Kellie Marah

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Email: adwesc@r.postjobfree.com Tel: 763-***-****

SUMMARY:

An IT professional with over 10 years in Software development and Software Quality Assurance and Testing, Software Testing Life Cycle, System Analysis, QA Processes and Test Methodologies. I have a deep understanding of different manual and test automation approaches (Keyword-driven, data-driven, POM, BDD, etc.).

EDUCATION:

University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota - Master of Science in Software Engineering (2008) Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN - B.S. – Computer Information Systems (2006) North Hennepin Community College - Associate of Science – Computer Science (2004) EXPERIENCE:

Sr Software Engineer in Test

American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) October 2022 – Present

• Plan and implement testing (e.g., regression, functional, data validation, system integration, security, load, and/or performance tests) for new and existing functionality.

• Work closely with development teams to apply test methodology, as well as business process and application knowledge, in the design of testing strategies and integrate testing into the software development life cycle.

• Plan, create, execute, and automate test cases using Selenium and C#, working with business partners, developers, and other stakeholders.

• Document and analyze test results and recommend corrective action.

• Identify, reproduce, manage, and maintain defects and test case databases, and verify fixes.

• Conduct exploratory testing and risk analysis for complex features, e.g., those that span across platforms or teams.

• Support user acceptance testing conducted by business partners or end users.

• Identify opportunities to reduce testing time and effort by automating repeatable tests.

• Enhance and maintain the test automation framework.

• Understand and apply state-of-the-art automated testing approaches.

• Research, recommend and implement new testing technologies and practices.

• Define and champion quality and testing best practices among development teams.

• Collaborate and share information with other software QA engineers, e.g., by participating in a community of practice.

Sr Software Engineer in Test

(Jamf Software) March 2019 – October 2022

• Build and maintain the framework that supports further automation of test

• Develop and execute test case scenarios for new or evolving features across web and OS X applications

• Is an expert within the development team to build and support the automation of unit, functional, integration and systems testing

• Provides guidance and support on the workflows that make JAMF developers and customers successful and apply that knowledge to ensuring the quality of each release

• Significantly contributes as a member of an agile team working directly within the development process

• Assists and mentors Software Engineers in Test on practices, technology and innovative solutions

• Performs all job responsibilities in alignment with the core values, mission and purpose of the organization

• Adheres to the highest moral, ethical and legal standards to deliver an environment that promotes respect, innovation and creativity

• Supports and promotes a positive, inclusive workplace one in which the talents and strengths of our increasingly diverse workforce are welcomed, further developed and manifested in our work Lead Software Test Engineer/Security Expert/Scrum Master SAP (SuccessFactors), Minnetonka – Minnesota 2017 - 2019

● Design, develop, test and deploy features in SAP SuccessFactors Cloud HCM suites of products.

● Drive the activities in the lightweight sprint security process including security design reviews, secure development (e.g.: secure coding, code review, static code, scan auditing), security testing (e.g.: dynamic scan, manual tests).

● Conducts risk assessment with PMs/Architects by using the Threat Modeling Methodology.

● Working with PMs, Architects and other Developers on fix plan and solution discussion for open security issues.

● Proactively identifying and mitigating security concerns throughout the development build cycle.

● Addressing issues arising from external (customer) security scans and educating DEV and QA teams on security topics.

● Debug issues and figure out the root cause, using test automation to validate work

● Acting as the substitute Scrum Master role within the Scrum team. Sr. Software Test Engineer

SAP (SuccessFactors), Minnetonka - Minnesota 2011 - 2017

● Develops user requirements and specifications for major business systems, integrating new applications or significant enhancements to existing software.

● Provides on-site support for highly complex problem resolution crossing all systems within the organization.

● Interface with developer & Product Owner to ensure user story is understood & acceptance tests track desired functionality of the story.

● Identify the automation needs, build automation framework and drive the execution through in order for software and/or test engineers to create test cases, write test scripts and execute tests efficiently.

● Delivers and tracks progress to testing schedules, within aggressive “time-to-market” driven project environments, sometimes across parallel projects.

● Regularly summarizes testing status and areas of risk, and when possible, proposes and executes upon mitigation strategies

● Interfaces with engineers to identify and prioritize areas for significant efficiency and confidence gains through test automation. Pitches in on automated test development efforts where possible.

● Analyzes, tracks, and reports on application issues and maintains documentation on project issues and defect metrics.

● Collaborates within SQA team and across product development on process improvement initiatives.

● Involved in early planning to understand new features and functionality. Design and document functional, integration/migration, regression and usability test cases. Sr. Software Test Engineer

Thomson Reuters – Eagan, Minnesota 2007 - 2011

● Participate in the phases of the development lifecycle that pertain to software quality assurance

● Assists Project Teams in development of systems by applying quality standards and development methodologies to determine appropriate quality deliverables.

● Apply expert knowledge and experience of test automation processes to building and maintaining a stable, reliable automation infrastructure.

● Create complex test cases with or without business requirements and design documents. Search for, collect, and organize test data referenced from test cases.

● Develops test documentations to include scenarios, test cases, and/or test scripts as assigned.

● As a Sr Software Test Engineer, I coordinate software validation activities by working with project teams and corporate compliance groups to assure systems are properly validated.

● Execute and manage functional, integration, and system test cases and record and manage defects.

● Escalate potential issues to QA Manager or QA Lead. And provide input to go/no-go decision for Production releases.

● Assures compliance with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Project Lifecycle (PLC) standards and procedures.

Software Test Engineer

Thomson Reuters – Eagan, Minnesota 2005 - 2007

● Responsible for testing enterprise applications developed using various technologies including distributed Internet technologies (.NET, J2EE, web services, AJAX, etc.).

● Actively participate in test and process automation, manual as well as automated test execution, and the development of software testing artifacts, including test requirements, plans, cases, scripts, reports, etc., for assigned projects.

● Maximizing the quality of software and development process by providing software testing services, mostly using agile methodology. Actively participate in iteration/release planning sessions, identifying stories and tasks as appropriate. Tests are associated to user stories in Team Foundation Server for traceability

● Use programming knowledge and Thomson data models to successfully find, identify and diagnose software defects

● Proactively share knowledge and act as a consultant across all the software development and testing groups on best practices for testing software developed, using new and emerging technologies, and implementing innovative ways to provide test services

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