Data Engineer

SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYST/TESTER

Minimize Defects from Planning to Production

Expert in all aspects of Waterfall and Agile testing methodologies and QA testing (including software development, requirements gathering, test planning/scheduling/reporting, defect tracking, user-acceptance and regression testing). Over 25+ years of IT experience. Strong analytical and leadership skills, meticulously testing new features and functions to quantify and improve data quality. Known for forward-thinking concepts, high-energy, working in complex, project-based environments and meeting critical project deadlines. Effectively works independently with minimal supervision or collaboratively with commitment to quality and excellence.

Proficiencies: Scrum Master SDLC UI & Compatibility Testing System Integration Testing Java Script Lifecycle Management (ALM) JIRA Continuous Integration

Applications: Eclipse/Cucumber, Tortoise GIT, RESTful API, JSON, Google Postman, Bitbucket/Jenkins, Source Tree, HP ALM, Rally, JIRA, SOA test, XML, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, TestNG

Databases: DB2, SQL

CURRENT WORK EXPERIENCE

Asembia, LLC, Florham Park, NJ February 2020 – Present

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Works iteratively with the business, product and development team through all aspects of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including business requirements, functional specifications, integration and regression testing using currently testing methodologies and tools.

Plans, documents, evaluates and tracks testing results to ensure system applications are free from defects.

Monitors and processes weekly/monthly/quarterly reporting needs for different data programs.

Ensures that Asembia’s data reports meet program requirements and are delivered in a timely manner by making necessary changes to improve data accuracy.

Evaluates data and report findings for accuracy, completeness, scope; ability to provide reasoning for data variations.

Responsible for data implementation from different data sources for report generation.

Seeks and adopts best practices in data reporting, make recommendations for data processing improvements.

Identifies, investigates, and resolves data anomalies using SQL or other statistical analysis software.

Assists the development & help desk team(s) in debugging and replicating issues.

RMK CONSULTING, Florham Park, NJ May 2019 – February 2020

Quality Assurance Analyst at Asembia,LLC

Performed functionality testing of Walgreen’s Asembia-1 User Interface

Works iteratively with the business, product and development team through all aspects of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including business requirements, functional specifications, integration and regression testing using currently testing methodologies and tools.

Plans, documents, evaluates and tracks testing results to ensure system applications are free from defects.

Monitors and processes weekly/monthly/quarterly reporting needs for different data programs.

Ensures that Asembia’s data reports meet program requirements and are delivered in a timely manner by making necessary changes to improve data accuracy.

Evaluates data and report findings for accuracy, completeness, scope; ability to provide reasoning for data variations.

Responsible for data implementation from different data sources for report generation.

Seeks and adopts best practices in data reporting, make recommendations for data processing improvements.

Identifies, investigates, and resolves data anomalies using SQL or other statistical analysis software.

Assists the development & help desk team(s) in debugging and replicating issues.

RANDSTAD TECHNOLOGIES, Bristol, CT February 2019 – April 2019

Quality Assurance Analyst at ESPN (DTCI Technology)

Participated in design and implementation of QA test strategies and protocols used in QA processes, ensuring the full application of all relevant QA protocols, processes and procedures.

Developed, documented and implemented QA standards for Ad Sales AdVisor Application Documents, tracking and verifying defects, troubleshooting and resolving identified QA problem fixes.

Ensured assigned projects adhere to agreed-upon functional specification and applicable QA standards.

Accountable for achieving good levels of personal operating efficiencies on assigned tasks and problems.

Interprets specific aspects of QA findings and protocols for QA Management while communicating with both technical and non-technical personnel.

Typically communicates with both internal and external contacts at manager organization levels.

Participates in interactions with management of other departments or units or functions regarding QA issues and problems with assigned applications.

Recreated different scenarios for testing and analysis.

AMAZON, Cranbury, NJ August 2018 – February 2019

FC Associate I

Stores, processes and distributes fulfillment center inventory for global online orders.

Top 5% productivity among peers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ADP, Roseland, NJ December 2000 – December 2017

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer / QA Engineer

Processed automated scripts and executed test application programming interfaces (APIs) using Eclipse/Cucumber, Google Postman, Tortoise GIT, JIRA and Source Tree applications, certifying them into production.

·Expert in QA planning (Requirements gathering, Test planning/scheduling/reporting, Defect tracking).

·Expert in QA Testing (Manual, Automation, Smoke, GUI Application, Performance, Back-end, Functional, System, User-Acceptance, Database and Regression).

·Provided regional office pilot system integrity testing support to minimize software defects before code enhancements went into general release impacting 650k clients in 110 countries.

·Coordinated Agile process as Scrum Master; implemented strategies, coached, trained teams through daily task assignments and demonstrated newly developed Agile automation processes for Senior Management.

·Processed new payroll features and enhancements on ADP’s financial money-movement data files (Wage Garnishment, 401k, 529). Coordinated the verification and certification with our financial partners prior to production.

·Partnered with Product Development and Release Management to identify and track defects and document software improvements.

·Managed transitions from Mainframe to Automation and from Waterfall to Agile Methodologies.

·Processed new payroll features and enhancements for new tax laws and regulations. Certified data validation using new client output reports.

·Coordinated end-to-end testing with on-shore and off-shore business clients.

·Exceeded business expectations ensuring technical completeness and accuracy in all stages of product development.

·Created SQL queries to verify the correlation between payroll reports and database table information.

·Used Jenkins and GIT Bucket to add, modify, and verify new software enhancements from a master repository to process RESTful API’s and Cucumber Automation tests used for Continuous Integration.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

IBM (Computer Horizons Consulting), Pinebrook, NJ

Quality Assurance Tester

Telcordia Technologies (BFR Consulting), Piscataway, NJ

Quality Assurance Tester

IBM, Pinebrook, NJ

Quality Assurance Tester

Prudential Insurance Company, Roseland, NJ

Quality Assurance Tester II

EDUCATION

Penn State University, University Park, PA

Bachelor of Science (BA), Political Science

Minor: Business Administration

LEADERSHIP AND AWARDS

Agile team Scrum Master

Project Lead for multiple ADP payroll projects, 2006 - 2016

Thinking Outside the Box Award

ADP AutoPay Achievement Quarterly Award

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