SUMMARY

• Critical thinking Microsoft Alumni with over 16 years experience in software engineering. Strong understanding of multiple SDLC's from conception and early development to product release. Use programming knowledge within Linux and WinOS to develop tools that reduce cost, improve testing efficiency, and increase software quality. Work closely with developers, program managers, Lead test and UAT groups to solve problems and improve processes. Develop surgical test plans reflecting business and user needs, cost evaluation, and test cases. Unparalleled affinity for end user experience while protecting company assets. Certified Scrum Master.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. QA Architect Lead / DevOps Engineer

Confidential, Salt Lake City, UT

Responsibilities:

• Provide automation solution and tool vision to VP level management for enterprise wide approach. Develop automation framework and best practices for Confidential Engineering using open - source tools. Responsible for test plan creation and risk/gap analysis of the Confidential Claims manager suite. Created Java Unit level coverage analysis and implementation for engineering. On shore and Off shore. Design Confidential Claims Manager installer and build deployment process using continuous integration with Maven, Jenkins and using GIT Hub as source code repository. Maintain Kanban and Sprints in Rally. Create user stories, set velocity, lead retrospectives. Manage and administer cloud infrastructure (AWS, VMWare, CMP). Automation of Virtualization Architecture using VMWare vCloud Power CLI, Bash Shell and Windows Scripting Host. Introduce Oracle Multi-tenent and manage implementation for Confidential flagship products. Enterprise Java running JBOSS. Create and Execute Oracle/MS SQL queries. Primary tool developer for claims and big-data scripting needs. Liaison for Group Directors and VP’s for Infrastructure vision. As the groups’ SME, represent organizations environment and technology stack needs (Linux/LAMP/MS).

Sr. Software/Hardware Engineer Lead Architect in Test

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for defining NA/US Battery test methodology and reporting. Provide official communication of battery life for Sony VAIO products to US Legal and Marketing group for publication within a Linux (RHEL) Environment. Automate OEM imaging and battery life measurement of VAIO systems. Automation of the system per-configuration and execution of standardized test tool, MobileMark. Perform in-system chip (re)programming of embedded controllers and SPI. Corrupted bios recovery. Usability test engineer for Sony's seasonal releases of chassis with packaged software. Hardware testing. International collaboration training Japan and Europe groups on test methodology and tool execution. Assist with hardware limitation (defect) investigations. Work with US Marketing in Hardware teardown videos for Sony YouTube Channel. Links available below.

Software Quality Engineer

Confidential,

San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• Create test automation framework using selenium. Maven and Jenkins implementation within Red Hat Linux/WinX. Create automated smoke and regression test suite for Turbo Tax's CARE platform. Develop Test plan and test cases for CARE support system. Perform functional and non-functional manual testing. Salesforce integration testing. Data validation and business rule validation. Configuration of LAMP test environment and maintenance. Apache/Linux system level administration.

Software Test Engineer Lead

Confidential

San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• Creation of test automation framework for validation of our Branchnet Advisor Platform (Web Applications) utilizing Java in eclipse with Selenium RC and 2.0 (webdriver) libraries. Conversion from Establish source control using Subversion and CM principles for the automation group. Provide web applications/tools and relational databases that present test results and serve as a vehicle to execute test suites on remote automation clients. Development of a translation layer utilized by the automation framework which allows testers to write scripts as a “Natural” language. This automation framework has been adopted as a standard by Confidential Financial and is currently being used by ~50 manual testers. Driving efficiencies by allowing less skilled testers and manual test engineers the ability to provide automation test coverage for their areas of ownership.
• Create, maintain and manage automated regression test suites. Submit defects, purpose solutions to them, and follow through to resolution with an emphasis on impact analysis and regressive behavior. Advise peers using 'best practices' on test case design and provide insight on functional test approach of new features coming down the pipeline in our fast paced agile SDLC environment. Develop test scripts from functional requirement documents prior to code delivery. Whitebox API testing of REST, XML, and JSON webservices using python and SoapUI for incoming data feeds, mobile devices, and authentication. Used Web-app penetration (Security Testing) testing skills to identify several critical security defects.
• Labeled as the “Go-to-Guy” for creative solutions to tough problems across our business technology organization.

Software Test Engineer Lead

Confidential

San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• FDA Compliance testing. Implemented SoapUI data-driven automation framework for testing of XML and REST state based medical device webservices. Created a web application using C#, TSQL, and .NET to serve as a portal for the test team to input data used by the SoapUI automation framework for data driven test suites. Develop Test plans and test Cases for the T6000 Spectrum analyzer. Execute Manual/Automated Tests from Quality Center. Created and Executed Quick Test Pro Testscripts.

Software Test Engineer

Confidential

San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• Develop automation and test project plans for Scranton’s Web Application and Web Service. Integrate complete solution into existing software cycle. Used Quick Test Pro (QTP) and descriptive programming to develop test suites that covered core functionality from the clients perspective. Tested backend web-services using SoapUI. Created test automation framework from scratch. Train manual test team on the use of automation from a best practice perspective. Trained them on creation of new automated tests and maintenance of existing ones. Create test case suit, data used in testing, and maintained completed tests.