Motivated Senior Software Engineer in Test (SDET) | Senior QA Automation Engineer professional offering 12+ years of hands on Software | Quality Assurance | Automation | engineering experience with the expertise necessary to take on dynamic and complex software systems. Fast learner with a dedicated understanding of Software Development (SDLC) methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, DevOps, etc), QA processes and deliverables, various methods and levels of testing (UI, API, Database, Mobile, etc), and strong knowledge of automation (framework creation, test automation, agile delivery, various tools, best practices, etc) with experience leading automation teams, introducing and implementing automated processes into organizations, and the skills to maximize software quality and quality assurance efficiency while learning and adapting different technologies to the needs of the business. Banking, Financial, Healthcare, and Governmental industry domain knowledge
Performance Testing and Load Testing: Blazemeter, JMeter
Scripting: Javascript, Python, Ruby, VBscript
Test Automation: Selenium, Cypress, HP QTP, Microfocus UFT, Test NG, JUnit, TDD, BDD, Cucumber, Gherkin, TestComplete, Karate, REST-Assured, Watir
Test Management: ALM, JIRA, TFS
Web Development: Angular
Version Control: Bitbucket, Github, Git
Work History
Senior Software Engineer in Test (SDET), 03/2020 - Current Pathai – Boston, MA,
Lead Quality Assurance | Test Automation for Enterprise Master Reference Data Services group in Data Solutions and Services division responsible for establishing multiple automation platforms as well as drive (automated and manual) testing activities for numerous types of services and applications for respective agile teams within project group
Development and delivery of accurate and efficient (automated and manual) test scripts (Smoke, Regression, End to End, Functional, Systems Integration,etc) across multiple application layers (UI, REST API, WSDL, Database) from business and technical requirements analysis to ensure maximum code coverage and high quality releases
Work with product owners and attend different ceremonies like Sprint Planning meetings, Scrum, Backlog grooming, Sprint Review and Retrospective
Comprehensive test management and documentation deliverables (Test Plans, Traceability Matrix Reports, Test Summaries, Defect Reports, Risk identification, etc)
Report, document and manage defect life cycle through JIRA and ALM (Quality Center)
Conduct post-release smoke tests and verification of applications in multiple environments and report any outages of such
Create, manage and expand scalable test automation frameworks with multiple tools which are effectively designed to handle specific application requirements, drive automation efficiencies and code coverage effectiveness, develop reusable libraries, create code repositories, and ensure meaningful logging and reporting structures
Integrate test automation into DevOps CI/CD pipeline and responsible for making sure project testing is optimized for agile delivery of applications in Jenkins
Web Service testing (REST API, SOAP, WSDL) (Automated and Manual)
Collaborate with product team on functional and technical design specifications of applications to increase overall design quality, usability, and optimization for automated testing
Work together with dev team in technical development of UI elements
Provide specific technical guidance on defects to developers
Convert and migrate pre-existing automation frameworks, scripts, tests, etc to new platforms
Establish and execute test automation strategies across multiple application stack layers (UI, API, WSDL, and Database) as well as cross browser compatibility web testing
Develop tools and utilities to facilitate testing, integrate with different software, and convert data between applications as needed
Condition and generate high quality test data and ensure data compliance requirements are met on all levels of test environments
Create and execute (automated and manual) database test scripts using SQL to confirm data validations, correctness, integrity, data models, etc from different sources in Data Warehouse environment
Implement in-sprint test automation strategy (automating user story testing in real time) significantly reducing overall testing time thereby increasing sprint velocity and enhancing product delivery
Coordinate activities with remote | distributed | offshore teams
Advise teammates on team processes and procedures as well as being subject matter resource for automated testing best practices, QA methodologies, and other technical matters
Senior QA Automation Engineer / SDET, 07/2018 - 03/2020 S&P Global – VA, State,
Direct various types of (automated and manual) testing activities, strategies, and execution (Smoke, Regression, End to End, Functional, etc) on various levels (UI, API, Database, Mobile) for numerous applications and services as well as leading effort to integrate automation objectives into organization
Technical lead for multiple projects overseeing framework creation, code repositories, handle code reviews, establish technical standards, develop reusable function libraries, and provide mentorship to other team members
Responsible for comprehensive test management and documentation deliverables (Test Plans, Traceability Matrix Reports, Test Summaries, Defect Reports, Risk identification, etc)
Led QA side effort in moving current applications from Microsoft Azure to Amazon Cloud (AWS) platform ensuring highest quality assurance standards were met
Manage testing repositories stored in AWS S3 buckets
Collaborate with developers to optimize applications under test for automated testing including technical design of UI elements
Developed TDD tests with JUnit and BDD tests with Cucumber as well as define acceptance criteria using Gherkin
Configure and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipeline with DevOps team making sure testing is optimized for agile delivery of applications
Create tools and utilities (using Java, Python, VB .NET, etc) to facilitate testing, integrate seamlessly with different software (such as JIRA, etc), and convert data between applications as needed
Performance testing and Load testing on API and other web service applications with Blazemeter and JMeter
System monitoring and reporting duties for applications
Utilize user analytics in order to formulate automated testing strategies for web and mobile based software
Use Bamboo with Selenium and Browserstack to execute test scripts periodically and in parallel across multiple browsers and mobile platforms
Carry out in-depth usability testing on Android, iOS and other mobile devices
Comprehensive Web Service testing (REST API, SOAP) (Automated and Manual)
Perform manual and automated backend testing of applications using SQL, writing queries to confirm correctness of data entered via UI, data manipulation and verification
Migrate pre-existing test automation to Behavior driven framework (Cucumber) thereby increasing testing scope substantially and making automated testing more accessible across wider range of QA personnel
Work with remote | distributed | offshore teams
Led onshore and offshore teams to analyze business requirements and develop automated test suite to run against high volume customer facing web and mobile (Windows, Android and iOS) applications. Result was full regression run (which initially took 90 labor hours) executed in about 1 hour via automation. This led to savings of 89 labor hours
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test , 09/2008 - 05/2018 Iron Mountain Incorporated – Hayward, CA,
Lead teams that established automation within organization using UFT, ALM, Selenium, JUnit, Jenkins, Maven and other tools
Created and executed (automated and manual) smoke, regression, end to end, functional, unit, performance, load, system integration and acceptance tests for API, client server and web based applications within Healthcare, Financial, and Governmental industries
Provided life-cycle test management deliverables (Test Plans, Traceability Matrix Reports, Test Summaries, Defect Reports, Risk identification, etc)
Drive automation efficiencies and coverage effectiveness using different automation framework tools and techniques
Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining different types of large-scale, portable, automation frameworks and various reusable libraries with multiple tools that ran test automation across multiple environments and applications
Review the development code to build an effective test automation suite to ensure complete technical and business requirements coverage
Define and track quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status
Partnered with Dev team to work on making applications more automation friendly. Coordinated with other teams to enhance overall product design
Developed various custom applications (using .NET, Java, C# and other languages) to complete tasks such as generating test data, integrate with other applications and processes, deploy builds to remote machines, and other methods of test facilitation thereby increasing overall efficiency, quality, and coverage of testing
Utilize JMeter to perform load testing on numerous applications
Research test tools, methodologies, and trends for upgrading existing practices and processes
Worked with HIPAA compliant software (User authorization, Access control, Automatic log off, etc)
Provided team leadership as subject matter resource for technical training purposes, automation testing procedures and coding best practices
Software Engineer, 01/2004 - 11/2008 Qs/1 Data Systems – City, STATE,
Full stack development and support programming using multiple programming languages (Java, C#, VB.Net, SQL, JavaScript, etc) on web, client server, and API applications and system enhancements across different product teams within Healthcare, Financial, and Governmental industries
Participated in all phases of application development from coding and prototyping through deployment utilizing different SDLC methodologies
Worked on projects involving transitioning legacy applications to newer technology platform
Education
Bachelor of Arts: Computer Science, Minor in Business, Expected in - University of South Carolina Upstate - Spartanburg, SC GPA:
AWS - Cloud Practitioner Essentials: , Expected in - Amazon Web Services - , GPA:
Six Sigma: Yellow Belt Certification: , Expected in - - , GPA:
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