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Software Quality Assurance Test Engineer | Advisory Software Engineer  Resume

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Tampa, FL

SUMMARY:

  • Analytical and innovative Test Engineer who collaborates with teams to deliver projects on time and under budget.
  • Recognized for solving problems and reducing debugging time for software developers by leveraging extensive background in full software development life cycle.
  • Skilled at coordinating and managing partnered resources to successfully drive projects through all test and development milestones.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software Methodologies: Waterfall, Iterative, Agile Scrum

Languages: Perl, Shell scripts, Python, SQL, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, PHP, XML, HTML, CSS

Test/Defect Management: Rational Quality Manager, Testlink, Rational Team Concert, JIRA, Bugzilla

Database: DB2, Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL

Software & Tools: Putty, TOAD, SQuirreL, VMware, VirtualBox, VMWare, FireBug, FirePath, Eclipse, TestNG, Selenium Webdriver, RFT, Maven, ANT, Visio, FreeMind, DBartisan

Applications: Websphere, IIS, Apache, UrbanCode Deploy, LDAP, Tivoli Suite, Infosphere DataStage

Platforms: AIX, Linux (RHES, Suse, Ubuntu), Solaris, Windows, OSX, IOS, Android

Processes & Standards: SEI - CMM, IEEE/ANSI, Lean Six Sigma

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Software Quality Assurance Test Engineer | Advisory Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

  • Managed development and execution of ASCA ( A pplication S ystems C ontrol and A uditability) compliance testing which received 100% compliance and passed the audit with no actions.
  • Increased early defect removal by collaborating with developers and business stakeholders to clarify requirements for testability, consistency and completeness.
  • Led implementation of Continuous Testing for early discovery of integration defects.
  • Designed, developed, and executed Test Strategies, Test Plans and Test Cases, using best-in-class practices to deliver projects ahead of schedule and under budget.
  • Optimized regression test cases by using Combinatorial Test Design to maximize test coverage and reduce test cycle time 25%.
  • Identified, tracked and obtained resolution to application and platform defects. Contributed to the organizational goal of meeting year-end (YE) defect savings found in test target of $7.5 million. Achieved $10,266,894 in defect savings found in test.
  • Improved teams efficiency by participating and contributing in retrospectives meetings, suggesting and implementing improvements activities.
  • Increased new testers knowledge and skills through coaching on testing techniques and tools. Led a certification initiative that provided cost saving of $7,000 by identifying and documenting alternative road maps for obtaining certifications.
  • Improved content and quantifiable results in weekly test progress reports generated for project team and upper management review by updating the dashboards in RQM with real-time statistical test data widgets.
  • Contributed to automation of code deployments using Urban Code Deploy (UCD) during product installations by reducing the complexity and duration time by 80%.
  • Developed scripts to automate detection of aborted ETL jobs in Infosphere Data Stage. Reduced test cycle by 75% and minimized risk of missing aborts through visual inspections. Level 3 support team leveraged automation to improve data quality checks in production.
  • Researched emerging tools and technologies to increase team efficiency and productivity.
  • Received “Means Service Award” in recognition of outstanding customer service and exemplary teamwork.

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