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Rochester, Ny, Us

Rochester, Ny, Us

Manage the Software Engineer and Test Engineering members of agile teams towards the delivery of quality software while utilizing techniques focused on continuous delivery.These techniques include test automation, build and deployment automation and continuous integration. Employee Development focused management approach to ensure growth opportunities are realized and supported. Communicate company goals to the agile teams and assist them in developing team goals that are aligned with the larger company goals. Manage the performance of Software Engineers and Test Engineers through regular one and ones to ensure their performance is in line with expectations and to assist them in achieving their long term career goals.Created and managed a continuous delivery program to expand my organization use and maturity in CD.

Rochester, Ny, Us

Manage and develop a team of software test engineers working in an agile environment. Responsible for representing test engineering during organizational road map planning. Responsible for advancing the adoption of software test automation by ensuring appropriate opportunities are identified and implemented. Provide performance evaluation on regular intervals throughout the year culminating in annual reviews. Set and monitor the progress on individual goals developed to maximize company and individual performance.

Rochester, Ny, Us

Test Lead for multiple concurrent project efforts. In this role I am responsible for providing a testing presence in requirement and project status meeting, coordinating testing effort through QA team, coordinating and providing support to user acceptance testingPerformed "One-on-One" progress reports with members of the testing team to provide feedback on past performances and set goals for the future.Used Application Integrator and Oracle e-Commerce suite to develop an automated US employee reimbursement and International vendor payment process in an Electronic Data Interchange(EDI) format. (handles 3.5 million in payments monthly) Provide third level support for the Corporate Financial Information System.Became the Corporate Accounts Receivable and Reconciliation process Subject Matter Expert.Developed and maintained quality assurance test plans to verify that code changes had meets objectives defined in requirements document..Configured and Utilized Oracle E-Business Suite (HR, Finance, Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable) to accommodate test casesWrote and performed complex SQL queries on multi-schema Oracle database through TOAD and SQLPlus to verify software changes.Utilized Rational ClearCase(version control software) and HP Quality Center to update and maintain version controlled test plans in both UNIX and Windows environments.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Tested network devices for industry MIB-compliance, with SNMP agent.Tested third party network management solutions with product specific plug-ins on pre-production devices to identify potential customer issues.Used and created tests matrices and extemporized test procedures to detect any software errors.Used communication skills to compose error reports to disclose any software issues to the appropriate programmer.