SUMMARY

• Tech - savvy quality assurance professional with over fifteen years' experience supporting software development efforts.
• Extensive experience using analytical abilities and keen observation for creating and executing test plans based off of the needs of clients.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Software QA
• Black Box Testing
• Requirements Gathering
• Windows 10
• Functional Testing
• User Acceptance Testing
• Performance Test
• Bugzilla
• Jira
• HP ALM
• Testrail
• Test Plans
• Test Lead
• Ui
• Application Life Cycle
• SDLC
• Agile
• Scrum
• Python QA
• Unix/linux
• Linux
• Python
• OpenStack
• Confidential
• Gui
• Selenium RC
• Apache Jmeter java
• Groovy grails
• PERL
• GIT
• Perforce
• MS Windows
• Ubuntu
• Android
• IaaS
• AWS
• Azure
• Mobile Apps
• Mobile Testing
• REST API
• SOAP UI
• BASH
• MS Office

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Quality Assurance Process Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Part of the Strategic Offender Management System (SOMS) web application team for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation then later part of the Cal-Access Replacement System (CARS) team working for the California Secretary of State Office, Political Reform Division. Responsible for working with subject matter experts to understand business processes and gather information required to develop and execute test cases and test plans maintained within HP ALM.
• Executed functional, UAT, performance and system tests across multiple environments including web, mobile, IaaS platforms (such as AWS and Azure) and Salesforce applications. Demonstrated adaptability during project transition by handling some business analyst and project sustain responsibilities.

Quality Assurance Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Part of the Cisco Cloud Services team working on OpenStack based cloud environments. Focused on verifying functionality and stability of Heat, Glance, Nova and Neutron API components along with overall interoperability of customer-facing environments around the globe. Created and ran test scripts entirely in Python to ensure functionality within and in between Openstack components.
• Responsible for continued development and running of automated functional and performance tests against both new and existing environments. Demonstrated flexibility with constantly shifting daily schedules to accommodate worldwide support of customer systems.

Quality Assurance Engineer

Confidential, Roseville, CA

Responsibilities:

• Tested software and developed automated tests for the use and administration of HP mass storage products such as 3Par and Lefthand in a web application as well as within the Cinder component of OpenStack environments. Worked with the OpenStack community as well as HP developers to ensure functionality and stability between both products. Actively participated in internal scrum meetings and reviews as well as OpenStack Cinder meetings.
• Tracked defects on Launchpad, Bugzilla, and Jira depending on the source of the defect. Developed automated tests in existing frameworks via Python and Groovy to test the Cinder API as well as HP hardware and software via REST API. Used Scrum Agile-based methodology in day to day work including sprints, regular Scrum meetings and the use of sprint backlogs.

Quality Assurance Analyst

Confidential, Roseville, CA

Responsibilities:

• Designed and documented test strategy for educational scientific measurement software. Responsible for the execution of existing test plans as well as proactive development of new test plans and QA infrastructure.
• Migrated existing test cases from a disparate collection of documents and spreadsheets to more appropriate QA test tools.
• Assisted in testing of iOS, OSX, Android and Windows ports of software as well as for the Intel Learning Series of tablets. Mentored new employees on best practices in QA methodology and tools.

Quality Assurance Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for management and coordination of testing efforts between local and offshore test teams (approximately 15 resources total) for an online poker service and related client software in a startup environment.
• Managed procurement and administration of necessary testing tools such as Jira and TestRail. Created long term test plans for stakeholders.
• Worked hands-on as timelines required with creation and execution of test cases and test plans.

QA Engineer

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities:

• Tested multiple virtualization products such as ESX, Confidential Studio, and Confidential vCenter in an Agile environment.
• Responsible for the development and execution of manual and automated testing using Selenium scripts within a Perl-based framework.
• Wrote Perl scripts to test functionality of web interfaces tied to ESX and vSphere APIs to automate the generation and running of virtual machines.
• Reviewed development documentation and requirements and participated in daily Scrum meetings. Managed a wiki for test matrices and automation results.

Senior QA Tester

Confidential, Redwood Shores, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development and execution of test cases for massively multiplayer, single player, role-playing games and other entertainment software products distributed online for PCs, handheld devices and consoles.
• Handled incident triage and performed other User Interface testing including Japanese language compatibility.