RIMA GASPARYAN

Bellevue, WA *****

425-***-**** ac7738@r.postjobfree.com

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SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER IN TEST

Sr. QA Analyst Mobile Application Teste

Summary:

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer in Test with strong understanding of software development process, hands-on experience in testing Windows OS, Web, Mobile, Desktop and Cloud applications, as well as development of test plans, test case creation, test execution and bug tracking.

Qualifications include over 10 years of SQA experience including testing client/server, web and desktop applications. Expert in test strategies, test case management and reporting, smoke testing, exploratory testing, manual testing, unit testing, functional and negative testing, black-box testing, white-box testing including code coverage, integration testing, web testing, performance and stress testing, user acceptance testing, regression and release testing.

Possess excellent analytical, problem solving, communications and leadership skills. Able to use out of the box thinking and analysis to improve processes, systems, and methodologies.

Work experience:

01/2016 – 07/2018, VIEVU LLC – Seattle, WA

Sr. Quality Assurance Analyst

Worked in a fast pace and Agile environment. Serving as a key member of QA team testing VIEVU Police body worm camera software, digital evidence management solution, and mobile applications. Leading QA efforts for software quality by creating test strategy, test cases and mentoring team members. Evaluating and improving test coverage on all levels.

Achievements:

Helped to develop Quality Assurance strategy

Created test plan from scratch

Analyze and create visual bug reports in Confluence to review quality trends

Create UAT documents for clients.

Develop test process flow report for high level management group.

Daily duties:

Functional testing of new features

Pre-release integration and regression testing

Creating test documentation

Create test cases in TestRail

Help to develop Quality Assurance strategy

Schedule test runs, monitor the progress and report results

Triage new bugs

File bugs using Jira

Used Microsoft Azure Cloud system for testing DB migration process

Utilized Charles Proxy

Validation and Verification of test results from offshore teams

1/2014 - 11/2015, RealNetworks through Volt LLC –Seattle, WA

Quality Assurance Engineer

Leading QA efforts for two projects in RealNetworks: deployment RealTimes as desktop Application, and testing RealTimes on all mobile platforms by creating test strategy and test cases.

Achievements:

Develop test plan, test cases and update old test cases

Organize and build up environment for bug bash test

Daily duties:

Setup test environment of new features

Execute test cases and develop test report

Functional testing of new features

Validate functionality via network tracing and system logs

Localization test for installation process on the various Windows OS

Multi-platform integration testing of the cloud-based product RealPlayer Cloud

UAT and performance test, scenario driven validation

End-to-end validation of metrics and device acceptance testing

Pre-release integration and regression testing

Utilized the Wireshark Network Analyzer, VMware Workstation and Fiddler

5/2013 - 11/2013, Amazon through TEKSystems Inc. – Seattle, WA

Quality Engineer

Served as a key member of amazon Kindle FreeTime App development team as QA engineer.

Daily duties:

Setting up Kindle Fire tablets for testing

Installing new build of FreeTime App on tablets using per/python scripting

Executing test cases and test sessions on multiple Kindle devices

Logging defects in Jira

Troubleshooting defects and analyzing test results

Performed functional, accessibility and usability testing

Utilized Android SDK, Kindle Fie Emulator, and experience with Ericsson Charging platform

5/2012 - 4/2013, AT&T through Kforce Inc. – Bothell, WA

Software QA Engineer

Tested AT&T Locke App that can store, sync, upload, download, and share your photos, videos and document in Cloud.

Daily duties:

Designed and implemented the test cases

Review old test cases and update them with new implemented features

Execute test run and perform test report

Worked with Jira bug tracking system to submit bug reports

Provided functional, regression, performance and UAT for Locker on different mobile platforms

Ensure software and hardware solution meet customer requirements for usability and functionality

Troubleshoot issues using Android SDK, iTunes, Xcode and collecting log files for bug report

Utilized IPhone Configuration Utility, AC Sideload, Wonder Machine, Rally

3/2010 - 4/2012, T-Mobile through Kforce Inc. – Bellevue, WA

Software QA Engineer

Tested several Mobile applications, and Project Lead the testing effort for Mobile Life Album device application on different mobile devices and platforms.

Achievements:

Worked closely with design, program and marketing teams and with vendors to develop test plan, test cases

Develop the process to coordinate with vendor and to improve build drop quality

Daily duties:

Planned and provided resources to vendor and T-Mobile QA team members

Manually tested various features and bug fixes

Assigned work to other team members to meet the deadlines of each projects

Tracked and regularly reported progress to management teams

Managed bugs traffic flow from QA to development and back

Tracking multiple test execution simultaneous

Used HP Quality Center for bugs and test cases tracking

11/2003 - 2/2010, Microsoft through CompuCom Inc. – Bellevue, WA

Software Test Engineer

Worked at Microsoft for several projects: Office Communicator, Media Center System for VISTA OS, Microsoft Product Support System (PSS)

Daily duties:

Running BVTs, Code Coverage reports, utilizing Windows Testing Technologies (WTT), clean installations on multiple machines at the same time, scheduling, maintaining, and tracking automation runs. Manual, ad-hoc testing, regressing bugs, opened new issues and followed up with development.

Maintaining test cases in WTT suites and adding new test cases as necessary for the test coverage.

Ran stress & performance testing per test requirements.

Test Windows OS preload and upgrade the system on different machines with deferent case scenarios.

Helping out feature team to run test cases and communicate effectively with software developers.

Identify software anomalies and defects and report them in easy-to-reproduce manner. Follow up with reported bugs till satisfactory resolution.

Utilized variety of tools and applications, e.g.: Visual Studio, SQL Profiler, IIS Manager, AdeptSQL Diff

Created test documentation and reported software defects and suggestions, ran regression testing, developed built verification tests (automation)

Write test plans for feature area. Reviews test specification, cases, and automation for code coverage

Improving test quality and effectiveness by working with Development and Program Management to prevent problems and to make the product more testable

Support program management, software engineers, and Software Quality Engineering through the development, measurement, and optimization of unambiguous and measurable system requirements and specifications

Demonstrated ability to work with a multi-disciplined development team from inception through product release

Verified software requirements and verifies as unambiguous and testable.

Close communicated and interacted with software builders and developers on a daily basis

Performed functionality, boundary, system, validation, integration, stress, ad hoc, smoke, and regression testing

4/1999 - 8/2003, Attachmate – Bellevue, WA

Software Test Engineer

Worked on connectivity software which provides secure host access to mission-critical information

Daily duties:

Functional testing of applications, providing direct, two-way, real-time access to information from a variety of host systems, including: IBM mainframe, AS/400, and UNIX/VMS

Developed automated test scripts in 4Test language (Silk) for test regression and volume testing

Analyzed variety of reports such as: code coverage, usability, source code, and other information to determine the effective and adequate test methodology for assigned areas

Localization testing of software in German, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese languages

Used existing and developed new test scripts and tools to verify functionality of the assigned areas against the requirements

10/1996 - 2/1998, Continental DataGraphics – San Diego, CA

Technical Illustrator

Preparing technical Illustrations using AutoCAD for Boeing Aircraft 747 Aircraft, 777 Aircraft

Daily duties:

Technical Illustration, Illustrated Parts Breakdown (IPB) for use in Installation and Maintenance Manuals from blueprints and other technical data.

IPC (Illustrated Parts Catalog)

Technical skills:

Platforms: Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP, macOS,

Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure Cloud

SD Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, Agile, Waterfall

Mobile Platforms: iOS, Android OS, Windows Mobile

Mobile Tools: Android Studio/adb, Xcode/iOS Simulator, DroidExplorer,

Database: SQL SMS, MySQL, ADS, SQL Profiler, IIS Manager, Adept SQL Diff

Test Automation: WebRunne, Silk, LoadRunner

Technology Java, C#, IBM mainframe, AS/400, Unix/VMS, Visual basic, HTML, XML

used in projects:

Networking: RTC Mon, Network Analyzer, TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP, DNS, Fiddler

Bug Tracking: JIRA, HP QC, WTT

Other: TestRail, Confluence, Microsoft Debugging tool, Microsoft Office, Active Directory

Education and training:

1996 Computer Software Testing, JCC School, Palo Alto, San Francisco, CA

1994 BS Degree in Computer Science, Technical University, Baku, Azerbaijan

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