Test automation in a Python Pytest-based framework. Writing automated tests with Python. Analyzingautomation results and failures to root cause and deliver bug fixes for automation. Implementing enhancements to the automation framework using Python, Docker, Linux. Writing manual test cases to meet defined software requirements and conform to DO-178 standards.

Past employer was acquired as a business unit for T-Mobile's upcoming TV service branded as Home & Entertainment.Test embedded software releases, document and develop test cases and benchmarks to contribute to product quality and support developers.Audio and video tests from C code to the presentation. HDMI, CEC, Makefiles, TCP/IP, MoCA, Wifi.Have touched on Linux kernel and user space with Broadcom Nexus and STB toolchains.

(Became part of T-Mobile in 2018) White box testing and embedded quality assurance for the company’s video set top box product. Participated in code review sessions; worked with Make for cross-compiling code branches to test before merges. Managed the build-release process of embedded code updates to the devices. Provisioned monolithic system images using Perl, Make, Bash, Git, and AWS S3. Used Atlassian Confluence, Jira, and Bitbucket for collaboration. Wrote scripts for troubleshooting and system performance, including network throughput, flash memory burn-out, DVR capacity, video stream metadata, and HDMI DDC driver issues. Performed devops duties on the dev team’s Linux server built for cross-compiling.

Digital Cable TV MPEG multicast delivery troubleshooting in DAC and DNCS systems. Developed software tools to streamline duties. Wrote php and Python scripts to automate enterprise-wide device changes, monitor system status, perform backups, and run custom audits. Used SNMP, XML, SSH, and Telnet to communicate with network equipment. Built and deployed a Postgresql database. Wrote software to collect and store information from nationally deployed digital video servers. Built and deployed a web front-end with php, HTML, CSS, to serve up status summaries of the equipment. Worked on-call to troubleshoot video outages, coordinating with on-site engineers and equipment vendors.

Engineering support for digital video equipment at a clean and screen facility. Setup and maintained video test stations. Deployed centralized documentation on a VM running a FosWiki server. Calibrated cabling and signal levels for a cable tv head-end. Wrote scripts in Bash, PowerShell, and Python in order to audit and refine day to day test operations. Wrote and deployed a new configuration for the Cisco CMTS DOCSIS equipment which doubled the network bandwidth to test stations.