I am an ISTQB Foundation Level certified QA professional with 14 years of IT experience, including 9+ years in BPM Pega QA. I work cross-functionally with business analysts, developers, and QA teams to deliver quality software on deadlines, using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. I’m a proactive, collaborative tester who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys mentoring teammates to elevate overall quality. I excel at building test strategies, leading testing lifecycles, performing black-box testing, data validation, and defect management. My strengths include coordinating with diverse stakeholders, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring data integrity across integrated systems.

Sagarika Samal

I am an ISTQB Foundation Level certified QA professional with 14 years of IT experience, including 9+ years in BPM Pega QA. I work cross-functionally with business analysts, developers, and QA teams to deliver quality software on deadlines, using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. I’m a proactive, collaborative tester who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys mentoring teammates to elevate overall quality. I excel at building test strategies, leading testing lifecycles, performing black-box testing, data validation, and defect management. My strengths include coordinating with diverse stakeholders, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring data integrity across integrated systems.

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I am an ISTQB Foundation Level certified QA professional with 14 years of IT experience, including 9+ years in BPM Pega QA. I work cross-functionally with business analysts, developers, and QA teams to deliver quality software on deadlines, using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. I’m a proactive, collaborative tester who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys mentoring teammates to elevate overall quality.

I excel at building test strategies, leading testing lifecycles, performing black-box testing, data validation, and defect management. My strengths include coordinating with diverse stakeholders, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring data integrity across integrated systems.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert

Work Experience

Test lead/Asst. Scrum Master at CNET Global solutions
April 1, 2023 - December 1, 2024
Analyzed requirements and designed test cases in Quality Center. Executed functional, smoke, regression, security and system testing. Facilitated Agile practices, managed scrum ceremonies, and coordinated cross-functional teams to deliver planned sprints on time. Defined milestones, KPIs, and communicated progress, risks and blockers to stakeholders; maintained the scrum board and updated progress.
Testing Engineering Specialist at NTTData – AVMED
January 1, 2019 - March 1, 2020
Coordinated with Development and Business Analysts to understand business rules; tracked daily testing activities, coverage, defects and status. Performed Functional, Integration, End-to-End, UAT, Smoke, Regression, Security and System Testing. Created and processed Enrollment 834 and Claims 837 files. Generated 835/834 outbound files. Defect tracking in ALM/JIRA; mentored junior resources; offshore coordination. API testing with SOAP UI and Postman.
Testing Engineering Specialist at Dell/NTT Data – TENET BPM PEGA (Plano, TX)
December 1, 2013 - December 1, 2018
Analyzed requirements and designed test cases for BPM Pega applications. Executed Functional, Smoke, Regression, Security and System Testing. Performed cross‑browser testing for the Ticket Release application. Defect tracking in OnTime/Quality Center. Coordinated with Development and Business Analysts to understand rules; provided KT to new joiners; performed daily balancing for DAAC project; created and validated test data using Showcase query tool.
Testing Engineering Specialist at Dell/NTT Data – TENET BPM PEGA (Bangalore, India)
August 1, 2010 - November 1, 2013
Analyzed requirements and performed BPM Pega testing; conducted Integration testing with related systems; performed cross‑browser testing; defect tracking in OnTime/Quality Center; offshore coordination; prepared and validated test data; KT to offshore team.
Sr. QA Engineer at Infinite Computer Solution – AT&T INC
August 1, 2009 - August 1, 2010
Involved in interface testing for modules; test case design from requirements; test data identification; end-to-end testing across multiple interfaces to ensure data integrity. Performed functional, security, system and regression testing; defect logging in Rational ClearQuest; project management reporting and client demos.
QA Engineer at Encora Technologies – MNYL
April 1, 2008 - October 1, 2008
Functionality, GUI, integration and regression testing; analyzing user requirements; writing and reviewing test cases; executing tests and logging defects; traceability and plan reviews.
QA Engineer at Encora Technologies – Eli Lilly
November 1, 2005 - April 1, 2008
Reviewed Functional Requirements Specifications; created and executed test cases; verified defects; maintained traceability matrix; performed validation and alert/workflow verification.

Education

Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering at Barapada Engineering College Bhadrak
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2003

Qualifications

ISTQB Foundation Level Certification
January 11, 2030 - December 12, 2025
Health Information Certification
January 11, 2030 - December 12, 2025
Bronze Award
January 1, 2015 - December 12, 2025
STAR Performance Award
January 1, 2018 - December 12, 2025
Software Testing Level1 Certification
January 1, 2017 - December 12, 2025
Software Automation Testing Certification
January 1, 2017 - December 12, 2025

Industry Experience

Healthcare, Telecommunications, Professional Services