Narasimha Bavanari

Guidewire QA Tester with 2.8 years of experience in Guidewire Policy Center testing. Expertise in Manual, Functional, Regression, Smoke, and Rating Testing. experienced in end-to-end policy lifecycle testing including Quote, Bind, Issue, Endorsements, Renewals, and Cancellations, defect tracking using JIRA, API testing using Postman and event-driven integration validation using Apache Kafka within Agile and SAFe environments.

Test Engineer - HCL Technologies

(2025-03)

Client: USAA

• Developed and executed comprehensive test cases in Guidewire Policy Center covering the complete insurance policy lifecycle including Quote, Bind, Issue, Endorsements, Renewals, and Cancellations Prepared test plans, test scenarios, and detailed test cases based on business requirements
• Executed functional, regression, smoke, and system testing across multiple releases
• Performed defect logging, tracking, root cause analysis, and retesting using Jira
• Collaborated with business analysts, developers, and onshore teams to understand requirements, review user stories, and obtain test case signoffs aligned with acceptance criteria.
• Conducted API Testing and validations using Postman to verify backend services and Guidewire Edge API integrations.
• Worked on Apache Kafka for event-driven testing and validation of system integrations, ensuring accurate message flow and backend communication.
• Utilized CoPilot tools for test execution, monitoring, tracking, and reporting to improve testing efficiency and release visibility.
• Mentored junior testers and ensured QA best practices

Senior Test Engineer - HCL Technologies - Hyderabad

Junior Software Engineer (QA) - C-Tel Infosystems PVT.LTD.

(2022-12 - 2023-01)

Client: BPCL (Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited)

• Tested Track & Trace Application workflows for BPCL.
• Executed functional, regression,smoke, and rating tests
• Documented Test Plan, Test Case Design, Traceability Matrix (RTM), Bug Reports, SOPs.
• Executed manual and regression testing and collaborated with automation teams to support Selenium test execution.
• Supported production incident validation and E2E testing
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure quality releases

MCA - Andhra University (2026)

BSc - Andhra Loyola College (2012)