The Youi.i Platform provided a means for developers to create apps for multiple devices using a single code stream. My primary role gradually evolved from a test role to a Build & Release Engineer. It involved ensuring the build system effectively supports the development teams and their chosen practices and procedures while using resources efficiently. The system scaled from a few personal computers to several servers with associated NAS devices running virtual machines, multiple-build computers, and cloud-build nodes.Duties included:Conduct weekly meetings with development team representatives to discuss build system status, upcoming requirements, maintenance schedulesDeploying and maintaining on-premises Jenkins CI/CDDeploying and maintaining Jenkins build nodes. There are 40-50 nodes. The nodes include Ubuntu Linux (on-prem vm, on-demand AWS, real hardware), Mac (real hardware), and Windows (on-prem vm and real hardware)Installation and maintenance of required build softwareBuild script debugging support. Build scripts include Jenkins pipeline (groovy), ruby, and bash scripts.Build system performance monitoring. Including build node performance, network performance, and NAS performance.Simple IT support duties (network connection, printer connection, miscellaneous cabling requirements, and others)Test mobile applications created with the You.i Platform

My primary role was manual testing of the TITUS SharePoint applications, TITUS Metadata Security, TITUS Document Policy Manager, and TITUS Message Classification for OWA. Duties included:Deploying and maintaining a virtual SharePoint/Exchange environmentCreating and executing test casesWorking with developers to identify and report issues

My primary role gradually evolved from a test role to a Build & Release Engineer.Build & Release EngineerDuties included:Working with the project teams to administer projects, branching and builds (MSBuild), and the corresponding SharePoint and Reporting portals.Maintain MS Team Foundation Server environment (2008, 2010)Software Test Engineer (STE) manually testing Microsoft Commerce Server. Duties included:Tested Microsoft Commerce Server sample ASP.Net and SharePoint 2007/2010 sitesDeployed and maintained a virtual SharePoint environmentAnalyzing design documentsCreating and executing test casesRunning existing automated test suitesWorking with developers to identify and report issues

TrueContext provides mobile business solutions for Windows Mobile and Blackberry devices. I performed several roles, manual functional testing, automated performance testing (OpenSTA), and release engineering. Duties included:Adding and maintaining build scripts (Ant, Nant, and CruiseControl)Install script changes (InstallShield 6 and 12)Create branches in the source code repository (CVS). There were products built using Java and MS Visual Studio 8 (C/C++ and C#).

Duties included:Converting paper forms to PDFCleaning up existing PDF output of scanned forms and making them editable online Prepared an Adobe LiveCycle Server test lab for INAC

My primary role was maintaining automated testing of the Adobe Central Output Server, its agent applications, and the Adobe Output Pak for mySAP.com. Formerly Jetform Corporation products.Duties included:Maintain the Perl and shell script-based test suite and the installation and setup of the various Windows\UNIX\Linux test platforms. The setup included IIS and Apache web servers and Exchange 2003 and Domino R6 e-mail servers. Report daily regression test results and weekly status reports.

MetaSolv provided operational support software that managed network configuration. The solutions included DHCP and DNS servers and network device configuration tools. I worked on testing several solutions: Orchestream Service Activator (OSA), MetaSolv Policy Services (MPS), and MetaSolv IP Services Management (IPSM). Duties included:Create and execute a test plan focused on a particular feature or set of features that satisfied the goals of the current releaseRun sanity tests and report results Maintain test machines in the lab and the in-house test tracking system. The test tracking system was a web-based Java applet with CGI scripts in Perl and an LDAP database. Set up databases to share for testing (Oracle and LDAP), install operating systems and patches (Windows and Solaris)Verify the DHCP and DNS server behavior and the proper configuration of hardware routers from Cisco, Huawei, Alcatel, Riverstone, and Juniper.Performance testing on IPSM product using its C/C++ APISupport other team members

Nortel provided operational support software for network configuration. The solutions included DHCP and DNS servers and network device configuration tools that later became part of MetaSolve Software Canada.Duties included:Test the Policy Services application and the IP Services Management suiteMaintain the in-house issue tracking and reporting application

The JetForm Central product was a server-based application that allowed the management of online forms in a networked environment. It consisted of a server and a set of “agent” applications that handled various tasks such as data format conversion and e-mailing. It later became the Adobe Central Output Server.Duties included:Test Jetform Central as the primary contact for the server application. Provide backup to Customer Support when required.Maintain the automated test suite used to regression test the Central agents. The tests were Perl and shell script-based and run on many Windows and UNIX platforms.Test the agents and different add-ons like the Web Output Pak when required. Environment: SQL, ODBC, Bourne shell scripting, PERL, XML, and HTML