CAREER PROFILE:

Senior level Software Configuration Management (SCM) Specialist with over ten years of hands on experience in Software Configuration Management, Software Engineering, SDLCM, Release Management and Quality Assurance (QA). Performing process improvement and administering, mentoring and troubleshooting Confidential Rational tools such as ClearCase, ClearQuest, Multisite, Jazz Team Concert, Unified Change Management (UCM), Rational Requirement Composer, Rational Quality Manager, Functional Tester and Reporting.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Languages & IDE’s: C, C++, HL7, Java, J2EE, JSP, XML, SQL, Cold Fusion, Power Builder, ASP, VB, C#, Visual Studio.Net, UML, Perl, Unix Shell Scripting

QA & Testing: Rational Test/Quality Manager, Rational Functional Tester, Rational Manual Test, ClearQuest, Robot, Rose, Crystal Reports, Win Runner, Rational SODA

CM Tools: Rational ClearCase. Rational Jazz Team Concert, PVCS Version Manager, MultiSite

Web Servers: WebSphere, MQ, IIS Server, Apache TomCat 4.

Operating Systems: Sun Solaris, UNIX, Linux, Red Hat 5, Windows 7/8, Windows Server 2008

Databases: DB2, DDQB, Oracle 11,10g, SQL Server 2008, MySQL, ErWin.

Networking: TCP/IP, Windows Server Administration, LAN & WAN Architecture / Protocols.

Other Software: MS Project, Office 2010,Visio, UML 2, Vignette, Crystal Reports.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington, DC

Software Configuration Manager / Release Manager

Responsibilities:

• As a subject matter expert (SME) and admin of Rational tools updated and maintained Rational Tools and provided user support in addition to providing guidance in developing configuration and change management process with Rational Team Concert, Team Foundation Server and Rational ClearQuest.
• Improved configuration and change management process for various software development efforts by creating and enhancing processes related to configuration and version management, release management, standard operating procedures and document control processes.
• Managed software releases from inception through various phases of lifecycle to final delivery to production servers ensuring timely accurate deployment of release components and packages.

Confidential, Fulton, MD

Software Configuration Manager / Release Manager

Responsibilities:

• As a software configuration manager and Rational tools expert admin guided teams in developing configuration management process with ClearCase and ClearQuest in UCM environment.
• Created Configuration Management Plans and related process documents to improve projects artifacts version management, configuration and document control processes.

Confidential, Gaithersburg, MD

Software Configuration Management Specialist / Rational Admin

Responsibilities:

• As a senior member of SCM and Confidential Rational tools administration team maintained and enhanced product quality of various defense related projects of high importance with US Dept. of Navy, US Army and various International Defense Agencies around the globe.
• As a Rational administrator for ClearCase, ClearQuest and MultiSite kept various sites and regions up to date and supported development teams geographically distributed sites.
• Provided release management skills to ensure timely delivery of software release deployments including related artifacts verifying compliance with government standards and stakeholder requirements thus enhancing customer confidence.
• Enhanced quality of sophisticated Border Force Protection and Command and Control systems using expertise in test engineering at both integration and system levels through efficient use of test management, defect tracking and document generation tools such as Test Manager, Rational Quality Manager, SoDA and ClearQuest.

Confidential, Silver Spring, MD

CM Specialist / Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Managed configuration management process and tools ensuring timely delivery of high quality software products for various prestigious federal contracts with agencies.
• Improved software development and CM tasks through improvements in processes, documentation, team mentoring and better use of tools in Rational Software Development Suite.
• Increased team productivity by constantly maintaining, repairing and optimizing software configuration, test and change management tools such as ClearCase, ClearQuest, Test Manager and related infrastructure.

Confidential,Bethesda, MD

Senior Test Engineer / CM Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Utilized knowledge of CMMI, RUP, UCM and skills in Confidential Rational suite to implement SCM processes and improved productivity.
• Reduced software defects enabling Confidential team to demonstrate flawless NHIN system to HHS giving Confidential a competitive edge over participating competitors showing secure and efficient data sharing among hospitals, labs, pharmacies, physicians and patients by NHIN system.
• Increased productivity of software development efforts by developing and implementing CM policies, training and mentoring, task automation, gathering and analyzing metrics, change and build management and use of expertise in Rational CM tools such as ClearCase, ClearQuest and UCM providing quality software builds and on time system releases.