SUMMARY:

• Accomplished programmer/analyst with extensive experience in the full software development life cycle from requirements definition, prototyping, and proof of concept, design, development, integration, interface implementation, test, maintenance and certification.
• Additionally experienced in software team leadership, scheduling, production tracking, customer interface, process improvements and mentoring team members.
• Process expertise in application design and development, skilled in progressing from problem statement to documentation and design
• Customer oriented with ability to resolve ongoing issues to meet ever - changing requirements and schedule
• Demonstrated proficiency of leading and mentoring individuals to maximize production while building a cohesive team environment
• Database applications with extensive knowledge of Oracle, data analysis, interface design and implementation
• Strong background in development with an understanding of several languages including, but not limited to Python, Java, C, and Visual Basic.
• Proficient in QA procedures, test automation development and execution

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technical Expertise: Microsoft Certified Professional in Visual Basic 5

Databases: Oracle (5,6,7,8i, 9i, 10g), MS Access, SQL Server (2005, 2008) DB2, MySQL, Cassandra, Mongo, Hadoop

Languages: Visual Basic (5, 6), VB.NET, VBA, Ada, Java, SQL, PL/SQL, C, C++, XML. HTML, REXX, JCL, Pro*C, SQLJ, Perl, Ruby, Python(2.X and 3.X)

Concepts: OOD/OOP, Database Design, Data Analysis, Unit, System, Integration, and functional testing, GUI Design, ISO-9000, Configuration Management, SEAL Level 1, DO 178B Level A, Agile(Kaban and Scrum)

Development and Test Tools: TeamCenter Engineering, TeamCenter Enterprise, Eclipse, WebSphere, Dreamweaver, Rhapsody, LDRA, soapUI 3, SmarteScripts, Selenium (Remote Control and WebDriver), Robot Framework, VSphere, ESXi, Xen Cloud Platform, Openstack (nova, swift), nose, Jenkins, GitHub, BitBucket, IntelliJ, Maven, Appium, Winium, Qmetry, Oracle Forms (3.0, 4.0, 4.5, 6i), Oracle Reports (2.5, 6i), SQR, Designer2000, Visual Studio, Visual .Net, QMF

Operating Systems: nUNIX, VAX/VMS, OS/32, Windows (95, 98, 2000, NT, XP, 2003, 2008, 10, 2012, 2016), AIX, OS/390, AS/400 (v5r2), Solaris 10, Linux Redhat 4 and 5, HP UX 11, Ubuntu (10, 12.04, 14.04), CentOS

Hardware: VAX 8800/6000/III, Alphas, PC, RISC 6000, IBM Main Frame, iSeries, Sun, Dell 1950

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Principle Engineer

Confidential, Lexington, MA

Responsibilities:

• As a Principle Engineer I was tasked to develop a cross product automation test framework.
• The products consist of a network monitoring application and an enterprise file transfer/security application.
• There was a framework in place for testing the UI of the network monitoring application, but there was not a test framework in place for the file transfer/security application.
• Not only did we create a UI framework, but also frameworks to test Rest API, Mobile, and cloud products.
• All of the frameworks consisted of Java, Selenium Webdriver, ant, maven, vSphere API, and Appium.
• I set up Jenkins servers to execute the test in a CI process. I used both Flow jobs and Pipeline jobs to execute tests.
• The last framework I was working on was for testing interactive installation.
• This was done using Winium, a Selenium remote driver for Windows dialog applications.
• Another task was to create a coverage metric report.
• The report, written in java, interfaced with the QMetry Test Management system and also with excel workbooks.
• The application retrieved information from QMtery and the excel workbooks to create html web pages. Along with developing test frameworks, I also managed the test automation team for about a year.
• The team consisted of 8 people, 4 company personnel and 4 contractors.
• The contractors were overseas in Ukraine. Due to a company reorganization my position was eliminated and I was laid off.

Software Developer

Confidential, San Antonio, Texas

• Developed automation tests for both UI and REST API testing.
• These test suites were written in Python, using both nose and Robot Frameworks test frameworks.
• Duties include designing and coding automation test suites, code reviews, assists Dev-Ops with creating Jenkins projects to execute the automated tests, and mentored manual testers to become test developers.
• Served on a committee to standardize UI testing, this includes tools, languages, best practices, on-boarding, and training.
• Provided feedback to developers in design sessions, daily stand ups, retrospective meetings, and planning sessions.
• The first project was to develop UI automated tests and within 3 months added 12 UI automated tests.
• For the UI tests there was 3 month investigation to use ruby and rspec which was found not to beneficial (wasn't faster and didn't have certain functionality that was needed for our project).
• Some of the testing required using the pretenders module to simulate response from a server that we did not have control over.
• Gave a 10 minute presentation to my peers of the company on the use of this module.
• Gained experience in non-relation databases like Cassandra, Mongo, and Hadoop with current projects.
• The UI tests were executed on a Windows 2008 server and the REST API tests were executed on Ubuntu servers.
• Collaborated on projects with teams that were in offices in San Antonio, Austin, San Francisco, and Blacksburg.

Sr QA Engineer

Confidential, Atlanta, Ga

• Provided development of functional testing and test automation development.
• Duties include writing test plans, test cases for new features, automated test code, setting up new QA environments, and performing both functional and performance testing. Assisted in building the QA team from three to seven by participating in interviews, and training of new team members.
• First project was developing an environment that consisted of an IIS web server, SQL Server database, and several cache servers. All of these systems were built from scratch using Windows and Ubuntu OS virtual machines (VM). In parallel wrote test cases and automation code to perform functional testing.
• The code was written in python and used a combination of modules for backend, business layer, and web interface functional testing. Some of the python modules used include (but not limited to) were Selenium, Soap, and httplib. The test tool used was robot framework.
• Most recently involved creating and managing a test project for a cloud compute project. The test environments and test frameworks consist of multiple OS platforms, databases, and product bases (e.g. Windows 2008, SQL Server, Ubuntu, CentOS, MySQL, .Net).
• Gain experience in content delivery networks, live media streaming, flow control processing, cloud environments, Xen hypervisors, and python development

Software QA Engineer

Confidential, Atlanta, Ga

• Provided development of QA procedures, functional testing and test automation development. Duties included writing test cases for new features and defect resolutions, automated test scripting and code development, development of QA procedures, and performing functional testing.
• Researched and provided information for purchasing automated test software (SmarteScripts) that was used in automated testing. Modified and developed automated test programs that were developed in Perl, Ruby, and SmarteScripts. Successfully performed Drummond certification testing.
• Assisted in developing QA procedures for writing test cases in JIRA that reduced defects from over 100 to 0 in a three-month span. Wrote test cases and scenarios based on information written in JIRA issues, story plans, and interviews with the development team.
• Assisted in the creation of test environments as virtual machines using Lab Manager.
• The test environments consisted of installing our application on multiple OS platforms and database combinations (e.g. Windows 2003 and Oracle 10g or Linux Red 4, Windows 2003, and SQL Server 2005).
• Became familiar with the Agile process that included daily Scrum meetings and Sprint planning. Position was eliminated because of product changes.

Business/Solutions Architect

Confidential, Alpharetta GA

• Provided consultation and solutions to customers based on analysis of their business requirements.
• Duties included writing of business requirements, prepare specifications from which programs will be written and designed, coded, tested, debugged, provided customer interfacing, and status reporting to executive management. Provided assistance to other staff members on selected functional and technical issues.
• The programs use the following languages, databases, operating systems, and other technologies: J2EE, Oracle 10i, ASP, Powerbuilder, XSD, DAO, Jboss, ETL, Hyperion Reports, MQ, Unix, Windows XP, Toad, SQL, and Hibernate.

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Confidential, Endicott, NY

• Provided technical lead duties including, but not limited to process and work instruction creation, documentation, and maintenance; requirement analysis; production analysis for scheduling; creation of production tracking reports; assisted in running status meetings with customers.
• Additional responsibilities include supervision of requirements analysis team members and assisting the program manager with supervision of a larger group of test engineers, build production sizing, and other project management related functions.
• Became proficient with the Rhapsody design tool to perform requirement analysis functions and the LDRA, software unit test tool. All work was performed under the Joint Strike Fighter Program Quality Standard SEAL Level 1, the highest level of certification.
• This level of certification is applied to all program flight critical software applications and is the equivalent of FAA DO 178B Level A.
• Provided solutions for customizing of an existing application.
• The application is TeamCenter Engineering which is a multilayer application using Java and JSP for the presentation layer, C\C++ for the business layer, and Oracle 9i for the back end. The projects use the following languages, databases, operating systems, and other technologies: C\C++, Java, JSP, Oracle 9i, SQL, LDRA, Rhapsody, Windows XP, Unix, and TeamCenter Engineering.

Application Developer

Confidential, Ithaca, NY

• Provided complete development cycle for applications, from gathering and refining requirements to implementation.
• This was accomplished by convening Joint Application Design (JAD) meetings with mangers and engineers of multiple departments to gather requirements for new applications and modifications to existing ones. Maintained existing applications by fixing problems and modifying based on new requirements.
• Learn to use new development tools.
• The applications are server side software, fat client software, and thin client software, designed and programmed using Visual Basic .Net, C, HTML, and Java. Part of team projects and responsible for solo projects.
• The projects use the following languages, databases, operating systems, and other technologies: VB.Net, VBA, Access, MySQL, Windows XP, TeamCenter Engineering, Java, C\C++, Oracle 8i, DB2, AS400, MSDOS, and CL.

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Confidential, Endicott, NY

• Maintained a project schedule, wrote requirements (functional, High Level, and Low Level); presented weekly status in meetings with team leads and project managers, and maintained a procurement report. Provided complete development cycle for applications, from gathering and refining requirements to implementation.
• The applications ran on mainframes, servers, and PC’s.
• Some were embedded applications that were designed and coded with C or Pro*C.
• Other applications were designed and coded to work with databases (DB2, Oracle, and Access) as either standalone applications or as graphical user interfaces.
• These applications are using Oracle Forms 6i, Visual Basic, Visual C++, SQL, PL/SQL, SQLJ ( Oracle’s version of Java), and REXX.
• The operating systems the applications run are OS/390, AIX, NT, and Windows. Some of this worked was performed for customers that were certified at CMM level 5 and all of was performed under ISO-9000 certification. Due to outstanding performance received a promotion to Senior Programmer Analyst in June 2000.
• The projects use the following languages, databases, operating systems, and other technologies.