Staff Quality Assurance Engineer
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Staff QA Engineer and Process Owner for SEMulator3D virtual fabrication software.-Managed the migration of VersionOne and YouTrack databases into merged Jira project. Created functional requirements for data preservation, Jira workflows, automation, and permission schemes. Lead team of internal and external engineers to perform implementation, validation of data integrity, and training.-Designed and managed the implementation of Jira Service Desk as a ticketing system between the… Show more Staff QA Engineer and Process Owner for SEMulator3D virtual fabrication software.-Managed the migration of VersionOne and YouTrack databases into merged Jira project. Created functional requirements for data preservation, Jira workflows, automation, and permission schemes. Lead team of internal and external engineers to perform implementation, validation of data integrity, and training.-Designed and managed the implementation of Jira Service Desk as a ticketing system between the Development and Application teams, replacing the previously used mailing lists. Technical Product/Program Manager for DevTech (DevOps/Release/IT) team (Oct 2018 - Sept 2019).-Oversaw and coordinated the migration of local IT infrastructure to updated hardware and VMs, including: file servers, license servers, Hg/SVN repositories, VPN server, and TeamCity build VMs.-Prioritized the requests of development teams in 4 locations, justifying and distributing engineers and resources to meet the highest priority needs in a timely fashion.-Justified the purchase of, spec'd, and configured new regression testing infrastructure, resulting in a 3x speed-up of regression tests and allowing for an additional 4x speed-up after developers implemented parallelization to test framework. Show less