SUMMARY:

• Specialized performance testing experiences and automation experiences with HP - ALM, HP Performance Center, HP LoadRunner (Virtual User Generator, Analysis, Controller), Rational Performance Tester, Rational Functional Tester, HP-UFT, HP Quick Test Professional (QTP), HP Quality Center, HP SiteScope, HPvPV, SmartBear SoapUI, SmartBear LoadUI, Oracle Application Test Suite (OATS), Microsoft Visual Studio (Ultimate), Microsoft TFS, Microsoft Test Manager, Shunra Network Appliance, Atlassian Confluence, JIRA, Zephyr, Crucible, GIT/Stash, VMWare Workstation, Apache Subversion, Tortoise-SVN, Serena TeamTrack
• SME testing experiences on DoS Confidential Messaging System (Core and Client subsystems)
• SME testing experiences on multiple DoD/VA Medical Health Systems with AHLTA, TMIP-Joint, CHCS, CHCS-II, TATRC, BMIST-Joint, DEERS, SAMS, iEHR, VistA, MocMVI, Clinical Terminology Services (CTS), RLUS, 4DD-TETRA Data Management System (DMS), JMeadows, HL7/FHIR, Joint Legacy Viewer (JLV)
• Extensive performance testing experiences with Oracle Federal Financials E-Business Suite (EBS), HRMS, OTL, P2P, iProcurement, Oracle Reports OBIEE
• Extensive experience and formal training with Software Engineering standards and best practices (Agile/Scrum/TDD, CMMI, Traditional Waterfall, Incremental, Spiral, RAD, RUP) and with System as a Service (SaaS) software platforms
• Experiences establishing, operating and managing test labs and test events
• Multiple experiences implementing automated regression and performance test frameworks
• Excellent documentation, communication and presentation skills.
• Goal-oriented hands-on Technical Test Engineer with extensive experiences leading performance and automation testing activities for Government Developmental Test & Evaluation, Government Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) and Contractor Development Test & Evaluation groups incorporating Software Engineering Best Practices.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

Performance and Automation Test Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provide specialized performance and automated test engineering consulting services.
• Creation and Implementation of automated MS Visual Studio test framework
• Created Microsoft Test Manager/Visual Studio CodedUI C# Web based Smoke and Regression test suites Created Microsoft Test Manager/Visual Studio CodedUI C# customized Outlook Client Smoke and Regression test suites Created Visual Studio CodedUI C# Zen Mobile extended operations load test scenarios
• Maintenance and Implementation of HP Tools automation testing framework
• HP - ALM integrated with HP-PC, HP-QTP, HP-UFT, HP-Sitescope, HPvPV Maintained suites of Loadrunner/Vugen (mapi, web/http, web services) scripts/scenarios Configured Loadrunner native monitoring Configured HP-Sitescope Integrated with Shunra Network Appliance
• Creation and maintenance of multiple Test Documentation Deliverables
• Generation of HPQC Test Plan (exports) Creation and maintenance of System Test Plan, Performance Test Plan and Migration Strategy Plan (HPQC to TFS) Generated multiple formal and test cycle execution reports
• Responsible for performance testing planning, execution, analysis and report generation activities using SmartBear LoadUI, Rational Performance Tester, HP - Performance Center, and HP-Loadrunner
• Performed automated regression testing activities using MS VS Ultimate, MS Test Manager, SmartBear SoapUI and HP-UFT/QTP
• Performed Defect Tracking activities using MS VS Ultimate, Serena TeamTrack, Atlassian JIRA
• Provide ongoing user and administrative support for HPQC, HP-ALM, HP-QTP, HP-Loadrunner and MS Visual Studio/Test Manager
• Actively mentor team members with HP, Atlassian and MS Visual Studio tool suite, and with Agile testing best practices.

Lead Test Automation Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created extensive suites of manual and automated test scripts for Oracle Federal Financials EBS modules, including Cost Accounting, Procure to Pay, iProcurement, Time and Labor, Interface and OBIEE
• Created a Quality Center System Administration Process Plan
• Configured Quality Center to support Confidential Project User Roles and Privilege requirements
• Configured Quality Center to capture test coverage metrics, test defect metrics, dashboard metrics and requirements traceability metrics
• Created, Reviewed and updated formal Confidential automated Performance and Regression Test Plans
• Created the Confidential Test & Evaluation Defect Tracking Process Plan
• Created and maintained System Integration Test (SIT) Plan, System Qualification Test (SQT) Plan and other test plan deliverables
• Managed the planning and implementation of automated Performance and Regression Testing activities using HP Performance Center, LoadRunner, HP Quality Center and Quick Test Professional (QTP)
• Installed test software and configured test configurations on multiple test instances
• Developed and maintained (>300) unique Oracle Web Applications 11i protocol based HP Performance Center (LoadRunner) performance test scripts (OBIEE, OTL, P2P)
• Developed and maintained extensive suite of Oracle E - Business Suite HP Quick Test Professional (QTP) automated regression test scripts (Time and Labor)
• Developed and maintained Oracle Application Test Suite (OATS) automated regression test scripts providing test coverage for 50 separate Oracle Concurrent Manager Requests
• Developed multiple automated test scenarios to demonstrate various system workflow requirements providing extensive test coverage for Procurement to Payment (P2P), iProcurement, and Time and Labor (OTL) functionalities
• Executed multiple Incremental test cycle based automated test scenarios
• Collected and analyzed test results, and generated formal and informal automated test reports
• Created traceability between test scenarios and test scripts to Confidential Requirements and provided engineering and test support for formal Confidential Release System Integration Test (SIT), System Qualification Test (SQT) and System Acceptance Test (SAT) test events
• Responsible for generation of various test reports including Executive Summary Reports and Formal Confidential Release SIT, SQT and SAT Test Reports.

Test Automation Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Successfully contributed to design and build out of an automated regression test framework that provided fully automated regression test coverage for multiple systems including AHLTA and CHCS. The test framework included a reusable Regression Suite of automated test scripts that provided full AHLTA and CHCS functional test coverage on three separate test environments
• Responsibilities on Confidential also have included performing technical assessments of new software and system tools
• Responsible for scheduling and leading Test Automation Review meetings, that included Pre - Review and Post-Review meetings, addressing the need to insure that the suite of manual regression test cases were completely and correctly converted into automated test scripts
• On this project also responsible for providing Quality Center and Quick Test Professional (HP Functional Test) training support for new team members; And for generating and interpreting various assessment reports for Senior Management.

Test Automation Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configuration and implementation of HP Quality Center (for test management, test planning, test execution, requirements traceability, defect tracking and test reporting)
• Installation, configuration and implementation of HP Quick Test Professional (QTP) for automated functional and regression testing
• Installation and configuration of Enterprise LoadRunner Suite for automated performance testing (load, stress and capacity testing using MAPI and web/http protocols)
• Responsibilities also included performing an ongoing assessment of the test team engineering processes with the goal of providing guidance towards improving processes and procedures. Completed multiple reviews and updates of the project test plan, bringing the test strategy and methodologies in line with the Agile development approach
• Created a Performance Test Plan providing strategy and approach for addressing system performance requirements
• Additional accomplishments included the implementation of an automated process to migrate greater than 200 Word Document and Excel Document Use Case Test Procedures into HP Quality Center
• Migration of all Confidential Requirements into the HP Quality Center and implementation of traceability between test procedures and covered requirements
• Provided HP Quality Center User Training for all Testers, and other Confidential personnel including QA and IV&V Engineers. Provided ongoing Quality Center training and troubleshooting support for users
• Created the Confidential Performance Test Strategy document (and Updates) which defined and outlined Performance Test Strategies and Planning Activities.
• Created and implemented the Confidential Performance Test Load Model and Performance Test LoadRunner Scenarios which successfully demonstrated Performance and Technical Requirements. This involved the successful execution of multiple performance test scenarios on multiple Test and QA networks. Performance test reports and analysis was provided for each test run. This included approximately 10 comprehensive semi - formal reports
• Created and maintained Quick Test Professional (QTP) automated test suite that provided automated test coverage for 80% of all system functional requirements.

Test Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Held the Senior test role for a new Confidential contract responsible for creating all significant test planning deliverables including the System Test Execution Plan and System Test & Verification Procedures document.
• Also responsible for generation of Executive Summary Reports and other System Verification Reports.
• Successful at recruiting and leading the test team that included multiple technical testers.
• This project was implemented using the Agile Development Methodology (implemented using SCRUM development processes).
• Was involved with all test management activities during the Initial Prototype Stages of development.
• Test responsibilities were accelerated as the project moved into later development stages involving extensive participation with test execution, and requiring collaboration with other internal and external groups (Requirements Engineering, Development, Release Management, IV&V, Customers/End Users). Quality Assurance responsibilities included insuring that CMMI Level 3 test processes were identified, tasked and adhered to.

Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Principal member of the Asset Visibility Sustainment team working as the lead Senior Test Engineer supporting the Confidential .
• Primary responsibilities included verification of Problem Reports and Software Change Requests.
• Other duties included formalizing the unit test and system test processes, and creating a regression suite of functional test procedures.
• Duties also included representing the test group during Requirements Reviews and Pre-Release Reviews.
• Also responsible for providing Test Status and Test Results to senior management.
• Tools used included Rational Clear Quest, Informatica and HP Test Director.

Test Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibilities included leading an independent Test & Evaluation team of Technical Testers and System Administrators responsible to the Project Management Office (TMIP-Joint) for Developmental Test & Evaluation ( Confidential) and Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) of new TMIP-Joint System and Software releases.
• Responsibilities also included representing the Confidential & Confidential during Software Requirements Reviews, Software Configuration Management Audits, and System Change Reviews, and during Software Incident
• Review Board meetings.
• Responsible for planning and managing the execution of regression tests, functional tests, integration/interface tests, performance tests, and various large-scale test events involving several test groups.
• Responsible for planning, coordinating, and leading multi-functional, multi-service, multi-contractor and government active military teams during local and distributed Developmental and Operational Test events.
• Test systems were built on Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, and XP platforms, incorporating Oracle Databases.
• Responsibilities also included creating and executing WinRunner and LoadRunner (Oracle NCA and 2-Tier protocols) automated test scripts and test scenarios, and then generating Performance Test Reports for distribution to Senior Management.
• Additional responsibilities included training/mentoring new employees, and traveling to remote test sites providing test support during various developmental, and operational test events.
• This position required extensive knowledge of Microsoft System Engineering practices, Network Management, Exchange Server Management, Oracle RDBM Systems, HP Test Tools (Test Director, WinRunner, QTP, LoadRunner), Rational ClearQuest, Team Quest; And Software Engineering Standards, Methodologies and Best Practices.

Software QA Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Participated in formal, and informal Requirements Analysis Review meetings, and Design Review meetings.
• Worked closely with Product Development, Infrastructure Engineering, and Production Groups to resolve software, and system testing issues.
• Responsible for creating, enhancing, and maintaining automated functional, as well as load/stress test applications on UNIX and NT systems.
• Responsible for installation, account setup, and maintenance of HPQC/TestDirector tool for entire group of 30 QA engineers.
• Applications used include Caliber RM (Requirements tool), PVCS Dimensions (Change Control & Defect Tracking tool), WinRunner, LoadRunner, Unix shell scripts, XML scripts, and SQL procedures. Responsibilities also included training junior team members;
• Creating testing scenarios, and test cases; Mapping test cases to requirements (Creating Traceability between TestDirector test cases, and requirements);
• Analysis and Review of requirements;
• Updating test plans;
• Troubleshooting Windows NT, and UNIX system issues, installation issues, and network connectivity issues;
• And reporting to more senior engineering staff on current testing, and system status.
• Fast paced environment with high visibility, requiring excellent team player skills.