OBJECTIVE:

To find a team focused on delivering software test automation solutions where I can make use of my extensive SDET experience to help my customers overcome challenges.

SUMMARY:

• Possess extensive experience in test automation and automation framework development in world - leading software organizations.
• Possess a passion for breaking software and investigating defects.
• Able to use skillset and experience effectively to decrease test costs while achieving high software quality and confidence.
• Possess the ability to communicate effectively and work individually or collaboratively in a team environment with minimum direction.
• Possess extensive experience working in Agile (SCRUM) and Waterfall development frameworks.
• Able to mentor junior team members and lead by example.
• Extensive experience writing UI, API, and database test automation and frameworks using OOP principles and common design patterns.
• Extensive experience in Selenium/Webdriver as well as some experience using other UI automation tools such iOS UIA, MS UIA, CodedUI, Watin, MS Active Accessibility, Windows Win32 API.
• Extensive experience using the .NET framework and C# and the Visual Studio IDE.
• Brief exposure to Java and Groovy test development using IntelliJ IDE.
• Experience reading and automating the testing of TSQL code in stored procedures and functions.
• Experience testing and debugging SSIS packages.
• Experience using MS Entity Framework and NHibernate ORM’s in test automation solutions as database access layers.
• Some CI experience using Jenkins+Maven and TeamCity.
• Experience using source code management systems such as: Subversion, Accurev, Github, Source Depot, TFS (as a source code repository, Agile, and bug tracking tool).
• Experience using build and dependency management tools such as MSBuild, Maven (as a build tool and package dependency manager) and NuGet.
• Experience using test case management systems such as TestRails, MS Test Manager, TFS, Jira (for bug tracking and SCRUM).
• Extensive experience using xUnit frameworks such as Junit, NUnit and MsTest.
• Very limited experience with Javascript, NodeJS, Mocha, SuperTest/SuperAgent, and Protractor.
• Experience using the following web service testing and/or test development tools: SoapUI, Postman, REST Client, Fiddler.
• Experience using popular XML and JSON serializers such as Newton JSON.NET and Jackson.
• Extensive experience optimizing Selenium Webdriver selectors to improve test robustness and performance.
• Extensive experience using Web UI spy tools such Chrome Dev Tools, FireFox’s Firebug and Firepath, Appium Inspector.
• Some experience writing mobile test automation using Appium and WebDriver for Confidential iPod internal store management applications.
• Experience in SQL Server database testing, performance troubleshooting and tools such as Execution Plans, Profiler/Traces, Live Query Statistics, Execution Plan statistics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Tested and automated several REST and WebAPI-based web services that support the SOA architecture of several Confidential internal store mobile applications.
• Refactored the C# automation framework for the Confidential PartnerHub web site to properly adhere to the PO design pattern.
• Developed a new Page Objects-based automation framework for a Confidential inventory tracking iOS mobile application using Appium and C# and running remotely on XCode simulators on MacBooks per requirements.
• Developed a POC REST test automation framework using java, JUnit and the RESTEasy proxy framework.
• Build a POC CI solution using Maven/Surefire and Jenkins.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed a database automation framework using c# and Entity Framework to test anti-piracy BI manifests for Windows 10.
• Tested the Windows 10 Anti-Piracy Dashboard application (mvc.net).
• Deployed and tested Windows 10 piracy metrics SSIS packages.
• Tested manifest and SSIS package database performance.
• Mentored team members on Web UI automation tools and best practices.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and lead the development of a multi-browser automation framework from scratch using c# and Selenium/Web Driver.
• Designed a Continuous Integration solution based on TeamCity, MS Build and Visual Studio.
• Automated various web user interfaces and controls using c# and Webdriver.
• Mentored team members on ways to optimize xpath and css selectors and linq queries to optimize calls to Web Driver and improve automation performance.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Value Added Services test team leadership.
• SQL Server database test automation development, testing and performance tuning (stored procedures, functions and triggers)
• SQL server and web security testing.
• SQL Server database test automation mentoring and training.
• XML, SOAP and RESTful web service automation, web service automation framework design and implementation.
• Confidential, FireFox and Chrome Selenium/Web Driver UI test automation development.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• TransitAPI Automation development using MSTest, C#, NHibernate ORM and JSON.Net.
• REST web service testing using RestClient and Fiddler2.
• Some Visual Studio 2010 CodedUI web site automation development.
• Some TFS 2010 administration.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Windows 7 customizations development (.NET Framework, C#, Win32 API, WMI, some PowerShell/JavaScript) for OEM system images sold at the Confidential stores in the US.
• Test automation framework development and test case automation using the .NET Framework, Active Accessibility Win32 API's (oleacc.dll) and NUnit.
• Test case generation and automation development.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Snipping Tool test ownership.
• Snipping Tool feature automation development.
• SQM testing of all TabletPC features in Vista (StickyNotes, Windows Journal, Flicks, Hardware Buttons, InkBall).
• Off-shore test development oversight.
• Contribution to the automation effort of the DreamScene feature (Formerly Motion Desktop) in Vista.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Test design specification generation, reviewing of customer scenarios, functional and development design specification.
• Code coverage generation and analysis.
• Coordinating and overseeing the test effort for the BizTalk Business-to-Business scenarios with external vendors.
• Technical support for Biztalk end-to-end scenarios with internal MS customers and early adopters.
• Test automation framework development using c# and MAUI automation tools.
• Confidential Administration Console test automation development using .NET/C#.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Coordination of the globalization and localization test effort across the CMS test organization.
• MS Office Authoring Connector ( Confidential ) test ownership (allows authors to publish content to a Confidential via a Word COM add-in wizard).
• Development of automation for Confidential using C# and the MS Active Accessibility library.
• Test ownership of CMS Site Manager.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Test ownership of User Profile Management and Bizdesk. (Bizdesk is a user interface that allows business users to easily make changes to their e-commerce site).
• Test ownership of the Confidential Catalog System testing.
• Automation development of the developer portal tools, a feature that integrates the existing Confidential UI designers with Visual Studio.NET.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Ownership of the XSLT white spacing feature.
• Automation test plan generation for assigned Repository Engine features.
• Automation test script development for the Confidential Repository Engine.
• Test framework and automation development of the Repository Browser shipped with SQL2K.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Hebrew and Arabic Outlook Visual Basic for Applications object model API testing.