ROY M. SHIRK

***** ******* ***** (c) ***-***-

**94

Hagerstown, Md 21740

acdc8d@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE: Extensive Telecommunications, Systems

Engineering/Analysis, Integration and Testing experience, including;

Full Life Cycle Development, Requirements Development, TQM/CMM,

Software/Hardware Testing, Systems Integration, Internet WEB/E-

Commerce, LTE, VPN, Satellite Communications, Wireless,

Telecommunications, Data Communications, Local/Wide Area Networking,

Optical Imaging, Storage Technologies, RDBMS, various OS's, C3,C4,

laboratory research and development, and TEMPEST/RF Engineering.

EDUCATION: Hagerstown Junior College, Hagerstown,

Maryland;

JAVA 1.2 Fundamentals by SAGA

Visual Basic 5.0 Fundamentals by Microcenter

TEMPEST courses by Don White Associates

DEC factory training in VAX-11 Instruction Set

George Washington University, Washington, DC.

A.A.S. Degree; Electronic Engineering

Technology

SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE:

SOFTWARE: Java 1.2, J2EE, VB5.0, CGI, Perl, JAVA, UNIX

shell scripting, HTML, XML, WebLogic.

OPERATING SYSTEMS: LINUX, UNIX, SUN-Solaris, HP-UX, WINDOWS

(X, 3.x NT, NT Server, 2K), VMS, DOS, OS2, VOS, CTOS, COS

TEST TOOLS: Push To Test, Sahi, LoadRunner 7,02, 9.1, Site

Scope 9.0, J2EE diagnostics 7.5, WinRunner, Test Director, Quality

Center, Rational Suite, Spirent, Telelogic DOORS, MS VSS, TOAD,

SQATT, SilkTest, SMARTBITS, IxChariot, PVCS, Hammer, Linkbot

Enterprise, IDACOM protocol analyzer, Tekelec, Tberd, Fireberd, NA

Sniffer, Spectrum Analyzer, and Oscilloscope.

HARDWARE: IBM Blade Center, SunFire, HP Alpha and

Superdome, SUN SPARC20, SUN SPARC5, SUN 3, VAX 7610, 4700, 6420,

11/780, IBM System 88/Stratus, IBM 4341, F5 Big IP, F5 3DNS, All Intel

PC's, Macintosh, Concurrent 3200, Convergent Ngen, SUN Solaris, HP,

SG, Northern Telecom DMS/MTX Cellular Switch, EMC storage.

TCOM PROTOCOLS: TCP/IP ver. 4 & 6, EVDO rev. A, ISDN, Q.931,

X.25, SS7, SONET, T1, E1, Frame Relay, HDLC, SDLC, SNA, LU6.2, CDMA,

TDMA (TDM), GSM.

Work Experience:

LTE Infrastucture Test Engineer Samsung - Reston, Va.

1/2013- 1/2014 Contractor to Samsung,

assigned to Sprints NRT labs as a LTE Laboratory support Engineer. My

duties are to configure, commission, new LTE equipment, and

troubleshoot all issues with Samsungs LTE equipment on RAN and Core

sides. Perform Software and firmware upgrades/downgrades to suit the

needs of the testing team. Configure and reconfigure network elements

for the testing team. Troubleshoot network problems encountered by

the testing team. LTE elements configured and supported include MME,

SAEGW, eNB's and Radio Heads. Work with Sprint network team

configuring Cisco ASR9000 and Oracle 11g database and performing

performance testing to determine scalability and identify any

bottlenecks. Follow and validate MOPS.

Business Analyst/Test Eng. CACI - Fairfax, Va.

1/2011 - 11/2011 Comprizon project. Working

with Functional Analysts to understand customer requirements, and

bring more quality and testing improvements to the team. Defining

Test procedures and standardizing them. Assisting the Functional

Analysts with translating requirements into test cases to verify

Engineering requirements'. Participating in UAT. Researching and

performing proof of concept testing on Open

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source automated testing tools such as Selenium and Sahi.

Implementing Open source automated testing tool Push

To Test which can utilize Sahi or Selenium. Writing automated test

scripts with Push to test using the Sahi

command language which is browser independent. The Compizon

application is government procurement

buying/Selling System utilizing Weblogic in several different

instances for diverse customers.

COTS Hardware Test Engineer Lockheed Martin - Ashburn, Va.

1/2009 - 11/2010 Consultant. FAA FS21 systems.

Conducted research, design, development and testing of COTS and custom

computing components. Developed designs for the installation of

components and assemblies into chassis, racks and cabinets. Planned,

directed, reviewed and coordinated project documentation to

ensure customer contact and company requirements are met. Prepared

specifications, evaluated vendors, and analyzed test reports.

Maintain a system to record modifications to hardware, software or

documentation. Maintained, allocated, functional and physical

baseline control, created and maintained a system to record assets,

modifications to hardware, software, documentation, and drawings.

Served on the Configuration Control Board

(CCB), Joint Engineering Board (JEB) to absolutely ensure all baseline

changes are approved before initiation. Created test beds.

Sr. Test Engineer Fannie Mae - Herndon, Va.

9/2008- 12/2008 Consultant. Testing of Web

based financial software applications GUI front end, Oracle 10 G

backend. The project was the REO website. Writing of SQL queries for

data validation. MS windows, Unix, Linux, Java, DOORs 8.1, Rational

Clear Quest, and Mercury Quality Center. Interview with data stewards

to understand the business process, business rules, and data

requirements. Documented business requirements. Writing of software

integration and test plans/procedures, and reports, production of the

RTM.

Performance Test Engineer HP/Northrop Grumman - Fairfax, Va.

5/2008- 9/2008 Consultant. Working with HP to

performance test the US. Military Defense Travel System by Northrup

Grumman, Using HP's Load Runner 9.1, Site Scope 9.0, and J2EE

Diagnostics 7.5. Analyze application, and Business processes,

workflows. Create/modify Test Scripts, Execute tests, and analyze

performance results. Unix, Oracle 10g, Business Objects, Java

environment. Diagnose problems and document performance results.

Develop UAT test strategy, lead UAT testing. Extensive client

interaction.

System/Test Engineer Teleworx/Nextel/Sprint - Sterling, Va.

4/2007-4/2008 Consultant. Work as assigned within the

Technology Development (TD) group in the Wi-Max XOHM environment. TCP/IP

V4 & V6, SNMP, 802.3, 802.16, Mobile IP, wireless Wi-Fi T-com. Working

with vendors to procure, evaluate, test, and implement their

technologies/services (i.e. Real, Windows Media, Nokia, Sanyo), TD lab set

up, configuring and optimizing routers, switches and all infrastructure

components. Qchat on T series blades, and the administration of. Qchat

installs, over BREW, Testing, Troubleshooting, and Integration.

Installation configuration and testing of chipsets deployed to Wi-Max

handsets (Sanyo, Nokia, Samsung), (Intel, Qualcomm chipsets). Apple video

servers. Test plan development, reporting, research, development, and

Proof of Concept Testing (POC), QOS, RF characteristic testing, and

supporting Beta and production deployment. Measuring allocated frequency

spectrum allocations and interference with respect to FCC regulations.

Test & Integration Engineer Lucent/Nextel - Sterling, Va.

06/2006-04/2007 Contractor. QChat/Network Element

Integration Engineer. Lab Integration and testing for EV-DO Rev. A.

Responsible for the installation and verification of Red Hat Linux, Java

applications and Qualcomm Qchat software onto 256 Blades/IBM Blade Server

Unit T. Usage of VMware 6.02. PII (Ericsson Push-to-Talk Interoperability

Interface) and iDEN (Motorola) interface gateway with the Lucent (Qualcomm)

QChat end-to-end solution (CDMA). Next Generation Wireless technology

integration and testing for nationwide deployment & integration. Testing

of various SIP Rev-A and Rev-B handsets, and base stations. MIB

configuration. Linux, UNIX, PERL, Ethereal, Visio, various Microsoft

Windows applications. OSPF, MLPP, MPLS, VOIP, Inter VLAN communication

UDP, HSRP, GLBP, RADIUS, SNMP v2 and 3, Mobile IP,IPV4 & IPV6, 802.16,

Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN technology.

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Starent PSDN, IBM Blade Server T, Lucent 5ESS switch Cisco routers.

Utilize spectrum analyzers for

analyzing frequency spectrum interference and anomalies.

Lead Test Engineer CTGI Inc. - U.S Coast Guard, Kearneysville, WV.

07/2004-05/2006 Lead team of 5 testing of Software applications

developed for the U.S. Coast Guard Operations System Center. UML,

follow Rationals RUP, and utilize the entire Rational product line,

particularly Test Manager, Requisite Pro, Clear Quest, Case, and

Robot. Back-end testing of a Seibel, Oracle 9i database and the

creation, debug, and execution of Robot Test scripts for the GUI front

end. Bug tracking and evaluation. Current project is a conversion

of several large applications from VB to .net. Must take in to

account GIS, NGA and DoD,

satellite imaging, and RF ID inputs. SCAMPI participant to promote

company from CMM3 to CMM3i certification. Produce metrics, allocate

and manage work, and maintain document libraries.

Senior QA Engineer Nextel - Herndon,Va.

02/2004-07/2004 Contractor. Testing of the CDR (Call Data

Records) back-end Data warehousing infrastructure upgrade.

Implementation of Data Stage ETL tool, Business Objects, and Oracle

9i. Star Schema

dimensional model. Unix/Java environment, writing of PL/SQL

statements, Korn shell scripting, Writing of Test Plans, strategies,

scripts and reports in accordance with Nextel's SDMv4 methodology.

Testing of current wireless technologies, iden, GSM, CDMA. Analysis

of Next Generation technologies, GSM, SIP, and impact on CDR Data

warehouse. XML Spy utilized.

Senior QA Engineer Nextel - Herndon,Va.

08/2003-12/2003 Contractor. Performance Testing on

SmartConnect CRM upgrade (Peoplesoft 8.0 to 8.4) project. Writing

of Test Plans and Procedures utilizing Load Runner, Test

Director/Quality Center and Analysis Tool. Tracking of defect

reports. Writing PL/SQL statements. Back-end Performance testing.

Testing of WAP functionality and LNP. Environment consists of UNIX,

J2EE, Web Logic, PeopleSoft, and Oracle 9i.

Systems Engineer Integic - Chantilly, Va.

01/2003-06/2003 Contractor. Performance testing of back-end

servers running Oracle 8i for an Enterprise scale Healthcare System

(CHCSII) (HL7messaging). Servers are HP-UX, and Sun Solaris. J2EE

environment. Performed stress and load testing with LoadRunner 7.15,

custom in-house tool, Spirent Chariot, and Ixia traffic generators.

See Beyond EAI. Writing of SQL statements. Test Director used for

defect tracking. Also utilized Tivoli for performance measurements.

Very dynamic environment, worked on testing of multiple projects

simultaneously. Worked closely with development improving code to

enhance performance. Produced work process diagrams. Analyzed future

scalability issues and devised and implemented test plans and

scenarios. Performed UAT testing.

Principal Engineer Computer Sciences Corporation - Washington,

D.C.

12/2001-01/2003 Test and Certification of Software for various INS

Inspections

programs for the DHS STARS and US-Visit program. Environment consisted of

DB2, Oracle 8i, MQ

series, and Windows (95,98, NT, and 2000), SQL Server 2000. Writing of

Test Plans and procedures to

INS's SDLC, Participating in peer reviews, tracking of defects, and

writing of Test Analysis Reports.

SEI/CMM, level 3 compliant environment. Review/updating of Use Cases, and

FRD's. Execution of Test

Plans, and support of production releases. Root cause analysis. Writing

of PL/SQL statements.

Integration and test of biometric systems such as live fingerprint

scanners, hand scanners, retina scanners,

and intelligent cards. PVCS utilized for CM and defect tracking. Perform

UAT during FAT (UAT)

testing producing all related reports and documentation.

Software Engineer Digital System Resources, Inc. - Fairfax, Va.

1/2001-11/2001 Software Integration and Test of COTS products.

Environment is Linux Red Hat. Utilized the most current x86

hardware. Systems built are Naval submarine sonar trainers. Network

Architecture, Definition, and Implementation. S-Tadil J, Link 11,

communications. Dual display, dual processor clients, and SMP servers

(8 way at 750 MHz). PVCS utilized for CM and defect tracking. Korn

shell scripting. Real time operating system. Led & mentored a test

team of 4 to 5. MATLAB utilized for Simulation Analysis.

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Internet Engineer UUNet - Ashburn, Va.

8/00-12/00 Consultant. Software Integration and Test of Internet

Backbone

Monitoring/Data Collection and Reporting element for their VPN

Service. The system monitors VPN performance factors, collects data,

and generates Reports for the verification of SLA's. Code is

implemented in Java and XML. CMM SEI Level 2. Environment is Sun

Solaris, Oracle 8i. Rationals Clear Case 4.1, Rationals Clear Quest

2.0, and SQA Robot were the primary tools used. Unix shell scripting.

Performed back-end testing. Troubleshooting Juniper IP switch and

Redback router issues utilizing OSPF, BGP and RIP. Spirent Smartbits

used for traffic generation. Writing of PL/SQL statements. Other

COTS tools included Reflection X, Embarcadero DB Artisan. Rational

environment. Acted as team Lead of 4.

Principal Test Engineer IntoTheNet, Chantilly, Va.

02/00-8/00

Senior Test Engineer MCI /Worldcom - Chantilly, Va.

10/99-02/00

Senior QA Engineer OneSoft Corp - Annandale, Va.

10/98-10/99

Senior Test Engineer Coherent Communications - Ashburn, Va.

3/97-9/98 .

Sr. Test Engineer CyberCash, Reston, Va.7/96 - 3/97

American Mobile Satellite Corporation - Reston, Va. 7/95 - 7/96

Sr. Test Engineer.

SYSECA, Inc. - McLean, VA. 9/94 - 7/95 Sr. Test Engineer.

Mitre Corporation, McLean, Va. 03/93 - 8/94 System Engineer.

BDM Corporation, Mclean - Virginia 9/92 -2/93 Test Engineer. the

PRC - McLean, Virginia 11/89 - 9/92 Test and

Integration Engineer.

MCI Corporation, Reston - Virginia 10/88 - 11/89 Test

Engineer.

C3 Inc., - Herndon, Virginia 7/86 - 10/88 Hardware Analyst.

Science Applications International Corporation 7/84- 6/86 System

Engineer. Systems Enginering development on C-cubed command centers

for the Royal Saudi Navy. Development of all aspects of the control

console equipment integration, and testing.

IBM Corporation, Gaithersburg, Maryland LAN Integration Engineer.

11/82 - 6/84 Integration and testing of various LAN (Ethernet,

HyperBus, Proteon) equipment with IBM PC's and mainframes (4341/61).

Heavy IP testing at the layer 2 and layer 3 level.

Electronic R&D Technician/Engineer 5/74-8/82 Fairchild Space and

Electronics, Germantown, Maryland.

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