Applications Developer/Analyst Resume , Chattanooga, TN - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming languages: Java XML C/C++ SQL/ESQL VBScript/VBA HTML/CSS/ JavaScript BASH(Shell)

Development Tools: IBM Rational Team Concert IBM ClearCase/ClearQuest Eclipse/IBM RAD IBM Message Broker/IIB Toolkit IBM WebSphere

Testing tools: HP UFT/QTP v12 (5.5 years) HP ALM/QC v11&12 (4+years) SOAP UI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Applications Developer/Analyst

Confidential, Chattanooga, TN

Responsibilities:

Serve on a team developing middleware solutions for a centralized automated multi - channel outreach system.
Connect to requesting systems via hosting web services, database table input, WebSphere MQ
Utilize a series of WebSphere Message Broker flows and MQ queues to provide a redundant, multi-threaded, language-agnostic system with failover and very little message loss.
Solution multiple data integration needs using industry-leading middleware technologies and tools

SQA Architect II - Software Quality Assurance

Confidential, Chattanooga, TN

Responsibilities:

Served as a subject matter expert for HP ALM and configured it as such for SDLC process controls.
Trained SDLC ambassadors and mentors how to use HP ALM as part of the SDLC/SLM process changes.
Functioned as a primary automation architect and engineer on SQA’s most elaborate and involved project.
Mentored other architects through automation challenges and roadblocks.
Created, maintained, and improved automation scripts while adhering to agile/scrum process and meeting strict deadlines.
Partnered with development personnel to achieve continuous integration through an automation lens.
Provided technical support for the company’s testing tools package. Connected with other teams to construct a seamless integration between other tools (RTC, Blueprint, PPM, etc.)
Coordinated testing lab migration to Windows 7, while maintaining testing tool connectivity through Citrix platforms.

SQA Architect I - Software Quality Assurance/ICD10

Confidential, Chattanooga, TN

Responsibilities:

Created extensive SQL queries for pulling Facets test data out of SYBASE database table for the ICD-10 upgrade resulting in quicker testing times, and less idle time between tests.
Lead and managed data obfuscation and test data masking efforts for the BCBST enterprise and the ICD-10 project using IBM’s Infosphere Optim.
Server Administrator for IBM’s Infosphere Optim tool. Maintains configuration, installation, and data obfuscation framework.
Developed an automated process to improve ICD code mapping requests from an eleven step manual error-prone process to a two-step automated process.
Currently assist in SQA lab maintenance and facilitate as a subject matter expert for the following tools: HP Quality Center, HP Load Runner, IBM Optim, and HP Quick Test Pro.
Served as a lead automation engineer for a project using HP Quick Test Pro and web services.
Expanded, maintained, and enhanced automated scripts and framework developed by a leading automation contracting firm.

Intern - Software Quality Assurance

Confidential, Chattanooga, TN

Responsibilities:

Actively involved in collaborating with IBM to set up the BCBST Software QA Test Center of Excellence, including requirements testability, operations guide, and testing strategy
Constructed a fully data driven automated regression test of BCBST’s member portal (website) using a data verification framework (VB Script, Sybase SQL) and Business Process Testing (BPT) components in HP QuickTest Pro.
Developed complex custom reporting for HP Quality Center in MS Excel using HP’s Open Test Architecture (OTA) API for QC.
Experimented with Selenium as an automation tool candidate for web testing.
Developed and architected the SQA automated testing lab with six equivalent workstations connected to HP QuickTest Pro and HP Quality Center in order to run and monitor multiple automated testing scripts remotely.
Optimized methods of departmental metric analysis using custom automated functions in Microsoft Excel Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
Aided in developing and creating departmental processes as internship began during confinement of the department.
CAD Operator/Engineering Records Quality Control Analyst