Testing Lead Resume Arlington, VA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Analytical IT professional with 7 years of progressively responsible experience in QA, Test Engineer, and Certified Scrum Master roles; thrive in fast - paced environments.
Extensive experience in both manual and automated testing for software and web applications; quick to identify issues and follow through to resolution.
Proven interpersonal strengths with a history of leading teams of up to 40, clearly communicating key metrics to stakeholders at all levels, and representing teams in customer-facing demonstrations and status meetings.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Project Management (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall) Team Leadership
Manual Testing Smoke Testing 508 Compliance Testing Cross Browser Testing UAT Testing
Iteration/Sprint Planning Test & Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP) Conflict Resolution

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: FireEyes, JAWS

Project Management Tools: JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint

Operating Systems: Mac, Windows

Software: Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook); Visual Studio

Servers: Microsoft Team Foundation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Testing Lead

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

Led development testing for Confidential, a new Web-based system designed to provide 50,000 Confidential and Confidential users with access to the criminal justice case management system.
Led maintenance testing for the DON Application and Database Management System for the Department of Defense Information Technology Portfolio Repository-Department of the Confidential (DADMS/DITPR-DON); follow change request schedule, write test scripts, and ensure the client’s functional and business needs are met.
Willingly worked up to 80 hours per week to ensure project milestones and testing deadlines were met.
Selected to lead a best testing practices seminar as part of a systems engineering boot camp sponsored by the U.S. Confidential .

Senior Test Engineer

Confidential, Reston, VA

Responsibilities:

Provided testing expertise as part of several Scrum teams developing SharePoint applications.
Contributed to daily agile, sprint planning, and sprint retrospective meetings.
Tracked all sprint work, test plans, and scripts via Visual Studio Online.
Developed test cases. Performed UAT, functional, regression, and smoke testing.
Commended for tenacity in identifying, documenting, and reporting bugs, errors, and other interoperability flaws.

Scrum Master / Senior Test Engineer

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

Led a team of 40 in upgrading a healthcare and credentialing application valued at $7.7M for the Department of Defense ( Confidential ).
Facilitated daily meetings including stand-up, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives. Maintained the product backlog for the Product Owner.
Tracked all LOE and sprint work via Team Foundation Server (TFS). Communicated status updates to all stakeholders.
Developed test cases. Led 508 compliance, regression, UAT, and functional testing. Performed cross-browsing testing in Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. Found, documented, and reported bugs within web, .net, and classic ASP applications. Analyzed and edited acceptance criteria and user stories.
Successfully upgraded and migrated the application from an ASP environment to .NET.
Maximized team productivity by protecting members from distractions.
Resolved all impediments quickly and cost effectively.
Conducted well-received demonstrations for end users at the end of each sprint.

Scrum Master / Senior Test Engineer

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Responsibilities:

Led a team of 25 in building and supporting desktop software for the Confidential .
Met regularly with end users to ensure business requirements were being met and to answer any questions.
Tracked and communicated project progress through burnup and burndown charts. Maintained the product backlog.
Leveraged sprint capacity planning to increase team delivery commitments, resulting in the highest levels of customer satisfaction.

Junior QA Analyst

Confidential, Ashburn, VA

Responsibilities:

Wrote and executed manual tests for new and existing software applications using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
Conducted data analysis and prepared statistical reports from load and performance testing. Served as the only tester for a team of 4 developers.
Adeptly prioritized testing operations for multiple applications with competing deadlines.