SUMMARY:

• Experienced and talented IT professional with a strong background in software development and testing.
• Demonstrated, hands - on track record in all phases of full software development lifecycle, with solid Java skills.
• Outstanding communication skills, listening carefully to identify problems and working toward solutions.
• Strong background working well independently and/or as part of a larger team.
• Excellent time management, organizational and attention to detail ability.
• Extensive Object Oriented Development OOP/OOD experience.
• Experience encompasses software design, development and maintenance of custom application software.
• Software Automation Testing experience.
• MS, Information Technology, Internet Security emphasis, graduated in Feb. 2006 with a 3.85 GPA.
• Sun Certified Java Programmer 5.0.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Computer Programming Language proficiency: JavaScript, HTML, XML, Java Server Pages, Ruby on Rails, Twitter BootStrap, SQL

Java Platforms: Java SE, Java EE

OSes: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, UNIX, Mac

Databases: DataCom, DB2, Sybase, SQL Server, MongoDB

P rimary tools: Test Track, Dimensions, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence

Source Control: Microsoft Visual Source Safe, Subversion, CVS, Git, Gitlab

Programming platforms: Net Beans IDE, Eclipse IDE, RubyMine, IntelliJ IDEA.

Other Tools: Java Ferret, JAWS Screen Reader, XEmacs, JEdit, JUnit

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

EWholesaler

Responsibilities:

• Collecting data and setting product pricing while understanding SEO practices.
• Task include updating existing products that need additional attention to properly be marketed for online sales and basic knowledge of SEO and excellent writing skills.
• Data manipulation utilizing Microsoft Word and Excel as well as in-house proprietary software to place collected data.
• Time management is crucial to this position as quantity completed on a daily task is crucial.
• Responsible for EBay, Amazon and various other online market place sales.
• Writing descriptive paragraphs about various product on a professional level.
• Ability to determine average internet price of each product according to condition.
• Actively learn and follow SEO writing practices to increase efficiency of sales team.
• Collect market place sku’s for various style of products
• Understanding how search engines work to properly find and collect data from a wide variety of online resources.
• Understanding/ability to understand the demands of each marketplace and where the data you’re collecting fits into the system as a whole.

SOFTWARE AUTOMATION ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Proven ability in developing JUnit test scripts with Selenium Web Driver.
• Participated in agile development lifecycle activities.
• Create Selenium Test Scripts from scratch using various Frameworks to include Keyword Driven, Data Driven, Method Driven and/or a Hybrid of these Frameworks.
• Create end-to-end java Selenium Web Driver scripts to verify application features, identify bugs and work continuously throughout each sprint.
• Maintained the Selenium and Java Automation code and resources in GitLab over the time for improvements and new features.
• Automated regression tests.
• Excellent experience with build tools like Maven and managing Java Automation projects using them.
• Create manual test plans in order to provide documentation for each release for all manually tested features.
• Update manual test plans to record Test Strategy for each item tested
• Participate in Daily Scrums to report progress.

JAVA SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Participated in agile development lifecycle activities - (planning, requirements analysis, design, coding, unit testing, and acceptance testing).
• Develop and maintain software artifacts.
• Develop web-based applications using Java, J2EE, Elastic Search, JSON, Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Twitter Bootstrap and JQuery.
• Use Model-View-Controller Pattern to keep the code in a clean and organized state separating business logic and presentation layers - easing testability.
• Write stored procedures and scripts against SQL Server and Oracle databases on the backend.
• Modify existing system to meet new business requirements using JSP, Servlets, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Analyze new and existing software requirements to determine the Level of Effort required in implementing user requests.
• Mentor new developers as development team grew from two developers to twelve developers.
• Proactively identify and resolve application issues through testing and debugging.
• Provide verification steps to assist application tester through the verification step of the life cycle.
• Meet tight schedules by prioritizing work.
• Participated in Daily Scrums to report progress and/or address any blockers.

JAVA CLIENT DEVELOPER

Responsibilities:

• Developed, maintained and enhanced Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) using JFC, Swing and AWT using SwiXml Framework for the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Office of Information Technology, Passenger Systems Program Office.
• Tested and loaded all GUI screen audit ability using the Replay Client, enabling transactions to be recorded and played back if necessary: multiple projects.
• Used object oriented analysis and design methodologies in unison with high level programming languages to produce complex application software for integrated systems.
• Designed screen prototypes and created navigation flows for initial customer walkthroughs.
• Interacted with server and mainframe developers to coordinate client application changes and ensure all areas are in sync before deploying builds to development and acceptance testing environments.
• Performed requirements analysis and design, and develop, implement and unit test code.
• Implemented and tested Section 508 Compliance Rules and Standards across multiple DHS projects ensuring that applications handled all accessibility features.
• Prepared Analysis and Design Documentation for each solution
• Developed and maintain the Demo Server stand alone application, which enables the training team to educate the field officers.
• Proactively identified and resolved application issues.
• Provided adequate context to develop tasks.
• Ensured all new application features are also handled and addressed in the Demo Server.
• Created documentation to support new developers outlining project business logic.
• Created/updated scenarios for the Traveler Primary Arrival Client (TPAC) Demo Server.
• Defined initial test cases in Analysis and Design documentation to assist testers in writing initial test documentation

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Wrote Java applications on a UNIX platform and implemented changes to the look and feel of applications
• Participated in software design and prepared design documentation.
• Created/modified class diagrams, sequence diagrams, and use cases
• Corrected program errors
• Prepared Operating Instructions
• Compiled documentation of program development
• Used JSP, Java, Web Logic 8.1 Server, JavaScript to develop additional preferences web pages that allowed users to set the options they desired to appear when they accessed the system.
• Performed Software Engineering activities: requirements, analysis, design, development and documentation.
• Worked with system engineers to identify and define application requirements and functionality.
• Fixed reported problems on the operational system and developed enhancements to the operational system.
• Experienced in developing/enhancing multi-tiered applications
• Developed a Preferences GUI using Java Server pages, JDBC, Sybase.
• Interacted with developers, system engineers, and testing teams to identify application defects.
• Participated in Beat and Bash testing to verify bug fixes