Hi, I’m Bhagalavathi (Devi) Karra. I’m a dynamic QA professional with 13 years of hands-on experience in quality assurance testing for complex client/server and web-based applications, with a solid foundation in business analysis. I enjoy translating functional requirements into precise test cases and strategies, mapping business needs to practical QA plans, and ensuring end-to-end quality across SDLC and STLC with a focus on delivering reliable software on schedule. Throughout my career I’ve led testing efforts in Agile environments, performed production validation during deployments, and driven UAT readiness. I’ve on-boarded AI-based automation (Functionize) to minimize manual testing, prepared robust documentation (RTMs, Test Plans, and Traceability Matrices), and collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve security posture (IAM/RBAC) and data validations for large programs in Financial Services.

Bhagalavathi (Devi) Karra

Hi, I’m Bhagalavathi (Devi) Karra. I’m a dynamic QA professional with 13 years of hands-on experience in quality assurance testing for complex client/server and web-based applications, with a solid foundation in business analysis. I enjoy translating functional requirements into precise test cases and strategies, mapping business needs to practical QA plans, and ensuring end-to-end quality across SDLC and STLC with a focus on delivering reliable software on schedule. Throughout my career I’ve led testing efforts in Agile environments, performed production validation during deployments, and driven UAT readiness. I’ve on-boarded AI-based automation (Functionize) to minimize manual testing, prepared robust documentation (RTMs, Test Plans, and Traceability Matrices), and collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve security posture (IAM/RBAC) and data validations for large programs in Financial Services.

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Hi, I’m Bhagalavathi (Devi) Karra. I’m a dynamic QA professional with 13 years of hands-on experience in quality assurance testing for complex client/server and web-based applications, with a solid foundation in business analysis. I enjoy translating functional requirements into precise test cases and strategies, mapping business needs to practical QA plans, and ensuring end-to-end quality across SDLC and STLC with a focus on delivering reliable software on schedule.

Throughout my career I’ve led testing efforts in Agile environments, performed production validation during deployments, and driven UAT readiness. I’ve on-boarded AI-based automation (Functionize) to minimize manual testing, prepared robust documentation (RTMs, Test Plans, and Traceability Matrices), and collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve security posture (IAM/RBAC) and data validations for large programs in Financial Services.

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Work Experience

QA Analyst / Business Analyst at Markel
May 1, 2022 - Present
Led QA and BA activities for Identity and Access Management (IAMP) program; integrated SailPoint with Workday, ServiceNow and Active Directory. Onboarded new hires, transfers, cessations, and other changes; validated identity profiles and access. Performed mobile testing for cessations. Developed test plans, test strategies, test cases and traceability; conducted Smoke/Functional/Integration/System/End-to-End/Regression testing; prepared UAT test cases; supported production deployments; implemented AI automation on Functionize; conducted demos for business users.
QA Analyst / UAT Tester at First Horizon Bank
November 1, 2020 - April 30, 2022
SSO/UAT testing support; reviewed requirements; created test plans/strategies; developed test scenarios and test cases; executed Smoke, Functional, Integration, System and Regression testing; participated in defect reviews; performed production validation during deployments; prepared UAT test cases and executed them prior to production; supported automation onboarding using AI Functionize.
Test Engineer / Application Support / Data Analyst at Capital One
June 1, 2012 - November 30, 2020
IAM implementation from Sun IDM to SailPoint; tested critical IAM functionality; performed ETL native file processing validations; supported Data Analysis in Commercial Data Analysis groups; participated in Agile SCRUM ceremonies; created RTM mapping requirements to tests; performed smoke/functional/integration/system/regression testing; conducted production validation and UAT; provided onshore/offshore coordination; on-boarded and leveraged various tools including JIRA, UNIX, Oracle, Hadoop, Snowflake.
QA Analyst at First Horizon Bank
November 1, 2020 - April 30, 2022
SSO/UAT testing support: created Test Plans and Test Strategy; prepared test scenarios, cases, and scripts; executed Smoke, Functional, Integration, System, and Regression tests; participated in defect reviews and daily stand-ups; tracked defects in JIRA; performed production validation prior to deployment; supported automation onboarding with AI Functionize.

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Software & Internet, Professional Services, Financial Services