Engineer Testing

Ellie Reznik

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OBJECTIVE SEEKING A POSITION AS A SR. SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE/SR. DATA ANALYST

ENGINEER TO UTILIZE BROAD SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE IN A CHALLENGING AND REWARDING

ENVIRONMENT.

PROFESSIONAL

SUMMARY Experienced in testing and maintenance of complex business client/server and

web-based applications throughout full Software Development Life Cycle and

Rational Unified Process. This includes estimation of test efforts and

planning activities.

Solid knowledge of multi-tier architecture and object-oriented programming.

Hands-on experience in white box testing: ability to create automated test

scripts, track defects at the source code level, isolate system defects and

help focus testing efforts on more problematic areas.

Highly skilled in developing test documentation including General Approach

to Testing, Test Plan Overview, Test Scenario Summary, Overall Readiness

Assessment documents.

Excellent analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills, ability to

manage multiple projects simultaneously and work well under time

constraints. Efficient in working independently or as part of a team.

TECHNICAL

SUMMARY Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX (Solaris-Sun, AIX), Linux (Red

Hat, SuSE)

Languages/Technologies: Java, EJBs, C#, Web Services, XML, XSLT, SAML,

XACML, SOAP, WSDL, SOA, Unix Shell Scripting, ANT, SQL, PL/SQL, JUnit,

JTestCase, NUnit, Fitnesse, ETL.

Development Tools: WSAD, RAD, MS Visual Studio 2005, XMLSpy,

Mindreef, PL*SQL Developer, TOAD, Teradata SQL Assistant, MySQL Query

Browser, DB2 Query Connect, SAP Business Objects, UC4, MicroStrategy/Bix.

SOA Appliances: IBM Data Power XS40/XI50

Databases: DB2, Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL

Source Control Systems: MS VSS, Merant Dimensions, IBM ClearCase.

Application Servers: BEA Weblogic, IBM WebSphere, J2EE, MS IIS

Bug Tracking Systems: Soffront Defect Tracking, Bugzilla, Mercury Test

Director/Quality Center, IBM ClearQuest

EXPERIENCE

2009 - Present Shopping.com -eBay, Brisbane, CA

Sr. QA Engineer

BUSINESS: Provides fastest destinations for a comprehensive set of products

from thousands of trusted stores across the Web

OBJECTIVE: Assume responsibility for Functional and Integration testing of

Shopping.com Community products.

Perform functional and integration tests for Product Review Service,

Distributed Publishing Service, Merchant Account Center with external

Shopping.com (SDC) merchant sites (US and INTL). Verify that the merchants

have a mature review system for their product catalogs. Validate Set Up and

Config, Write Review, Review List, Product Rating, Search Result widgets.

Verify that libraries of APIs handle all Community transactions to the

Community database, i.e. a REST-based web service resource correctly accepts

HTTP requests and returns XML responses as communication layer between SDC

JFE and database.

Perform functional and integration tests for Facebook Connect as an

alternate sign-on method, using a set of robust Facebook APIs that expose

multiple features to increase registrations, traffic, and user engagement.

Perform functional and integration tests for Moderation Tool that extends

the backend services integrated with SDC JFE and new capabilities to support

configurable review system, content moderation and member management.

Perform functional test for Spotlight Pages (SLPs) that provide community

members a channel to express opinions in the product category level, such as

buying guides, fashion guides, how-to pages, top product pages, or concept

pages.

Perform integration test for SLPs with Search Engine (KADU). Verify that

KADU requests return correct search results of relevant SLPs to be available

to the users. Verify that KADU sync is a process of establishing consistency

among data from source to target data storages, and is scheduled in the cron

job.

Lead test cases review meetings with project team and acquired team sign

off. Logged defects in bug tracking system, provided timely status to

project team, and communicated sign offs.

2006 - 2009 Charles Schwab, San Francisco, CA

Sr. Staff QA Engineer

BUSINESS: National largest financial provider of securities brokerage,

wealth management, related financial and investment services

OBJECTIVE: Assume responsibility for System Integration/Unit testing of

Common Authentication Mechanism (CAM) infrastructure.

Performed Web Services testing using .NET and Java platforms. Tested formats

of SOAP messages, generated and tested WSDL files that contain metadata

about Web Services interfaces, used Web Services consumer and producer

emulator that generates test messages and exchanges them between middleware

components.

Performed Audit Load Logging testing to verify that the server recovers from

the audit log queue overflow.

Performed Key Rotation testing in the non-prod and prod environments that

verifies all necessary partner keys are loaded into the key store and Key

Information Service.

Performed integration testing with VeriSign external and internal services

that protect online client identities with extra layers of authentication

for greater privacy and security.

Performed functional SSO testing - Integrated Windows Authentication

Redirector.

Performed Stress testing that is a type of performance test implemented and

executed to understand how a system fails due to conditions at the boundary,

or outside of the expected tolerances.

Performed Volume testing that subjects the target-of-test to large amounts

of data to determine if limits are reached that cause the software to fail.

Performed Security and Access Control Testing that focuses on two key areas

of security: Application-level security, including access to the data or

business functions, and System-level security, including logging into or

remotely accessing the system.

Performed Failover and Recovery testing that ensures the target-of-test can

successfully failover and recover from a variety of hardware, software or

network malfunctions with undue loss of data or data integrity.

Performed Corporate Disaster Recovery testing of CAM infrastructure that

exercises the recovery of a large number of the firm's critical systems.

2004 - 2006 AT&T, San Ramon, CA

Sr. Data/System Analyst

BUSINESS: National leader in the telecommunications industry.

OBJECTIVE: Assume responsibility for executing system tests (LightSpeed-OMS

R1- R2).

Performed Data Conversion testing. Prepared System Test Environment with

infrastructure matching Production. Coordinated Test Data gathering as well

as set-ups required for testing, ran reconciliation reports against

Production and analyzed pre-conversion data. Conducted all data conversion

mock runs and a final production conversion.

Developed test requirements, test plans, test cases, test prerequisite

templates in Test Director based on Business

Was responsible for estimating testing duration and proposing target dates

for testing releases. Identified level of effort for each work request.

Balanced work load, resolved resource constraint issues, and coordinated

assignments.

Reported status along with any issues to Release & Project Management on a

regular basis. Produced metrics to measure progress and performance on

every phase of the testing cycle.

Created Test Module Repository with Test Templates for Reusability and easy

maintenance of Test Cases.

Worked with RM & PM on any outstanding defects & issues on determining path

forward & resolution.

Led an offshore QA team. Conducted walk through and review meetings for QA

artifacts acquiring the necessary sign offs. Provided consulting to

application QA teams as to where the boundaries of application and

infrastructure testing.

Led test plan review meetings with project team and acquired team sign off.

Logged defects in bug tracking system, provided timely status to project

team, and communicated sign offs.

2004 GAP, San Francisco, CA

Sr. QA Engineer

BUSINESS: World's largest retailer with three brands in the apparel

industry-Gap/Banana Republic/Old Navy.

OBJECTIVE: Assume responsibility for White Box testing of Order Management

System (Purchasing Account/Inventory).

Collaborated in the architecture and implementation of JUnit and JTestCase

framework, i.e. created a JUnit test suite populated with the instances of

test case classes that initializes them to be used with JTestCase.

Performed business logic API testing exposed through multiple interfaces for

Purchasing Account and Inventory Control Systems that provide the ability to

place orders and perpetual sales channels with inventory availability.

Fully performed deployment and configuration of the WebSphere AppServer, MQ

Series server, Oracle, and third-party application (Yantra7.x.) Coordinated

test environment setup with development teams.

Created test metrics including test scenario descriptions, pre/post

conditions, Tech/Func Spec XREFs, and expected/actual results.

Logged issues into Test Director for defect management during the testing

phases. Defined priority/severity/test method/environment/etc. of defects or

feature requests and assigned them to Lead-level project resources within

each of the areas of project responsibilities.

1999 - 2004 Instill Corporation, Redwood City, CA

Sr. QA Engineer

BUSINESS: e-Business Application Service provider for the foodservice

industry.

OBJECTIVE: Assume responsibility for testing of the distributed

applications.

Defined the nature and scope of test projects. Produced detailed test

documentation addressing the entire test system architecture - scope,

limitations, risks, platforms, tools used, automatic and manual methods,

quality and fitness for production criteria.

Assisted project management with estimating test efforts, suggested build

milestones, identifying test phases, test priority and order based on

delivery objectives and functional dependencies.

Performed testing of the Oracle data warehouse system. Generated schemas,

tables, views, and indexes from DDL scripts. Produced production data dumps

and uploaded them into test to simulate a real life environment. Verified

data integrity and consistency following creation, modification, and

deletion exercises by means of executing stored procedures and selecting

from logical views.

Created controlled test data sets. Defined and documented implications of

using uncontrolled data and ways to mitigate associated risks.

Preformed JMS integration testing by tracking XML messages originating from

the business logic APIs, reviewed persistent message stores, and simulated

exceptions to validate system transactionality.

Performed API testing of the Security and Directory System exposed through

EJB interfaces. Reviewed and executed unit tests automated by a JUnit-based

test framework. Contributed to development and maintenance of test case

implementation classes. Leveraged the framework as a regression,

performance, and capacity test mechanism.

Performed SOAP Web service testing. Verified accuracy of the SOAP requests

and responses as well as data serialization to match the published business

object schemas.

Performed functional and performance testing of the JSP web applications

through a Web browser interface. Benchmarked application and database server

performance using a variety of different report queries for varying number

of concurrent users.

Developed a suite of automated test scripts using Silk Test. Developed load

and performance test scripts using Silk Performer.

Managed defects in bug tracking system. Logged defect description, operating

environment, its configuration, and steps to reproduce. Provided guidance

and feedback on defect resolution to the Engineering teams.

1999 PRN Corporation, San Francisco, CA

System Analyst

BUSINESS: Broadcast Media Network provider for the world's largest

retailers.

OBJECTIVE: Assume responsibility for evaluating/testing of the satellite

systems.

Responsible for system testing, configuration and process monitoring of

digital satellite feeds and transmitting packages through a broadband

communications link into the store's video servers.

Tested system scripts to start processors and maintained tasks used to

gather log data.

Evaluated system validity with respect to users needs and requirements, made

enhancements and recommendations.

EDUCATION

2007 GigaSpaces 6.0. Training, GigaSpaces Technologies Ltd

2007 Certified in Programming in .NET using C#, Themins Inc.

2006 Certified in Transforming XML With XSLT, TekSystem Education

Services

2006 IBM DataPower XS40/ XI50, IBM Training

2006 Web Services, Integration Competency Center

2005 Introduction to Unix/Linux, leading by John Muster, UC Berkeley

2001 Java Servlets: Advanced Web Applications, UC Berkeley

1998 HTML Scripting, Datatrain

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institut, Kiev,

Ukraine.

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