Derek G. Fernandez

*** *. *** **, *********, WA *8133

206-***-**** acd7oh@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Corporation - Software Test Engineer October, 2012 to June

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. Worked on the Quality Essentials Release Manager project for the

Engineering Excellence team. This was a complex web interface that relied

on several different systems working together - this included unit

testing on individual modules and testing integration of interconnected

systems.

. Wrote automated functional tests for areas assigned to me.

. Tested daily and private builds, defining and executing test cases in

Microsoft Test Manager.

. Tested against local, pre-production and production environments and ran

complex functional test cases to mimic customer scenarios, and catch

serious issues before production release.

. Logged and managed bugs and tasks in a Team Foundation Server (TFS)

database.

Experis IT - Quality Assurance Analyst July, 2012 to October 26, 2012

. Worked on the redesign and migration of Premera Blue Cross website.

. Responsible for analyzing work that needed to be done, creating Product

Backlog Items in Team Foundation Server and assigning work items to the

Content Migration team.

. Created and executed test cases in HP Quality Center.

. Performed end-to-end testing, content verification in Ektron CMS, and bug

reporting.

. Helped define the development process for this project by leveraging

previous experience in Agile and Scrum methodology, as well as Team

Foundation Server.

Allyis, Inc. - Software Test Engineer May, 2012 to July, 2012

. Worked on Microsoft's Local OEM Incentives Portal, an incentives program

for OEM partners. This is a Windows Azure-based application created using

Kentico CMS.

. Responsible for deploying daily builds to a Test environment, end-to-end

testing, and bug reporting.

. Perform user role and permissions testing. User management is performed

in Kentico CMS and verified in the user website.

Microsoft Corporation - Software Test Engineer October, 2011 to May,

2012

. Worked on the Azure Active Directory project, a cloud-based Active

Directory user management application.

. Worked within the Forefront Identity Management organization testing the

Self-Service Password Reset component. Responsible for environment setup,

end-to-end testing, and bug reporting.

. Replicate client-server enterprise environments using virtual machines

created and managed with Microsoft Hyper-V. Machines are configured using

SQL Server and Windows Sharepoint Services.

. Create and manage test cases in Microsoft's WTT. Bugs are created and

tracked in Microsoft Product Studio and Team Foundation Server (TFS).

Microsoft Corporation - Software Test Engineer April 6, 2010 to April

6, 2011

. Worked within the Xbox Publishing Platform organization testing a

Certification application for game developers and internal Microsoft

employees. Worked with other engineering teams to ensure that our

application (GGCert) integrated properly with other systems. After GGCert

shipped, I tested a new User Interface for the Mastering team. This

application helped automate certain tasks in the creation of physical

discs and other game content.

. Responsible for testing all environments hosting the GGCert application -

from Test, to Systems Integration, to User Acceptance. Helped coordinate

User Acceptance Tests during major project milestones. Verified that all

services were synchronizing properly with all other related services in

the Xbox ecosystem and verified UI output against data in SQL backend.

Performed Build Verification Testing on all environments prior to

official testing.

. Assisted in testing of the Product Submission area of the Xbox 360

developer site. Tested end-to-end scenarios and raised issues as they

surfaced. Bugs were filed in a Team Foundation Server database.

Microsoft Corporation - Software Test Engineer February 16, 2009 to

June 26, 2009

. Analyzed technical specifications and created test cases for SharePoint

Designer web integration project. Created a Test Design Specification

document to define the direction of testing for the project.

. Created a test environment with a Windows 2008 server hosting several

virtual machines. Virtual machines were created and hosted using

Microsoft Hyper-V.

. Set up Windows Sharepoint Services servers whenever a new build was

released. Configured the Sharepoint site with correct user permissions

and populated it with Tasks, documents, and workflows. Installed

Sharepoint Designer as part of the Office 14 client install to verify

server and Sharepoint site functionality.

. Filed bugs in the internal bug database. Worked closely with developers

and program managers to ensure that project is on track and that all test

areas were covered.

Microsoft Corporation - SDET January 21 2008 to November 2008

. As the main tester for the Engineering Excellence group's CheckPoint

Express application, I drove the User Interface testing effort for the

latest major release - from the early planning stages, through User

Acceptance Testing and to final release. I was responsible for testing

all hotfixes and QFE's.

. Working closely with Program Management and a small development team, I

was responsible for filing bugs and creating test cases in a Team

Foundation Server database. Tasks were created and managed in TFS. The

team was able to meet all milestones and the project shipped on time.

. I coordinated bug bashes and worked directly with users in regular-

scheduled UAT sessions to ensure that the product was in accordance with

user requirements. Assigned test areas and test scripts to test

participants. I scheduled build and deploy tasks and worked with the

Operations team to push out latest versions of the application the team's

production, demo, Test and UAT environments. I performed Build

Verification Testing on each new build prior to official testing. After a

build completes testing, I sign off on each as appropriate.

LexisNexis - Software Test Engineer April 16, 2007 to December 21, 2007

. As part of the Concordance QA team, performed testing on a suite of

litigation support software products. This included daily testing of

desktop and web-based applications, setting up test environments,

maintaining databases, bug reporting, and communicating results.

. Break down functional areas into specific test cases. Create and manage

test cases in Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. Perform

BVT's and regression testing based on these test cases.

. Work within an Agile software development model. This includes

participating in daily scrum meetings, working closely with developers

and program management, and working within shorter, well-defined

development cycles.

Microsoft Corporation - Software Test Engineer July 3, 2006 to

December, 2006

. Working with the Windows Genuine Advantage team, performed testing that

verifies whether or not Windows software on users' machines is genuine

and verified the functionality of builds before release. Ensured that the

team's test computers were ready to handle testing as new releases came

up.

. Created jobs using WTT, a Microsoft internal test suite, to automate

frequently executed tests and incorporate new tasks into the test

process.

Watchguard Technologies - Quality Assurance Tester March 2006 to July

2006

. Worked directly with the development manager to perform testing on

websites prior to their release to the Quality Assurance team.

. Tested functionality of Onyx CRM software to verify accuracy of customer

data and to check whether released code was functioning properly.

Microsoft Corporation - Test Lead March 2005 to March 2006

. As Test Lead for the Xbox Application Production team, I tested internal

and external web applications used by Microsoft employees and industry

partners. Reviewed technical specifications, wrote test plans and test

cases, filed bugs and coordinated with developers and project managers to

keep the projects on track. I was responsible for certifying these

projects for release to production.

. Lead and primary tester for the X-Certification database project, a web-

based application created to streamline the billion-dollar Xbox and

Xbox360 game certification process. Constantly-changing business

requirements dictated by users from both the US and the UK made this a

challenging project that went through several revisions and required a

flexible development and testing approach.

. Helped establish structured software development processes within the

team. After the development team makes a build available, this position

required access to source control, copying required files and running the

appropriate SQL scripts to propagate the build to the test servers. After

it passed Build Verification Testing, it was made available for a full

test pass.

. Regularly coordinated User Acceptance Testing with the team's customers,

which allowed the team to learn how customers used the tools and quickly

resolve issues as they arise. Scheduled and coordinated weekly bug triage

meetings wherein Development, Program Management, Test, and Support

groups in the team prioritized and managed the team's bugs.

. My duties included managing and monitoring the team's web support tool.

Routed requests for support to the appropriate owners as they were

received. Also created a working Manual to cover the most common support

issues as part of an ongoing effort to streamline support operations.

Microsoft Corporation - Software Test Engineer March 5, 2001 to

February 28, 2005

. Performed daily Enterprise testing for WTT, an internal test suite that

Microsoft released within the company and eventually to its vendor

partners. Working with both the development team and the test team,

installed Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000 on several server-class

machines and set these machines up to work as an Enterprise to simulate a

large-scale deployment. Clients were installed against the enterprise

controller and would execute jobs sent from the controller.

. Set up, managed, and maintained a 200-machine lab that ran daily

reliability and stress tests. These included both 32-bit and 64-bit

machines and operating systems ranging from Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000,

Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Longhorn, which were used as

clients for daily enterprise Stress testing, running several hundred

thousand tests a night.

. Wrote test plans to define the scope of testing for the various projects

I was involved in. Also wrote specifications for projects and tools

created within my team. Wrote test cases for each feature in my area and,

where possible, automated test cases using XML in conjunction with

scripts and internal tools. While working on the WTT project, wrote test

cases for the majority of the features. Created over 600 test cases in

the internal database and helped define the scope of early testing in a

two-month period.

. Set up, managed and maintained a laptop migration lab. I wired this

office to accommodate 35 test machines, set up network connectivity,

ensured that all test systems were attached to the debugger, and

maintained a state of readiness to assure the smooth flow of daily tests.

Ran Visual Basic and C++ automation scripts.

. Performed laptop migration testing for Windows XP. These laptops were

used to test migration from down-level operating systems to Windows XP

Professional and Home versions. After the release of Windows XP, focus

shifted to Windows XP Service Packs, Windows Server 2003 & Windows

Longhorn.

. Assisted new team members by providing training, feedback and mentoring

in order to familiarize them with team procedures and their assigned

tasks. Worked with several versions of various internal databases to

report, track and resolve bugs.

Microsoft Corporation - Software Tester 2000 to 2001

. Performed end-user scenario testing on consumer devices for the Windows

XP System Migration team. Test machines and devices were upgraded to

Windows XP with testing focused on device functionality.

. Built and maintained team's spreadsheets for tracking device inventory.

. Tested Windows Millennium on laptops and docking stations with the Power

Management team.

. Reported, monitored and managed bugs in the internal database.

EDUCATION

B.A. Economics - Sociology

University of the Philippines, Baguio City, Philippines

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