PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS:

Experienced in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle components with particular focus on Testing, Implementation and Support. A dedicated, highly motivated and detail-oriented professional with team leadership skills and a proven track record for exceeding expectations while bridging the gap between business users, developers and technical support. Strong interpersonal, organizational, time management and technical abilities covering IT Operations, Problem and Process Management, Application Development, Technical Support and Quality Assurance and Testing.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Test Lead

• Co-managing a team of fifteen 15 Test Leads, Test Analysts and Test Engineers focused on providing leadership, management of day-to-day activities and general test certification support of mainframe and distributed applications to ensure the delivered solutions meet project standards
• Working with automation testers to define, develop and create a Test Automation Strategy and Test plan
• Liaison with IT Operations to coordinate and support the build out of the physical Test Lab
• Working to develop and establish a future vision of Test Management by identifying gaps and process improvements

Confidential

Sr. Test Engineer / Team Lead

• DHS-certified Section 508 Trusted Tester v2.8
• Conducted Section 508 technical testing of various JAVA and Web applications to validate compliance with the Section 508 standards for Software 1194.21 and Web 1194.22
• Performed technical T E services that include Functional, Automated and Interoperability testing through the use of custom-developed test scripts, test automation tools HP QC and QTP , software and technical environment defect analysis and resolution
• Conducted Systems-level testing, evaluation activities, and Acceptance testing in the target user environment simulated in the ICE Integrated Test Lab and Cloud Virtual environment
• Developed test scripts to test applications to ensure system compliance with the requirements
• Supported application Test Evaluation processes to validate that software delivered to ICE satisfied functional and interface requirements
• Maintained the testing processes detailed in the ICE Architecture Test and Evaluation Plan ATEP to ensure the framework reflects industry best practices
• Performed document assessments of SLM deliverables to ensure details were clear, concise, testable and conformed to standards
• Participated in technical meetings to determine test strategies and coordinate test activities during pre-testing, testing and post-testing phases
• Subject Matter Expert for assigned applications participating in SLM gate reviews to include Test Integration Readiness TIR , Test Readiness Review TRR and Production Readiness Review PRR
• Provided management support and oversight in the day-to-day testing activities

Confidential

Sr. Quality Assurance Lead

• Responsible for all QA and testing-related activities for the Disaster Information System DIS project
• Worked with the Development team to integrate code and performed manual Unit, Functional and Integration Testing
• Reviewed release-specific requirement documents for completeness and consistency and created the Functional Requirement Document FRD
• Authored and obtained client approval for the following testing deliverables: test scenario and UAT/Integration Tester matrices, manual test scripts, System Test Plan, Acceptance Test Plan, Verification Validation Plan
• Developed and maintained metrics for defects, defect counts, test results and test resolution status
• Performed System Testing and UAT through multiple cycles for multiple releases.
• Scheduled and facilitated Test Status meetings during the client UAT test cycles
• Worked with Development team to QA and test the scheduled and unscheduled back-end data fixes / db mods
• Developed and instituted the Section 508 Compliance Development Checklist
• Completed 508-Compliance testing of the applications front-end. All results were documented and provided to the Development team to review and provide appropriate fixes
• Prepared Test Analysis reports
• Managed the updates and retrieval of CMMI system documentation from PVCS and SharePoint
• Maintained the client Master Requirement List MRL and Quality Center Requirement module for new requirements specifications
• Developed and instituted a Development Peer Review process
• Meeting minutes scribe for all client-facing meetings

Confidential

Sr. Quality Assurance Lead

• Managed a team of 8 QA analysts and testers consultants and employees focusing on providing Quality Assurance certification of System, Functional and Integration testing activities
• Maintained a set of QA standards, practices and procedures supporting best practices in Quality Assurance leveraging state-of-the-art industry automation tools
• Partnered with Configuration and Release Management teams to manage the System Test Change Control Configuration processes to ensure the accurate staging and deployment of software components to test environment
• Developed and maintained Quality Assurance metrics relative to defects, defect counts, test results and test resolution status
• QA / System Test Lead responsible for establishing testing milestones, allocating resources, tracking defect metrics, monitoring progress, coordinating test activities, tracking issues, test resolution status and project implementation planning
• Researched, developed and implemented a Development Peer Review process
• Participated in SDLC implementation planning by consulting with business and development teams to identify critical business processes and test requirements for User Acceptance testing
• Analyzed technical requirements and system specifications to develop detailed manual and automated test strategies, test plans, test cases, test scripts and testing procedures for performing QA certification of applications
• Performed path analysis, designed test scenarios and prepared data for progression test execution
• Performed backend testing and validated results by executing SQL statements and shell scripts
• Performed cross browser testing of Enterprise-wide applications
• Liaison between the Business Units and the Software Development teams for all application enhancement requests

Sr. Tester

• Developed and executed manual test scripts, created test data, and tested the front end of web application replacements for legacy applications
• Coordinated the team testing efforts and provided test effort time requirements
• Gathered user requirements and created functional traceability documents for internal applications

Confidential

Programmer/Analyst

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