SUMMARY

• I have experience as a Quality Assurance/Automation Specialist in mobile and web applications.
• I’ve served as project lead, team lead, trainer and mentor for new developers learning multiple programming languages/technologies in an agile software development paradigm.
• My goal is to find a career in Automation where I can fully utilize and expand my skills.
• Ideally I would like to work on Quality Testing for mobile or web applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• HP UFT
• Selenium WebDriver
• Selenium RC
• Selenium Recorder
• Selenium Grid
• Junit
• JBehave
• RESTful
• Appium
• Espresso
• Jmeter
• Cucumber
• Calabash
• SpecFlow
• OWasp ZAP
• Java
• C#
• Subversion
• GIT
• Jira
• Jenkins
• Hudson
• Confluence
• Windows XP
• Windows 7
• Windows 8
• Windows 10
• iOS
• Android
• OS X
• Android
• Android/IPhone Virtual Devices
• VMWare

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Automation Engineer/ Technical Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created, implemented and managed the testing of complex IT projects in a fast paced agile environment.
• Implemented strong leadership, design and development skills to effectively plan, estimate, forecast, control, manage, and deliver on all activities for projects and all related release initiatives on schedule.
• Functioned as the Subject Matter Expert for Automation/Testing for the Confidential.
• Managed/Lead multiple Client projects at times leading multiple project while also working as a singular QA resource on client projects :

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Staff augmentation position as QA Lead
• Educated lead and mentored clients QA/Automation team
• Remedied issues that hindered automation regression testing for months in about a week
• Refactored Java Selenium Code Base ; Making code easily readable and traversable
• Set up continuous integration implementing Jenkins
• Set up multi - browser testing
• Educated team on Scrum participating in stand ups, planning, etc
• Set up Jira board tracking defects from development and any testing issues that required tracking CarBiz
• Lead a team of 3 QA members developing and implementing automation test scripts for a development team of 27 Junior, mid and senior developers
• Created performance test scripts to find and verify project data limits
• Created test scripts using Webdriver JS, Jasmine and protractor
• Engaged in daily scrum meetings with Development staff as well as stake holders reporting any and all issues.
• Mentored junior QA staff on JMeter performance testing
• Tracked defects, bugs, blockers and status of development using Jira
• Engaged in Scrum
• Participated in developing structure of team

Confidential

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 1 QA members developing and implementing testing scripts for a development team of 5
• Developed test cases in HP UFT
• Mentored Junior QA staff
• Participated in meetings with Stake Holders to report status, progress and weekly metrics. Participated in meetings with other client teams about deliverables such as requirements, code drops, etc. Confidential
• Built and managed the test environment

Confidential

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked as the solitary QA resource for a team of 10 developers developing and implementing testing scripts
• Created test scripts using Selenium RC/Webdriver Java
• Implemented Selenium Grid for multi-browser, multi platform testing
• Implemented Continuous integration leveraging Jenkins
• Created scripts using Jmeter testing performance finding and verifying Data limits
• Created scripts using OWasp Zap finding security vulnerabilities
• Created test scripts using RESTFul verifying end points were sending back correct data

Confidential

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked as the solitary QA resource for a team of 5 while working concurrently with Confidential
• Created and implemented IOS automated testing using Appium
• Reviewed requirements to verify that solutions being built met customer needs/expectations.

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked as the solitary QA resource for a team of 5 while working concurrently with Neptune NView
• Created and implemented Android automated testing using Espresso
• Reviewed requirements to verify that solutions being built met customer needs/expectations.

Confidential

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 6 QA resources mentoring/preparing for Confidential
• Developed a curriculum for Confidential which is used today, strengthening and preparing potential employees for the fast paced technical at Confidential
• Held code/test reviews where junior developers would have their code critiqued.
• Mentored Junior QA on Jira, Selenium, Cucumber, Jmeter and RESTFul

Confidential

QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 10 QA resources for development teams totaling about 35 developers ranging from junior to senior levels
• Created Automation Test Scripts using selenium Webdriver/RC Java JUnit
• Oversaw development of all testing scripts not written by myself
• Held bi-daily code reviews for junior staff
• Implemented Selenium Grid for Multi-broswer multi platform testing.
• Worked at a very fast pace while maintaining quality.
• Engaged in daily meetings Scrum with development team, stake holders and business analyst
• Implemented multitude of technologies over multiple client projects.
• Built Multiple Teams from the ground up providing mentorship/training.
• Established test procedures companywide where none had previously existed.
• Participated in and managed all phases of testing. (i.e., unit, integration, functional, regression, system, acceptance, and stress).
• Negotiated test schedules with engineering team and management/stake holders.
• Established consistent test execution including test case development and defect tracking.
• Researched and implemented automated testing tools for daily regression leveraging Continuous integration such as Jenkins and Bamboo.
• Participated in the hiring of new team members (leading technical interviews)
• Established test methodologies to meet time-to-market without compromising quality.
• Established consistent test execution including test plans and test case development.
• Built efficient and flexible test teams that worked well with engineering and business development.
• Coordinated up to 6 concurrent products through test to deployment.
• Used GIT/SVN for version control client/project specific
• Reviewed requirements to verify that solutions being built met customer needs/expectations.
• Worked with Technical Writers, Software Engineers and Business Analyst to assure that items in the System Requirement Documents, Jira were testable and pointed correctly.
• Developed and revised Test Plans and Cases based on client needs.
• Held code/test reviews where junior developers would have their code critiqued.