QA Engineer Software

Software Quality Assurance Test Engineer

Professional Summary

QA Test Lead experience

Experienced Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Comfortable interfacing with the team about requirements

Extensive work with FDA regulated environments

Strong experience in Document Management Systems

Embedded IoT and medical device software testing

Worked in an agile team QA environment

Experienced in all phases of SDLC Software Quality Assurance

Strong team leadership and communication skills

QA Software Tools

JIRA, Confluence, TestRail, Test Track, Enovia, HP Quality Center, Test Track ALM, Microsoft Team Foundation Server TFS, Microsoft Test Manager, IBM DOORS, Chrome REST Client

Microsoft Office, SQL Server Management Studio, SQLite, Oracle PL/SQL database

Enovia, MKS Integrity Client for defect tracking, HL7

Cumulative Daily Job Responsibilities

Manual test writing and execution

Requirements editing and analysis, gap detection

Test authoring Execution and Regression test verifications

Defect creation, tracking and the verification of bug resolution

Experience in using test harnesses for simulation purposes and performance testing

Embedded device application testing

Running basic SQL queries for verification and validation purposes

Creation and management of VMWare ESXi server environments

Employment

Management Science Associates, Pittsburgh, PA 8/2018 – 2/2019

Contractor for MSA, Pinnakle Technologies

Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Life Sciences Division: Web Application SQA

UI manual testing for: https://editlife.msa.com

Testing on a large-scale organ transplant enterprise-level hospital network application

Works closely with the Business Administrators to edit and verify requirements and use cases

Logging and creating defects within VFTS Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server

HIPPA compliant Regulated Healthcare software environment

Responsible for User Interface functionality and consistency in forward-facing aesthetic environment

Software Design Solutions Murrysville PA, Full Time 7/2017 - 4/2018

Sr. Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Embedded Software and Hardware – IoT SQA

Agile environment

SQA testing includes: Functional, negative, stress, Functional Integration and Regression

Created test plans and test cases including a reporting structure in Test Rail even when requirements were not available or incomplete.

Manual test writing and execution for transit authorities, Bus and Rail.

Celtic Healthcare Mars, PA, converted to Full Time 10/2017 - 4/2017

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Contracted through Oxford Solutions Pittsburgh, PA

Web based application testing for healthcare and documentation.

Work on UI and Functional integration, JIRA, SQA test creation and execution.

Agile environment

Web based healthcare medical coding software

Ciber Pittsburgh, PA, Full-Time 3/2016 - 9/2016

Sr. Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Complete Web based application testing for the IRB

Work on UI and Functional integration, test track ALM software.

Responsible for SQA test writing and execution procedures.

Managed and guided the design team in developing solid use cases, task analysis, workflows, etc. and supported technical reviews and cross-functional documentation reviews.

Development of FDA Regulatory Clinical Trial software

Sepine ‘Test Track’ Software ALM

Bayer Pharma Radiology and Informatics, Indianola, PA (formerly Medrad)

Contracted through: Premiere Technology Services, Walton Hills, OH, 9/2014 - 2/2016

Lead Verification and Validation Test Engineer

Verification and Validation FDA testing on CT and MRI injectors and control software.

QA Engineer in an FDA Medical Device Class I and II regulated V&V testing lab environment.

Supported activities for multiple new product development (NPD) and Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) on injector projects with specific focus on how the systems were practically used in the field.

Aided in driving them to resolution through the discrepancy review management process.

Some automation testing using pre-scripted low-level embedded C+ type code.

Philips Respironics, Monroeville, PA

Canon Recruiting Group LLC, Santa Clarita, CA 9/2013 - 7/2014

SQA Verification and Validation Test Engineer

While engaged at Philips Respironics, Monroeville, PA

Conducted design V&V activities as an active member of project teams testing medical device software.

Verified and validated FDA approved medical devices.

Executed and wrote detailed test plans that evaluated medical devices and systems against documented mechanical, electrical and software requirements.

SQA test writing and execution and planning.

K&L Gates, LLC. Pittsburgh, PA

converted to Full Time from a contract with Regency Group, LTD 9/2011 - 3/2013

Software Quality Assurance Test Engineer and Application Support

VMWare used in core image testing.

Managed a team to implement system upgrades.

Responsible for SDLC management.

Ticket tracking for QA within Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Christ Church at Grove Farm, Sewickley, PA

Music Ministry, Worship Leader/Director

Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA

Adjunct, Faculty

Grace Church, Edgeworth, PA

Director of Music

St. Stephen’s Church, Sewickley, PA

Director of Music

Computer Housecall, Pittsburgh, PA

PC Field Technician

Penn Financial Services, Pittsburgh, PA

Agent, Long Term Care, Mutual Funds, Retirement Planning

Education

Master’s Degree, Music Education, with Information Technology

Full Teaching Assistantship University of Miami Coral Cables, FL

Bachelor’s Degree Music Education K-12 certification, with Information Technology

Teaching Certificate K-12 Northwestern University Evanston, IL

Professional IT Certification

Certificate in Information Technology

IT Networking, Community College of Allegheny County Pittsburgh, PA

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