Anil Vutla

  • Oracle CC&B Consultant
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Member Since May 30, 2023

Candidates About

 

Anil Vutla

Professional Summary:

v  9+ years of total IT experience, Around 5 years’ experience in Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing (CC&B) Functional and Testing. Around 4+ Years of experience in  Oracle apps testing both Manual and Automation

v  "Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing 2 Essentials" Certified Implementation specialist.

v  Very good knowledge and hands on experience for testing in Oracle MDM ,Oracle MWM  and  Oracle RMB

v  Oracle Utility CC&B, MDM and MWM Manual/Automation test execution for various phase of project like System test, System Integration test, Regression test and Smoke test.

v  Very good hands on experience of various CC&B modules like Meter reading, Billing, Rate, Payment, Customer Information, Credit & Collection etc.

v  Good Knowledge on Oracle CC&B Config Tools components like Portals, Zones, Plug-in scripts, Service scripts, Business services, Business Objects and UI Maps

v  Having good knowledge on each module of MDM like VEE, Usage/Event loading, Estimation and Billing determinant calculation.

v  Very good knowledge and hands on experience in Electric, Water, Sewer, Trash, Fire billing services in Oracle CC&B.

v  Installations, configurations, maintenance, administration, and support for CC&B

v  Coordination with the IT service group to setup roles, permissions, and general development security

v   Provides technical and production supports for existing CC&B

v  Participates in and supports the Company's Continuous Improvement program and projects

v   Reviews recommended options and identifies optimized IT solutions to address functional requirements.

v   Support the current Oracle CC&B production environment and implemented applications.

v   participate Change Management Board to validate and prioritize of customization requests

v   Reviews recommended options and identifies optimized IT solutions to address functional requirements.

v   participate client workshops to understand new monthly Billing approach

v   Offshore team co-ordination, Daily calls with offshore team

v   Analyzing the requirement documents and business process documents

v   Preparation of test plan and test strategy documents.

v   Identification of test scenarios and writing the test cases

v   Identification of the test data by writing the SQL queries and have it extracted in the test region

v   Execution of test cases and preparation of test evidence documents

v  Involved in Manual and Automation Functional Testing of Oracle Applications, includes all modules (AP, AR, OM, GL and Projects) and SCM modules (PO, INV, OM) and Iproc, I Expense and HR Pay roles

v  Good functional knowledge in Oracle 11i and R12 of the oracle modules preferably SCM (O2C and P2P flows, Iproc, AR, OM, GL and Projects).

v  Hands on experience in MEC & YEC, shift lead/Admin activities on Oracle apps R12

v  Hands on work experience in writing and maintenance Test Automation Scripts with, Quick Test Professional, and Oracle Application Testing Suite.

v  Hands on experience in Tracking and Reporting of defects using Defect Tracking Tools such as HP Quality Center, Oracle Test Manager, JIRA and Bugzilla.

v  Involved in writing and maintenance automation test scripts for Regression testing.

v  Analysis of Business Requirements and Software Requirements Specifications to retrieve the data from requirement documents.

v  Avid self-starter and quick learner with strong analytical and problem solving skills.

v  Excellent communication, inter-personal skills and can liaise with group.

v  Capable of performing under minimal supervision, multi-tasking, meet deadlines as an individual contributor and a committed team player.

 

 

Educational Qualification:

 

& Mater of Computer Application, Passed out in 2007 from Andhra University, India

Technical Skills:

Product/Applications

Oracle apps 11i/12, Oracle CC&B, Oracle MDM, Oracle MWM, Oracle ORMB

Modules

Customer information, , Meter data management, Billing, Credit & collection, Payments, SA,SP,MO,BO ,

Test Automation Tools                

HP QTP, Oracle Application Testing Suite, Selenium

Bug reporting Tolls

ALM-QC, Oracle Test Manager, JIRA, Bugzilla

Scripting Languages

VBScript, Java Scripting

Frameworks

Oracle Utilities application frame work(OUAF)

Languages

Core Java, SQL

Configuration Management

SVN, CVS

Web Browsers 

Internet Explorer, Fire fox & Google chrome

IDE (Integrated Development Environment)

Eclipse, WID (WebSphere Integration Developer)

Methodologies

Agile, Waterfall

Operating System

Windows XP/VISTA/7/8, LINUX

RDBMS

Oracle 10g/11g, MS SQL Server & My SQL

Application servers                

Web logic, Web sphere.

Web servers                          

Tomcat & IIS server

 

TRAINING AND WORKSHOP:

 

 Successfully completed training in the following from Oracle University:

 

Ø  Customer Care and Billing: Functionality for Implementers

Ø  Oracle Utilities: Configuration Tools for CCB – Foundation

Ø  Oracle Utilities: Meter Data Management V2.2.0.1 Fundamentals

 

 

Project Experience:

 

Project Name 

:  LADWP   , Los Angeles, CA

Duration

: Mar’ 2017 to Date

Role

: Oracle CC&B Consultant

Responsibilities:

 

·         Work on incident tickets raised by Customers. Analyze defect raised, identify the root cause and provide recommendations to fix the same. Prepare analysis document depicting the root cause of the incident and solution for same. 

·         Ensured complex client requirements on CC&B product customizations were met. 

·         Analyzing the customer claims/issues raised by the customers. Analyze the issued in Oracle CC&B system and provide the solutions and recommendation.

·         Worked on Claims raised by the customer for reimbursement for Water and Electric Service. Analyzing the whole billing system, credit & collection, payments, Premise condition, Service agreements, Service points, FI/FA conditions for each claim

·         Provide the solution for cancelling &re-bill on delayed bills (more than 6 billing cycles)

·         Analyzing the cases created in CC&B for the claims and explains to the customer in a write off

·         Analyzing the meter reading and meter change and defect meters as per the claim and explain to the customer

·         Analyzing the customer contacts and primes notes and Alerts as per the claim and explain to the customer.

·         Works in an Agile team collaborating with product managers, solution architects, designers, backend engineers and usability engineers to refine the user experience.

·         Serves as an expert for the applications supported, with deep understanding of integration with the technical infrastructure.

·          Identifying test scenario, Test Cases Design, Data Creation in CC&B, Execute the Test Cases, raise and track the defects.  

·          Handle Client Interactions and sending daily and weekly status report to the business and all stakeholders. Give sign-off and send the Test Summary Report (Sign-off Report) to the stakeholders. 

 

Environment and Technologies: Oracle CC&B V2.3.1, Oracle MWM V2.1.0.6.0, Oracle MDM V 1.6 ,KCC Portal, IBM Rational Reporting tool

 

Project Name 

: Electric Utility , Oracle India

Duration

: Nov ‘2015 to  Sep’2016           

Role

: Oracle CC&B Consultant

Responsibilities:

 

ü  Design and implementation of Change Order: 

a. Requirement gathering and documentation. It involves preparing Business Requirement Study (BRS) document. 
b. Map requirements to Oracle CC&B product and identify configuration and customization gap. 
c. Preparing estimation for the configuration and customization being carried out. 
d. Prepare Functional design documents and test cases. 
e. Functionally assist developers during development and unit testing phase. 
f. Validate unit test results. 
g. Assist client in performing 'User Acceptance Testing' (UAT). 

ü  Defect Analysis: 

a. Work on incident tickets raised by client. Analyze defect raised, identify the root cause and provide recommendations to fix the same. 
b. Prepare analysis document depicting the root cause of the incident and solution for same. 
c. Work on Unit Test Plan (test cases). 
d. Depending on the nature of bug, fix the issue by Changing the configuration (if required). 
e. Work along with developer in case code change is required. 

ü  Product Change Request: 

a.       Components introduced for integrating CC&B and MWM system: Worked on reviewing functional design, unit test cases and validating System Integration Test results. 

b.       Worked on reviewing functional design and suggesting design changes. 

 

  • Create test plan & Test Strategy for functional testing on Oracle CCB.
  • Developing and Executed test cases / test scripts for all the modules of Oracle CCB like Customer information, SA, SP, Billing, payments, credit collection
  • Manage the daily operations of the Quality Assurance team. This is to include training, guiding, mentoring, and coaching junior testing staff
  • Propose & implement Test Methodologies/plan (project planning) for onshore-offshore model.
  • Expanding testing scope from functional testing to backend testing & automation testing.
  • Involved in the integration testing between Oracle CC&B and Oracle MDM
  • Worked in testing of residential and commercial billing, meter exchange, remote connect disconnect, move in & move out process, collection workflow, Budget billing portal, Payment arrangement customization, Field service/activity , case management(DNP) and Energy Supplier switch testing.
  • Created library of functions, methods and Reusable Actions.
  • Enhance the automated scripts and framework depending upon the CR.
  • Executed detailed Quality Assurance testing for Interface customizations at the Post-Go live phase of the Greystone Power electric utility CC&B implementation project. 
  • Ensured complex client requirements on CC&B product customizations were met. 
  • Generated test plan scenarios for delivered custom Interfaces which were provided to the client business team. 
  •  Assisted in promotion of Interface code from System Testing to Production environment. 
  •  Led the data conversion effort for the implementation phase & go-live of the Greystone Power CC&B project. 
  • Completed mapping analysis & documentation for legacy data to adhere to CC&B's different data structure. 
  • Analyzed conversion related issues & provided multiple resolution options to the customer. 
  • Delegated a coordinated effort which delivered quality conversion data for the functional testing team. 
  • Involved in the preparation of QA environment set up for QA team 
  • Planned and executed the KT plan for the team.
  • Facilitated test case planning, reviews, execution and defect reporting.
  • Ensured that all deliverables were on time.
  • Highlighted risks, issues and brought to leadership team as needed.
  • Conducted QA Metrics collection and reporting.
  • Prepared and maintained the PPR and various process related documents.
  • Sent weekly status reports to all the stakeholders.


Environment and Technologies: Oracle R12, Oracle CC&B V2.3.1, Oracle MWM V2.1.0.6.0, Oracle MDM, ALM QC, OATS

 

Project Name 

: Utility company, Oracle India

Duration

: Oct’2013 to Oct ’2015

Role

: Oracle CC&B Consultant

Responsibilities:

 

 

  • Developing and Executed test cases / test scripts for all the modules of Oracle CCB like Customer information, SA, SP, Billing, payments, credit & collection
  • Lead and drive QA team to test and deliver application(s) successfully with high quality and on time
  • Involved in the integration testing between Oracle CC&B and Oracle MWM
  • Written Test case for Data Validation Test Case and was responsible for the colliding the data for successful passing the test case in all the phases
  • Was a floor support for Billing and Meter Data Test case in all the phases
  • Effective interaction with the off shore and on shore team for completion of the test cases
  • Executing test cases for Billing for SIT team
  •  Preparing test case data
  •  Peer review of the test cases.
  • Gap analysis of missing requirements
  • Architecture knowledge on CC&B application
  • Remediation of the test cases
  • Measuring and analyzing the impact of exceptions generated in CC&B (TO DOs) when compared to legacy systems for better understanding.
  •  Fulfilling the requirement to document the resolution steps associated with the exceptions and to also capture the average handling time. The resolution steps are being used to support the development of Quick Reference Guides for training.
  • Engaged in testing accuracy model of Oracle CC&B application for multiple test phase like system Integration testing, system testing, etc.
  •  Executed test cases and documented the outcomes, raise Defects and report execution summary.
  •  Liaise with developers and clients to identify potential gaps in the requirements and remediate test cases.
  •  Involved in System Integration testing execution in Mercury Quality Center
  •  Involved in bug tracking, bug analysis, and bug reporting in Mercury Quality Center
  •  Remediation of the test cases. • Preparing test case data.
  •  Peer review of the test cases.
  •  Uploading Test cases in to Mercury Quality Center.
  •  Gap analysis of missing requirements.
  •  Good Knowledge on Business requirement
  •  Worked on external Design for CC&B
  •  Good Knowledge on Process maps
  •  Architecture knowledge on CC&B application
  •  Expertise on Billing and Meter data
  • Collaborate with the other stakeholders, devise the test objectives, organizational test, test strategies and test plans.
  •  Taking Calls & Resolving Queries from other Department regarding Customer's Bills
  •  Clearing Exception's that requires 24hrs resolution.
  •  Acted as a Quality Analyst for Billing Department i.e. Monitoring Calls, Processing the Account for the Voice Team & Processing the Account for the Data Team
  •  Mentored new trainees on Floor
  • Interact with the customers whenever required

 

Environment and Technologies: Oracle apps R12, Oracle CC&B V2.3.1, Oracle MWM V2.1.0.6.0, Manual Testing, ALM QC, OATS

 

Project Name 

: Auto Trader, Oracle India

Duration

: May’2012 to Sep ‘2013

Role

: Test Consultant

 

Description: Oracle RMB has the same data model as Oracle CC&B. Oracle RMB is a modern billing application for banking, insurance and Healthcare verticals. Although this was an Oracle RMB project, I leveraged my prior Oracle CC&B expertise to perform my testing responsibilities for the project. Oracle RMB (Revenue Management and Billing) utilizes the left side functionality of the 'V' (Person, Account and Service Agreement) in CC&B. 

 

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Requirement review sessions to gather, write and formulate test case scenarios for unit, technical and functional testing of the Oracle RMB application (specifically testing Billable Charges)

Completed implementation of project through Go Live as well as provided post Go Live support

• Test Consultant for implementing Oracle RMB v2.2.4 application at Auto trader, which involved manual testing of the application, providing test planning, test execution and troubleshooting support for the Customer Project team 

• Executed and developed test cases/test scripts for all the modules related to Oracle CC&B( Billing, Credit &collection, Rates, payments , sales &marketing and customer information)
• Develop test estimates, test plan, test cases and define test data based on business requirement and technical specifications 
• Utilize PL/SQL Developer to run various queries and troubleshoot Oracle 10g database tables 
Reported, assigned and tracked system defects utilizing Mercury Quality Center 
• Production Defect Resolution Support Resource 
• Point resource on testing issues and questions 
• Execution of test scripts in HP ALM

 

Environment and Technologies: RMB v2.2.4, HP ALM 11.0, Quality Center 9.2, QTP 9.2, Oracle SQL Developer 1.5.0.53, DB2, Visual Source Safe, VB Script, MS Office 2003, XML 1.0, XML SPY, SQL Server 2005, Windows 7, Internet Explorer 6.0&7.0.

 

Project Name 

: Boral, Australia, Oracle India

Duration

: May’2011 to Apr’2012

Role

: Test Consultant

 

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Involved in designing of Test scripts based on the System requirements from the business Analyst.

• Extensively worked projects following Agile and Waterfall testing methodologies.

• Planning and control, analysis and design, implementation and execution, evaluating exit criteria and reporting, test closure activities.

• Planning, monitoring, and control of the testing activities and tasks.

• Collaborate with the other stakeholders, devise the test objectives, organizational test policies (if not already in place), test strategies and test plans.

• Estimate the testing to be done and negotiate with management to acquire the necessary resources. Recognize when test automation is appropriate and, if it is, then plan the effort, select the tools, and ensure training of the team.

• Touch base with development team to get clarifications on issues or for better understanding of functionality to be tested.

• Ensure proper configuration management of the test ware produced and traceability of the tests to the test basis. As test execution comes near, make sure the test environment is put into place before test execution and managed during test execution.

• Schedule the tests for execution and then monitor, measure, control and report on the test progress, the product quality status and the test results.

• Adapting the test plan and compensating as needed to adjust to evolving conditions. During test execution and as the project winds down, write summary reports on test status. 

• Hold meetings within the test team to talk about status, progress, timelines, delays, issues and knowledge transfers, if needed.

• Present the timely status to the stakeholders and management and instill confidence about the work being done.

• Prepare any risk mitigation plans in case there are any delays are foreseen. 
• Prepared Test Plan and conducted review of test plan with QA and Development team. 
• Involved in the execution of the overall test strategy, ensured test plans aligning with test strategy. 
• Analyzed application to find out which part can be automated and which can be manually tested. 
• Performed Back end testing using SQL Quires. 
• Created and executed Automated Test Scripts in QTP using Business Process Testing (BPT) concept, and Key word driven Framework. 
• Involved in performing UAT (User Acceptance Testing). 
• Used Checkpoints, Descriptive programming and Data Driven Test Scripts in QTP
• Designed reports for communicating analysis of test data and metrics, and communicate. 
• Performed white box testing on developer's SQL code and wrote SQL verification scripts to test the result of deployment for correct business logic. 
• Used Quick Test Professional for automating manual test cases for regression testing and for storing, execution of test cases and reporting results. 
• Participated in QA reviews and implementation of processes and procedures improvements. 
• Automated Integration and System test environments using VBScript in QTP
• Used different types of Check points i.e. Standard checkpoints, Table checkpoints, Database checkpoints using Quick Test Professional. 

•Developing and Executed test cases / test scripts for all the modules of Oracle apps like SCM, OM, Finance(AP,AR,GL,Project)  ,I-Proc , I Expense and HR Pay roles

Created test scripts for UAT (User Acceptance Testing) in TE040 documentation with detailed testing of all the above modules.

• Responsible for Testing Web Services requests using SOAPUI. 
• Implemented HP ALM for Test Planning, Test Case writing, Test Execution and Requirement Mapping with Test Cases. 
• Developed Automation test scripts for Functionality and Regression testing of web application using QTP
• Responsible for scheduling the batch execution of the tests, log and track defects using Quality Center. 
• Performed backend testing using SQL queries to validate data integrity in data base tables. 
• Performed defect tracking and reporting using ALM. 
• Involved in designing and development of a Keyword driven Framework for Test Automation using Quick Test Professional. 
• Worked on migration of automated testing tool used for creating policies to QTP
• Conducted GUI and Black Box Testing using QTP and interacted with developers to resolve issues. 
• Assisted Test Engineers to interpret, and summarize the results of the analysis. 
• Participated in Inspection and walk through sessions of the project requirement

 

Environment and Technologies: Oracle R11i/R12, QTP 11.0, ALM 11.0

 

 

Project Name 

: Worthington- USA, Oracle India

Duration

:  Mar’2010 to  Apr ‘2011

Role

: Test Consultant

Responsibilities:

 
  • Involved in development of automation scripts using OATS for oracle EBS SCM Module.
  • Parameterized the data using data bank feature in OATS. <li class="MsoNormal"