SUMMARY:

• Accomplished Senior Software Test Engineer with over 16 years’ experience with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to include designing, developing and implementing test plans, test cases and test processes expediting corrective actions, resulting in cost savings and error - free deliverables.
• Well-versed in working in a fast-paced agile environment with documented results.
• Highly motivated and focused Principle Test Engineer with over 23 years of technical, management and supervisory experience in the fields of military logistics, command and control, and information technology (IT).
• Capable of reviewing and evaluating complex test specifications, test results and trends while implementing corrective action as needed.
• Experienced software test lead knowledgeable in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and testing of software through functional testing of browser and client-server applications as well as automated web service testing using SoapUI, ReadyAPI, Selenium, pgAdmin, in a fast paced agile development environment.
• Possesses strong communication skills and experienced in giving demonstrations to stakeholders and end users.
• Adheres to verification/validation business processes resulting in successful deliveries.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Test Lead /Project Manager

Confidential, Reston, VA

Responsibilities:

• As a highly successful test lead and Joint Operation Planning & Execution System (JOPES) Subject Matter Expert (SME) I worked closely with Joint Staff assigned SMEs, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) technical and Project Management Office (PMO) personnel, other contractors developing external systems with active or in-development interfaces, as well as internal development team members to investigate, replicate, solve problem reports, interface concerns, and operational issues. My military experience enhances my skills for troubleshooting applications and understanding war fighters concerns. I translate this subject matter expertise to developers and fellow test team members throughout future implementations.
• Proven experience leading a team of 11 testers responsible for testing 41 JOPES applications over multiple baselines. As the SME for all JOPES applications, I was responsible for ensuring test team members were trained in proper use of each application resulting in thorough testing and excellent customer support.
• Performed automated web service testing using the SoapUI tool, formulating test kits as needed and executing tests to uncover defects during functional and regression testing of web services in JOPES, JPES Framework (JFW), and Joint Capabilities Requirements Manager (JCRM). These test kits would then be used at the customer site for validation of software.
• Used SoapUI to develop test scripts to test functionality of the Data Virtualization Layer (DVL) used by JFW to provide access between external clients and the JOPES databases. These test scripts include a combination of soap requests with appropriate assertions and Groovy scripting to automate the testing.
• Develop SoapUI and Groovy data driven test scripts to measure the performance of JFW components. These components primarily function to provide snapshots of data and notifications of changes to that data in an XML feed format. The scripts involve gathering start and end time data and formatting that into reports using Groovy in the teardown script. In order to correctly identify the end times it is necessary to parse the XML notifications. These performance tests are executed both from Windows and Linux clients.
• Closely monitored workload and coordinating task, all deliveries were consistently on time and on budget. This resulted in Confidential achieving numerous 96 % plus satisfactory ratings from the customer and the contract remaining with Confidential for 20 plus years.
• Authored test documents and created test cases based on customer requirements to include complete functional and technical test cases for all software deliveries of assigned applications, and reviewed design, administrative, and user documentation for deliveries, resulting in thorough application testing in the customer’s classified lab.
• Responsible for evaluating all defects received from the customer and entering them in MKS or JIRA defect tracking systems, and tracking issues to closure. Coordinate proper corrective actions with development team members, and validate corrective actions through manual and automated tests cases to ensure corrected software functions properly.
• Actively participated in quarterly JOPES Action Group (JAG) conferences with military command personnel discussing current and future functionality capability of software, documentation changes and reviewing defects.
• As the JCRM/PFG project manager/test lead, I supervised a team of 15 testers and developers over a three plus year contract managing $6.2M. I consistently brought the task in on time and on budget every year.

Senior Functional Analyst / Test Lead

Confidential, Reston, VA

Responsibilities:

• Participated in planning meetings with the stakeholder to gather requirements and propose potential solutions.
• Performed duties at customer site as mediator during test events to assist in troubleshooting and verifying potential defects or configuration issues.
• This resulted in fewer defects during test events since I was able to verify whether issues were software or configuration related.
• Performed manual and automated testing of the JPES Framework (JFW) data services message brokering system using ReadyAPI as well as database validation using pgAdmin4.