SUMMARY:

• A competent engineer with broad exposure to various procedures and methodologies.
• Interested in system testing, test automation, system analysis, and computer design.
• Authored test plans and updated as necessary with test cases on newly added features.
• Reviewed and prioritized test cases according to severity.
• Worked with development to resolve high priority test cases quickly.
• Built scaling and performance test bed consisting of wifi Confidential controllers, access points, Windows servers and Redhat Linux Enterprise servers running device simulators.
• Developed scripts to automate test cases for Confidential 's network management system.
• This allowed the dev - test engineers to focus on the more interesting aspects of testing thus increasing the reliability of the QA process and stability of the product.
• Tested and logged defects for various aspects of Confidential ’s Java GUI application VPN Clustered Gateway product, v3.0, v3.1, and v4.0, for Windows and Solaris platforms.
• Black box and automated testing.
• Experience working in Agile and Waterfall test environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Systems: Windows Workstations and Servers, Unix- Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, and various Linux distributions (Slackware, Redhat, and Debian/Ubuntu).

Languages: Java (continued studies, Foothill College, CA), JUnit, Pascal, MDL (Model Development Language) and Basic.

Protocols: TCP/IP, IPSec, NetBEUI, DHCP and SNMP.

Programs: Oracle JRE 1.7.67 and JDK 1.8.0 20 (Windows, Mac, and Linux), Confidential JRE, Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Mozilla Firefox, MS Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Geany IDE 1.26, Eclipse IDE, Borland SilkTest, Git/GitHub.

Trackers: Remedy Quality Management (Bug database), Bugzilla Bug Tracking System, Jira/Confluence, Pivotal Tracker Agile Bug Database, Git/GitHub, CVS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Redwood City, Ca

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Methodically performed blackbox regression testing to a magnitude of hundreds of test cases on existing feature sets. Maintain log of completed tests.
• Documented and tracked discovered issues and performed regression testing for bug fixes.
• Perform exploratory black box testing (ad hoc) for assigned features. Logged discovered issues and maintained bug history.
• Maintained existing black box tests in conjunction with simplifying and consolidating tests to keep tests runs as short as possible with the least amount of false failures.
• Summarize and report manual pass results and test coverage statistics

Confidential - Mountain View, CA

QA Methodologies and the Java Programming

Responsibilities:

• Provided IT consultation and support services to private individuals and small businesses. This included workstation, and laptop setups. Provided training and assistance on systems. Advised on network configurations.
• Built and maintained wifi and wired ethernet networks. Configured various security protocols including WEP, WPA and WPA 2. Setup network address translation (NAT) and internal DHCP server for wired and wireless clients. Configured firewall security for specific ports, ip addresses and protocols.
• Cabled and installed local area network for small offices. Setup workstations and confirmed internet connectivity for workstations.
• Continued studies in the Java programming language, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills Ca.

Confidential, Sunnyvale CA

QA Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for testing components and features of Meru’s network management system EzRF. This Java based nms application was developed to administer and monitor Meru’s product line of 802.11 controllers and access points.
• Test coverage included individual controller’s web interface. Also performed manual black box and automated testing.
• Authored test plans and updated as necessary with test cases of newly added features.
• Partnered with customers to identify and resolve issues and software defects discovered in the field.
• Maintained cooperative relationship with tech support and sales which helped to increase customer satisfaction.
• Improved the documentation of QA testing practices to enhance their repeatability, saving time and money and encouraging testing standardization and best practices.
• Worked with the QA team, India, to reduce test case redundancy and increase overall test plan coverage.
• Wrote automation scripts in Wintask to expedite the testing process of individual test cases. These scripts were then used as part of the overall testing process thus reducing manual testing time.
• Built Windows server, controller, and access points testbed to run performance and scaling automation test scripts against Meru’s 802.11 nms Java application. The testbed was also available to engineers in India.

Confidential, San Jose CA

SQA Development Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Built scaling and performance test setup consisting of controllers, access points, Windows servers, and Redhat Linux Enterprise servers.
• This testbed was used to run SilkTest scaling and performance automation scripts against Confidential ’s 802.11 Web based network management system WCS (Wireless Control System).
• Automated testing using Silktest. Performed manual black box testing when necessary to confirm test results.
• Ported Wintask scripts to SilkTest. These scripts could then run on a SilkTest server.
• Ran simulators of controllers and access points to increase SNMP traffic and load.
• Ran SilkTest scripts to simulate user interactions on network management systems.
• Received positive customer feedback confirming performance and stability of 802.11 WCS (Wireless Control System) substantially improved.
• Wrote SilkTest scripts to automate the more repetitive test cases. This allowed dev-test engineers to focus on the more interesting aspects of testing thus increasing the reliability of the QA process and stability of the product.

Confidential, San Jose CA

QA Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• The initial development test engineer for Confidential ’s Java/Web network management system product ACS ( Confidential Control System).
• This product was designed to manage an 802.11 wireless network. Participated in the early design stages concerned with product functionality, stability and ease of use. Performed manual black box and automated testing.
• Authored all original test plans for network management system including OEM branding, installation and upgrade, configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting, scaling and performance, and manual and automation testing. Wrote scripts in Wintask to automate the more repetitive test cases. This allowed test engineers to focus on the more interesting aspects of testing thus increasing the reliability of the QA process and stability of the product.
• Wrote final nms product release notes of currently known issues and fixes for earlier bugs.
• Worked directly with development to replicate issues found in the field. Would assist programmer in determining solutions or possible workarounds thus increasing customer’s confidence in the reliability of the product.

Confidential, Santa Cruz, CA

QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Tested and logged defects for various aspects of Confidential ’s Java GUI application VPN Clustered Gateway product. v3.0, v3.1, and v4.0, for Windows and Solaris platforms. Black box and automated testing.
• Performed extensive analysis including build verification, performance, security, stress, and negative testing. Confirmed bug fixes through regression analysis.
• Commented and updated bug database as needed. Improved product’s functionality by working directly with development concerning new features. Product released consistently on time or ahead of schedule.
• Defined product’s testing parameters by writing and editing test plans and procedures. Established guidelines by which other team members could augment existing test plans. Assisted technical writers by reviewing and editing end-user manuals. Confirmed product’s documentation and functionality for both Windows and Solaris of Gold Master release.
• Accelerated testing by setting up and configuring PC’s and Sun Ultra Sparc Workstations in a lab environment to analyze various network (Ethernet) test scenarios. Documented those scenarios within the respective test plans and posted those plans to the corporate intranet web site for bug replication analysis and resolution.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

SQA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented QA black box testing of Confidential -Tivoli’s Web Security Solutions servers, Intraverse v3.0, for both Windows and UNIX platforms (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and Linux). These servers were part of Confidential -Tivoli’s e-commerce security product line.
• Implemented build verification, functionality, security and negative testing of server security product Intraverse on Solaris 2.6 and 7, AIX 4.3.1 and 4.3.2, HP-UX 11.00, and Windows NT 4.0. Logged bugs and confirmed resolution with regression testing.
• Performed integration and subsystem testing of beta migration tool add-on module for UNIX web server security product. Increased product’s performance and stability by conferring directly with development engineering.