SUMMARY

• 18 years plus of software testing experience 
• 10 years plus of solid and colective leadership experience in SQA
• Strong working knowledge of the Rational Unified Process towards Software Development and Quality Assurance
• Strong working Knowledge of the Unified Modeling Language process towards Software Development
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong working Knowledge of the Agile Software development process 
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong working knowledge and experience with UFT automated software
• Detail oriented with experience working on time - sensitive projects
• Ability to keep projects moving due to my experience and understanding of project life-cycles
• Excellent interpersonal skills with more than 18 years working in a team setting
• Able to understand technical concepts and customer needs in fast paced environment
• Strong background in process analysis and data flow diagrams for problem solving
• Skilled in requirements management with regard to client involvement to ensure effective Quality Practices
• Understanding needs for consistent higher level analysis/evaluation geared towards process improvement  
• Strong knowledge and experience using the Agile Process towards software development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QA Engineer                                          

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Currently Providing an enterprise level of software QA automation engineering support to all departments within the division
• Determined test approaches and provided guidance and subject matter expertise to engineers on testing and Quality Assurance (QA) methodologies and processes
• Worked with engineers to drive improvements in code quality via manual and automated testing
• Responsible for managing the definition, implementation, and integration of quality principles into the design and development of software and IT processes
• Involved in the review of requirements specifications for weaknesses in function, performance, reliability, scalability, testability, usability, and security and compliance testing, and provides recommendations
• Planed and defines testing approach, providing advice on prioritization of testing activity in support of identified risks in project schedules or test scenarios
• Developed test plans, testing resource requirements, and overall scheduling of testing activity
• Responsible for developing manual and automated test cases and configurations needed to meet testing of business requirements
• Developed automated test scripts for websites using Selenium and UFT for the Japanese market online card applications
• Developed automated test scripts for mobile iOS & android phones using UFT the Device Connect application (Mobile Labs) for the digital marketing portfolio including merchant and card offers
• Executed test cases/scripts to ensure delivery of quality software applications - unit, integration, functional, system, etc
• Lead High-level DevOps projects using MS Project within the Agile SDLC Environment
• Managed/created/adjusted financials & forecasting using CA Clarity software and also added team members to their individual assignments.
• Provided support in the Agile Scrum Master role & responsibilities including Capactity Planning for resources using CA Agile Central software
• DevOps Engineering and driving the Management/Director level strategy by producing documentation for the CI/CD process (Continuous Integration/ Continuous Delivery) and working directly with Management & Directors in order to finalize, then implement our solution
• Facilitated Strategic meetings with Management & Directors so that we could discuss the high-level POD/POA (Point of Departure/Point of Arrival) strategic documentation in order to establish & manage the technology alignment within the Delivery Transformation Enterprise of Confidential .

QA Test Lead Engineer / Test Manager                                         

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided an enterprise type of software QA support to all departments within the division
• Developed test strategy and maintained the entire test suite for vendor (cloud-based) educational software (Skillport) Skillsoft
• Lead and developed test strategy for all IT Security Bureau related projects
• Lead and developed test strategy for RSA SecurID & Active Directory server/application testing
• Lead test strategy for IT web security testing (F5 (training/blocking), Vulnerability Scanning, and PGP email Encryption software testing)
• Lead test strategy for SQL DB encryption (TDE) Transport Data encryption, (DEK) Database encryption key, & (DMK) Database master key
• Lead the test automation & script development projects for IBM Mainframe Testing using Hiperstation (Compuware) test automation software
• Lead and developed test strategy for Crystal Reports integrated into web applications
• Lead and developed test strategy and maintained the entire test suite for BI tools trending data reports
• Developed test strategy and maintained the entire functional test suite for all of the department related web sites (7 total)
• Developed test cases within the Agile software development environment for the Child Support Enforcement Applications
• Lead multiple test efforts for the incoming and outgoing File interface evaluation projects
• Developed test strategy for CoolGen and COBOL Applications within the IBM Mainframe environment
• Developed test strategy for IBM JCL and SQL/SPUFI Applications within the IBM Mainframe environment
• Developed DB2 test validation strategy for IBM Mainframe applications using IBM/TSO/Platinum
• Developed test strategy for web-regression testing intranet Child Support Enforcement Application
• Determine test approaches and methods - unit, integration, functional, system, etc.
• Review requirements, functional design, and internal design specifications and other necessary documents
• Prepare test environment and testscripts, developed Web & IBM Mainframe user manuals/reference documents/configuration guides/installation guides, set -up test tracking processes, set up logging and archiving processes, set up or obtain test input data
• Performed SQL Web-Server Data loads for .Net web front-end testing via SQL Server Enterprise job execution process
• Perform post-regression testing after installs for all Web & IBM Mainframe software releases
• Evaluate and report Defect/ Issue reports
• Manage all outstanding issues/bugs and fixes
• Manage and update test plans, test cases, test environment, and testscripts through life cycle
• Design, Execute, and re-test the test cases as needed
• Conduct necessary reviews/inspections/approvals of test cases
• Determine test tool requirements for the department (Test Automation, Configuration Management, test tracking, defect tracking, etc.)  
• Determine schedule estimates, timelines, milestones
• Developed Automated Record/Playback scripts for defect logging within IBM application screen.

QA Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed test strategy for Confidential Transportation Systems
• Developed test strategy for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway company
• Determine test script requirements (record/playback tools, coverage analyzers, test tracking, problem/bug tracking, etc.)  
• Determine test input data requirements  
• Identify tasks, those responsible for tasks, and labor requirements  
• Determine schedule estimates, timelines, milestones  
• Define input equivalence classes, boundary value analyses, error classes
• Developed test strategy for Long Island Railroad company
• Developed test strategy for construction and validation of timetables for railway systems
• Developed test strategy to simulate train scheduling, Train data and overall track control system processing
• Developed and implemented test case documentation using TestTrack (Seapine Software)
• Design, Execute, and re-test the test cases as needed
• Developed test case documentation for use with Spectrum legacy software within the Unix environment
• Created defects and change requests using Rational ClearQuest
• Review requirements, functional design, and internal design specifications and other necessary documents.
• Identify application's higher-risk aspects, set priorities, and determine scope and limitations of tests                                                  
• Determine test approaches and methods - unit, integration, functional, system, load, usability tests, etc.                                      
• Determine test environment requirements (hardware, software, communications, etc.)                                  

QA Engineer                                          

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Review requirements, functional design, and internal design specifications and other necessary documents.  
• Review budget and schedule requirements.  
• Determine test approaches and methods - unit, integration, functional, system, load, usability tests, etc.  
• Determine test environment requirements (hardware, software, communications, etc.)  
• Determine test script requirements (record/playback tools, coverage analyzers, test tracking, problem/bug tracking, etc.)  
• Determine test input data requirements  
• Identify tasks, those responsible for tasks, and labor requirements  
• Determine schedule estimates, timelines, milestones  
• Define input equivalence classes, boundary value analyses, error classes  
• Prepare test plan document and have needed reviews/approvals  
• Design, Execute, and re-test the test cases as needed  
• Have needed reviews/inspections/approvals of test cases  
• Prepare test environment and test scripts, obtain needed user manuals/reference documents/configuration guides/installation guides, set  
• up test tracking processes, set up logging and archiving processes, set up or obtain test input data  
• Perform post- regression testing after installs for all software releases  
• Evaluate and report Defect/ Issue reports  
• Manage and update test plans, test cases, test environment, and test scripts through life cycle  
• Manage all outstanding issues/bugs and fixes

Quality Assurance Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Develop manual test cases within the Agile software development environment for Healthcare Administration software applications
• Develop Test strategy to verify software deployed to several different portals
• Review requirements, functional design, and internal design specifications and other necessary documents.
• Review budget and schedule requirements.
• Evaluate project-related personnel and their responsibilities, reporting requirements, required standards and processes (such as release
• processes, change processes, etc.).
• Identify application's higher-risk aspects, set priorities, and determine scope and limitations of tests
• Determine test approaches and methods - unit, integration, functional, system, load, usability tests, etc.
• Determine test environment requirements (hardware, software, communications, etc.)
• Determine test script requirements (record/playback tools, coverage analyzers, test tracking, problem/bug tracking, etc.)
• Determine test input data requirements
• Identify tasks, those responsible for tasks, and labor requirements
• Determine schedule estimates, timelines, milestones
• Define input equivalence classes, boundary value analyses, error classes
• Prepare test plan document and have needed reviews/approvals

Quality Assurance Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead Test effort for Consumer based web application responsible for releasing bank Transactions via the Federal Reserve
• Developed Test Strategy for ACH Banking technology in conjunction with IVR (Voice Recognition) phone initiated bank Transactions via the Federal Reserve
• Developed manual test cases using Mercury Test Director
• Review requirements, functional design, and internal design specifications and other necessary documents.
• Evaluate project-related personnel and their responsibilities, reporting requirements, required standards and processes (such as release
• processes, change processes, etc.).
• Identify application's higher-risk aspects, set priorities, and determine scope and limitations of tests
• Determine test approaches and methods - unit, integration, functional, system, load, usability tests, etc.
• Determine test environment requirements (hardware, software, communications, etc.)
• Determine test script requirements (record/playback tools, coverage analyzers, test tracking, problem/bug tracking, etc.)
• Determine test input data requirements
• Identify tasks, those responsible for tasks, and labor requirements
• Determine schedule estimates, timelines, milestones
• Define input equivalence classes, boundary value analyses, error classes
• Prepare test plan document and have needed reviews/approvals
• Design, Execute, and re-test the test cases as needed for MagTek Excella dual & Single sided scanners for check scanning
• Have needed reviews/inspections/approvals of test cases
• Prepare test environment and test scripts, obtain needed user manuals/reference documents/configuration guides/installation guides, set
• up test tracking processes, set up logging and archiving processes, set up or obtain test input data
• Perform post- regression testing after installs for all software releases
• Evaluate and report Defect/ Issue reports
• Manage all outstanding issues/bugs and fixes
• Manage and update test plans, test cases, test environment, and test scripts through life cycle

QA Automation Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and execute automated test suite (Mercury Quicktest Professional 8.0) for in house Security software patches and upgrades
• Verify server Policy server upgrades using Siteminder Version 5.0
• Execute automated and manual tests cases/scripts within Active Directory envronment
• Verify testing results using Secure Token hardware technology
• Review requirements, functional design, and internal design specifications and other necessary documents.
• Review budget and schedule requirements.
• Evaluate project-related personnel and their responsibilities, reporting requirements, required standards and processes (such as release
• processes, change processes, etc.).
• Identify application's higher-risk aspects, set priorities, and determine scope and limitations of tests
• Determine test approaches and methods - unit, integration, functional, system, load, usability tests, etc.
• Determine test environment requirements (hardware, software, communications, etc.)
• Determine test script requirements (record/playback tools, coverage analyzers, test tracking, problem/bug tracking, etc.)
• Determine test input data requirements
• Identify tasks, those responsible for tasks, and labor requirements
• Determine schedule estimates, timelines, milestones
• Define input equivalence classes, boundary value analyses, error classes
• Prepare test plan document and have needed reviews/approvals
• Design, Execute, and re-test the test cases as needed
• Have needed reviews/inspections/approvals of test cases
• Prepare test environment and test scripts, obtain needed user manuals/reference documents/configuration guides/installation guides, set
• up test tracking processes, set up logging and archiving processes, set up or obtain test input data
• Perform post- regression testing after installs for all software releases
• Evaluate and report Defect/ Issue reports
• Manage and update test plans, test cases, test environment, and test scripts through life cycle
• Manage all outstanding issues/bugs and fixes

Quality Assurance Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Develop manual test cases for IT & Professional certification testing Software
• Review requirements, functional design, and internal design specifications and other necessary documents.
• Review budget and schedule requirements.
• Evaluate project-related personnel and their responsibilities, reporting requirements, required standards and processes (such as release
• processes, change processes, etc.).
• Identify application's higher-risk aspects, set priorities, and determine scope and limitations of tests
• Determine test approaches and methods - unit, integration, functional, system, load, usability tests, etc.
• Determine test environment requirements (hardware, software, communications, etc.)
• Determine test script requirements (record/playback tools, coverage analyzers, test tracking, problem/bug tracking, etc.)
• Determine test input data requirements
• Identify tasks, those responsible for tasks, and labor requirements
• Determine schedule estimates, timelines, milestones
• Define input equivalence classes, boundary value analyses, error classes
• Prepare test plan document and have needed reviews/approvals
• Design, Execute, and re-test the test cases as needed
• Have needed reviews/inspections/approvals of test cases
• Prepare test environment and test scripts, obtain needed user manuals/reference documents/configuration guides/installation guides, set
• up test tracking processes, set up logging and archiving processes, set up or obtain test input data
• Perform post- regression testing after installs for all software releases
• Evaluate and report Defect/ Issue reports
• Manage all outstanding issues/bugs and fixes
• Manage and update test plans, test cases, test environment, and test scripts through life cycle

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Mercury Test Director
• Mercury Quicktest Professional
• Agile SDLC process
• Rational Unified Process
• Rational Clearquest
• Rational
• Clearcase
• Rational Requisite professional
• Unified Modeling Language
• and SQL

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