EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Quality Assurance consultant with 13 years of Software Testing expertise. Highly proficient in the Software Development Lifecycle, and in analyzing and generating test strategies, test plans and test cases. Extensive experience in manual testing and automation, including UI test scripts, using Microsoft Visual Studios 2010. Perform Functional, Regression, Systems, Integration, Verification, User Acceptance, Performance, Load, Black Box and White Box testing.

TECHNICAL APPLICATION EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Access, HP Loadrunner, HP Fortify, Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services Foundation Server TFS and Microsoft Test Management MTM , Microsoft Project, WinRunner, TestComplete, IBM Rational Quality Manage RQM , IBM Clear Quest CQ , Test Director and Quick TestPro QTP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Test Engineer

Confidential

• Design and implement system test and regression plans, test cases, and automated test scripts.
• Report issues by using a formal bug tracking system and interface with the development team to help resolve bugs/issues.
• Develop a process to evaluate and establish standards to determine requirements' suitability for test automation.
• Support implementation and maintenance of automated tools and procedures to collect test related statistics and improve the Function Testing Division FTD testing process.
• Design, develop and conduct Functional Test Plans according to procedures defined for the Functional Test Division FTD to verify functionality for specified applications, hardware and software deployments.
• Design and develop test cases and procedures to appropriate requirement s /design.
• Conduct analysis of requirements throughout the life cycle of the project plan, ensuring that requirements are testable.
• Design and develop Test Strategy to ensure traceability to each requirement from the test case.
• Capture and record defects in a single system and participate in bug triage process.
• Design and develop Test Reports and Results. Analyze and evaluate test results and make improvement recommendation.
• Execute testing.
• Ensure all CM procedures are followed.
• Conduct QA on all test results.
• Conduct regression testing to determine the effects of any performance improvement activities

Confidential

• Participates in applicable customer and development team meetings.
• Develops and/or revise Product Verification Testing PVT documentation according to the existing Release Control Branch RCB processes to include, test plans, test cases, test summary reports and other support documentation for 200 large new release project cases.
• Deposit PVT Documentation into the Enterprise configuration management tools to include, IBM Rational and ClearQuest.
• Conduct Software PVT to include regression testing, interface testing, and end-to-end testing as appropriate.
• Manages and writes test reports, discrepancy and test observation reports.
• Conduct Software Compatibility Testing SCT for the various workstation baselines used at the United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO
• Coordinates User Acceptance testing with the RCB Test Manager and Development Team
• Conducts and monitors testing and verify requirement traceability and test ability
• Produces and evaluates the test information and specification documents for each new release

Sr. Test and Developmental Test Engineer

Confidential

• Assist the Senior Test Manager and System Administrator as needed with lab configuration and maintenance.
• Participate in regular meetings with the engineering team of the SCM programs assigned..
• Briefed major impacts that were identified during testing to the Senior Test Engineer, Govt Test Lead.
• Execute test plans in structured test events.
• Develop test plans for evaluating the functionality, interoperability, performance, scalability, and usability of each release of the SCM programs.
• Document discrepancies in the installation/upgrade/user guide identified during testing
• Perform installations and upgrades of the SCM program systems assigned ACCM, OAM, HBSS and ePO
• Developmental Test Engineer for DISA's PEO-MA Secure Configuration Management Team SCM
• Server, Storage and Infrastructure Lead for the DoD Enterprise Test Environment DETE
• Support and assist the Test Executive Office TEO
• Support and assist test team with the research into test requirements, test planning and analysis support for the eventual test of a variety of DOD software systems, analysis of data and test reporting.
• Support Integrated Product Teams IPT /Working-level Integrated Product Teams WIPT at customer site or via teleconference
• Software / System Acceptance Testing at defense contractor sites and recommend/review test procedures and test plans
• Review requirements documentation and support development of test plans / documents
• Attend weekly project status meetings to discuss timeline and milestones of the project

QA Test Engineer

Confidential

• Provided test and requirement support for multiple applications, including quarterly annual reports, student test scheduling, virtual education, tuition reimbursement assistance, and management for multiple military branches, including the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marines
• Develop and maintain standard systems testing documents including test plans, procedures, and reports
• Develop and manage defects using MTM and TFS Test Manager
• Attend weekly project status meetings to discuss timeline and milestones of the project
• Wrote detailed test cases based on requirement documents that specified system's functional expected results
• Performs extensive ad hoc duties as assigned to support all testing project needs

Test Engineer

Confidential

• Optimized the AT L eBusiness Software Test Plan that defines testing criteria per application release
• Manage, maintain, and execute system and deployment test scripts for the Executive Information System EIS , External Customer Support ECS , ITM Training Calendar, AT L Property Pass and Executive Conference Facilitator ECF and the 419 System
• Lead tester for the AT L eBusiness initiative to upgrade the ITM Training Center, ECF, and EIS to the Oracle 10g platform
• Develop and manage defects using Merant PVCS Tracker and TFS Test Manager
• Develop and distribute defect reports to upper management and facilitates Defect Status Meetings with project team
• Conduct peer reviews of test management documentation and test scripts
• Lead test procedures and deployment test readiness reviews for the ITM Training Center, Property Pass, ECF, ECS and 419 System
• Develop test summary reports and perform post deployment validation
• Develop and maintain standard systems testing documents including traceability matrices, test plans, procedures, and reports
• Attend weekly project status meetings to discuss timeline and milestones of the project
• Support the organization's continuous process improvement initiative
• Support the software development life cycle SDLC reviews by assisting with standardizing test artifacts
• Supported the migration of applications from the CIO enclave to the AT L sub-enclave by performing post-deployment validation
• Supported the Oracle database patch effort by validating applications in the test and production environments

Senior Quality Assurance Test Analyst

Confidential

Senior Quality Assurance Lead of the OnRoute product

• Served as liaison between all software developers located on-site and at remote sites around the country
• Created numerous project requirements and performed project scope analysis
• Attended daily project status meetings to report the plan, status and performance for all test project tasks
• Utilized project status meetings to perform face-to-face follow-up meetings with Developers to resolve reported defects
• Conducted requirements analysis for completeness and testability
• Developed widely viable test strategies under stringent time constraints
• Identified and created OnRoute test tools and developed comprehensive test plans
• Performed risk analysis and communicated risks to other team members
• Executed the best possible coverage tests
• Performed new functionality, stress, integration, system, and regression testing for the OnRoute project
• Captured test data and metrics and communicated test status to other sub-departments
• Recorded defects in bug tracking software, to include useful debugging process documentation
• Reported and managed defects in Rational ClearQuest
• Verified all defect fixes
• Used SQL to query Oracle database and verify test data

Quality Assurance QA Test Engineer

Confidential

• Worked actively with Sponsors to document and prioritize list of business and functional requirements
• Organized requirements using the Unified Modeling Language UML to assess the requirements viability
• Used object-oriented approach OOA to account for system encapsulation, inheritance, and organization
• Wrote detailed Test Cases based on requirement documents that specified system's functional expected results
• Developed test cases aimed at capturing and assessing system's performance requirements
• Performed extensive Black Box testing to assess if system performed according to functional user specifications and standards
• Performed extensive White Box testing to assess the inner workings of the system and to identify the root cause of Black Box testing of defects
• Wrote WinRunner scripts using Test Script Language TSL to automate the processes of Regression Testing and to expeditiously assess any changes in the application
• Wrote SQL statements to query and communicate with the associated tables in the Oracle database
• Conducted Integration testing to expose faults in the interfaces and in the interaction between integrated components
• Identified application bugs and entered trouble tickets into PVCS Tracker and Mercury Interactive's TestDirector
• Followed-up on documented bugs until they were resolved by Systems Administrators, Database Administrators or Developers
• Performed tests on Windows 95 and Windows 2000 platforms, Java based application and Oracle 9i database
• Maintained user login IDs and passwords to the Testing Server that were checked against UNIX database and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP to access the directory listing
• Established TestDirector Test Sets and executed WinRunner Automated Test runs through TestDirector's Test Lab
• Attended weekly project status meetings to report the plan, status and performance for all project Tests
• Utilized project status meetings to perform face-to-face follow-up meetings with Developers to resolve reported defects