Test Engineer
Resume:
Glen Ellyn Il ***** (Chicago suburb)
Darrell C. Henson
actkp7@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Summary
A seasoned QA Engineer/Test Lead/Analyst; capable of providing a unique combination of a ‘hands on’ approach to technical opportunities, which includes extensive on/off shore/Lead/’soft skills’/collaborative experience. Extensive experience in Manual and Automated test – within both Waterfall & Agile SDLC (converting hardware/software requirements and specs into test plans, strategies, cases and scripts). Extensive experience building consensus with customers/SMEs for building out System Test/UAT test strategy/plans/schedules (includes hardware/software design experience – and a security clearance, which expires Feb/2016).
Employment Summary
Validation/Verification Specialist Abbott AMD (DesPlaines, Il.) / Contract Sept 2014-Present
Verification/validation of new test tools/test protocols/processes in a medical/FDA regulated environment within an agile SDLC.
Responsible for converting functional requirements and specs into test plans, strategies, & manual test cases (using QC) for verifying new medical (type 2) product software.
Leading 3 person onshore team creating UFT framework & TeamFoundation scripts for testing embedded software applications.
Software design/development of maintenance & diagnostic python scripts (internal built in tests for the Abbott MQ product) – used within virtual environments for simulating test targets via VMware (hosted on win7/8 operating systems).
Development of informal manual & automated (json) protocols for use as acceptance criteria for 3rd party hw/sw prototype evaluation.
Test/Systems Analyst III U.S. Cellular (Bensenville Il/Madison Wi Feb 2013-Sept 2014
Enterprise Test/Telephony IT project, “hands on” technical lead responsible for converting requirements and specs into test plans/strategies, test/use cases and scripts for testing Amdocs, third party front & backend (Oracle DB) applications (within an agile SDLC).
UAT for acceptance of 3 new test environments; used for new features (development of test plans, strategies, & manual test cases (using QC) for new features) as used for mobile/web application testing.
System testing (Test lead) for new feature/functionality - additional responsibilities included development (Systems Analyst) of new code//unit tests for new plans/products for an Enterprise Product catalogue.
Chief Test Engineer (QA Manager) Veterans Administration (Hines, Il.) / 5 year Contract Aug 2008 - Feb 2013
Veterans Administration IT Infrastructure contract, “hands on” technical manager, lead for 12 – 19 person team for manual/SoapUI/kshell scripts for testing UI/middleware & Oracle backend testing (‘customer facing’ technical liaison for Vetsnet testing).
Created/mentored 17 test engineers, running development/execution test cycles for 16 thick/ thin client and ~80 batch applications as used for testing UI, middleware & backend application in support (Oracle DB) of new veteran mobile & web applications.
Responsible for designing/running regression/UAT tests for new/existing features, along with test process development/improvements.
Responsible for converting requirements and specifications into test plans, strategies, cases and scripts or testing applications using Waterfall & Agile SDLC. (Equivalent clearance level of secret obtained.)
Test Automation Manager Sungard (Chicago, Il.) /1 Year Contract May-2007 - July 2008
Led 6 person offshore team creating QTP & batch scripts via RPG, testing apps/DB2 (Websphere/MQ interfaces) for AS400 ‘backoffice’ option/derivatives trading applications.
Responsible for collaboration with stakeholders in building new test processes & for converting requirements/specifications into test plans/strategies/cases/scripts for the purpose of testing AS400 applications (via Waterfall & Agile SDLCs).
Sr. Principle QA Engineer Siemens Medical (AX, medical imaging systems) Sept 2005 - May2007
Led 4 person on/off shore team in the creation of an innovative SW Test automation solution for medical software imaging products for medical imaging products (radiological techniques/procedures used for cardio catheterization).
Created test cases, plans (QC) & automated performance QTP scripts w/test harness (.net/ C# extension) designed to collect memory leak and test path coverage metrics.
Created environmental/performance tests for medical imaging SW and facilitated UAT cycles for major releases.
Developed UAT plans for aforementioned test cycles using customer rep input & requests for newly developed test cases & ran automated regression tests.
Responsible for specialized execution cycles targeting needs of customer reps/users for UAT & collection of metrics, root cause analysis of escaped/critical defects.
Test Automation Lead Motorola PCS, 3rd Generation (Harvard/Libertyville IL) Aug 1999 - Sept 2005
SW Test Lead (5 person team) responsible for Test automation solutions - leading/creating innovative integration & system tests test tool implementations.
Used high level requirements along with input from technical marketing/systems engineering to create new test cases for new 3G handsets.
Created test scenarios including end to end tests proving critical/new functionality scenarios.
Stepped through basic to advanced system integration/builds (following development integration) for call processing, developing lab simulators used for early prototype phases.
Developed automated regression tests using Java, Winrunner, Rational Robot along with a new test process used for new integration/test phase at Motorola PCS.
Engineering Specialist Sr. Northrop Grumman ESSD (Rolling Meadows, Il.) May 1984 – Aug 1999
Electronic Countermeasures (Military Air Defense Systems)
Led projects & created innovative product & test tool implementations for use in diverse areas from HW design, SW test, to Systems Engineer (additional details available upon request).
Used relevant AFB standards for validation/verification (UAT test was witnessed/audited by a Senior QA rep from the government).
Developed innovative noise detection test programs using Labview/National instruments test software/hardware platforms.
Developed RF Pwr Monitor CCA (HW design w/Mentor/Viewlogic/Cadence Cad) & Xylix FPGAs used for firmware validation during validation testing.
Regression tests developed/used for 'primary triage' phase; diagnostic tests were produced pinpointing failures down to the subassembly level.
Education
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois
B.S. Specializing in Electrical Engineering Technology
Graduate Coursework: Software Foundations; Computer Architecture; Algorithms; Operating Systems; Databases; Biomedical Electronics
Technical Accomplishments /Project Summary / Synopsis
SW Test automation framework (hybrid data/keyword driven UFT framework with Python for testing embedded & 3 tiered applications).
SW Test automation framework (conversion of WinRunner scripts to QTP for medical imaging test system).
SW Test automation framework (hybrid QTP w/Labview & .Net C# harness for medical imaging test).
SW Test automation framework (SoapUI with hybrid data/keyword driven RFT & Robot framework for testing VA 3 tiered applications).
Manual, automated, and batch testing of 2, 3 tiered architectures for mobile & web applications (Veterans Admin, Motorola, US Cellular).
SW Test automation hybrid framework (keyword Data Driven) using RPG/DB2 (for a ‘backoffice’ derivative trading system).
SW Test automation framework (hybrid QTP w/ .Net C# harness for medical imaging test).
GSM/3G Base Station Simulator (Anritsu), Handset SW Test automation system (UI synched w/call processing test).
SW Perturbation Test System (SW handle return w/Robot), Test Integration Process Lead (Component Integration Mot-PCS).
Automated Video Imaging Test System (test of streaming & point to point video synched w/call processing).
SW Test automation framework (using National Instruments Labview with TestStand) for AM noise analysis & flashing phones to normalize rf parameters.
Doors Systems Eng, LRU/SRU Test Systems, Virtual Network Analyzer (LabVIEW/NI).
Portable Automated Calibration Sys; ECM Simulator (LabVIEW with VXI) .
Test Program Sets (HW/SW/FirmWare Test), RF Pwr Monitor CCA design (HW design w/Mentor/Cadence/Viewlogic Cad &VHDL tools).
Additional Experience, Certifications, Languages
Visual Studio Basic,C,C#.NET; Xcode; Python; JavaScript; XML; JSON, SQL; HL7; DICOM; URS (DQ,IQ,OC,PQ); Toad; DB2; Oracle; Eclipse; Perf. testing (LoadRunner), TeamFoundation server, Maven, Labview; QTP/UFT; Soapui; Jmeter; Cucumber; QC; Doors; MS Project; FMEA; Jira; SVN; GitHub; Amdocs; LISA; CMMI (audit); HTTP, FTP, DNS, TCP/IP (and other IP communication protocols); Wireshark, (specialized in mobile application, enterprise level web/mobile service & ‘embedded’ SW testing).
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