Test Engineer Quality Assurance

LEON LEYTUSH

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e-mail: ***********@*****.***

Brunswick, MD 21716

phone: 301-***-**** (c)

JOB CATEGORY: Software Test Analyst/Quality Assurance Specialist

OBJECTIVE: A position that will leverage and broaden my experience as a technology leader, senior IT Specialist, Test Engineer, QA and BA/SA for complex information technology systems.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: Multi-Year IT experience in serving Federal Government and encompass several industries including health, financial, electric utility and security. Utilize variety of challenging roles as a software engineer, Test Engineer, QA Specialist, Business/System Analyst performing software design, functional manual and automated testing, functional IV&V and Business analysis. Core proficiencies extend with deep understanding of Software Development Life Cycle and Enterprise Operations.

SKILLS:

Computers:

IBM 3090, RISC/6000, PCs

Operating Systems:

DOS, AS-400, MVS, VM, UNIX,

Windows NT, .NET, Solaris

Client/Server/GUI Testing /Management Tools:

TestDirector, Quality Center, ALM, WinRunner, QTP, Rational FT, Rational Toolkit (ReqPro, Test Manager/Quality Manager, ClearCase, ClearQuest). Rational CLM/RTC/RTM (Jazz); JIRA, Test Foundation Server (TFS); Azure/DevOps

WEB Testing Tools:

508 Compliance:

SILK, LoadRunner, SoapUI, Eclipse 3.7,

SecureFX/CRT, CheckSum Augmentation

ZOOM TEXT, JAWS, Web Developer, WAVE Evaluation Tool.

Databases:

Oracle, SQL Developer, TOAD, DB2, MS Access

Languages:

SQL, SQL*Plus

PC Software:

MS Word, MS Excel, MS EXCEL, MS Visio, Microsoft Test Manager, MS SharePoint

Methodologies:

Waterfalls, Agile, SCRUM

CERTIFICATIONS:

-Certified Software Tester by version of ISTQB/ASTQB

-Certified CMMI Associate by CMMI Institute.

TECHNICAL TRAINING/COURSES:

CMMI Model V2.0 classes (Online). Certified. 2020

Infrastructure and Architecture Boot Camp for Azure Gov. classes, Reston, VA, 2018

HP Fortify/Software Security Center classes, D.C., 2017

ISTQB Classes for Certification, ALP, Bethesda, MD, 2011.

Rational Functional Tester (IBM Automated testing Tool), IBM classes, FNS, Alexandria, VA, 2005

Quality Assurance Course, SPC, Vienna, VA: June 2003.

Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Version 1.1 Continuous Representation SPC, Herndon, VA, April-May 2003

Microsoft .NET developer training course, FERC, Washington, DC, March 2003.

Advanced QA and Software Testing Courses (Manual and Automated Tools), VM Quality Testing, Rockville, MD, 1999-2000

Automated Testing Tools Training, Rockville, MD, 1997

Software Testing, Computer Learning Center, Moscow, Russia, 1994.

EDUCATION: MS in Engineering, BS in Computer Science, Russian Technological University, Moscow, Russia, 1982

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Active Secret Security Clearance.

PERSONAL: US Citizen. Fluent in English and Russian.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

10/12/2021 – 02/28/2025

Randstad

Position: Software Tester

Support DEA/ASRC projects (TGST Unit) as sub-contractor.

Key Responsibilities:

Worked as a designated software tester for two Agile teams on multiple applications

Communicated with project owners, business analysts and developers and government users.

Reviewed and analyzed Software Requirement and testability of requirements

Performed manual system integration, functional and regression testing, smoke testing, cross browser testing of applications in development, integration and Beta (mirror to production) environments and reported bugs or impediments.

Tested builds (in different environments) and then performed regression testing aftermath and then provided regression testing checklist document based on the test results.

Worked with user stories and acceptance criteria and turned them into the test artefacts (test case or test scenarios) and used TFS (Azure/DevOps) as a tracking/management tool.

Worked with requirement/business analysts to discuss requirements and business rules, user stories and key acceptance criteria.

Communicated with developers to discuss/clarify testability of the user stories/updates/bugfixes and providing test data in particular cases.

Supported customers/government users and assisted in resolving issues they experienced with DEA applications in production and tracking it in/using ServiceNow tool.

Attended scrum and other development process meetings, asking questions and providing feedback.

Perform other duties as assigned.

03/2020 – 07/2021

TISTA Corp.

Rockville, MD

Position: Quality Assurance/Software Tester

Support ACF Program (HHS/ACF).

Key Responsibilities:

Work as part of Agile and SDLC project team

Work closely with the software engineering personnel, product management, and technical operations as well as business users and senior management

Perform thorough analysis of Software Requirement documentation to ensure completeness and testability of requirements

Perform system integration, functional and regression testing, smoke testing, cross browser testing, 508 Compliance testing (JAWS, Web Developer, WAVE Evaluation Tool)

Design and analyze test conditions, create test data and test cases against business rules, technical use cases, user stories and acceptance criteria, and turn the test results into the test artefacts (Azure/DevOps).

Perform test validation at various levels including database validation, logging validation, and user interface validation

Execute test cases in the different test environments.

Conduct backend testing using SQL queries to Insert, Select, Update and Delete records from an Oracle database

Identify actionable bugs

Inform team lead and other designated management officials of results of testing activities and bring issues and problems to the attention of the team while generating, proposing and implementing innovative solutions

Document, track, and escalate issues as appropriate and use issue tracking tools to document identified bugs (Azure/DevOps)

Perform troubleshooting of issues and identify issues resolution

Develop test reports and other materials

Participate in the regular (daily) SRUM/stand up meetings with project staff

Perform other duties as assigned

02//2019 – 01/2020

Internal Revenue Service

Lanham, MD

Position: IT Specialist

Supported AIR (Affordable Care Act (ACA) Internal Returns) program.

Key Responsibilities:

Performed system integration, functional and regression testing.

Designed and created test conditions, test data, and test scripts/cases against business rules and technical use cases

Performed test validation at various levels including database validation, logging validation, and user interface validation

Executed manual tests and automated tests (where required)

Identified actionable bugs

Informed team lead and other designated management officials of results of testing activities

Documented, tracked, and escalated issues as appropriate, using issue tracking tools to document identified bugs

Performed troubleshooting of issues and identify issues resolution

Developed test cases, test reports, test data sets and other materials

Participated in regular (daily) SRUM meetings with project staff

Performed Defect Management.

Performs other duties as assigned

09/2016-01/2019

The Prospective Group (TPG) Inc.

Arlington, VA/Washington, D.C.

Position: Software Test Engineer

Client: Department of State/Bureau of Information Resource Management Operations

Support following systems and applications: Master Reference Data (MRD); EDW; Management Analytics Portal (MAP); WebPASS; eServices; Visitor Management (VM); EMR/Metadata Manager; ESOC CEIS (Customer and Executive Information System) etc.

Key responsibilities:

Support assigned projects during the Requirements Analysis, TRR, System Testing, and Post Delivery Maintenance stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Collaborate with developers and business analysts during the system and functional requirements analysis, development and verification/testing process to ensure that the software development practices are followed.

Conduct system functional testing, integration testing, system regression, smoke (for patch releases), and staging testing and production validation (where available) of the above mentioned systems/applications within Agile Software Development Life Cycle including testing against government mobile devices (where applicable).

Develop test documentation such as QA Test Notes, Test Cases for the system regression testing, test reports, etc.

Created test cases and report bugs and performed bug tracking by using JIRA, and then TFS to Microsoft Test Manager 2015.

Attend development group scrum meetings (daily) to discuss business process and development progress of the current release.

Involved in weekly/bi-weekly planning and retrospective meetings to discuss needs of business users and stakeholders and also the Change Requests and bug fixes/tickets that are included in the coming sprints/releases, its prioritization and level of efforts required.

02/2016-09/2016

MaxiSoft Corp.

Alexandria, VA/Crystal City, VA

Position: Software Test Engineer

Client: United States Marshals Service (USMS)

Support Justice Detainee Information System (JDIS) for United States Marshals Service (USMS)/Department of Justice (DOJ).

Key responsibilities:

Supported the project on every stage of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Participated in the system and functional requirements analysis and collaborated with Business Analyst to analyze requirements upon development process and alter them for the future testing stages.

Closely worked with developers and ensure that the software development practices are followed.

Conduct system functional testing, integration testing, system regression and involved in user acceptance testing (UAT) of the above mentioned system/application within Agile Software Development Life Cycle.

Develop test documentation such as QA Test Notes, Test Cases for the system regression testing, test reports, etc.

Reported bugs and performed bug tracking using IBM Rational ClearQuest for the above mentioned applications and systems.

Participated in development group scrum meetings (twice a week) to discuss business process and development progress of the current release.

Participated in JDIS PMO Working Group/scoring meetings (bi-weekly) to discuss needs of business users and stakeholders and also the fixes/tickets that are included in the current monthly release, its prioritization and level of efforts required.

11/2014-03/2015

Rohrbach Group, Inc.

Poway, CA/Washington, DC

Position: Software Engineer/Quality Assurance Engineer

Client: Naval Enterprise Network (NGEN)

Supported NMCI Enterprise Tool -Transition (NET-T ordering tool) system for Naval Enterprise Network

Key responsibilities:

Reviewed, evaluated and extended recommendations regarding all phases of end-to-end system workflow.

Reviewed software documentation and provided recommendations for system/process improvement.

Performed requirements analysis and worked with Program Office staff to ensure that requirements are met and evaluation methodology is satisfactory.

Closely worked with developers and ensured that the software development practices are followed.

Reviewed and evaluated Master Test Plan.

Performed testing of main application/system.

Conducted independent verification and validation of solutions used by Enterprise.

Verified the changes made to the system and changes to be delivered within next releases of the system via comparison method and with Entity Requirements Documents (ERD), business layers class/method documents (for User Interfaces), stored procedures and source code.

Ensured the correctness of integration with change management process.

Involved in solution development and engineering process including evaluation of UI architecture, BL servers’ architecture, and database.

11/2007 – 11/2014

Master Key Consulting, Inc.,

Bethesda, MD/Washington, DC/Crystal City, VA

Position: Software Tester/Quality Assurance Engineer

Client: Department of Defense

Supported Economic Adjustment Data System (EADS 2) for Office of Economic Adjustments of DoD. The system was a part of Grant Management System linked to the Grants.gov system.

Supported project on every stage of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Provided recommendations and guidance to stakeholders on the best practices associated with software development process.

Participated in the system and functional requirements analysis.

Managed and led the test documentation development (test plan, test cases (including early stages of the SDLC by creating test cases based on the workflow prototypes), test matrixes, reports, etc.).

Performed system functional testing of sprint releases, regression testing and user acceptance testing (UAT).

Implemented the best practices for Quality Assurance processes.

Collaborated with business analysts, developers during daily scrum meetings and weekly scoring meetings.

Performed bug tracking of the system with ALM and problem reporting and analysis using both open-source tools and in-house tool like Task Tracker.

Worked closely with IV&V group.

Client: Department of Justice

Supported the Grants Management System (GMS) for Office of Justice Programs (Department of Justice). Particularly the following Modules: Redbook and Redbook Enhancements V.2.0 including American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), Financial Status Reports (FSR), Federal Financial Reports (FFR), State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) for Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Programmatic Desk Review Inclusion; File Folder application; SharePoint Solicitation Community; GPRS (Grant Payment Request System) including GPRS Account Login Consolidations for GMS, GPRS and BVP (Bulletproof Vest Partnership) Program (was the only lead tester on this program from the day 1 and till post-production; trained customer users; managed UAT along with the customer), and other applications as assigned.

Performed Requirements Analysis, Quality Assurance and IV&V.

Performed DEMOs and training sessions for the client.

Prepared test documentation for Milestone Readiness Review.

Created test plans, test status reports, test summary reports and test analysis reports while accomplishing testing of the applications and system assigned.

Worked extensively with Business Analysis team to analyze Use Cases upon development process and alter them for the future testing stages.

Developed manual test scenarios and test cases.

Assist automation group in developing scenarios for test scripts using QTP and LoadRunner.

Performed bug tracking and submit Software Trouble Reports (STR) using Serena Business Mashups (SBM) for the above mentioned applications and systems.

Used TOAD for Oracle v.10.5 for test analysis and data retrieval, Quartz Job running etc.

Performed testing of Sprint Releases conducting integration testing, system, regression and user acceptance testing of the above mentioned applications within Agile Software Development Life Cycle (Agile Development Methodology)

Participated in scoring meetings along with developers and business analysts to discuss how to transform the needs of business users and stakeholders into functional/technical requirements.

Participated in scrum meetings to follow up the business process, development progress, etc.

Mentored junior testing staff during the SDLC/Sprints Releases.

02/2007 – 09/2007

ISYS Technologies, Inc.

Littleton, CO / Washington, D.C.

Position: Test Analyst/Business Analyst

Client: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Department of Treasury

Specific duties included:

Performed system analysis of Workflow and Information Systems and Document Manager (WISDM) (including WISDM-RM – Records Manager and BI – Business Intelligence) V.1.0.0.0 and 1.0.1.0 application, including functional use cases specification.

Performed business analysis.

Successfully worked on requirements, business rules remapping, and traceability.

Created test plans for each development and enhancement releases.

Performed integration testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing, bug tracking, generated reports, developed test cases/test scripts, test reports etc., software walkthrough and peer reviews.

Extensively used Rational ReqPro, Test Manager, Rational FT and Rational Robot.

12/2004 – 02/2007

Enterprise Information Services (EIS), Inc.

Vienna, VA/Alexandria, VA

Position: Quality Assurance Specialist II

Client: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of USDA.

Specific duties included:

Supported Store Tracking and Redemption System II (STARS II); Call Order Tracking System 1.0.0.0 (COTS); Food Programs Reporting System – Food Stamp Program (FPRS-FSP 1.0.0.0) and Food Programs Reporting System – Supplemental Nutrition Program (FPRS-SNP 2.0.0.0/2.0.0.1) web-based applications.

Performed requirements analysis.

Performed front-end and back-end functional integration testing, regression testing.

Conducted bug tracking, problem’s solving and report’s generation.

Developed test plans, test cases/test scripts, test reports etc. of the applications.

Established peer review process to increase quality of test documentation.

Performed software inspections and walkthrough sessions.

Used Rational ClearQuest, ReqPro, Test Manager and Rational Functional Test.

01/2002 – 10/2003

CSC/DynCorp,

Reston, VA/Washington, DC

Position: Principal Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Client: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Supported the front-and back-end functional application manual and integration testing, using FileNet Panagon IDM and SQL Server Query Analyzer. Performed system, end-to-end testing and quality assurance for the client - FERC. Accomplishments included the following specific applications and documentation:

Web-based (.NET): eSubscription, eFiling, OGC/OMTR Tracker and Service List

VB: eIssuance and ePublication

FERC Automated Management Information System (FAMIS)

Windows service: the Federal Energy Regulatory Records Information System (FERRIS) Loader/RIMS4 Loader, specifically designed for FERC

Participated in the Electric Quarterly Report, User’s Guide and Help Files development process for all releases of the above mentioned products.

Acted as a technical liaison between the contractor’s software development team and the US Government’s System Acceptance test team.

Principle responsibilities:

Developed test documentation (test plans, test cases/test scripts, test reports, test readiness review etc.).

Participated in Systems design and Requirements analysis.

Performed various peer reviews, software inspections and walkthrough.

Conducted bug tracking and reporting, using DevTrack tool.

Controlled and forced the implementation of problem solving technique for report generating systems.

Performed software regression testing.

Evaluated and managed implementation of Astra LoadTest automated testing tool for test process

12/2000 – 10/2001

Spherion

McLean, VA/Reston, VA

Position: System Analyst

Client: UNISYS

Acted as technical lead for both module and system acceptance tests of the software (VB) for the client (UNISYS), to deliver a Debt and Loan Restructuring Systems for the US Department of Agriculture. Supported implementation of the system’s design, development, and integration. Responsibilities:

Conducted system requirements analysis and evaluation.

Completed Requirements Traceability Matrix.

Completed development of test documentation (test plans, test cases, test procedures, problem reports etc.).

Performed software inspections and walkthroughs.

Analyzed test results.

Evaluated, implemented, and extensively used the WinRunner for different types of testing, including re-testing, regression testing, and development of automated test scripts.

Actively interacted with both, software development team and Government test team

08/2000 – 12/2000

Ajilon Consulting Inc.,

Vienna, VA / Rockville, MD

Position: System Analyst

Provided overall support and consulting services to Ajilon clients.

Conducted Requirement’s Review.

Performed analysis and evaluation of system requirements.

Conducted all levels of software and systems testing through the integration and systems acceptance process.

Developed test plans, test cases, test scripts and test reports for billing and order entry applications on client/server platform.

Used automated testing tools (WinRunner and TestDirector).

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