Software Quality Assurance Manager Resume
SUMMARY:
Senior Quality Assurance Manager with 17+ years leading Quality Assurance testing operations in web - based client-server applications. Demonstrated successes in leading and training engineering teams, (local and offshore) through complex QA projects that require deep knowledge of automation and manual testing processes. Outstanding problem-solving, analytical, decision-making, communication skills and ability to lead diverse groups of stakeholders through product review and validations. Highly effective at multi-tasking, functioning well under pressure and exhibiting determination to put the highest quality products to market.
EXPERTISE AREA:
- Project Management
- Training
- Automation Development
- Test Management
- Configuration Management
CORE COMPETENCIES:
- HP Quality Center
- HP QuickTest Professional
- JIRA | iSeries Navigator
- Royal TS
- PuTTY
- WinSCP
- FileZilla
- WinSCP
- SoapUI
- Eclipse IDE for Java Developers
- Rational SQA Robot
- Websphere
- Weblogic
- Tomcat
- JRun
- IIS
- MS Windows Solaris
- AIX
- Linux
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Oracle
- Microsoft Access
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential
Software Quality Assurance Manager
Responsibilities:
- Increased skill level of personnel by creating user guides, training documents, training curriculum and hosted training sessions. Created training documents and videos for Quality Center usage and trained team members on Quality Center.
- Reduced testing time for QA cycles 40% by automating regression and functional testing using a custom Behavior Driven Development (BDD) language automated tool.
- Dramatically improved the quality of QA releases by evolving and formalizing QA processes, establishing metrics, applying best practices, defining standards, processes and procedures.
- Improved communication and facilitated coordination across associated teams and stakeholders including QA, Development, Business Analysts, Project Managers and Senior Management.
Confidential
Application QA Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Designed and implemented well-structured easy-to-comprehend test cases that accelerated test execution times.
- Improved quality of applications by identifying and reporting 100+ defects in a 10-month period.
- Reduced the number of defects reported for new enhancements by ensuring test cases satisfied requirements.
Confidential
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Automated 6,300+ test scenarios over a 16-month period with a team of 2 to 6 Engineers identifying 100+ defects.
- Accelerated the automation efforts by building reusable frameworks and functions which the Automation Engineers utilized to build automated test cases.
- Led QA efforts for projects to launch two new websites for new "credit score" products.
Confidential
Quality Assurance Automation Manager
Responsibilities:
- Led the automating of 3,600+ test scenarios.
- Facilitated the development of automation that is easily scaled and maintained by driving the effort to design and implement reusable automation test harnesses utilized to test multiple applications.
Confidential
Quality Assurance Project Leader
Responsibilities:
- Managed team of 3 onshore Automation Engineers automating 5,500+ test scenarios over a 15-month period.
- Designed and developed HP QuickTest Professional scripts to automate functional and regression testing of products.
- Trained QA members on Mobius products, testing procedures, departmental processes, defect reporting and tracking.
- Functioned as subject matter expert for Mobius web based products, working closely and in concert with QA, Development and Customer Support to identify, analyze and resolve issues.
Confidential
Quality Assurance Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Participated in defining, establishing and improving department wide test management processes and procedures
- Served as principal tester for new enhancement features, determining QA requirements, establishing initial test environments, producing and implementing new tests and documenting procedures.
- Executed automated and manual tests and analyzed test results.
