SUMMARY

• Work as a technical lead on automation programming for a medical website for the Confidential .
• Experience in Java and have written, designed and executed Selenium Java Automation Tests using Eclipse IDE.
• Knowledge of TestNG, Cucumber (BDD framework), Gherkin.
• Skilled in developing frameworks based on reusable functions to be used across multiple test cases.
• Great communication skills both written and verbal with my daily morning scrum meetings.
• Experienced Automation Programmer with over 17 years of experience in Information Technology.
• US citizen with active DOD public trust clearance.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Fort Detrick, MD

Automation Programmer - Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Work as a Java Programmer on automation programming for a medical website for the Confidential For last 5 years at this company.
• Started as a 6 month contract manual testing position; was hired on full-time.
• Use Java programming language with Selenium Webdriver and Eclipse Java IDE to automate our entire testing suite of regression test cases and use cases for our testing department for our client.
• Developed Maven Automation Framework to enable all my automation team’s tests to follow same format for logging and input/output and also allow each individual programmer develop his/her own test(s) to run inside one executable jar developed by me.
• Highlights of Framework I developed include read directives from shared excel spreadsheet with details of browser testing on, what environment testing on, test data input, etc.
• Any test(s) selected run in sequential fashion through test controller spreadsheet until last one is run with logging mechanism in-place and all results from all tests go to a shared spreadsheet.
• Developed Java code to also calculate running time for each test and catches run time errors of any tests plugged into the framework and move onto next test if run time error is caught.
• Use Java programming language to develop customized html reports to provide government customer with a customized interface suited to their needs
• Program according to best practices by writing re-usable shared functions, such as login and logout, to be used throughout all our tests
• Program according to best practices by reading all test input from excel spreadsheets to enable us to change data, browsers, or login users dynamically
• Develop, run and maintain our entire automation suite of test cases coordinating with Dev-ops team through CI/CD pipeline and Jenkins.
• Participate regularly in daily scrum meetings with project team for site performance and defects status updates
• Use JIRA Software to report issues and defects through their workflows until they have reached a resolution.

Confidential, Largo, MD

Systems Integration and Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed Integration testing for Confidential 's 2010 Federal Data Collection Automation project.
• Used Mercury Quality Center to write and execute test scripts for verifying the integrity of front-end data with Oracle Database using complex SQL queries.
• Queried Database tables using Oracle SQL developer to sign off on requirements such as counting total expenses for employee for current month or how many work units have been completed.
• Used Rational ClearQuest to report issues and defects through their workflows.

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Wrote and executed manual and automated test scripts for automobile mainframe and web-based applications using Quick Test Professional and Mercury Quality Center.
• Performed various QA functions on Mainframe and website including entering data for automobile insurance applications, ordering renewal applications and output for applicants, adding and removing coverages, automobiles, and drivers, splitting and combining applicants from different households, and modifying driving history of client(s).
• Queried Database tables using SQL Server Management Studio to verify test data

Confidential, Wayne, PA

Quality Assurance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Was responsible for writing and executing Quality Assurance test scripts for our client’s website ( Confidential Mortgage)
• Performed manual functional testing according to PCRs (Project Change Request documents)
• Performed various QA functions on website including uploading and entering data for mortgage loan applications (1003 applications), ordering credit for applicants from various vendors, submitting rate locks for mortgage rates and pricing periods, and submitting a loan to automated underwriting services ( Confidential or Confidential ).
• Some examples of PCR’s would be to extend a lock period for a loan and verify pricing and time period changes or verifying underwriting system xml dump files in response to new functionality on the website

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Wrote and executed test scripts in Test Director for Confidential ’s software to manage their financial data.
• Performed front and back-end testing of Financial Applications
• Created and executed test cases for a command line based UNIX application that retrieves documents from database and FTPs them into Confidential ’s FileNet system
• Tested front-end document retrieval applications, making sure to validate its integrity with database
• Performed various QA functions including staging data to test out the requirements in FRS (utilized SQL and changed XML files and registry files) and verified log files and output directories

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Validation Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created and executed test cases to test a large healthcare application used to gather data about EKG heart readings.
• Ensured system complies with Federal Code of Regulations 21CFR Part 11, and Functional Requirement Specifications
• Responsible for compiling the necessary validation documentation for client audits
• Used Mercury Quality Center to write/execute manual test cases and maintain a traceability matrix
• Converted business requirements into executable test cases based on quality assurance guidelines
• Participated regularly in daily meetings with project team for site performance and defects status updates