Jose P. Barillas
Lockport, IL
************@*********.*** 815-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/jose-barillas
Quality Assurance and Verification Specialist
Thrive on complex assignments, work within tight time constraints and deliver on-time results. Provide excellent QA results with thorough understanding of quality assurance fundamentals and software development life cycle. Plan, manage, execute, train others and report test cycles with ease from years of skill development. Lead and participate in test teams comfortably and professionally, due to excellent interpersonal skills. Advocate for customer needs based on interaction and assessment. Quickly learn new tools, systems and processes. Communicate fluently in English and Spanish.
Areas of Expertise:
Quality Assurance Fundamentals
Testing Automation and Management
Agile Software Life Cycle Management
Measurements: Latency, Memory, CPU Use, Network Stability
Computer Software and Tools Proficiency with Quick Mastery
Unit, Breakage, Feature, Regression, Load, Stress and Fault Testing
Technical Skills
Languages:
C, C++, UNIX, Shell Scripting, Perl Scripting, Visual Basic, Basic SQL, Java and Javascript, Soap XML, Diameter SH, Diameter RF, Diameter RO, Python
Platforms:
HP C7000 Chassis running Linux (Redhat, Fedora, Ubuntu); HP G9/G8/G6 Servers; Nokia 5900 Media Resource Function (MRF) servers (G6 through G8); Nokia Radisys Media Servers; HP T60s running proprietary softphones over Microsoft Windows; HP chassis configured as telephony application server and as Internet Media Server; Microsoft computers; basic Apple computers and tablets
Applications:
Microsoft Office Expert Level, Microsoft OS, Linux, Wireshark, TCPDump, proprietary Test Management System, (TMS) TestCase TMS, Selenium Webdriver
Databases:
SQL; Subscriber Database Manager (SDM)
Protocols:
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), ISDN User Part (ISUP), ISUP-SIP, CDMA. ANSI. ETSO, SHRF, RF Billing
Tools:
Bugzilla, Jira, Scrum and Agile, SIPP, SIPP-E, YAML-based heat scripts
Other:
Heat-scripts (Heat-templates), Cloudband stacks, YAML population, SOAP XML
Professional Experience
ALCATEL-LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, Naperville, IL
Quality Assurance Engineer 2000 – 2017
Performance, Reliability, and Capacity Tester 2008 – 2017
Learned proprietary tools for provisioning subscribers on and pushing stress-level traffic onto paired equipment, to prove CPU and memory in all connected equipment operated smoothly at every traffic level.
Verified maximum calls-per-second could be consistently maintained.
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Proved that intense loads in 1 area did not affect smooth functioning in another area and that 99.999% of calls could be consistently completed.
Provided proven stability over extended periods for perpetual use in customers’ high volume networks, enabling clients to offer lucrative services to millions of patrons.
Laboratory Configuration and Installation Engineer 2011 – 2017
Assumed additional QA responsibilities. Used installation, configuration, and maintenance skills to equip cloud-based laboratories with routing, media, application servers, and databases.
Enabled QA team to prove AT&T and Verizon legacy systems performed as reliably and stably in cloud environments as in legacy environments.
Ensured installation procedures worked for customers in field environments.
Proved customers’ calls could be processed with same features more efficiently in new cloud-based environment.
Pair Wise, Automation and Performance Verification Tester 2008 – 2011
Managed concurrent assignments. Assessed feature and capacity updates across paired resources. Used field equipment and simulators to verify resource and media servers.
Proved servers worked as required with new software and hardware upgrades under load conditions, or iterated with developers until complete, allowing Lucent to deploy working systems to large telephony customers, meeting consumers’ needs.
Imported and installed testing simulation tool developed with international and domestic counterparts to verify application server and supporting periphery sanity under stress using performance KPIs, resulting in flawless operation and positive customer experiences.
Integration, Feature and Fault Tester 2000 – 2007
Served as system integration test lead for multi-server software updates. Allocated system access to feature testers and, as features were verified, assessed system sanity and resolved faults. Injected faults into connected peripheral bit streams to verify alarm systems, working at component level to guarantee customers’ products reported only valid errors.
Orchestrated feature testing during extended test cycles and reported integration outcomes, delivering proven full system updates, allowing Fortune 500 customers to offer products and services globally.
Wrote, executed and tracked end-to-end test plans, verifying requirements for newly developed features, resolving all issues, passing all customer acceptance tests, and delivering on time and as required.
Ensured alarms fired as required and not unnecessarily by using skills developed for reading GUI output.
Measured bit framing and reported alarms, ensuring peripheral signaling remained sane as faults were injected.
Additional Relevant Experience
ALCATEL-LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES
Software Developer
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Education
Master of Science (MS), Telephony and Computer Science, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Science (BS), Electronic Engineering, DeVry University, Chicago, IL
Technical Skills / Professional Development
Post-graduation Continuing Education includes:
Udemy online SQL Bootcamp, August 2017
2-Day JavaScript Overview at Eleven-Fifty Academy, Carmel, IN, August 2017
Udemy Complete Python Bootcamp, Anticipated Completion, September 2017
Udemy Complete Java Masterclass, Anticipated Completion, December 2017