PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Senior Quality Control Analyst, GrayMattersTechnology (Contractor US Department of Labor) 11721 Woodmore Rd. #140 Bowie, MD 20721
August-2017 – Current CMMI Level 3
Define, design and implement test plans, including creating automated test scripts using test tools, processes and procedures and test cases throughout the software development lifecycle; test Department of Labor Business Enterprise Software and Public facing Web Applications. Work closely with product Leader and developers to define user requirements for testing. Provide assessments of technical and operational practices based on leading industry standards specific to the requested technology.
Actively participate in requirement gathering sessions and team and stakeholders meetings. Prioritize defects to be fixed using an understanding of the business requirements and the needs of the customer.
Writes test cases and scripts,Maintain and establish test data, Perform manual and automated testing to ensure the application is free of defects and meets customer business needs
Perform verification using defined methods, procedures. Document issues found during testing and works with Development team to resolve the issue.
Write SQL statements, prepare and update bug reports and Provide Test Result Reports to team and Stakeholders.
Accurately record test artifacts in Quality Center 11.0 repository ticketing system and Jira repositories. • Provide testing support for all Software Applications that are tested by SQA team
Apply knowledge of Selenium IDE to automate Regression test suite security testing of applications.
Utilize Structure Query Language (SQL) Developer to perform database testing (back end) and Graphic User Interface (front end) to create login screens, user names, passwords and URLs. Experience with scripting SQL queries and understanding of the Oracle 11g or 12c Database
Perform a comprehensive analysis of HTML and XML codes for security breaches; identify and assessed risks,
Followed up to ensure issues were completely resolved.
Sixty percent manual and forty percent automated testing in JAVA environment. Functional, non-functional (cross browser testing, performance testing)
Utilized windows operating system and Cloud Technologies Agile Test Environment Experience in emerging and current technologies including GIS/Cloud/SOA/Web services.
Quality Control Analyst, Netlogicsolutioninc. (Contractor US Department of Labor) 4229 Lafayette Center Drive Chantilly, VA
June-2016 – August 2017
Define, design and implement test plans, including creating automated test scripts using test tools, processes and procedures and test cases throughout the software development lifecycle; test Department of Labor Business Enterprise Software and Public facing Web Applications. Work closely with product Leader and developers to define user requirements for testing. Provide assessments of technical and operational practices based on leading industry standards specific to the requested technology.
Actively participate in requirement gathering sessions and team and stakeholders meetings. Prioritize defects to be fixed using an understanding of the business requirements and the needs of the customer.
Writes test cases and scripts,Maintain and establish test data,Perform manual and automated testing to ensure the application is free of defects and meets customer business needs
Perform verification using defined methods, procedures. Document issues found during testing and works with Development team to resolve the issue.
Write SQL statements, prepare and update bug reports and Provide Test Result Reports to team and Stakeholders.
Accurately record test artifacts in Quality Center 11.0 repository ticketing system and Jira repositories. • Provide testing support for all Software Applications that are tested by SQA team
Apply knowledge of Selenium IDE to automate Regression test suite security testing of applications.
Utilize Structure Query Language (SQL) Developer to perform database testing (back end) and Graphic User Interface (front end) to create login screens, user names, passwords and URLs. Experience with scripting SQL queries and understanding of the Oracle 11g or 12c Database
Perform a comprehensive analysis of HTML and XML codes for security breaches; identify and assessed risks,
Followed up to ensure issues were completely resolved.
Sixty percent manual and forty percent automated testing in JAVA environment. Functional, non-functional (cross browser testing, performance testing)
Utilized windows operating system and Cloud Technologies Agile Test Environment Experience in emerging and current technologies including GIS/Cloud/SOA/Web services.
Quality Assurance Analyst, SoftConEnterprises. (Contractor US Department of Labor) 6505 Belcrest Road Hyattsville, MD
Nov-2014 – June-2016 CMMI Level 3
Defined, documented and managed test plans and test cases throughout the software development lifecycle; tested Department of Labor Business Enterprise Software and Public facing Web Applications. Planed organized and conducted research in a variety of areas.
Implemented Quality Assurance testing methodologies, Functionality, Integration Systems & Regression to validate and verify applications; met the requirements that guided the design and development, maintained optimal work performance and satisfied the organizational requirements.
Collaborated with product manager and developers to define user requirements for testing.
Applied knowledge of Selenium IDE to automate Regression test suite security testing of applications.
Utilized Structure Query Language (SQL) Developer to perform database testing (back end) and Graphic User Interface (front end) to create login screens, user names, passwords and URLs. Experience with system integration testing, performance/stress testing and cross browsers testing
Performed a comprehensive analysis of HTML and XML codes for security breaches; identified and assessed risks,
Implement a course of action to provide immediate resolution. Followed up to ensure issues were completely resolved
Sixty percent manual and forty percent automated testing in JAVA environment.
Systems Analyst, Vision Technologies Services, (Contractor for Ijet International), 8Bestgate Rd. Annapolis, MD
Apr-2013 - Jan-2014 CMMI Level 3
Defined, documented and managed test plans and test cases throughout the software development lifecycle; tested World Cue 6-2106 Com v2.0 Public Facing Web Applications testing in various environments including ASP.NET, TFS
Testing experience with Web services and User Interfaces, SME in complex.
Implemented Quality Assurance testing methodologies, Functionality, Integration Systems & Regression to validate and verify applications; met the requirements that guided the design and development, maintained optimal work performance and satisfied the organizational requirements.
Collaborated with product manager and developers to define user requirements for testing.
Displayed strict attention to detail; accurately recorded test artifacts in JIRA repository ticketing system.
Employed knowledge of Selenium and TCL to automate Regression test suite security testing of applications.
Utilized Structure Query Language (SQL) Developer to perform database testing (back end) and Graphic User Interface (front end) to create login screens, user names, passwords and URLs.
Performed a comprehensive analysis of SOAP UI to include HTML and XML codes for security breaches; identified and assessed risks, implemented a course of action to provide immediate resolution. Followed up to ensure issues were completely resolved.
Supported multiple concurrent releases in agile environments.
Testing comprised of sixty percent manual and forty percent automated in JAVA environment. Extensive experience
manual and automated functional testing
Experience with testing in various environments including ASP.NET, TFS, Windows
Performed Application and Security Testing
Principal Analyst, General Dynamics, Baltimore, MD One Pennsylvania Ave Towson Maryland
Sept-2010 – Oct-2012 CMMI Level 5
Tested Early Retirement Reinsurance Program Web Application and Mainframe; testing methodologies include Component, Functionality, Integration System and Regression.
Worked with system analysts and developers to test overall software design, development and business application requirements. Eliminated all errors prior to website deployment. As a result, retirees were able to successfully retrieve documents and additional information without incident.
Configured and analyzed job control language (JCL) and (SPUFI) to execute mainframe batch jobs. Created SQL processing using file input to query database and manipulate data.
Wrote test scenarios, test plans, recorded test artifacts in Quality Center 10.0 Test Management software with the ability to execute tests and extract reports. Analyzed test results by identifying trends or patterns to determine excessive failures in the script or the software.
Accessed DeQue software; performed 508 compliance testing to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities.
Acquired DiffDoc file folder and remediation utility for documentation comparisons.
Testing comprised of sixty percent manual and forty percent automated in Java environment.
Software Test Engineer, Bastion Technologies, Washington, DC 200 12th Street Arlington Virginia
May-2006 – Apr-2010 CMMI Level 3
Worked with customers to clarify and define requirements in order to establish testability for sensitive as well as non-classified software for NASA HQ HITSS-INDYNE contract.
Tested NASA Headquarter Business Enterprise Software and Scientific Applications; created Test Plan and Procedures (TPP) documents according to NASA HQ specifications which included test scripts, test objectives, the basic scope, regression testing, revising the requirements traceability matrix (RTM) and establishing consistent and/or standardized test procedures.
Analyzed all of NASA public facing Web Applications by examining HTML codes according to NASA IEEE standards.
Analyzed Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for font, text and other website informational download inconsistencies.
Evaluated Java script, a front end software, to execute documents according to their content.
Implemented the use of the open source testing tool Selenium IDE to automate regression testing across browsers.
Testing consisted of seventy percent manual and thirty percent automated in .Net environment.
Software Engineer/Configuration Manager/Spacecraft Data Analyst, Science Applications International Corporation
(SAIC), Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 8800 Greenbelt Rd Greenbelt MD. Bld. 23-28
Aug-2001 – May-2006 CMMI Level 4
Software Test Engineer
Member of System Analysis scientific team
Developed test scenarios, executed test runs, analyzed test results and generated test reports for Flight Dynamics Legacy Software and MODIS Earth Science Spacecraft Systems.
Utilized UNIX to manipulate files on the legacy systems.
Configuration Manager
Provided configuration management systems to tracked software change requests, software versions.
Prepared test dataset, developed test scenarios, analyzed test runs, initiated software enhancement and generated problem reports.
Installed the MKS configuration management system.
Spacecraft Data Analyst
Configured information processes system for real-time dataflow.
Acquired and prepared raw data from satellite transmissions for reduction. Transformed raw data into pictures or graphs.
Analyzed data for spacecraft or subsystem abnormalities, which included, but was not limited to analyzing trends or patterns.
Developed operational documentation and generated system performance reports. Proven experience with complex troubleshooting in regards to system abnormalities
EDUCATION
B.S., Education, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland
M.S., Information Systems Science, Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL HONORS/AWARDS/CERTIFICATIONS
Certificate of Appreciation Team Award (2008) and Exemplary Performance Award (2007) received from Bastion Technologies
Silver Contributor Award, Hubble Space Telescope, Greenbelt, MD (2006) and Group Contributor Awards, GRO, EUVE, TRMM, SAMPEX, XTE, TERRA SOHO, HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE (2005) received from Science Application International Corporation (SAIC)
Software Testing Certification, November 2007 and American Software Testing Qualification Board
508 Trusted Tester Certification, October 2016
ITIL V3 Foundations Certification, November 2016