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Needham, Ma, Us

Needham, Ma, Us

* Wrote TestNG framework for testing multiple mobile apps in Java.* Wrote and maintained bash and gradle functions for bringing up and monitoring Selenium Grid Appium nodes comprised of Android phones, iPhones, Android emulators, and iPhone emulators* Wrote libraries and tests for TripAdvisor's Rentals Owner App (Both iOS and Android) automation tests.* Wrote libraries and tests for TripAdvisor's Core App (Both iOS and Android) automation tests.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

* Wrote the TestNG Java framework and testcases to validate public and private REST APIs for user and document management, and appstore utilization using Java 7.* Migrated java testcases and wrote new mocha javascript testcases and framework for all REST APIs including 3D CAD modeling feature APIs, covering 100% of public APIs, and over 75% of all REST APIs.* Verified all API agile stories and bugs using both manual REST practices (curl and postman) as well as increasing regression coverage of our automated testcases.* Assisted in triage of developer JUnit testcases, as well as protractor (javascript) UI testcases.* Assisted in managing the gradle build tools for automation building and execution both locally and on Jenkins using both ubuntu and osx hosts.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

* Managed the team of 17 automation engineers testing the Verizon Cloud.* Worked with the development managers, development director, manual qa manager, and qa director to try to improve the process for the Verizon Cloud project for a team that grew larger and faster than originally planned* Ensured the agile process was followed by attending development sprint planning meetings, and standups.* Trained development managers and employees new to the scrum process about Jira's sprint planning tools, and the ideas behind Agile and scrum development.* Worked with the entire QA team to ensure priorities were being set correctly accross the product, and blocking issues were removed for work to continue.* Maintained the builds and failures and appropriated work to the correct developers or release engineers as necessary.* Attending several Verizon Managing courses to grow and learn to be a better manager

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

* Wrote the Test Automation infrastructure, libraries, and testcases for testing Verizon's new cloud using Git, Java, and Maven.* The test framework used Jersey to test the REST endpoints of the cloud system, and created virtual machines, private networks, public IPs, attached disks on various Linux and Windows operating systems.* Wrote Regression System using Dropwizard, Java, MySql, and a REST endpoints for the Client and Viewer. The regression system kept track of our resource utilization, test suites, regression jobs with a queue manager, and results for viewing historical data that Jenkins couldn't keep track of.* Ran sprint planning and execution for the Automation team in 2 week sprints* Assisted the Release Engineering team in managing Artifactory and Jenkins for the development and automation teams

Burlington, Ma, Us

* Wrote the Test Automation infrastructure libraries and testcases for the CloudSwitch application cli utilzing Maven and Java 5 and 6* Wrote Results Manager server, client, and viewer that utilized MySQL, Java, PHP, and SOAP for better tracking all automation results over time* Used third-party apis for Amazon AWS and Terremark Clouds for validating the CloudSwitch application* Vigorously tested the products switching and routing features that utilized openssh tunnels, bridge controls, and iptables on CentOS.* Used VMWare ESX and VCenter to manage our testing environment, as well as our product deployment and testing.

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Drove feature development for Cisco’s automated regression system written in Java and Perl, utilizing an Oracle backend database. The regression system was used by approximately 4000 users and distributed globally across several application hosts, execution hosts, and an internal database host. • Modernized core infrastructure to provide full Web Service integration. • Addressed global scalability concerns in execution and monitoring across multiple datacenters. • Designed and coded an improved GUI subset for power users.• Handled key customer contacts and escalations, ensuring timely and thorough resolutions. • Contributed to team efforts through bug fixes, requirements, design and analysis, code reviews, and cross-team training.

San Jose, Ca, Us

IOS Technologies Division• Developed, deployed, and maintained automated test regression system, including associated physical hardware; used by Cisco IOS developers and testers.• Created Object Oriented test automation library to boost productivity of testers for IP, MPLS, TE, QoS and other features • Tested and created automated tests for MPLS L2 and L3 VPNs, Traffic Engineering, and stress/scalability/performance related to those features.

Marlborough, Ma, Us

Development Test for Core Builder Series• Created sanity testbed and testcases for “proof of stability” of development images. • Created Tcl automation infrastructure libraries for future automation. • Automated several testcases including throughput tests, hot-swap tests (excluding actual hot-swap), and basic connectivity tests.• Created several utilities to assist other engineers’ day-to-day work including Chassis and Line Card SNMP/CLI polling utility, and chassis connectivity tool.