Software test engineer

Niki B Dhillon

Senior Software Test Engineer

**************@*****.*** • 703-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/baldish-dhillon-6746941b8/ •

Sterling, VA

Summary

I am a highly accomplished Senior Software Test Engineer with 10+ years of success implementing efficient testing frameworks and strategies with a focus on increasing productivity and driving continuous integration.

Summary

I have extensive experience with full functional, regression, system integration, performance, and 508 accessibility testing. I am a collaborative team player with the ability to identify and resolve critical issues, one of my resolutions increased productivity 90% for the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). I’ve had success in mentoring and training junior test engineers, driving professional growth, and meeting or reducing project deadlines.

Areas of Expertise

Cross-functional team collaboration

Strong data-driven decision-making skills

Training & mentoring junior test engineers

Ensuring compliance with the software industry best practice

Working with multiple simultaneous software releases

Risk analysis and mitigation

Software Development Life Cycle

Education

Bachelor of Science (HND) in Computer Science

Glasgow Anniesland College of Technology, Scotland

Technical Proficiencies

Agile Methods/Frameworks, Microsoft SQL, Scrum Sprint Cycles, Test Cases for Requirements Testing, Full Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Test Plans/Reports, Selenium Testing, 508 Testing, Systems Analysis, Information NIST Security & Privacy Controls

Career Experience

LTS/GovCIO November, 2020 to February, 2024

Senior Analyst/Software Test Engineer – PMO Clinical Integration & VistA Transition Teams

Coordinated data calls among teams to gather information for policy updates as well as prepared weekly PMR slides and scheduling product line meetings. Used advanced data analysis techniques to ensure seamless integration of VA medical files from VistA Legacy to Cerner Millennium, an electronic health record (EHR) system.

Increased processing times 10% by introducing a web-based app that processed claims filed manually by veteran medical providers.

Used the Sprint release method to deliver code to the finish line in 5 short weeks by using JIRA to track Scrum calls and modules to production.

Instrumental in publishing a monthly EPSI newsletter to update the veteran community, which resulted in more communities adapting the EPSI tool.

FavorTech Consulting LLC December, 2019 to October, 2020

Senior Software Test Engineer

Primarily supported testing of UI applications regarding billing from Veteran Affairs medical facilities.

Developed test scripts utilizing extracted data files provided by application developers

Compiled test results in various MS documents and graphs

Conducted 508 Compliance Testing using JAWS

By Light Professional IT Services October, 2016 to December, 2019.

Senior Software Test Engineer

Developed, wrote, implemented, and reported status for system test cases as well as identified program deficiencies impacting successful release dates.

Made key contributions in the 90% increase in the response rate of manual entries by the successful implementation of the Veterans Benefit Management System.

Created Master Test Plan, associated logs and reports.

Trained and mentored a small group of Junior test engineers in 508 Compliance Testing using JAWS.

Received recognition from clients for significant contribution to the 20% expansion of 508 testing capability within the VA 2Faction Authentication (2FA) Test Team.

SRA International June, 2011 to October, 2016

Senior Software Test Engineer

During this five-year period, I participated in several functional departments within SRA. This included the Veteran Business Management System, Joint Staff Information Network, USMS Support on One DOJ, and several other efforts.

Utilized Agile Scrum methodology for continuous two-week Sprint cycles

Tested back-end file transfer protocol using test scripts for verification of data validity

Created web application Use Cases, Test Plans, Test Procedures, Test Reports and conducted actual testing of applications

Ensured CM integrity by transferring software files from the Developmental Server to the Test Server using Beyond Compare

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