PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• A QA and Solutions Architect with over 23 years of experience in the software industry.
• Has implemented solutions for a wide range of companies that include a diverse range of technologies, from standard web applications to enterprise cloud infrastructures.
• Has designed, built and managed innovative solutions, many of which were not readily apparent to others.
• Possesses extensive technical skills enabling collaboration with a vast variety of project teams.
• A dedicated team player who works on all projects with passion and skill, to deliver the best product possible with the goal of exceeding expectations from both a technical and business point of view.
• DevOps professional leveraging 23 years of experience and utilizing the latest technologies along with DevOps best practice to bring the best possible solutions for application quality and delivery.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Tools: Microsoft Test Manager, HP ALM (Quality Center) HP QTP, Thoughtworks Gauge, IBM Rational, Seapine Test Track Pro, PVCS Tracker, BMC Remedy

Action Request System: Selenium, Junit, Postman, SoapUI, Appium, Citrus, Cucumber, Sikuli, Oracle OATS

Enterprise: JDE, SAP, JBoss EAP, Apache, Tomcat, Nginx

Operating Systems: Windows, Windows Server, OSX, Redhat, Ubuntu, CentOS, Android, iOS, Windows IOT and 2016 Server Core

Database: Toad, SQL Server, Hadoop, Mongo, Oracle

Languages: C#, Java, Java Script, .NET, Ruby, Python, PHP, MEAN Stack (MongoDB, Angular and Node.js)

Scripting: Bash, PowerShell, Chef, Puppet, Ansible

Methodologies: Agile, Devops

Reporting Tools: JIRA, Trello, Target Process

Instrumentation: ELK Stack (Elastic Search, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, X - Pack), Datadog, Hygieia, New Relic

Devops: Jenkins, VSTS Team Services, Team City, Git, Gitlab, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, OpenShift, Nexus, Sonar

Clouds: AWS, Azure, Google, Openshift, RedHat Mobile Platform, DockerClud, Cloud CLI’s and REST API’s

Performance: Jmeter, VSTS, Neoload, Load Runner

Build Tools: Maven, Ant, Gradle, TFS, Team Services

Other: YAML and JSON Files, SSH

Development: VSTS Foundation and Team Services

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

QA Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Developed a DevOps as a service using Docker and Kubernetes deployed to Docker Cloud, AWS, Azure and OpenShift.
• Developed Docker Files and configuration scripts to spin the Devops container stack on demand.
• Tools included, GitHub, Gitlab, BitBucket, Jenkins, Maven, Nexus, Sonar, Selenium Grid and Nodes, 3rd Party Mobile Integrations, ZAP Security, Hygieia plus other 3rd party integrations Datadog and New Relic.
• This development has become Confidential Flagship application for implementing continuous automation in agile development pipelines.
• Gained a deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) and the need for it in today’s fast moving application development life cycles.
• These implemented technologies allowed for quick deployment of containerized environments for production equivalent workflow automation, performed unit level analysis and Security scans on every deployed build.
• Built Pipelines that performed automated validation of every change from the Unit to Integration then finally to Consumer facing GUI. This resulted in a series of gated continuous checks before releasing to production.
• Provided The speed, agility with full control of the tool chain that are the ingredients that allows for automated error prevention in staged pipelines.
• The developed process provided Automated Environment Setup using the DevOps toolchain, Continuous tests with instrumentation and measurement and a unified dashboard for presenting status.
• Developed API Based performance scripts that replicated production equivalent usage patterns encompassing the entire enterprise mobile application system.
• Used the Redhat Mobile Application platform for backend service data validation.
• Performed testing on Production equivalent environments and ran production scenarios to expected roll out usage levels.
• Monitored changes in performance over time, helped with cloud service scalability and optimization to ensure correct sizing for roll outs based on expected production usage levels.
• Ensure middleware receives and sends data to devices with in heartbeat intervals and without error.
• Testing and Optimization resulted in capacity gains from 100 concurrent users to 3000+ users

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed strategy for continuous functional and performance testing of RESTful API services as part of a larger Enterprise application.
• Developed scripts to simulate sophisticated login sequence using Identity, SSO/oauth and oauth2 authentication and then complete end to end high impact application workflow scenarios with embedded API service calls.
• Deployed and managed OpenStack environments.
• Deployed and Managed App Stack on Openshift with Jenkins CI/CD
• Deployed and managed AWS environments to host performance controllers and agents.
• Created and added Perl scripts to Groundwork to monitor Selenium functional automation.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performance tested a major retailer’s web site to ensure holiday capacity capability.
• Developed scripts to simulate 30,000 concurrent random shopping users using thousands of products and taking them all the way through the shopping and purchase process.
• Used large Azure and Amazon clusters to generate the required traffic to the site,
• Identified and resolved infrastructure configuration and scale issues.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed performance and functional automation plan for testing Banking software using Microsoft VSTS/MTM.
• Trained QA engineers on how to operate and manage testing using these automated methods.
• The result was a substantial increase in code coverage and a decrease in resource requirements for manual testing.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed a performance automation framework for testing mobile banking software.
• Built scripts to simulate end to end transactions through IOS and Android mobile devices.
• Integrated performance test scripts as part of continuous integration.
• Managed a small team of QA engineers on daily development, code coverage and execution.
• Deployed and managed framework using Azure.

Confidential

Senior QA Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed tests to validate the performance of enterprise applications which included Kronos, Hyperion, Siebel, SAP and Windchill applications. Tools used HP Load Runner and Radview WebLoad.
• Created Test Plans based on the requirements for each application.
• Built performance scripts using Load Runner that in most cases required custom programming and correlation using VB Script to simulate accurate system activity.
• Designed scenarios that simulated expected usage patterns.
• Performed Analysis and made recommendations for application and or infrastructure optimization requiring extensive knowledge of infrastructure design for debugging and logging analysis.

Confidential

Senior QA Architect

Responsibilities:

• Implemented a complete TFS 2010 system for Automated and Performance testing that included Lab Manager, Test Manager, Controller, Test Agents, Reporting Server, SharePoint, SCVMM 2008 and Hyper-V.
• Designed and built a VSTS Coded UI C# framework for Functional Automation.
• Automation covered 260 hours of manual regression tests that needed to be performed 8 times each year showing a solid ROI.
• Worked with business to integrate automation into all applications development life cycle.

Confidential

Senior QA Architect

Responsibilities:

• Developed an automation framework using QTP for SAP Order to Cash.
• Developed functions, reusable actions and global object repositories to drive SAP GUI automation.
• Used descriptive programming for SAP web dyn pro script development.
• Worked with SAP Business Process team on detailed scenario design and data parameterization.
• Realized a high ROI for automating 3,750 steps at the manual execution rate of 50 steps per week for the average QA tester.
• Managed all SAP project assets in Quality Center.
• Built Load Runner performance tests for SAP Web Dynpro workflows.
• Designed test scenarios that provided production equivalent usage patterns.
• Identified system capacity limits.
• Identified issues that cause performance degradation.
• Recommended configuration changes to resolve performance issues.

Confidential

Senior QA Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed tests to validate the performance of enterprise applications which included Hyperion, and Windchill applications. Tools used Oracle Test Suite (OATS).
• Created Test Plans based on the requirements for each application.
• Built performance scripts using Oracle Open Script that in many cases required custom programming and correlation using Java to simulate accurate system activity.
• Designed scenarios that simulated expected usage patterns.
• Performed Analysis and made recommendations for application and or infrastructure optimization.
• Implemented a complete OATS system for Automated and Performance testing that included VMware virtual controllers and agents.
• Built and implemented a 24/7 application monitoring solution using Java Script to ensure application uptime and health.

Confidential

Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed plans and methodologies for testing the first generation Confidential Sports Band.
• Designed matrix for efficient System, OS, Browser and Localization compatibility testing.
• Implemented an Apache/PHP/MySQL open source bug tracking tool that was heavily relied on for bug status by both the SWAT and Confidential teams.
• Implemented an open source requirements traceability and test case tool to track test coverage.
• Managed test team to successful project completion.

Confidential

Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Engaged with Confidential to provide a QA solution for their Hypervisor software.
• Designed and built matrix of virtual machines which included multi-tier configurations to conduct stability and performance testing.
• Provisioned a matrix of enterprise servers to run the Confidential hypervisor with the VM configurations and delivered them to Confidential as systems to be used by developers for product optimization.

Confidential

Director of Lab Services

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for new company growth plans which included designing matrixes and test processes for emerging applications.
• Extensive experience with the following tools used to perform matrix provisioning, software testing and reporting: Symantec Ghost Cast Server, Microsoft RIS, ADS, SysPrep, Mercury Confidential, QTP, Quality Center, VMWare ESX, Rational Clear Quest and Microsoft SharePoint.
• Managed 36 testers, technicians, and engineers in all lab operations.
• Oversaw all aspects of the test life cycle, including the Requirements Review, Test Plan construction, Manual and Automated Test Case Creation, Test Execution, Regression Testing and Reporting.
• Architected and deployed proprietary web based software which was used as a portal for all client management, project data management and collaboration.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented a fast and economical automated Install framework for testing multi-product applications on a single platform, using multi-boot partitioning architecture created using TCL and Perl.
• Designed and built a test automation lab and using Mercury Confidential performed automation testing on multiple software projects and versions in all parallel.

Confidential

Company Director/CTO

Responsibilities:

• Designed and built hardware and software test matrixes and processes to deliver QA Services to diversified sectors of the software and hardware industry.
• Involved in most interaction with 300+ customers and 3000+ projects that included proposing work to be performed, scope of work, test plans, resource allocation, deliverables and cost.
• Built an outsourced solution for the Confidential Power Touch System, which included the Test Plan, Test Procedures and Process design. Implemented a program and trained 10 testers to staff the project. 60 projects completed with additional process and efficiencies built in over time, which has proved to be a very successful turnkey solution.
• Designed and built a Motherboard validation outsourced solution for Intel Corporation. This included staffing the lab with 4 technicians, putting execution and reporting processes in place to produce the deliverables in a timely and consistent manner.
• Designed and built a 600 client performance lab that is used to measure the performance of Client/Server applications. The design included automating lab setup using Microsoft’s Remote Installation Service and scripting application functions using Automated QA, QA Load, and QA Run.
• Responsible for QA test management of 30 testers, technicians, and engineers.