Andrew Szeto Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington D.C. Metro Area (Virtual Location)

Project and technical lead for Performance Assurance on Federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) projects. Involved in infrastructure research, tools provisioning, developing test strategies and plans, modeling software workloads, development of performance scripts, execution of tests and tuning application stacks. Key contributions to the program: • Provisioned a test harness infrastructure using IBM Rational Performance Tester on Win VM Servers and Workstations within the IRS Data… Show more Project and technical lead for Performance Assurance on Federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) projects. Involved in infrastructure research, tools provisioning, developing test strategies and plans, modeling software workloads, development of performance scripts, execution of tests and tuning application stacks. Key contributions to the program: • Provisioned a test harness infrastructure using IBM Rational Performance Tester on Win VM Servers and Workstations within the IRS Data Center.• Develop load scripts with java customizations to enhance simulated workload profiles.• Participate in engineering teams to performance tune the various infrastructure components.• Effectively performing tasks of DevOps Performance Test Lead to oversee Agile project tasks. Show less

Ithaca, New York Area

Configuration Management and Lead Performance Engineer for various Cornell University business applications using IBM Rational Performance Tester, Neustar Cloud Performance and HP QTP tools. Provided performance and capacity solutions for various high-end projects. • Provided load testing for Cornell applications: PeopleSoft Course Enrollment, Cornell.edu Web Site, CornellCast Video Media, Admissions Admitted Students, CU Authentication/Directory Services, Electronic Payroll… Show more Configuration Management and Lead Performance Engineer for various Cornell University business applications using IBM Rational Performance Tester, Neustar Cloud Performance and HP QTP tools. Provided performance and capacity solutions for various high-end projects. • Provided load testing for Cornell applications: PeopleSoft Course Enrollment, Cornell.edu Web Site, CornellCast Video Media, Admissions Admitted Students, CU Authentication/Directory Services, Electronic Payroll, Library, uPortal. • Specialist for main areas of: (1) Lead load tester for requirement and capacity testing (2) Vendor interface for RFP, tool contract, licensing, technical support (3) Installation and configuration management of tools on test framework (4) DNS Domain and IIS Web administrator for the test infrastructure (5) Developed various coding customizations within Rational Performance Tester (6) AWS Cloud EC2 Oracle DB implementations• Attended IBM Software Innovate Conferences to participate in Rational Performance Tester presentations and workshops. Show less

Overall QA responsibility for the firm’s Storage Network Controller within a Storage Area Network.• Tested enterprise-class features on the firm's Storage Network Controller for enhanced SAN capabilities developed by the firmware engineering team to meet business data storage needs.• Utilized various tools in an on-site SAN development lab – Satellite fibre channel protocol analyzer, Finisar fibre channel injector and SCSIPro protocol analyzer and generator. • Reviewed requirement… Show more Overall QA responsibility for the firm’s Storage Network Controller within a Storage Area Network.• Tested enterprise-class features on the firm's Storage Network Controller for enhanced SAN capabilities developed by the firmware engineering team to meet business data storage needs.• Utilized various tools in an on-site SAN development lab – Satellite fibre channel protocol analyzer, Finisar fibre channel injector and SCSIPro protocol analyzer and generator. • Reviewed requirement system and design documents to formulate and execute test plans. Show less

Piscataway, Nj

Responsible for Intelligent Network system installation, migration and testing for major telecommunication companies including Verizon, Southwestern Bell, SBC Communications and Bell Canada. Accomplishments include:• Quality Assurance and testing of the Intelligent Network System in the feature areas for AIN (Advanced Intelligent Network), LNP (Local Number Portability), 800/LIDB Directory Services and WIN/HLR (Wireless Intelligent Network & Pre-Paid Charging System).• On-site… Show more Responsible for Intelligent Network system installation, migration and testing for major telecommunication companies including Verizon, Southwestern Bell, SBC Communications and Bell Canada. Accomplishments include:• Quality Assurance and testing of the Intelligent Network System in the feature areas for AIN (Advanced Intelligent Network), LNP (Local Number Portability), 800/LIDB Directory Services and WIN/HLR (Wireless Intelligent Network & Pre-Paid Charging System).• On-site integration and test lead for the first successful implementation of the Intelligent Network system in the United States for a Verizon customer base of 55 million users.• Provided technical escalation support via Telegate Service Center serving regional customers. Show less

Harmon Meadows, Nj

Major Accomplishments:• Designed and implemented a software based switch digital loss plan on the ITT nationwide network adhering to voice transmission quality specifications.• Detection of firmware defects from FSK test tone discrepancies and redesigning switching network interface connections for optimal performance. • Software verification in ITT labs and Northern Telecom captive office in Richardson, TX