Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 8 years experience looking for new challenges working with the latest technology. Interested in testing products inclusive of but not limited to: Multi-platform applications, Server/Client applications, Internet security, Networking, Web site development, Cloud based services and Software as a service. Possesses a strong aptitude for tracking, isolating and debugging specific issues to ensure overall quality as well as working with others, especially developers, in this process.

Skills

Software Quality Assurance Engineer: Black/White box testing, Test case/plan development/execution, Test tool development, Test automation
Experience with: SQL, Java, XML, Unix/Linux, Selenium/Webdriver, Windows, OS X, Networking, HTML, PHP, BASH Shell Scripting, Server/Client applications, Website Development
Familiar with: Apache/Tomcat, SVN, Cold Fusion, SEO, WinDbg, Linux/Unix debugging, C#, C++, C, Perl, HTML/CSS/Javascript
Tools: Jira, TestLink, Hudson, DevTest, ApTest, Bugzilla, Visual Studio, Selenium, Subversion, Eclipse IDE

Experience

Overstock.com
February 2010 - present
Quality Assurance Engineer
Responsible for writing Automation, Test Plans, Test Cases and ensuring the overall quality for the projects pertaining to the SEO Development team at Overstock. Projects include: Sitemapping, an application which indexes the millions of URLs (product, image, video, etc.) at Overstock.com and writes an XML file, conformant to industry standard, to use as a Sitemap to facilitate the crawling of pages by search engine bots; Paid Search Reporter, tracks click spend on all Overstock's Paid Search Ads and creates reports for the respective team(s); Product Tagging, a project to allow customers to add tags to any product they desire; Millions of Reviews/Pages, aggregates all of the reviews on site and creates an individual page for each review, also provides a "Review Portal" where customers can see all of the reviews on site; Reviews, allows customers to write reviews on any product; Club O Buzz Buy, a "Flock Shopping" initiative which rewards purchasers of a specified product based on how many customers buy the product; some of which involved integration of 3rd Party software/framework integration. Wrote Test Plans and Test Cases and executed those respective plans and cases. Used Jira to track issues/bugs/defects. Wrote Automation using Java and the Selenium/Webdriver Framework utilizing the Eclipse IDE and SVN.
Skills: Agile/Scrum, Test Case/Plan development/execution, Manual/AdHoc and Automated Testing Black/White box testing, Java webdriver/selenium automation, Oracle SQL/PLSQL, SQL Developer, HTML/CSS, BASH, Linux/UNIX (Mac OS, Ubuntu, SuSE, Red Hat), Apache/Tomcat, Jira issue tracking, Eclipse IDE, SVN, RESTful web services, JUnit, JMeter, JVisualVM.

Accomplishments: Achieved the title of Certified Scrum Master. Worked here for nearly two years without losing ALL of my hair :)

 

Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
2006 - January 2010
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Responsible for creating test tools, Test plans and test cases as well as using established, mainstream test tools to ensure the overall quality of a web content, security monitoring, network statistics reporting web application as well as the same for a web content filtering application for personal computers. Tracked defects using the popular Bugzilla bug tracking tool. Wrote test plans based on engineering specifications. Wrote effective test cases to ensure more than adequate test coverage of each release.
Skills: Black/White box testing, Test case/plan development/execution, Test tool development, Test Automation Development, Manual/AdHoc and Automated Testing, Unix/Linux (BSD, SuSE, RedHat, Ubuntu), Windows (All versions), OS X, Networking, HTML, PHP, BASH Shell Scripting, Server/Client applications, Cloud based applications, Software as a service, Relational Databases, Firewall / Proxy / Web applications, Disk Imaging, In-Depth Hardware experience, WAN/LAN/VLAN, Linux automation development.

Accomplishments: Awarded the "Technical Excellence Award" for designing the "Shadow Internet", Established excellent working relationships with co-workers and developers alike.

 

Sorenson Communications
2004 - 2006
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Responsible for software testing and integration of new communications software packages. Worked closely with Engineering and Operations to ensure successful rollout of software. Worked as both testing lead and as a member of other testing teams. Created testing tools used by the Quality Assurance Department to manage the load testing process. Used automated testing tools, as well as manual testing tools for both black, and white box testing methods.
Skills: Programming: Familiar with: Perl, Java, C #, C ++, ASP.Net. Experience writing: HTML, C#, Perl, C++

Accomplishments: Researched and implemented Radvision Video Telephony Simulator/Load testing software. Lead point of contact for Linux LDAP Database. Outstanding results while lead tester, with a 0% roll back/fail over record. Worked well with Engineering and Operations, with strong ability to communicate and resolve software issues. Organized and created successful Test Cycles for Videophone testing team. Consistent worker, able to build good rapport with co-workers for effective working relationships.

 

United States Air Force
2001 - 2004
Air Traffic Controller
Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany
Responsible for the prevention of collisions between aircraft operating in the system and to organize and expedite the flow of traffic in designated air space. Prioritization of impromptu tasks during high stress scenarios, while maintaining the safe and expeditious flow of Air Traffic.
Skills: Radar: AN TPX-47 Primary, and Secondary Radar systems. AN GPN-42 PAR. ILS Precision Approach system. TACAN Navigational Aid. Communications systems: AVARS Radio communication systems. NTFS Weather reporting systems.

Accomplishments: Graduated USAF Technical School with Honors. Trained and certified in 3 control positions: Arrival, Arrival Assist, Precision Approach Radar (PAR). Point of Contact for Unit computer systems and intranet. Successfully trained and help prepare new trainees for Facility Certification. Supervised as many as 4 subordinates at any given time.

 

Education

1998 - 2001
Utah State University
Started degree in Computer Science, 2 years completed.

Portfolio

AbsoluteMMA.com
Web Site Development and SEO work

References available upon request.