SUMMARY:

• IT Specialist in software quality assurance testing with proven ability to work effectively in fast pace environments, able to be flexible, adjusting to new and demanding technologies.
• Participated in agile development methodology using scrum teams, Kan Ban process and concurrent testing with development.
• Developed test plans and test cases, executed tests, documented results, performed defect management, and identified those that can be automated for regression purposes.
• Communicated with leads regarding project readiness, status and potential risks.
• Collaborated with engineers, analysts and other groups to improve overall quality and provided technical support and direction to scrum team on complex and critical design or issue.
• Mentor other QA team members in product knowledge and issue resolutions.
• Performed various testing approaches including: GUI, back - end, smoke, workflow, ad-hoc, manual, automation, integration, functional, regression, system, accessibility, performance and Y2K.
• Worked on system integration, database development, database conversion and application development.
• Worked closely with customers on problem solving and maintenance issues.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Industries: Science, Healthcare, Travel and Transportation, Banking, Government, Financial Markets.

Project Domains: System Integration, Regression and Automation; Testing GUI, Back-end, Smoke, Workflow, Ad-hoc, Functional, Automation, Integration, Accessibility, and Performance improvement, Application development, Financial & Cost Management Solutions, Customer Relationship Management Solutions.

Operating Systems: Window 10, Window 7, Window XP, Window 95, Window 2000, Window NT, AIX, UNIX, MS-DOS, OS/2.

Computer Languages: Java, Java script, C++, C, Visual Basic, PL/1, Perl, SQL, XML, HTML, SET, OS/2 PM, REXX, ISO3270, QMF, COBOL, PASCAL, FORTRAIN.

Development/Testing Tools: Eclipse, Junit, Maven, Postman, Selenium, GitHub, Jenkins, SQL Server, SQL Developer, Rally, HP Application Lifecycle Management, HP Quality Center, StarTeam, JAWS, BrioQuery, WinSQL, TDSG, IBM Rational Function Tester, Rational Portfolio Manager, SET, Load, Runner, Application Expert, Visual Caf, Lotus Notes, PVCS, CMVC.

Working Environments: Web, Lotus Notes, Windows, DOS, UNIX, AIX, VM, HONE, MVS/TSO.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

• Work side-by-side in the Agile environment with engineers and observatory’s scientists who are collecting a comprehensive range of data on a commercial scale across 20 eco-climatic domains representing US ecosystem to design, develop and test the Observational System (OS) Pipeline which is a collection of applications facilitating the ingest, transitioning, and management of data collected by individuals in the laboratory or in the field.
• Responsible to test following components of the OS Pipeline:
• Processed Data Repository (PDR) Database containing NEON science data and metadata.
• Fulcrum Interface Application for pulling and locking records in Fulcrum for data ingest and backup purposes.
• OS Parser Application for validating, parsing, and persisting data in JSON and csv files.
• OS Data Service layer used by other OS applications to interface with the PDR.
• Test and complete deployment a total of 84 data products to production.
• Assist with the migration of different data products into the production environment.
• Participate in weekly meetings with staff scientists for planning of data product deployments, discussion of issue finding, prioritizing tasks and activities to tackle issues found from testing.
• Create test data to test the parser, lab ingest system and data transitioning.
• Build and run postman collections to test REST service for future automation development and validate data in the database.
• Develop functional tests using JAVA/Junit to test JMS (Java Messaging Service), Fulcrum Ingest, unlock Fulcrum record, and delete single/multiple Fulcrum records and using Selenium to automate lab ingest system applications utilizing Eclipse, Jenkins and GitHub.
• Design, create, execute, track and maintain manual and automated functional and regression test suites.
• Provide insight into test requirements, design and implementation.
• Analyze requirements and technical documents to plan, develop and implement tests.
• Document, perform defect management, track and escalate issues.
• Provide detailed problem analysis to the development team and staff scientists and develop testing techniques and processes that drive product quality within scrum team.
• Assist in providing guidance and mentorship for other QA team members. Provide technical leadership and consultation concerning practices, procedures and techniques.
• Continue to practice the Agile process.
• Using Rally to manage stories, test development, defects and test cases.

Confidential

Quality Assurance Analyst

• QA tester for Confidential Prescription Writer software applications. Participate in 3 members test team with agile, scrum and Kan Ban processes along with 6 engineers and 2 analysts.
• Test new features of EPW which is to integrate the application with DrFirst RxWriter solution to provide service for electronic prescribing of controlled substances.
• Test e-Prescribing functions using NCPDP 10.6 standard including New Rx, Formulary, RxHx, error and verify messages.
• Test e-Prescribing using Dr. First (propriety) EPCS message format.
• Test for Surescripts Routing and Benefits Certification.
• Automate test scripts for smoke testing and regression testing using Selenium.
• Test HMR in medication reconciliation and compliance reports and in a closed loop configuration with Physician CPOE, Nurse Charting, and Pharmacy applications. This includes analyzing HL7 messaging (orders, schedules, and administrations) and interface configurations related to this testing.
• Lead tester of HMR workflow notifications who creates admission, transfer, and discharge HL7 messages and executes workflow tests using HMR, Home Medications, Care Organizer (nursing application), Physician Portal, and Pharmacy applications.
• Perform smoke, ad-hoc, functional, integration, regression testings and back-end testing of EPW/HMR applications to assure the quality standards are met and the softwares work as expected.
• Develop test plan, test cases for the feature-under-test. Document test procedures to ensure replicability and compliance with standards.
• Work with development team on complex problems where analysis of situation or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
• Provide technical support and direction to Scrum team on complex and critical design or issue.
• Provide feedback and recommendations to analysts and developers on software usability and functionality.
• Consults the development engineers in reporting, resolving and verifying issues. Ensures that no defective products are moved to production.
• Analyze results, draw conclusion from test results and make recommendations.
• Investigate customer problems referred by customer support and others.
• Lead and mentor other QA team members in product knowledge and issue resolution.
• Use Rally as an Agile development process, HP Application Lifecycle Management tool to handle project, requirement, test and defect management. Create and track defects in StarTeam, coordinate defect resolution and retesting. Use SQL Server for back-end testing.

Confidential, Boulder

Quality Assurance Analyst

• Responsible for testing IBM worldwide Expense Reporting system. Work closely with business analysts, developers and other groups to create and execute test cases for multiple releases and sub-releases in 54 countries. Perform test automation, defect management, accessibility, ad-hoc, functional, regression and system testing.
• Responsible for testing Retain system. Develop an automate process to clean up records after the test case are executed. Work with Retain host team on functional testing and regression testing of Retain and CCWIN OS/2 PM NC Retain applications.

Confidential, Boulder

Quality Assurance Performance Specialist

• Setup the testing environments for applications. Prepare, create and setup application workloads for performance testing. Conduct performance testing on IBM WEB, Lotus Notes, Java and Siebel applications in the Window 95, Window XP and Window NT environments. Responsible for trouble shooting of application errors, scripting using SET and Load Runner tools, execution of testing procedures, compiling testing results, producing final reports and distributing them to customers. Conduct meetings with customers to review the test results and provide feedbacks and suggestions for improvement.

Confidential, Boulder

Application Developer

• Design, implement and maintain:
• OS/2 PM CCMS Call Center - a Problem Management Reporting system that provides a GUI to a Retain system.
• Java front-end to a legacy NC Retain application that is a new GUI version of OS/2 PM CCMS application that uses API interfacing with Retain system utilizing object oriented design, Java and CORBA technology.
• Window application for State of California Child Welfare which is the external and commercial account. Create programs to convert data from various IMS databases to DB2 database and workstation database. Create front-end programs and include business rules using Microsoft Visual basic. Test and fix host programs and workstation programs.
• Service Level Graphics (SLG) application on VM and DOS for Confidential and Confidential . Responsible for database, front-end and report design, code and test utilizing SQL/DS, REXX, ISO3270 and QMF. Migrate this SLG application to MVS/TSO and create OS/2 PM prototype for future consideration. Enhance and maintain HONE DASD financial tools (DCAT, Finpak and Fortune) to be used worldwide by IBM Marketing Reps. Handle feedbacks from inquiry to resolution.
• Responsible for object oriented design, coding, enhancing, fixing bugs, functional, system and Y2K testing the front-end interface and packaging the application for customer delivery. Work closely with customers on problem solving and maintenance issues.
• Design and develop optimal database for an OS/2 PM financial analysis tool (Justify/2) to be used by IBM Marketing Reps in mobile workforce environment. Responsible for database conversion project to map and convert host-based data for PC application usage. Handle PVCS library control, test build generation and system backups for the entire project team.