Engineer Testing

LEXTER S. ACOSTA

******.******@*****.*** 347-***-**** 83-60 118th St. Apt. GC, Kew Gardens, NY

Permanent Work Authorization No Visa Sponsorship Required Open to Relocation

SOFTWARE QUALITY ENGINEER * QUALITY ANALYST * SOFTWARE TESTER

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a Quality Assurance Analyst position that challenges my software testing – related experience, talent and encourages professional growth.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

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Nine+ years’ solid work experience in Software Quality Assurance Testing. Developed skills in Quality Management

Well versed with all stages of Software Development Life Cycle and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)

Proficient in using test management and defect management tools such as IBM ALM, HP ALM, and JIRA

Hands on Team player with Strong Focus on Documentation, Communication, Process and constant improvements

Proficient in software system test types (e.g. sanity, functional, regression, integration, inter-system, parallel and UAT testing)

Experience in Manual Testing and & Mobile Application Testing

Experience in Web service testing

Had certifications in Certified Software Tester (CSTE) and Professional Scrum Master I (PSM)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Test Management Tools: HP QC/ALM, IBM CLM, JIRA, Bugzilla

Systems: Windows, UNIX, Linux

Language: Visual Basic, JAVA, HTML

Database: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, Oracle SQL Developer, Microsoft Access, MySQL

Software: MS Office Suite, MS SQL Server, Visio

Automation Tools: QPT UFT, Selenium WebDriver

Others: Mainframe (TSO, CICS, SAR), SharePoint, Confluence, Pivotal Tracker, Citrix, Web Based & Client Server Systems, Windows based testing, XML, Toad, Virtual Machine, Mobile Testing, Browser Compatibility Testing, Platforms Compatibility Testing, Linux commands.

WORK-RELATED EXPERIENCE

SENIOR QA ENGINEER (May 2013 –August 2015)

RCG IT. Inc., Manila, Philippines

A leading provider of world-class technology solutions for complex business initiative with over 40 years of history in providing services to the Global 1000 marketplace. Based in Edison, New Jersey. PCI Compliant and operate at CMMI Level 5.

Reviewed Business Requirements Documents and Technical Specifications

Prepared Test Plans and Test Scripts describing the features and function to be tested

Carried out test data for positive and negative test scenarios for functional testing

Verified reports and data using Mainframe screens (TSO, CICS, and SAR)

Performed mobile app testing using emulator, simulator and real devices.

Performed mobile Browser and Platform compatibility testing, UI Testing, Interrupt Testing and Network Settings.

Utilize HP ALM to execute and track test cases and manage defects from inception to resolution.

Performed backend testing such as writing SQL statements and Relational database (RDBMS) queries.

Participated in Defect triage and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Mentored and trained other team members in use of tools and testing principle.

SENIOR QA ENGINEER (December 2011 - March 2013)

KiteSystems Inc., Manila, Philippines

A high quality business focused IT solutions (publishing, mobile e-wallet, event ticketing) and consultancy across a diverse range of discipline and technologies

Participate in Sprint Grooming sessions to pull the current sprint user stories from Backlog

Testing the User stories if they are ready after each and every build

Giving Demo of the functionality to the Product Owner before Sprint signoff

Participating in Scrum meetings and Retrospective meeting to analyze the Sprint Health

Logging defects in BUGZILLA tool and tracking the status of those on daily basis

Performed cross browser testing through virtual machines

Experienced working level in Windows and command line Linux environments

SR. QUALITY CONTROL ANALYST (May 2008 – October 2011)

International Organization for Migration (IOM), Manila, Philippines

A leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners

Worked on multiple projects as a QA during my tenure.

Performed manual smoke, regression, functional, database compatibility and exploratory testing

Isolated, documented, tracked and verified valid bugs using JIRA as the bug repository

Reported status of the testing activities to the QA Manager

Prepared test plan based on the overall verification strategy, project plan and the definition of functional areas

Assisted Business Owners and Analyst in preparing UAT scripts and defect management

Follow up with UAT Users of any defect / requirement related issues, identify, classify and add more information to better track defect

Tested all the Enhancements requested from users during cycle one UAT

Handled issues and problems relating to project and testing Team

Prepared Test Completion report and reported status of the testing activities

TEST ENGINEER II (March 2006 – May 2008)

Cheq Systems Inc.,Manila, Philippines

IT consulting services in the area of testing, fully armed with software quality engineering and testing prowess.

Performed requirements analysis to create testable test cases, business rules and test scenarios.

Performed sanity, functional and regression testing in QA environment

Created High Level Scenarios, Test Cases and Detailed Steps

Checked flat files and xml files generated by the application

Testing data in database by writing SQL Queries.

Logged and verified valid defects using HP Quality Centre

Created daily status report during health check and regression cycles

SOFTWARE TESTER (INTERN) (January 2005 – July 2005)

Trend Micro Inc., Manila, Philippines

A global security software company founded in Los Angeles, California with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, and regional headquarters in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Performed sanity, regression, functional and exploratory testing

Logged and verified valid defects using PVCS Tracker

Involved in doing System testing of the entire applications along with team members.

Worked with onshore and offshore team

Participated in user training and submitted status reports weekly

EDUCATION

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BS in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, FEU – East Asia College (Manila, Philippines), 2006

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