SUMMARY:

Software Quality Assurance (SQA) and Testing expert with technical experience in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including analysis, design, development, test, support, maintenance and releases, often with overlapping responsibilities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SQA Test work experience with: Web and Cloud based applications, GUI applications, Agile Scrum Methodology, Client Server applications, Mainframe Applications, JIRA, Contour, IBM Rational ClearQuest, IBM Rational ClearCase, Attachmate Reflection, ALM/Mercury Quality/Test Center, Web Services - SOAP, REST and JSON, SQL Lite, Oracle SQL Developer, Toad, RoboMongo, Microsoft SQL Server, JCL, Microsoft Suite, Redmine, SharePoint, Project Management, MS Windows based applications.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

Software & Systems Test Engineering, SQA/Test

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Responsibilities:

• CIDNE 4.x - Documented and tested all requirements in the Confidential environment.
• Responsible for testing 400+ requirements for CIDNE 4.1 in DEV/DMZ/TEST/ Confidential environments.
• Responsible for testing the CIDNE 4.1 FTP requirements.
• Compared and discriminated functionality between CIDNE4 and CIDNE2 platforms.
• Conducted manual and exploratory testing of features in multiple browsers versions of IE and FireFox.
• Created test cases and escalated quality assurance issues that may impact releases and project deliveries.
• Created, escalated, retested and resolved JIRA Problem Reports.
• Collaborated and validated PR fixes with the CIDNE4 Development Team and System Engineers.
• Participate as an active member of the CIDNE4 test team by attending standups, planning and execution sessions using Scrum processes.

Software Quality Assurance - Test

Confidential, Denver, Co

Responsibilities:

• Focus was on the development and execution of detailed testing activities to support development teams who are developing new Services Oriented Architecture layers and re-hosting and re-factoring a variety of Digital Aviation products for migration to a new Digital Aviation Platform.
• Testing activities have been constructed and executed within a Continuous Integration/Agile software development environment.
• Participate as an active member of the Agile team by attending daily standups, sprint planning and execution sessions, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with Technical Product Managers to create acceptance and test criteria for requirements.
• Collaborate with Developers through story kickoffs, demos, etc. to ensure developers write fully encompassing automation.
• Collaborate with all team members to put processes and tests in place so the team can catch issues and defects as early as possible (ideally pre-commit).
• Conduct manual and exploratory testing of features across browsers and OS.
• Escalate quality issues that may impact releases and project deliveries following Scrum processes.
• Creation of test scenarios for web services.
• Document process and procedure involving test assets and test scenarios.
• Create tests and execute test cases that validate the data content throughout the analytics development cycle.
• Skilled in usability, exploratory, Session Based Testing and manual testing techniques.

Software Quality Assurance III - Test

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all required Alpha and Beta test phases and execution for several Memorial Affairs Performance and Usability Enhancements (MAPUE) under Veteran Affairs (VA).
• Created and executed GUI test cases for several Oracle Forms applications (11g R2) within the VA MAPUE Project to meet VA requirements.
• Testing was completed using several testing methodologies where applicable - Scrum, Waterfall and Iterative methodologies following VA ProPath/PMAS guidelines.
• Worked closely with all personnel including Developers, System Engineers, Tech Writers, Business Requirements Office (BRO), Unit Testers, Beta Testers and VA User Acceptance Testers.
• Demonstrated test cases and new functionality to VA users.
• Verified output through Attachmate Reflection - FTP Client, running UNIX Cron Jobs and SQL queries.
• Opened, tracked, tested defect issues with ClearQuest.
• Maintained Test Execution Log, Test Defect Log, and project tracking.

Software Quality Assurance Test

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for performing analysis, delivering written test scripts, creating requirements and testing for three Air Force and Navy Pilot training systems.
• Tested C, C#, VB GUI test cases on several Windows platforms.
• Worked closely with Developers and System Engineers.
• Created Test Case templates and time tracking spreadsheets.
• Opened, tracked, tested defect issues using Redmine.
• Attended requirement meetings with Air Force and Navy officials.
• Demonstrated test cases and new functionality to Navy and Air Force personnel.
• Performed Integration testing onsite at airbases.

Software Quality Assurance

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Responsibilities:

• Created and executed GUI test cases in Quality Center.
• Created and executed shakeout testing in test region and Pre-Production region.
• Tested DB validations through TOAD.
• Tested Production fixes in Production.
• Performed Integration testing in-house for Production fixes where applicable.
• Performed End to End testing for Production fixes where applicable,
• Created and updated documentation on SharePoint.
• Project Lead for multiple projects and in-house application rewrite.
• Tracked progress and issues for off shore test teams in India and Argentina.

Software Quality Engineer Analyst

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Responsibilities:

• Created and executed GUI test cases in Quality Center and executed shakeout testing.
• Created Test Case Shells, Status sheets and Data sheets for team members.
• Created and validated DB creations and modifications.
• Cook Systems is an Confidential 9000 compliant company.