Technical Skills

• Testing Tools: Bugzilla, JIRA, Rational Robot
• Testing Methodologies: Agile, Water Fall
• Technologies Tested: Java, XML, C, C , Adobe Flash
• Scripting Tools: HTML, XML, Shell Scripting, ANT
• Languages: SAS, SQL, Perl, Java, HTML, XML
• Front End Tools: Dreamweaver, VMWare
• Databases: Oracle 10g, Teradata, MY SQL, MS-Access
• Version Control: SVN, CVS
• Internet Protocols: TCP/IP, FTP
• Operating Systems: Windows 2000 server, Windows 7, Windows 8, Linux Redhat, Ubuntu , UNIX
• Soft Skills: Quick Learner, Ability to work independently or with a team, Versatile in team roles

Confidential

Core Machine Operator

• Operate Tissue Core machine to produce core for machine producing toilet paper and paper towels.
• Maintain the quality of the core product to but making adjustments to the digital screens that controls the components on the machine.
• Trouble shot problems on different areas located on the machine to also maintain product quality.
• Responsible for performing minor maintain on the machine such as changing belts, and blades.
• Responsible for driving for lifts to move waste materials and bring materials to machine area.
• Responsible for cleaning worker during shift and prior to the next shift start.
• Work with other machine operators to maintain product production and quality.

Confidential

Technology and Business Application Specialist

• Played an important role in developing an internet application to be used by criminal justice individuals in the State of North Carolina
• Developed SAS/SQL scripts to add to and enhance the ETL process and to also convert data from different sources into one data model
• Worked directly with the release manager from the vender who was supporting the software
• releases and assisted in build updates in a Flash environment
• Designed and Developed Automated Reports within the application by using advance SAS programming techniques and methods
• Worked closely working with the team at SAS to coordinate development to maintain development life cycle schedule
• Worked closely with the team at SAS to develop and enhance technical skills
• Developed Requirements to enhance functionality and features within the web application
• Performed adhoc reporting to use SAS tools Foundational SAS, Enterprise Guide , Microsoft Excel and Access, MySql Server
• Performed Quality Assurance testing for the application during the development life cycle
• Worked with the team to development and perform mobile system testing, testing was performed using multiple mobile devices Android phone and Android tables, IPhones and IPads and BlackBerry devices as well
• Converted Data using SQL complex queries for use in a customer incident software program used by internal call center
• Participated in the creation of a mentoring program to help match participant who were trying further their careers with senior staff members
• Created PERL scripts for a mentoring program to help match the right participants with the right mentors by creating modules that imported and parsed data to match characters between data in different columns
• Create Auditing reports by using complex SQL and SAS programming techniques to make sure the system was being used properly and also automated the reports and trained team members on how to run the automated reports for each particular agency
• Performed software installations for team members as needed daily responsibilities

Confidential

Quality Assurance Analyst

• Involved in setting up testing framework for new Quality Assurance department for a startup company to make sure the department adheres to the QA methodology.
• Maintained Agile testing best practices in a fast past environment to insure absolute quality for end users.
• Maintained and setup Windows and LINUX machines, performed configurations, set up environment variables and installations for system testing
• Responsible for taking user requirements and translating them into Software Requirement Specification documents. Used SRS documentation to develop, modify, and execute software test plans and test cases.
• Utilized open source software Bugzilla and Testopia to track defects and to create, update and maintain test plans and test cases
• Extracted data from the Bugzilla defect tracking system into Microsoft Access 2007 database software to run queries for custom defect reports.
• Performed manual testing and automated performance testing using java programming language.
• Conducted sanity testing, user acceptance, regression testing against the client/server software setup.
• Assisted in converting software build process to build from a Subversion repository by editing and updating ANT build scripts. Also utilized a VMware server to setup virtual Windows and Linux operating systems to support the build process.
• Assisted in writing a csv file parser using the Java programming language to insure client data can be imported into the software applications data model.
• Became familiar with the Eclipse IDE.
• Executed test cases on software within Windows XP Vista and Linux Ubuntu Red Hat operating system environments.

Confidential

Development Tester

• Responsible for taking software business requirements and translating them in software requirements to create test plans and test cases.
• Experience testing Java Web Applications, ASP.NET Web Applications, Java Client and Client/Server Applications, C Client applications, C Client/Server applications
• Experience testing the usability and graphical and table functionality of SAS Business Intelligence B2B web solutions.
• Experience in converting manual test cases and test scenarios into automated test scripts.
• Automated BI Web Services testing for Firefox browser using the Selenium IDE.
• Tested SAS procedural code against SAS BI Web Services setup.
• Performed International and Localization testing manually and using internal testing tools assure that software can adapt to various languages and regions without an extensive engineering change.
• Experience as Lead tester on a Java Graphics testing project in which swing Java graphics components were tested. Wrote Junit tests against Java graphics components. Work with development leads to determine the scope of software project. Distributed project assignments to testing team members based on testing skills and experience. Mentored junior team members on the QA methodology and best practices. Coordinated testing responsibilities between local and offshore testing teams ensure complete testing coverage.
• Testing performed against multiple software operating system environments Windows Server, XP, and Vista UNIX, Linux and Mainframe operating systems.
• Involved in over ten Software Delivery Life Cycles as well as maintenance releases and software hot fixes
• Worked with software developers throughout each phase of the Software Delivery Life Cycle to evaluate time lines for feature completions and defect resolution to maintain product schedule
• Initially completed several SAS programming classes internally. SAS programming Introduction, SAS Programming 1: Essentials, SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques, SAS SQL 1: Essentials
• Used SAS programming skills to test SAS/Graph statistical procedures against a variety of customer test data sets. Analyzed SAS log files while exercising different procedural options. Industries include Financial, Clinical Trials, Sales and Marketing, Educational and Government. Tested within Base SAS analytical software and other SAS applications that accessed SAS servers Enterprise Miner, Enterprise Guide
• Sole Quality Assurance support person for the Base SAS application GIS Geographical Information System . Manually tested the GIS system User interface as well as testing the application using the SAS/GIS procedure to performing data analysis on spatial datasets.
• Conducted testing of the SAS procedures against the SAS Output Delivery System ODS
• Imported customer data from a variety of data sources to test the data analysis capabilities of several SAS procedures.
• Help setup and organize customer demos using MS Power Point presentation software.
• Became familiar with command line options for MS-Dos, UNIX shell, Linux shell, as well as Mainframe commands through desktop emulator.