Quality Assurance Engineer Resume

QUALIFICATIONS

9 years experience in the Software Development Life Cycle, Software Test Life Cycle, Agile and Scrum methodologies
Diversified exposure in manual testing of client-server and web-based applications
Instrumental in the design and development of automated unit, functional, system, integration and regression tests
Proficient in developing business use cases from UML diagrams
Experienced Integrated Development Environments and database query tools.
Participated in performance, load and stress tests of web based and client-server based applications

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Operating Systems: PowerPC, Mac OSX, Red Hat, 32 and 64 bit Ubuntu, 32 and 64 bit Windows 7 and Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 9X, Windows Server 2003
Languages: Java, C/C++, Visual Basic, XML
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft Access
Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP and FTP
Hardware: PC 80x86, Pentium II/III/IV, HP Proliant Blade Server, Dell Power Edge Server, HP Compaq T5000 Thin Client
Storage Protocols: Fiber Channel, SCSI, SAS and SATA
Testing tools: FitNesse, Eclipse IDE, Inspect.exe, Rally, Testopia, Bugzilla, Xplanner, Seagull License Server, IOMeter, Rational ClearQuest, Mercury Test Director, Quick Test Pro

EXPERIENCE

Confidential Denver, CO
Quality Assurance Engineer 06/2008 – Present

Manage test data and participate in QA process improvements
Perform automated white box testing on java based web conferencing application using jUnit and Eclipse
Collaboratively define easy to run acceptance tests using fitNesse
Defining, writing and execution of manual and automated black box test cases
Analysis of product specifications and documentation of bugs
Perform unit, integration, regression and user acceptance test

Confidential Colorado Springs, CO
Software Engineer 10/2006 – 06/2008

Use XML Spy to build and validate XML payloads
Validate XML payloads against mapping documents, Document Type Definitions (DTD’s) and Schemas
Trace message broker logs to observe XML messages flow through UNIX nodes
Use Putty and Secure Shell (SSH) to access remote Unix Servers
Perform End to End, Unit, Integration and System tests
Query databases using Perl scripts
Use WinScp382 to connect to Unix servers from Windows machines
Use Interface Control Documents (ICD’s) and Architecture and Design documents to design, develop and execute tests

Confidential Colorado Springs, CO
Software Test Associate 04/2006 – 10/2006

Test, validate and report firmware, including Embedded BIOS products and other firmware products for x86-based platforms.
Perform all aspects of embedded firmware testing, including the implementation of automated test suites
Sync devices using Out of Band Signaling and use the analyzer trace to detect sync failures
Interpreting test results, setting up and configuring test platforms, installing and configuring a variety of different operating systems

Confidential Colorado Springs, CO
Software Test Associate 03/2005 – 04/2006

Testing of the HP Compaq t5000 thin clients that run Solid State Devices rather than Hard Disk Drives
Evaluated the software compatibility of Microsoft Embedded Software on the HP Compaq thin clients
Validate reliability and security of thin clients running Solid State Devices as opposed to Hard Disk Drives
Use Seagull traffic generator to perform functional, load, endurance and performance tests

Confidential Colorado Springs, CO
Network Technology Technician 09/2004 – 03/2005

TCP/IP network administration.
Ensure network security and integrity through restricted share access privileges
Use Active Directory to manage and create over 160 user accounts
Configure systems, install and test hardware, software and peripherals
Perform monthly system backups on Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2000 servers.
Perform backups using Tivoli Storage Manager 5.0, Netbackup 5.1

Confidential Nairobi, Kenya
Quality Assurance Analyst 03/2002 – 09/2003

Performed white box testing for the software development team
Using C++ unit testing framework to test logical functions and structure of C++ based software
Performed HTML programming for the company web site and used XML linking between different resources

EDUCATION

Master of Science Computer Science Computer Systems Security
Master of Science Software Engineering
Bachelor of Science in International Business Administration

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