KMG Infotech Ltd.
09.2016 - 10.2018

Company Overview: Company Overview: Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Management (U.S.A.), Inc. is responsible for managing the member insurance companies located in the United States. The project revolves around implementation of Policy Admin System.

  • The goal of the project is to test new business enhancements and monthly release for defect items applicable to different Line of Businesses (Personal & Commercial).
  • Worked for the maintenance of Commercial Lines (General Liability, Professional Liability, Commercial Auto, Commercial Property and Inland Marine).
  • Analysis of the business requirements.
  • Analysis of mapping documents.
  • Estimating the testing effort by analyzing the requirements.
  • Creating test plan and Requirement Traceability Matrix.
  • Preparation of Test Scenarios and Test Cases.
  • Attending Daily Scrums.
  • Design and Execution of Test Cases for Subscribe product-different clients build releases.
  • Functional testing, UI, Integration, Smoke, Sanity and Regression testing and making bug report and functional/regression testing.
  • Tested critical bug fixes including critical fixes and coordinated with developers in release of bug fixes meeting tight timeline.
  • Conducted root cause analysis on defects discovered during testing, enabling quick resolution and minimizing risk of future occurrences.
  • Streamlined testing processes for increased efficiency in identifying and resolving defects.
  • Managed multiple projects concurrently, maintaining strict deadlines while not sacrificing attention to detail or quality control measures.

TEST ENGINEER

NIIT
05.2015 - 07.2016
  • The goal of the product is to reward the agents who align their goals with the growth and profitability goals of the company.
  • Involved in QA process and Improvement.
  • Coached, mentored and lead personnel within a project team environment.
  • Setup smooth communication channel between Client and Offshore team to resolve queries and issues.
  • Analyzed results of operations to discover more efficient ways to utilize resources.
  • Attend Daily Scrum Meeting and represent QA team.
  • Defect Tracking and logging of Bugs in JIRA.
  • Involved in executing the Regression testing, Sanity and Functional testing.
  • Provide Test Estimations to Onsite management and manager for the future release.

TEST ENGINEER

SMG Group
11.2013 - 04.2015
  • The goal of the project is to provide a designed process to decommission or permanently relocate equipment.
  • Creation and Execution of test cases, Responsible for Functional testing, UI, Integration, Smoke, Sanity and Regression testing and making bug report and functional/regression testing.
  • Tested critical bug fixes including critical fixes and coordinated with developers in release of bug fixes meeting tight timeline.
  • Compare the time taken by both the systems to complete batch renewal and also the number of polices renewed should be same.
  • Gathering information from Client, Business Analyst & transferring the same to the Developer team in the precise form.
  • Creation of RTM & Test Summary Reports.
  • RCA Analysis.

TEST ENGINEER

Ishoolin
04.2012 - 10.2013
  • Company Overview: Company Overview: Insurity insurance is a Property and Casualty reinsurance provider in USA. It provides customized insurance products and solutions to businesses and industries.
  • Worked for the Renewal Business and maintenance of Personal Lines Insurance, which includes Automobile, Homeowners, Package and Dwelling Fire Lines of Business including Umbrella and Commercial Lines (General Liability, Professional Liability, Commercial Auto, Commercial Property and Inland Marine).
  • Creation and Execution of test cases, Responsible for Functional testing, UI, Integration, Smoke, Sanity and Regression testing and making bug report and functional/regression testing.
  • Tested existing & modified forms for all applicable states in Commercial Lines and Post Issuance Transactions.
  • Tested Policies for all applicable states for different LOBs (Homeowners, Auto) under different transaction status.
  • Tested critical bug fixes including critical fixes and coordinated with developers in release of bug fixes meeting tight timeline.
  • Gathering information from Client, Business Analyst & transferring the same to the Developer team in the precise form.
  • Creation of RTM & Test Summary Reports.
  • RCA Analysis.
  • Insurity insurance is a Property and Casualty reinsurance provider in USA. It provides customized insurance products and solutions to businesses and industries.

Education

MBA - Operations Management

Institute Of Management And Technology
Institute Of Management And Technology
09.2024

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

Maharishi Dayanand University
KIIT
07.2012

Skills

  • Database/SQL

  • Duck Creek Expertise

  • Duck Creek Policy, Billing, Claims modules; Author, Express, Manuscripts, Forms

  • Testing Types

  • Functional, Integration, Regression, UAT, System, Smoke/Sanity

  • Automation

  • Selenium, Playwright, Tosca, UFT (if used); GitHub Copilot for test generation

  • API Testing

  • Postman, REST Assured, Swagger validations

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Certification

GitHub Copilot

Timeline

GitHub Copilot

03-2025

ISTQB

02-2022

TEST ARCHITECT

Coforge Limited
10.2018 - Current

ITIL Foundation

05-2017

AINS 24

12-2016

SR. TEST ENGINEER

KMG Infotech Ltd.
09.2016 - 10.2018

TEST ENGINEER

NIIT
05.2015 - 07.2016

TEST ENGINEER

SMG Group
11.2013 - 04.2015

TEST ENGINEER

Ishoolin
04.2012 - 10.2013

MBA - Operations Management

Institute Of Management And Technology

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

Maharishi Dayanand University
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