LEAD SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER AND CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER• Experienced in all aspects of the software testing, manual and automated, using Scrum, Software Development Life Cycle and Waterfall methodologies.• Practiced in BDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Development, Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, Java, Jenkins, Jira, LINQ, MS Office, Postman, PyCharm, Python.• Held a dual role as a Senior Software Tester and Scrum Master working in a multi-cultural team that extended across several time zones.• Together with the Product Owner and Team Leader planned and organised the Sprint.• Coordinating the Scrum process by creating User Stories, defining the Acceptance Criteria, and conducting Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews and Sprint Retrospectives.• Skilled in using Microsoft Windows and Linux Operating Systems.

Fortra, formerly ClearswiftSENIOR SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER• Oversaw the testing of Clearswift's Cyber-Security Web and Email gateway products and any integrated third-party software.• Accountable for the estimation, planning, running and documentation of the tests.• Coordinated with the development team and raised issues.• Created a Wiki page of testing hints, methods and strategies that was often used by junior and new members of the teams.• Conducted the testing of Clearswift's Data Loss Prevention email product, called ARgon• Daily monitoring of the ARgon gateway.• Raising and managing defects.• Main contact for all aspects of this testing phase.• Conducted Usability Testing of an in-house feature, documenting the views and experiences of different stakeholders.

OpenText, formerly Micro FocusPRODUCT TEST ENGINEER II – Microsoft Windows Platforms (2005-2006)• Responsible for the testing (test creation and integration) of MF's leading .NET & 64-Bit Net Express, Server Express products.• Responsible for setting up testing hardware and managing the tests and defects.• Documented the testing processes at MF.• Responsible for the training and mentoring of graduates and Industrial Placement students.PRODUCT TEST ENGINEER I – Linux/Unix Platforms (2000-2005)• Responsible for the writing of test plans and scripts.• Executed existing manual and automated tests, wrote new ones, raised, and tracked defects on various UNIX platforms including Itanium, HP-UX, Sun Solaris and Tru64.• Produced a document detailing the set-up of test machines and the installation of the products.• Main point of contact for the company’s licensing product.SOFTWARE INTEGRATION ENGINEER (1998-2000)• Responsible for estimating the process, building, and integrating 3 of MF’s leading products.• Collaborated with the testing team and set up fully automated WinRunner tests.• Using NMake and MKS, updated and maintained the build and integration systems, and presented the process to stakeholders.• Successfully championed and integrated Net Express University Edition, this involved coordinating the development, integration, testing and writing the solution documentation for the product, this was completed ahead of schedule.• Received a financial award after a successful secondment to the Linux Testing Team