Qa Manager Resume
SUMMARY:
Detail - oriented and motivated professional seeks to procure a management position that allows me to maximize my experience as a Quality Assurance Manager and leverages my expert communication and collaboration skills in a challenging environment which utilizes teamwork, promotes, and enables me to make a positive contribution to the organization.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Programming: SQL, C, C++, C#, VB, HTML, Flash
Scripting: Batch files, PowerShell, XPath
Performance Tools: Microsoft VSTS 2013, SOASTA CloudTest, LoadUI, PRTG, DynaTrace, PerfMon
Automation Tools: Microsoft Coded UI, Poastman/JetPacks, Selenium, SoapUI
Quality Assurance Software: Microsoft Test Manager, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, JIRA, Office Applications Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, Notepad++, Open Office
Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003/2008, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
Misc: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL Server, IIS, AppFabric, Couchbase, EDI / 835
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Confidential
QA Manager
Responsibilities:
- Managed team of 23 QA Analysts both on and off shore
- Managed project statuses for all team members and reported all milestones and issues to executive leadership teams
- Drove hiring initiatives and outlined hiring standards for QA Analysts, Automation Engineers, and Performance Engineers
- Worked with management across all aspects of the business to improve QA process and reporting
- Created risk based testing processes to help reduce QA costs while continuing to provide high quality testing
- Implemented and modified regression strategies to provide clarity and visibility to all project stakeholders
- Implemented policy for onsite and offsite for offshore team members helping to improve productivity, visibility, and confidence that allowed key stakeholders to feel secure in doubling the offshore resources at a significant savings
- Responsible for providing feedback on career development and professional growth to team members
- Responsible for team members on QA tools and internal software
- Helped create QA career matrix for managing team member growth and identify opportunities for improvement
- Developed and implemented automation strategy for the ecommerce platform
- Designed and implemented a reusable data driven automation framework utilizing Microsoft Visual Studio Coded UI for the ecommerce platform
- Designed strategy for creating regression suite for the ecommerce platform that compiles automation test results within Microsoft Test Manager
- Lead automation team in creating automation scripts for the ecommerce platform
- Designed and implemented Performance test strategy for the ecommerce platform to build confidence in the scalability and the capability to support over 100,000 concurrent users
- Executed and analyzed performance tests against a SOA ecommerce platform
- Designed performance strategy for targeting multiple cached states, services, and web servers to identify problems in development and design of the ecommerce platform
- Identified opportunities to improve external load testing while significantly reducing the cost to the company and increasing the frequency
- Participated in architectural design sessions to provide expert opinion on performance implications
- Responsible for maintaining performance and automation test machines and environments
- Responsible for troubleshooting and maintaining QA environments
- Created documentation across all QA environments to troubleshoot code and environmental problems
- Co-designed mobile optimized web experience for the ecommerce platform.
Confidential
QA Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Experience in Software Quality Assurance with knowledge of Manual and Automated Testing of both client-server and Web-based applications
- Work with Black Box testing processes for data-driven and user interactive web based applications
- Proficient in preparing test plans, test case designs, test script designs and execution of various test scripts
- Review functional specifications, business requirements and use cases
- Plan, create and execute test plans, system testing, interface impact testing and user acceptance testing
- Participate in scheduling of target dates and deliverables, prioritize and monitor activities to meet dates
- Analyze application, system, and security errors. Escalate issues to developers and verify fixes
Confidential
Dispatch Manager / On-Site Technician
Responsibilities:
- Managed work flow and all staffing needs for multiple on-site technicians across North Florida
- Obtained contracts and managing contractual obligations
- Provided on-site software, hardware, and networking support
- Repaired personal computers, maintained Enterprise servers, and set up client server machines
Confidential
Customer Relations Manager / UAT Team Lead
Responsibilities:
- Organized regression effort for customer support software platform migration
- Prepared and delivered managerial and departmental software support
- Provided internal support for all systems and functions related to proprietary software platforms