Sr. Reliability QA Software/HardwareTest Engineer

J. Roscoe Worsley Jr.

**** ****** **** ******-******, North Carolina 27526 919-***-****

*************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Dynamic, highly motivated, Hardware and Software Technical Test and Design Support professional.

IMMEDIATE VALUE OFFERED

I have extensive Hardware Test, Design Support and Debug experience. I performed Hardware and Software Debug for the Nortel DMS-100 Supernode development project. The following are among the tools I utilized : Multimeters, Logic Analyzers, CPU Emulators, Oscilloscopes, intelligent Oscilloscopes, Wave form generators, AC/DC power drives and converters.

Developed and executed manual Hardware and Software test suites, installed, diagnosed and supported multiple design lab configurations for Linux based Server Systems including Linux Shell Script creation to evaluate and collate test data..

Assisted Viavi lab manager in VM (Virtual Machine) management including VM Creation, Configuration, Maintenance and Disk space allocation.

Performed Configuration and Management of HP G 7, 8, and 9 Proliant DL380 and Dell Poweredge servers.

I Developed tests and test suites to evaluate, measure and analyze network scaling ability, system emergency recovery, and disaster survival without human intervention on test networks for Viavi server and VM based applications.

I performed Reliability and Software validation testing for advanced Ethernet Networks. I managed monitored and tested Viavi Solutions System Application HW and SW residing on both “Bare Metal” and server hosted VMs

I tested and verified server and VM CPU functionality / Core load balancing, memory leak detection and multi Core Process load balancing while running Linux based Viavi Solutions various Software releases.

Professional work history

Senior Software Reliability Test Engineer Morrisville, NC

Viavi Solutions INC. 4/2013 – 7/2016

Developed and executed manual Hardware and Software test suites, installed, diagnosed and supported multiple design lab configurations for Linux based Systems.

Developed tests and test suites to test, measure and analyze network scaling, emergency recovery, disaster survival, Real time Software Fault adaptation

Reliability and software validation for advanced Ethernet Networks. Manage monitor and test System Application HW and SW Verification as well as VMware, VSphere/ESXi VM-based Hardware functionality / performance and Linux OS Bare Metal and VM Server performance testing: CPU functionality / Core load balancing, memory leak detection and multi Core Process load balancing.

Assisted Viavi lab manager in VM (Virtual Machine) management including VM Creation, Configuration, Maintenance and Disk space allocation.

Configuration and Management of HP G 7, 8, and 9 Proliant DL380 and Dell Poweredge servers.

Systems R&D Test Engineer Raleigh, NC

ALLIED TELESIS Inc. July 2008-October 2012

Executed system testing of new software features and new signal converter hardware designs and setups related to IT/IP "Triple Play''(Simultaneous transmission of voice, video and data)

Testing of VLAN, HVLAN tunneling, and network provisioning as well as New Application Software and Hardware Support of Unit and Component Testing for data and video messaging protocol software using IXIA, Wireshark and other test tools.

FOA First Office Application Engineer, Professional Services Morrisville, NC

TEKELEC Inc. (Contractor) April 2007-April 2008

Introduced new Software features and new Hardware into wireless customer networks for first time in-service applications.

Meet with customer to develop Statements of Work, outlining project requirements, responsibilities and scheduling.

Conducted Product Software Verification testing on Eagle ISS-STPs, EPAP (EAGLE Provisioning Application Processor), and ELAP (Eagle Local Number Portability) products.

Planned and assisted customer’s in their First Office Live deployment and acceptance for Tekelec V-Flex (Flexible voice mail routing) and VLR (Visitor Location Register Retry) features in KPN Internationals wireless networks.

Co-Authored and created customer presentations and implementation plan for Tekelec’s Multiple Linkset to Adjacent Point Code feature. Performed product verification to complete Software System Reliability Testing.

Assisted in the delivery of Tekelec’s Bearer Independent Call Control (BICC) feature for CTI Brazil in 4 Eagle ISS STPs.

Senior Technical Support Engineer/Signaling Transfer Point Lab Manager

NORTEL Inc. RTP, NC April 1987-March 2007

Hardware Test Design Support : Surface Mount and through board solder experience.

Provided support for Nortel’s main production line equipment such as drop and insert machines, Printed Circuit Board Wave Soldering machines and product assembly line conveyors.

I have experience with Logic Analyzers, CPU Emulators, Oscilloscopes, Wave Form Generators and AC DC power converters as par of my R&D support duties.

I have experience in RISC and BRISC Assembly Code Instruction Sets for application Hardware and Software debug with the following CPUs: Motorola 68000, 88000 and AMD Am29000.

I provided second and third level Global Customer Technical Support for all CCS7 based peripherals. I often worked directly with the mid and upper management organizations of major telecommunications companies in the U.S. and Canada to identify the root cause and resolve revenue and government critical service affecting issues.

I performed DMS-100-250-300 legacy and STP software design. I developed a new 5 bit to 8 bit Signaling Link Selector (SLS) software load sharing algorithm.

I designed and developed a complex software feature allowing clean in-service complete switch cutovers from AT&T 5E to DMS-100 end offices and supporting fault detection software for CCS7, SIP and SIP-T protocols for all DMS switching products.

I provided 24x7x365 on call Emergency Recovery pager support for global CCS7 Networks. I provided on site field debug and service support for all major telephone operating companies in the US on their large DMS switching system networks..

EDUCATION

Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC

AAS Electronics Engineering 1983-1985

University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC

Emphasis in Mathematics and Biology 1980-1983

Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC

PYTHON: Coding for Programmers 09/2016 – 12/2016

ACHIEVEMENTS RECEIVED

JDSU / VIAVI Solutions Ethernet MEP Scaling Solutions Directors Award

NYNEX Preferred Vendor Excellence in Customer Service Award

SWBELL Preferred Vendor Excellence in Customer Service Award

Vice Presidents award for excellence in customer service – NORTEL Eastern Region

Vice Presidents award for excellence in customer service – NORTEL South West Region

ASSOCIATED LINKS

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roscoe-worsley-04452411

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