Test Automation Framework Development• Member of both a 10-person global team and local three-person team responsible for the creation of the next generation of internal test automation frameworks.• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams responsible for product design.• Maintain and enhance legacy automation frameworks.• Develop components in an Agile environment, primarily using Python with some Perl and Golang.• Associated tools and applications used include: VIO, Docker, ELK, Git, Quay, Django, Celery.

Test Automation Framework Development• Member of a team responsible for ownership of a widely-used test automation framework.• Developed new features, based on user requirements.• Provided comprehensive solutions to user-found bugs and other issues.• Generated extensive user-facing documentation for new features and functionality.• Supported and trained multiple QA and development teams.

Test Automation Team• Studied and experimented to gain expertise with F5’s flagship BIG-IP and BIG-IQ products.• Collaborated with QA team test owners to define automation requirements for several areas.• Evaluated existing test plans to develop an efficient and effective automation approach.• Developed automated tests, ensuring compatibility with the existing automation infrastructure.• Debugged and verified automated test scripts and triaged results.

Quality Assurance Team• Performed functional testing of F5’s ARX data management product line.• Created and executed comprehensive test plans for features, including: GUI and Windows Quotas.• Analyzed and documented numerous bugs exposed during the testing cycle.• Collaborated with development teams to quantify impact and prioritize resolution of issues.• Evaluated and verified bug fixes provided by the development teams• Developed automated tests for several areas of responsibility.

Sustaining and Escalation Engineering• Supervised a six-person, geographically diverse, Engineering Team.• Responsible for critical customer communication, including Technical and Executive Updates.• Participated in cross-functional engineering teams, responsible for product design/development.• Reviewed software specifications, SQA test plans, and product requirement documents,• Defined serviceability, usability, and documentation requirements for new products and releases.

Sustaining and Escalation Engineering• Debugged and resolved issues on the Application Control Engine and Catalyst 6500 Module.• Developed software APIs for load-balancing features.• Enhanced embedded tools for collection of internal Xscale and MicroEngine data for debugging.• Developed, tested and delivered software fixes for internal and external product defects.• Created and executed customer-specific test plans and identified product bugs.• Automated reproduction and testing processes with Linux shell scripts, Tcl, and Perl.

Sustaining Engineering• Performed core file analysis and reproduced customer issues for a variety of applications.• Coded and verified numerous software patch fixes (primarily in C) to resolve customer-found bugs.• Produced modest features and enhancements.• Maintained the configuration synchronization and file publisher functionality.

Systems Quality Assurance• Performed verification of Enterprise Class Layer 2/3 Switches through several product releases• Experienced with the following technologies: Ethernet/Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, ATM (LANE & RFC1483)• IP Routing QA Team member responsible for verification of IP Policies and RIP protocols• Verified Packet Filtering features at Layers 2/3 with all supported media types• Performed system level testing including diagnostics, remote access, boot mechanisms, non-volatile data conversion, software download, PCMCIA card access and redundancy• Verified various login security features• Tested Simple Network Time Protocol• Verified system access through command line and Web interfaces as well as with SNMP• Coordinated the Y2K team, which created and implemented the Year 2000 verification program• Provided pre-release feature training to Customer Support engineers• Served as consultant to Engineering staff to resolve Customer Support and Manufacturing issues