Senior QA Engineer - Automation & CI/CD Expert
Resume:
Stockton M. Nielson
Lead Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Passionate about enhancing people’s quality of life by delivering reliable, user-friendly software through a strong focus on quality assurance. Seeking a contract or full-time role within an organization that values innovation, collaboration, and a people-centered culture. ********.*******@*****.***
South Jordan, UT
linkedin.com/in/stockton-nielson
PROJECTS / WORK EXPERIENCE
Lead Quality Assurance Engineer
Lion Energy
03/2024 - 01/2026,
Solar Energy
Spearheaded QA efforts for mobile and web applications, ensuring reliable performance across platforms used by thousands of customers.
Partnered with DevOps to integrate automated tests into AWS CI/CD pipelines, cutting build verification time by ~30% and ensuring consistent deployment quality. Troubleshot and validated Bluetooth + IoT device integrations, ensuring seamless connectivity and stable performance between hardware and apps.
Developed and maintained comprehensive regression and smoke test suites in Cypress automation, reducing manual testing time by ~40% and accelerating release cycles. Implemented mobile automation framework with Appium, increasing test coverage by ~50% and improving detection of Bluetooth/IoT connectivity issues in smart energy devices. Quality Assurance Engineer
LinkTrust
05/2022 - 10/2023, Lehi, UT
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Built and maintained regression automation with multi-environment configurations, improving test coverage and ensuring consistent validation across environments. Created and maintained documentation for QA development processes, enabling consistent practices and accelerating onboarding for future team members. Designed and implemented the core regression and automation frameworks, establishing a scalable foundation for automated testing.
Initiated and established QA processes across alpha and beta environments on Azure and AWS, ensuring consistent validation throughout the release lifecycle. Tested multiple APIs to validate data exchange using GET, POST, and PUT requests, ensuring reliable system integrations.
Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket, automating build, test, and deployment workflows.
Quality Assurance Analyst
Centeva
09/2021 - 05/2022, South Jordan, UT
Unite.ly
Adapted to a hybrid role, serving as a support specialist and product expert while guiding clients to use the application effectively.
Regularly Pass/Failed close to 1,500+ test cases that consisted of multiple test environments. Browsers, Operating systems, Devices, Mobile and web TECHNICAL
KNOWLEDGE
Automation Frameworks
Cypress.io, Selenium, Appium, Postman
Web Based skills
CSS, HTML, JavaScript
Test Case Tracking
Testpad, Zephyr, Testlink
Team Organization
Trello, Jira
Operating Systems
Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iOS, Android
TESTING
EXPERTISE
Automation Manual
Validation Stress
Exploratory Agile/Scrum
Regression Smoke
Functionality
REFERENCE
James Neeley Senior Mobile Engineer
iOS & Android
“ Stockton is a phenomenal Lead QA Engineer and
someone I would recommend for any team! He is
extremely intelligent and was the go-to person for institutional knowledge, knowing our systems
inside and out. He is quick to respond, quick to
help, hardworking, and consistently goes above
and beyond to make sure others get the help and
answers they need.He did an excellent job as our
Lead QA, but his skills and understanding go well
beyond that role. He would make an amazing
developer as well! I would work with Stockton
again in a heartbeat and trust that any project he is part of will be better because of his
involvement.Stockton brought knowledge, hard
work, and a great sense of humor to the team
every day, and I hope all of my future teams have
a Stockton on them. He is genuinely a great
person to work with! ”
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