PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Grand Rapids, MI

Java Developer / DevOps

Responsibilities:

• Manage user access by creating user accounts and managing their access through Access and Resource Groups through UI and CLI.
• Create, modify, and delete all IBM Cloud resources including API Connect via UI and CLI.
• Work directly with the internal financial group to provide detailed usage reports and audits.
• Provide for 24/7 internal support to include interfacing with IBM support.
• Assist our dev teams and IBM by using Insomnia to troubleshoot requests and responses when communicating with IBM API’s.
• Build environment support - Manage and support Bitbucket repositories for supported dev teams.
• Create and maintain Jenkins Pipeline and Freestyle jobs with integration to Bitbucket. Create Groovy scripts to be used in the Jenkins pipeline file.
• Utilized Docker to create development environments that included Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Artifactory to name a few. Built Docker images using Dockerfile to copy files into the image, set entry points, and run commands.

Technologies used or familiar with: Docker, Linux, Insomnia, Jenkins, IBM Cloud Admin, and VS Code. Some experience with Python, Bitbucket, and Artifactory.

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

SDET

Responsibilities:

• Refactor, design, develop, test, and troubleshoot the agent booking app and associated API’s.
• Create JUnit tests when at all possible and continuously verified the results.
• Investigate build breaks and fix or assign issues to the owners.
• For every issue owned by my team I ran a code analyzer, created bugs, and fixed all reasonable issues or assigned it to the owning dev.

Technologies used or familiar with: Java, JUnit, IntelliJ, and familiarity with Tomcat and Visual Studio.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Configuration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed Java Messaging tools to be used for managing prod and non-prod messages, brokers, queues, and topics.
• Tested and troubleshot every component of the messaging infrastructure and verified JUnit tests were created for all foreseeable issues.
• Used Java static analysis tools to look for bugs and enhancements in all related dev code.
• Verified Hibernate and database logic and data.
• Also used SonicMQ(Aurea) interfaces to manage domain managers, brokers, queues, topics, and messages.

Technologies used, but not limited to: Java, Junit, Javax JMS, SonicMQ, SMC, and SQL.

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed various Tableau dashboards and R-based data analysis scripts used for analyzing, monitoring and automating device, and user data.
• Validated web apps and databases for relative content between them.

Technology used, but not limited to: Java, JUnit, R, Tableau, Jenkins, Eclipse, Jira, some experience with MSSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Hive.

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

Lead Sr. QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed Java/Selenium automation for PC and Mac desktop browsers and ensured matching manual test cases for every reasonable automated case.
• I verified mobile browser experience(manual), quality, and performance using Mac and Android native browsers on smartphones and tablets.
• Tested web security, performance, and manual and automated testing of websites, web applications, web services, mobile apps(manual), and database content e.g. content catalog, Product catalog, E-Commerce, user registration.
• Created a Java test harness to prime content during production releases to ensure the user impact was minimized.
• Created custom performance, load, and stress tests using Java.

Technologies used, but not limited to: Fiddler, Android SDK, Eclipse, IDE Code Analyzer, Java, JUnit, TestNG, Selenium, Cucumber, JMeter, JSoup, JSON, Gson, RestClient, LoadStorm, SVN, Git, Eclipse, Jira, Autonomy/HP Interwoven (TeamSite), MSSQL, and MySQL.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Quality Assurance Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibilities is to review and approve Java code for changes to, and new implementations of sensitive infrastructure applications.
• Work seamlessly with developers to expose customer issues and resolutions through various means, including code reviews.
• Troubleshoot, design, research, and develop changes to existing applications and implement code solutions for stability, performance, and requirements.
• Design and develop automated and manual test tools to interface applications for performance and load testing, reproducing customer issues, and scenarios, including research and proof of concept.
• Create testing documentation and detailed testing steps to ensure application stability and customer requirements.
• Maintained a java developer test harness for prod and non-prod environments.

Technologies used, but not limited to: Java, JUnit, Sonic MQ, Java Messaging Service (JMS), Apache Tapestry, Rational Functional Tester, SOATest, JavaScript, DB2, Apache Tomcat, WebSphere, Windows Active Directory, LDAP, Eclipse, Ant, CVS, Maven, Sonar, Solaris, Unix.

Confidential, Redmond, WA

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Software Tester for Windows 2000 Server License Manager, Windows Product Licensing, Anti-Piracy, and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005.
• Created test specifications and test cases based on product specs, code reviews, security needs, and customer requirements to ensure the reliability of the License Manager software and service.
• Worked directly with program managers and developers to ensure all test requirements are addressed, and to keep test cases up to date.
• Developed automated tests and performed both White box and Black box testing.
• I investigated security threats and attacks, and customer issues.

Technologies used, but not limited to: C++, Rational Visual Test, Visual Basic, JavaScript, SQL, Shell scripts.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setting up Windows 2000 Terminal Servers and clients for connectivity to various Law firms all around the World.
• Other duties included setting up LANs, PC maintenance and repair, tech support, and network crisis intervention.
• Maintained and setup switches, routers, hubs, and firewalls for network stability, usability, and security.

Confidential, Redmond, WA

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for testing Windows 2000 Terminal Server and Terminal Server client.
• Testing focused on Terminal Server Licensing including Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition and spanned to all Microsoft Client products, to include Windows 3.11.
• An additional testing duty included Windows 2000 Server License Manager.