Contract to Hire position for Hart Intercivic

3 month contract to hire position with NetSpend - a TSYS company.

Developed and implemented test cases for the Veteran Benefits Administration Rules Based Processing System (RBPS). Maintain SQL Server Load applications for the Financial Management System (FMS). Did troubleshooting for FMS applications. Achievements:• Completed the RBPS test cases to the customer’s satisfaction.• Upgraded FMS Load scripts to run on the new server, and to run more efficiently. • Worked with VA personnel to correct FRS security issues.• Completed the SnapWeb Server Upgrade Plan, and worked with SnapWeb personnel to complete the upgrade.• Responsible for the support of SQL Server database installations, configurations and deployment.• Troubleshot and resolved SQL Server database problems.• Involved in database backups and restores.• Maintained the SSIS packages for the FTO SQL Server application.• Assisted disaster recovery duties for SQL Server and Oracle applications. • Responsible for converting FMS applications to use virtual machines. • Troubleshot the FRS Oracle application. • Identified and corrected problems with the FMS and PAID batch report applications.• Skilled with Oracle, SQL Server, SSIS packages, UNIX, IBM, VMWARE and Visual Basic.

Systems Advisor for IBM Global Services.Responsible for the quality assurance of client-server and web applications, which included system installations, application server testing, functional testing, regressive testing and integration testing. Developed and implemented test plans and test suites. Did scalability testing, load testing and stress testing for several IBM applications. Skilled with LINUX, UNIX, AIX, Sybase and X Windows.

Coordinated Y2K certifications and tested various Dell applications.Taught three QARun Quick Start courses saving the company $100,000 in consultant expenses for automated testing.