Sr. Software Test Engineer Lead Resume
Pentagon Stafford, VA
SUMMARY
- Qualified Sr. Systems Integrator / Test Engineer with 17 years of experience in Data Warehousing, COTS embedded software system/sub-system level testing, Simple Object Access Protocol ( SOAP) web services & applications testing, enterprise software/ systems analysis engineering, manual testing, automation testing, integration, regression testing, acceptance testing, system administration, defects/ change request reporting, ALM, Software / System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Waterfall/Agile/Scrum Test Methodologies, creating test plans/ test cases / RTMs & documenting technical system requirements utilizing System Requirements Specifications (SRS), System Design Documents (SDD), Technical Specifications (TS) & Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
- Experienced in Selenium, soapUI, JUnit, JMeter, HP ALM (QC 12.0, UFT 12.0, LoadRunner), IBM DataPower Gateway, IBM B2B Integration (B2BI), IBM Sterling Order Management System (OMS), IBM InfoSphere, Business Intelligence (BI), Informatica PowerCenter 9.1 (ETL Tool) - (PowerCenter Workflow Manager, PowerCenter Workflow Monitor, PowerCenter Designer, PowerCenter Repository Manager), Apache Hadoop 2.3.2 , webMethods 8.2.2 (Designer, Broker, IS, CAF ), MetaMatrix and Windows (7,NT,XP), DB exposure (Teradata; Teradata Aster; MS SQL Server 2012; Oracle; OBIEE; Weblogic; SAS BI, Citrix; COGNOS), multi-task oriented, MS Visual Studio, MS SharePoint Server & Office, RapidMiner Pro Plus.
- Experienced with LDAP directory services, AMPS, GCSS-J, Web application servers, Oracle Service Bus (OSB), UNIX, TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, SFTP, JDBC, ODBC & MQ.
- Experienced with Rational Configuration Management Products (Rational ClearQuest; Rational ClearCase), Apache Subversion , Bugzilla and JIRA.
- Certified in Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundations.
- Experienced System Administrator on RedHat Linux Servers, and IBM Servers
- Proven managerial success in technology-driven environment in numerous roles as a Test Lead, QA Test Engineer Lead, Lead Sr. Systems Integrator, Systems Integration & Test Manager.
- Analytical and flexible, highly adaptive to fast-paced work environment; manage multiple projects with little or no supervision with ISO 9001 /CMMI Level 5 process execution & Agile Methodology.
Software Test Tools: Selenium 2.x, Eclipse IDE, HP ALM (QC 12.0, UFT 12.0, LoadRunner), soapUI, JUnit, JMeter, JAWS, SELFTESTER, IDETOOL, MITT, TestLink, SCIP Message Sender
Software Enterprise Applications: Apache Hadoop 2.3.2, SAS Business Intelligence, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 11g, Oracle Weblogic, CISCO Composite Modeler 6.2, Informatica 8.6.1-9.1, Oracle Service Bus (OSB), Teradata 13.0, Oracle 11-13g, Business Objects (BOBJ),Visio, Apache Subversion, Cameo, Rational Software (ClearCase; ClearQuest; Harvest; SCM Tool; BMC Remedy), Citrix, webMethods 8.2.2, MetaMatrix, CentraSite, Mediator, Cognos, IBM Websphere DataPower Gateway, IBM B2B Integration (B2BI), IBM Sterling Order Management System (OMS), IBM InfoSphere, Defect Management Tool - Mantis, JIRA
Databases: JBOSS (5.0), Windows 2012, MS SQL Server, MS Access, Teradata (13.0), Teradata Aster, Teradata Viewpoint, Oracle (RDBMS 11g, 12c (relational database and management system)), Oracle SQL Developer, IBM, Bugzilla, FileMaker Pro DB
OS: Windows (NT, XP, 95/98, 2000, 2003), MS SharePoint Server, MS Visual Studio, MS- DOS, Linux (RedHat), UNIX (Sun Solaris 8)
Programming Languages: C/C++, HTML, XML, Java, VB Script, FORTRAN, Pascal, .NET
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential,Pentagon/Stafford, VASr. Software Test Engineer Lead
COTS/Software : SQL, HP ALM, Oracle Weblogic 11g, Oracle 12c, Oracle SQL Developer, Windows Server 2012, VMWare vSphere, MS SQL Server, MS .NET Framework, IBM Cognos BI, SharePoint, Software Configuration Management (Atlassian - JIRA, Confluence). Tasks included:
- Conducts Government Acceptance Testing (GAT) to enable readiness assessments for the execution of the National Military Strategy (NMS) by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and for the Joint Combat Capability Assessment (JCCA) by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the External Interface Management (EIM) server feeds Marine Corps readiness data to DRRS-Strategic (DRRS-S) with DRRS-MC PMO and other technical SAIC staff to ensure the product meets the quality goals set forth by the Government.
- Develops, executes and maintains configuration control of Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Strategy, and Test Reports using HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) to performed manual, regression and automated testing to support multiple JIRA Sprint Releases to validate the DRRS-MC design and requirements.
- Performs End-to-End Software Integration Testing utilizing Java and Oracle Weblogic applications to generate Web-enabled Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for Network-enabled Unit Status Report-Marine Corps (NetUSR-MC) to validate current and historical comprehensive DRRS-MC readiness information in the form of summary matrices and listings that maps the data from the authoritative sources to the Oracle & MS SQL Databases for ad-hoc reporting on the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence.
- Conducts backend data testing utilizing SQL in Oracle and MS SQL Server to validate associated coordination and data Extraction, Transformation & Loading (ETL) processes from schemas to produce DRRS-MC Enterprise Messaging (EM) and Marine Corps Readiness Analysis Tool (MCRAT) Adhoc Reports on the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence.
- Performs Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory authentication with NetUSR-MC applications.
- Identify, captures and tracks all bugs, defects and errors associated with each DRRS-MC software test validation release utilizing JIRA, Confluence & HP ALM.
Test Lead
COTS/Software : UNIX, SQL, Oracle 12c, BI, Oracle SQL Dev, IBM Websphere DataPower Gateway, IBM B2B Integration (B2BI), IBM Sterling Order Management System (OMS), IBM InfoSphere, Defect Management (Mantis, JIRA), Test Management (TestLink, SCIP Message Sender). Tasks included:
- Adhered to IS Control Policies throughout design, development and testing to incorporate UK Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MODAF) Architectural Standards, Ministry of Defence (MOD) standards, risk management and security policies.
- Collaborated with the management & development teams on determining vision of current and future initiatives of the MOD functional testing & Integrated Test, Evaluation and Acceptance (ITEA) Plan.
- Developed and maintained functional requirements traceability matrices, test scenarios, test data, test cases and test scripts utilizing the TestLink Test Management Tool to ensure maximum reusability for subsequent technology changes to validate the Supply Chain Integration Platform (SCIP).
- Performed End-to-End Software/System Integration Testing, Joint Integration Testing (JIT) with MOD IT and User Acceptance Test (UAT) with the Boeing Defence UK Ltd. (BDUK) Customer on IBM COTS applications (Websphere DataPower, B2B Integration (B2BI) & Sterling Order Management Systems (OMS)) to validate that the data messages flow properly throughout the Supply Chain Integration Platform (SCIP) system and maps the data from the source files to the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) Oracle database & sync with Business Intelligence (BI) to generate adhoc reports.
- Collaborated with business and development teams to communicate business requirements, test methodology and defects.
- Created and tracked all defects associated with each SCIP Release using JIRA / Mantis.
Sr. Data Warehouse Test Engineer
COTS/Software : UNIX, SQL, ETL ( Informatica), Hadoop, Teradata, MS SQL Server, Oracle 12c, RedHat Linux Server, SAS BI, Tableau, MS Visual Studio, MS SharePoint, JIRA. Tasks included:
- Collaborated with Data Architects & Developers to establish Agile Test Methodologies best practices.
- Conducted end-to-end data integration testing on Extract, Transfer, Load (ETL) load jobs using SQL extracts, web services, Informatica & Hadoop applications to validate that healthcare data parsed successfully into the Teradata & MS SQL Server DBs (RDBMS) per the source-to-target data mapping specifications & into columns within the SAS Business Intelligence Adhoc and Dashboard Reports.
- Developed and executed Test Plans, Test Strategy, Test Cases, Test Scripts, and Test Reports using JIRA to support multiple two-week Sprint R eleases to perform manual, automated, regression and performance testing against the Source-to-Target Mapping Documents.
- Analyzed data using SQL extracts in Teradata & MS SQL Server DBs to validate Military Health System (MHS) data on ASTER platform to produce BI Adhoc and Dashboard Reports.
- Created and tracked all defects associated with each Sprint Releases using JIRA.
Systems Integration & Test Manager
COTS/Software : UNIX, .NET, SQL, Selenium 2.x, Eclipse IDE, Apache JMeter 2.x, Oracle 12c, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 11g, RapidMiner Pro Plus, SQL Plus, MS Visual Studio, MS SharePoint Server, JAWS, CISCO Composite Modeler 6.2, Windows Server 2012, Bugzilla, Software Configuration Management (Apache Subversion, Cameo). Tasks included:
- Managed Team Members and met the testing mandates utilizing Agile/Scrum Methodologies.
- Conducted Government Testing with Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) PMO Customer, Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), Program Resources and Information Systems Management (PRISM) Division for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) and other technical staff to ensure the product meets the quality goals set forth by the Government.
- Performed End-to-End Software Integration Testing utilizing web services build on .NET to validate that the data flows properly throughout the entire system and maps the data from the source files to the CISCO Composite Modeler and Oracle DB for ad-hoc reporting on the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE).
- Analyzed data using SQL extracts in Oracle to validate historical financial data against the Predictive Analytics forecast model utilizing the RapidMiner Studio Professional Plus & RapidMiner Professional Plus Server Application to produce OBIEE Adhoc Reports.
- Performed manual and automated testing using Selenium and Eclipse IDE to validate that each sub-system component functions as designed per the NGRMS requirements.
- Performed Account Management Provisioning System (AMPS) integration with the NGRMS applications to validate Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory authentication.
- Developed, executed and maintained configuration control of Test Plans, Test Cases/Scripts, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) and Test Reports in the Software Configuration Management Apache Subversion Tool.
- Identified, captured and tracked all bugs, defects & errors associated with each NGRMS software test validation release utilizing Bugzilla.
Lead Systems Integrator Test Engineer
COTS/Software : UNIX, webMethods 8.2.2, Oracle, SQL Server 2012, Microsoft SharePoint Server, Rational Software (SCM Tool, BMC Remedy). Tasks included:
- Performed End-to-End Software Integration Testing on webMethods 8.2.2 (Designer, Broker, CAF & Integration Server) to validate that the data flows properly throughout the entire system and maps the data from the source files to the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS) Portfolio Workbench (FPW) User Interface (UI) and sync with the Oracle database and SQL Server 2012.
- Performed manual and automated scenario cluster testing on each sub-system component to validate that the UI functions properly for filtering and cataloging throughout the Workload Manager.
- Developed and executed Test Plans, Test Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) and Test Reports to support multiple software releases against the System Design Documents (SDD).
- Developed and managed the overall software test planning, strategy, constructing and execution of test / evaluation plans & test cases/ scripts across several projects.
- Identified, captured and tracked all bugs, defects & errors associated with each software test validation release on the MS SharePoint Server.
- Analyzed, reviewed and validated integrated test data against internal/external COTS systems for aggregation / UI test reporting and database validation.
Confidential,Dayton, OH
Lead Systems Integrator Test Engineer
COTS/Software : UNIX, webMethods 8.2.2, MetaMatrix, CentraSite, Mediator, soapUI, JMeter , SQL, VB Script, HP ALM Test Suites (Quality Center (QC) 12.0, Unified Functional Testing (UFT) 12.0), Rational Software (Harvest, SCM Tool, BMC Remedy). Tasks included:
- Conducted Assembly / Connectivity Testing & Functional Security Testing to verify / validate the Provider and Consumer connections are successfully established on the IDE Broker System.
- Performed End-to-End System Test on webMethods 8.2.2 to validate that the data flows properly throughout the entire system and parse successfully into the target databases.
- Created and executed Test Cases, Test Plans & Test Scripts using HP ALM QC , HP UFT.
- Conducted run-time service virtualization using soapUI for virtualization of endpoints to manage fail-over, provide load balancing, and concurrency between CentraSite and Mediator.
- Modified, stored, & tracked all defects associated with each Test Event using Rational Software (Harvest, SCM Tool, BMC Remedy).
- Conducted Sub-System Testing on physical schema, physical mapping, data defs, DDMS tags in the MetaMatrix Repository into Mediator, CentraSite & DLA Data Discovery Portal to verify metadata.
Confidential,Rockville, MD
Sr. Systems Integrator Test Engineer:
COTS/Software : UNIX, JBOSS 5.0, Red Hat Linux, Oracle 11g, EMC TimeFinder, NetB, Rational Software (ClearCase, ClearQuest, RequistePro). Tasks included:
- Conducted full End-to-End test execution of comprehensive biometrics enabled intelligence (BEl) analysis on CI, CT, and FP investigations and operations.
- Analyzed and mapped system level requirements that linked to multiple unclassified and classified biometrics-related and terrorist-related JBOSS databases such as the Terrorist Identities Datamart Enterprise (TIDE), the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), and the DoD Automated Biometric Identity System (ABIS) to compile data supporting biometrics intelligence collected by USEUCOM.
- Created and executed detail test plans, test reports, and test scripts for biometrically source intelligence products and biometric identification analysis reports (BIARs).
- Developed biometrics Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) and Mission Essential Task Lists to support development of the biometrics program.
- Performed day to day system and functional testing utilizing detailed test procedures and identifying any defects into the Rational Software ClearQuest and ClearCase.
Lead Sr. Systems Integrator:
COTS/Software : UNIX, webMethods 8.2, Tivoli, Data Profiling/Data Flux, MetaMatrix, CentraSite, Mediator, soapUI, JMeter, SQL, Teradata SQL Assistant (13.0), Teradata Viewpoint, Oracle, Oracle Service Bus (OSB), Informatica (8.6.1-9.1), Java, VB Script, HP Test Suites (9.0-12.0) (LoadRunner ;QualityCenter; Unified Functional Testing ), RDBMS, Business Intelligence (BI), Rational Software (ClearCase, ClearQuest, RequistePro), Citrix. Tasks included:
- Performed Software Integration Test, Government Test, User Acceptance Test (UAT) on embedded software to ensure each of the components function properly when built on a target system (Oracle).
- Conducted Assembly / Connectivity Testing to verify / validate the Provider and Consumer connections are successfully established on the IDE Broker System.
- Performed End-to-End System Test on webMethods 8.2 (Designer,Broker, Integration Server), Oracle Service Bus (OSB) , Tivoli Management Server, BI Server, Data Profiling/Data Flux Server, Informatica PowerCenter , & Teradata SQL Assistant to validate that the data flows properly throughout the entire system and maps the test data from the source files to the entity/attribute in the database, then to the column in the report.
- Conducted Functional Security Test on system logins, data encryption, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) lookups to validate the security requirements.
- In a UNIX environment, tested and validated the webMethods Data Broker protocols via Message Queue (MQ), Java Messaging Server (JMS), Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) and Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) per the Provider & Consumer business rules.
- Created and drafted testing documentation that includes the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), the Test Case Specification Plan, and the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) which maps to test cases and Rational ReqPro using HP QC & HP UFT to ensure company products and services comply with customer requirements.
- Conducted run-time service virtualization using soapUI for virtualization of endpoints to manage fail-over, provide load balancing, and concurrency between CentraSite and Mediator.
- Conducted Performance and Capacity Testing using LoadRunner to verify the performance and capacity of the middleware software server, databases & the application server.
- Modified, tested, & implemented tables/views for SQL extracts using Teradata SQL Assistant.
- Conducted Sub-System Testing on the physical schema, data exchange service, data defs, DDMS tags using SSO into Mediator, CentraSite, & DLA Data Discovery Portal to validate metadata details.
- Modified, stored, and tracked all defects associated with each Test Event using Rational Software (ClearCase, ClearQuest, RequistePro).
Quality Assurance (QA) Test Engineer Lead
COTS/Software : Windows (2003), UNIX, SQL, Oracle, Linux (RedHat), IBM, VB Script, HP (9.0) (LoadRunner ; QualityCenter; Quick Test Professional), RDBMS. Specific tasks accomplished:
- Performed and validated Quality Assurance Testing using HP Test Suites (LoadRunner; QC;QTP) on Dell Servers for the US Army Reserves Enterprise Support Data Center on Windows 2003 server platforms within the Integrated Test Lab (ITL).
- Developed and implemented software/systems testing standards using Manual / Automated testing methods to discover defects in storage backup and retrieval software.
- Responsible for the creation of Test Cases, Test Plans, SOPs, User Manuals, and Work Instructions to ensure adherence to company and customer quality standards.
- Performed testing on purchased third-party software (COTS) and/or services to ensure that company standards and end-user requirements are met by documenting / analyzing test results and providing recommendations to improve overall quality.
- Certified in Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundations.
- Provided quality-related training to Army Reserves Data Center personnel.
- Served as the System Administrator on RedHat Linux Servers, Dell Servers, and IBM Servers (including maintenance, imaging, installing, and design) within the Integrated Test Lab (ITL).
- Managed and configured the Windows Server hardware and software, including Microsoft Windows Server, Exchange Server, and SQL server.
Systems Integration Test Engineer
COTS/Software : UNIX, SQL, Oracle, Linux (RedHat), IBM, Windows, SELFTESTER, IDTTOOLS, MITT, MRTG, JAVA, RDBMS, Rational SW (FileMaker Pro). Specific tasks accomplished:
- Coordinated Emergency Change Board (ECB) meetings as a Build Team Lead that assisted in the development and enhancement of Trouble Reports (TRs)/ Change Requests (CRs).
- Performed System Integration/ Software Testing related to the design of the subsystems/ total system for GMD System Trainer (GST) & Test Exerciser (Tex).
- Performed hardware maintenance, log maintenance, rolling restarts, and problem resolution when issues occurred on RedHat Linux Servers using UNIX.
- Conducted data management analysis of test data to determine satisfaction of test objectives.
- Developed detailed test cases and test scripts for conducting real world integration testing, regression testing, and acceptance testing of embedded software.
- Conducted System Integration Check out (ICO) using MITT to verify the Ground Based Interceptors (GBI) in the Integration Lab (GDIL) and Interceptor Integration Facility (IIF) at Boeing.
- Performed automated regression testing using SELFTESTER tool to conduct record and play back of GST/Tex test scripts.
- Executed Integrated Test Events as a Certified GMD System Trainer (GST) Operator.
- Tracked complicated program support deficiencies for GST and Test Exerciser (Tex) software using Rational Software (FileMaker Pro).
- Served as Systems Administrator implementing LAN technologies (Ethernet) and protocols (TCP/IP) for GST and Test Exerciser (Tex) on IBM and RedHat Linux servers using IDTTOOLS to facilitate clean-up of run environments, log files, and configuration of system aliases.
- Developed software and / or hardware test methodology, procedures, and facilities for GST.
- Ensured that the project met CMMI Level 5 / ISO 9001 standards and the gathering of evidence to support the project claim of being CMMI Level 5 Compliant.
