Sr. Software Quality Assurance Engineer Resume
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Bothell, WA
SUMMARY:
- Highly skilled software quality analyst professional with 10+ years of background as a QA Engineer.
- Proven track record of developing and implementing quality assurance standards and measures within the organization.
- Communicates with highly distributed, cross functional test teams.
- Additional attributes include strong critical thinking abilities and technical proficiency in automated testing tools.
- Driven to foster and proactively implement the use of quality assurance best practices and standards on a daily basis
- Tests using Pytest as a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer
- Codes and maintains efficient automated scripts that utilize clean code and best practice coding standards.
- Through decision making skills, mentors and trains Developers, QA Associates and Professional Apprentices on best practices and industry standards
- Uses business acumen with cross functional team members to define and understand functional & non - functional requirements and captures business requirements through data driven test scripts.
- Manages and maintains efficiencies in the automated script execution and script development through the implementation of automation best practices
- Influence and delegates work to QA Associates and Professional Apprentices, as needed
- Assists with projects as required to contribute to efficiency and effectiveness of the work
- Conducts research into new technologies, including tools, components, and frameworks
- Attends management meetings on behalf of team
- Proven leadership ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Proven ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment with both technical and non- technical team members
- Delivers metrics through the appropriate reporting tool.
- Ability to code scripts in python and unix shell to resolve software
- Strong customer orientation
- Able to work independently in an open, collaborative environment
- Collaborate with team members and cross functional teams to deliver bug free code
- Familiar with AGILE test methods
- Familiar with SDLC using AGILE and waterfall test methodology
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- SQL
- HP Application Life Cycle Management (formerly Quality Center)
- GIT repository
- PYTHON
- LINUX cmd line
- SOATEST (Web Service Automation Test Tool)
- SOAP testing
- CA DevTest (backend simulation)
- SVN
- Jenkins Continuous Integration Server
- PyTest
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Bothell, WA
Sr. Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Responsibilities:- Led the test automation team
- Created and implemented test plans
- White box testing using Pytest
- Created and maintained automated test scripts in SOATEST
- Created and implemented continuous integration scripts using Jenkins CI Server
- Executed SOAP xml based functional and automated test cases as well as GUI tests
- Trained and mentored QA associates and developers on best practices
- Created test defect reports and tracked test defects using HP ALMQC
- Analyzed defects for root cause
- Took on a lead role for writing automated test cases and performing exploratory testing
- Communicated testing status to management
- Worked with highly distributed team members to define and understand functional and non-functional test requirements through functionally driven tests
- Coordinated meetings between cross functional project stake holders to determine test strategy and software functional requirements
- Worked closely with Agile scrum masters to complete test deliverables within sprint time lines
- Created Python scripts for Microsoft Excel automation
- CA DevTest test creation for integrated system testing
- CA DevTest simulator creation
Confidential, Redmond, Wa
Systems Test Engineer
Responsibilities:- Tested backend ordering system for Confidential &T
- Created and implemented test plans
- Black box testing using WinRunner
- Created SQL queries to interact with a Oracle database
- Analyzed defects for root cause
- Communicated defect resolution to management
- Coordinated meetings between cross functional project stake holders to determine test strategy and software functional requirements
