SUMMARY

• Senior Software Test Specialist and Lead
• Extensive technical experience in test management, quality assurance, software verification, validation, customer product acceptance, requirements, and defect management operations.
• Effective and hands - on in executing test project plans through extensive coordination, planning, design, implementation, and execution to facilitate on-time deliveries in fast-paced Agile environment.
• Recognized for strong analytical and problem-solving skills, driving improvements through innovative and creative solutions.
• Strong leader who effectively manages all staff/projects, ensuring all deadlines are met.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Research & Development Process: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, SDLC, Cadence

Development Environments: Linux, Chrome, Jenkins, Bamboo, GIT, Gerrit, Selenium, JMeter, Robot, RIDE, Preforce, Android SDK, Moblab, Protractor, Cucumber, Amazon Web Services

Scripting Languages: Working knowledge of JSON, HTML, XML, C, Java, Python, Visual Basic, SQL

Database Management: JIRA, Confluence, QlikView, HP Quality Center, Clear Quest, MKS, Test Manager

Standards / Platforms / Products: ChromeOS (Chromebooks), Android (Google / Qualcomm), Confidential (RIM)

Microsoft Office Tools: One Note, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Project, Visio, Access

Google Process and Tools: Google Market Suite(GMS) qualification process with CTS and GTS automated and CTS verifier manual test suites, Google Cloud Services

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Test Engineering

Confidential, Morrisville, NC

Skills: Agile, ATDD, Confluence, Jira, Jmeter, Protractor, Cucumber, bamboo, CI, JSON, SQL, Python, Postman, AWS

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Smart Office project covering qualification of Management console application (Web based)
• Responsible for verification of frontend (UI), backend (API) and backend services (Cloud platform Microservices)
• Performed proof-of-concept on automation of application UI based on Protractor and Cucumber frameworks
• Provide competency knowledge implementing Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) process
• Performed requirement gap analysis for Management Console app and created high level user stories
• Created acceptance test scenarios from defined acceptance criteria and domain terms
• Hands-on in preparing and setting up product demo station ready for presentation of latest releases
• Established full setup of automation framework required for automated testing of Confidential Chromebook systems.

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

• Consulted and participated in an invention project to develop an affordable product in medical filed and translated product requirements into deliverables such as functional specifications, use cases, user stories, workflow/process diagrams.
• Performed reviews on functional and technical requirements and created and maintained test requirements accordingly.
• Evaluated risks related to requirements implementation and testing processes.

Confidential, Cary, NC

Test Engineering Team Lead

Skills: Agile, Scrum, Jira, QlikView, HP Quality Center, Jenkins, API, Robot, Git, Garret, Universal Test Manager, Android SDK, XML

Responsibilities:

• Achieved high-quality and on-time delivery of releases by defining test strategy and controlling all test schedules and deliveries, while working in dynamic Agile development environment.
• Hands-on created user stories and test plans from requirements for execution on local and release branches.
• Proposed improvements to Agile process for increased efficiency through all Scrum / Scrum master related activities.
• Improved application test effectiveness by leveraging continuous automation in sanity and release test activities.
• Accomplished optimum efficiency in resource management by ensuring all local and remote (off-shore) test resources and teams were operating in sync and well-coordinated.
• Performed manual testing on high severity defects and critical items and provided inputs on priorities for triage.
• Ensured software release readiness of 1st Android-based Confidential device for global and US carriers releases.

Application Verification Team Lead Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Accomplished 40% test-time reduction by initiating and implementing several cost saving / efficiency improvements.
• Led transition of ownership from 3rd-party development vendor to our team and expanded operation to include coverage of Confidential 10 OS platform devices.
• Planned, organized, led, and monitored all application testing and team activities, and maintained overall control of test schedules and deliveries.
• Applied automation strategy and led design, development and execution of automated functional / performance tests.
• Reduced test plan design and development time by introducing new feature impact matrix chart to review process.
• Confidential quality gates for Confidential application releases and served as team decision-making body, which provided release recommendations / approval inputs to project and upper management.
• Achieved highest application rating at 3.7 by implementing higher quality gate standards for public releases.