Engineer Quality Assurance

Marina Evdokimov

**** ******** **., ***. **, Swampscott,

MA 01907

Phone: 339-***-**** cell

781-***-**** home

E-mail:

****************@*******.***

US citizen

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a challenging position as SQA engineer fully

utilizing my skills and experience with the opportunity for

taking on increasing responsibility.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Over 10 years of extensive experience in testing various web based, desktop

and database applications with full project lifecycle activities including

design, development, testing, deployment and production support.

Over 8 years of automation experience.

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

Highly accomplished Quality Assurance professional with demonstrated success

with an in-depth knowledge of software, test development methodologies and

life cycles.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Have ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks. Team player,

quick learner.

Proven ability to create and execute tests manually and through automation

tool.

Proven leadership and mentoring skills.

Experienced in optimizations of test strategies, task estimation, allowing

saving of testing time and reducing number of test iterations without

compromising the quality.

Strong SQL knowledge.

3 years experience working in Agile development environment.

Professional skills:

WinRunner(9.2), QuickTest Professional (up to ver.10.0),

QA Tools: Test Director, Quality Center, SQA Robot 6.0/7.0

Development Tools: Accurev, MS Visual SourceSafe (4.0-6.0) Microsoft Visual

Studio (2005), Perforce 4.0

Programming SQL, Transact SQL (T-SQL), VB Script, C#, Java Visual

Languages: Basic, HTML, XML, and PL/1

DBMS: SQL Server (2000/2005/2008/2008 R2), Microsoft Access (95,

97), DB2

Platforms: Microsoft Windows (95,98,NT,2000, XP, 2003, 2008, and 2008

R2), Unix (Linux and Solaris), Mac (9.1.2-10.1.3) and IBM

Mainframe.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

12/2002-10/2010 Senior QA Engineer at American Student Assistance,

Boston, MA

. Performed end- to-end testing for web-based and desktop financial

applications developed in C++, Java, ASP.NET.

. Tested SQL stored procedures. Created lots of complicated SQL scripts

to test integrity and correctness of the data.

. Tested production systems. Helped diagnose and resolve complicated and

urgent customer issues.

. Developed automation scripts, function library using WinRunner, QTP.

. Provided the full cycle of the QA process, including: review product

requirements and functional specification, detailed test plans that

defined top objectives, different scenarios, SQL test scripts, time

estimates, expected results based on the product requirement and

functional specifications, configuration set-up, and automation

testing.

. Identified, reproduced, reported and tracked problems in the Defect

Tracking System. Performed regression testing, and verification of bug

fixes.

. Working in Agile development environment, closely worked with

developers and system analysts. Contributed to the creation of the

system requirements.

. Provided training for coworkers on automation and testing strategies.

Shared application-specific knowledge.

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8/2000-10/20 QA Engineer/Lead Tester at Akamai TechnologieS, Cambridge, MA

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. As a Lead Tester ran full test cycle for web-based applications

developed in Java and Perl. This suite of applications provided real-

time monitoring, historical reporting, traffic management, analysis

and billing capabilities.

. Participated in functional specifications and GUI reviews, and

determined the main points for test strategies.

. Created test plans manually and using Test Director 7.x, including all

details for each stage of the test process, test cases, and test

schedule.

. Developed automation scripts, function library, and initialization

files using WinRunner 7.x.

. Tested server-side applications. Utilized various TCP/IP related

utilities and SQL.

. Provided end-to-end testing using fake data files.

. Set up and managed weekly bug meetings with developers for discussion

and analysis of the main problems as well as strategies for the

current test cycle.

. Performed regression testing for all required combinations of browsers

(Internet Explorer 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x; Netscape Communicator 4.x and

6.x) and platforms (Windows NT, 2000, and XP, Linux RH, Solaris and

Macs OS 9 and X) to confirm bug fixes and determine quality of the new

build.

. Reviewed the product documentation as part of the QA cycle.

. Developed and implemented full test cycle during the deployment

process.

. Combined manual and automated testing for bug hunting.

1/1998-8/20 QA Engineer at NEW AMERICAN CENTER, Boston, MA

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. Performed detailed study of specifications, user manuals and

documents, necessary to determine critical functionality of an asset

for financial and business applications.

. Created test plans based on a clear view of user expectations,

functions, design and code. Described the general approach and

objectives of the test project for each stage of testing. Detailed

test procedures and test cases.

. Planned test-development process, allowing complete software testing

of GUI applications developed with Microsoft Visual Basic (5.0, 6.0)

in Windows (95, 98, NT) environment.

. Combined manual and automatic testing using SQA Robot. Provided a full

test for applications. Described and analyzed results of tests to

determine if the test criteria have been met.

. Performed regression testing to confirm bug fixes and determine

quality of the new build.

. Worked with development team towards resolution of software problems.

2/1996-9/199 QA/Software Engineer at Infotec Inc., Moscow, Russia

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. Designed, developed and tested custom database applications. The

software was developed in Windows 95/NT environment using Microsoft

Visual Basic (4.0, 5.0), Microsoft Access (95, 97) and Microsoft SQL

Server 6.5:

. Provided full cycle of testing for applications using QA Partner.

. Worked with customers on replication of software problems and analysis

of error-revelation strategies.

. Analyzed software as well as provided recommendations for the final

release.

. Designed and developed a warehouse inventory system using Visual Basic

5.0 and SQL Server 6.5. Used Transact-SQL for creating store

procedures on the MS SQL Server 6.5. Utilized RDO for database access.

6/1992-1/199 Software Engineer at Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering,

6 Moscow, Russia

. Designed and developed various custom applications using Visual Basic

4.0, Microsoft Access and DAO:

. Designed and developed software for medical offices. Application

provided easy updates and searching in a database containing

information about patients, doctors and their schedules, diagnosis

history and insurance companies.

. Developed software for updating and analyzing information about safety

conditions, reconstruction, materials and history of five level

buildings in Moscow.

. Developed software for strength, capacity and reliability

calculations, utilizing FORTRAN and PL/1 on IBM PC and mainframe

platforms

EDUCATION: Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering, Moscow, Russia,

Masters of Science in Civil Engineering.

Certificate Programs in: Quality Assurance, Visual Basic 5.0, SQL

Server 6.5 Boston Computer School, Boston, MA ; WinRunner courses

at Boston college; SQL advanced training at New Horizons, Boston;

Microsoft office 2008 training; MS Access training.

References Furnished upon Request

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