Qa Engineer, Consultant Resume
Boston, MA
SUMMARY:
- Motivated to drive projects from start to finish.
- Works well under pressure and consistently meets deadlines and targets while delivering high quality work.
- Saved on average 10% on QA costs by implementing QA methodologies
- Designed/executed manual test cases based on specifications in collaboration with developers and business analysts
- Consistently met deadlines
- Recognized for proactive decisions and excellent work
- Developed automated Silk test scripts reducing manual testing time
- Coached software developers on QA procedures when company did not have a QA group
- Designed test cases from specifications
- Participated in Agile environment, collaborated with development, business analysts
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
QA Methodologies: Manual, Automated, Acceptance, Unit, Functional, Integration, System, Security and Vulnerability Usability, Black and White box, Cross - browser
SDLC: Agile, Waterfall, Iterative
Tools: Jira, Python, SQL, Silk Test
Additional Skills: Firmware, Embedded, FDA, CFR, blood/gas analyzer, financial, embedded amplifier software, CAN bus, MOST network, Oscilloscope, frequency generator
EXPERIENCE:
QA Engineer, Consultant
Confidential, Boston MA
Technical Skills used: Jira, SDLC, test case development, cross browser
Responsibilities:
- Consistently met deadlines and requirements for all phases of QA cycle
- Significantly reduced costs by implementing QA strategies to test financial application in discovering high percentage of bugs
- Developed and executed manual test cases based on specifications and collaboration with developers and business analysts. Reviewed software documentation for technical accuracy.
- Recognized for responsibility and proactive decisions that met and exceeded customer expectations
- Cross browser testing with IE, Chrome, Firefox. Performed UI, Regression, and Security testing. Documented bug reports in Jira. Utilized SDLC process
- Software tested analyzed equities, options, and futures.
QA Engineer
Confidential, Medford, MA
Technical Skills used: Jira, Agile, test case development
Responsibilities:
- Developed test criteria that increased number of bugs found
- Collaborated with team members to test enhancements for Web based financial applications such as PaperPortfolio Stock Trading system
- Developed and executed manual test cases based on discussions in meetings, participated in all areas of SDLC. Collaborated with engineers and project managers
- Designed SQL Developer queries to verify databases, used Jira in Agile environment
- Customized maintenance for bug fixes and patch sets for existing web applications
- Initiated regression, UI, Unit, and system-level testing to verify software quality and function before it was released
QA Engineer
Confidential, Waltham, MA
Technical Skills used: Developed test cases, Bugzilla
Responsibilities:
- Successfully tested Security Desktop client/server application
- Delivered and executed manual test cases on client for accuracy in reading Word, Excel, and other files for social security numbers, and other XML data
- Converted test cases for GUI interface, wrote detailed bug reports using Bugzilla
- Utilized Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
QA Engineer
Confidential
Technical Skills used: embedded software, robotic blood/gas analyzer, designed test cases
Responsibilities:
- Designed test cases from formal 200 page specification using traceability matrix
- Interpreted specifications for embedded software in medical instrument, blood/gas analyzer, using FDA and CFR regulations
- Investigated specifics of robotic arms, wheels, and pumps
QA Engineer
Confidential
Technical Skills used: Silk Test, DB2 SQL
Responsibilities:
- Defined test plans, test cases from functional specifications
- Developed Silk Test scripts for Java based Web application for Loan Origination and Borrower Portal software using test driven development
- Designed functional, GUI, and regression automated scripts. Wrote DB2 SQL queries
QA Engineer
Confidential
Technical Skills used: embedded amplifier, oscilloscope, CAN bus, MOST network
Responsibilities:
- Completed testing commands for embedded amplifier software on MOST optical network using oscilloscope and frequency generator
- Defined test cases to validate functional behaviors of proprietary functions for amplifier
- Discussed issues with software engineers and utilized SDLC
QA Engineer
Confidential
Technical Skills used: blood/gas analyzer, developed test cases, bug tracking, FDA, CFR
Responsibilities:
- Tested software at various companies such as Ciba Corning, State Street Bank
