Verify and validate a series of software tools used by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to evaluate and safeguard the security of potentially dangerous chemicals, stocked by U.S. companies, against terrorism.• Prepare and present Quarterly Reports of test team progress• Prepare and review annual performance with GNS test team members• Attend Pre-Grooming and Grooming Sessions for each ISCD Sprint to determine test level of effort and provide feedback for requirements.• Compose, execute, and archive test cases to validate requirements.• Document and archive test results.• Open defect reports against defects detected in applications.• Interface extensively with developers and program management to coordinate efforts.

Responsible for verification and validation of the Next Generation Name Check Program (NGNCP) intended to support the efforts of the FBI in national security. Independently analyzed the resultant product and agile development processes to ensure adherence to requirements and best practices.• Attended sprint planning meetings, daily scrum meetings, weekly program management meetings, sprint reviews, and program demos.• Documented analysis of program accomplishments, risks, issues, and future plans in a series of IV&V reports delivered to the customer.• Developed and maintained an Excel scorecard to track the progress of the development based on user stories allocated to each sprint from data available in TFS.• Participated in User Acceptance Test (UAT): o composed procedures for end-to-end test of the product prior to deployment o dry ran, redlined, and formally executed test procedures o witnessed UAT test cases executed by the User Group o documented analysis of UAT results in an IV&V UAT Test Summary Report

Member of a test team tasked with testing the functionality of custom applications used by the Defense Security Service (DSS) in its daily operations. Applications are regression tested in response to upgrades to the DSS network operating system and updated functionality. New test suites are developed, executed, and revised in response to new functionality.• Executed multiple test cases for DSS applications: o Tracked test progress within test case documents. o Reported issues discovered during testing to test leads. o Helped complete test documentation prior to Post Test Acceptance Review (PTAR).• Audited training courses for Unified Functional Test (UFT) and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools by Hewlett-Packard.

Participated in an effort to verify, validate, and certify the latest version of the Boeing 737 Flight Management system at the Verocel headquarters in Westford, Massachusetts. This system, in service 30+ years, has managed the navigation and fuel efficiency aspects of aircraft operation.• Verified that documented requirements were implemented within Ada source code.• Designed test cases to validate these requirements as implemented in source code.• Interfaced with Test Program Developers, in the Polish office, to ensure test cases adequately validated requirements while meeting the limitations of the test harness

Key member of the Department of Homeland Security Technology Integration Program (DHSTIP) test team. Responsible for development and implementation of test programs to evaluate IT, AV, IA, and Physical Security components of the DHSTIP enterprise technical solution.- Developed Test and Integration Lab Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Lab Requirements & Specifications, Vendor Selection Criteria, and Program Test & Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP).- Technical advisor for Vendor Selections. Developed specifications and evaluated vendor products for the entire spectrum of Unclassified and Classified components for DHS IT, AV, IA, and Security solutions.- Developed checklists, test plans/threads, and scenario templates for independent validation and verification (IV&V) of 1100 Program Requirements throughout the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).- Lead test engineer for IRR, TRR, PRR and ORR milestone testing: quality controlled artifacts, conducted pre-testing, led formal test events, initiated discrepancy reports (DRs), and tracked resolutions.

Member of the advanced technologies laboratory (aka Multi-Test Laboratory, or MTL) for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) New Campus East (NCE) IT program. Conducted hardware and software technology insertion evaluations and supported Advanced Engineering initiatives for the CTO’s office. - Developed lab layout, hardware/software configuration inspection procedures, and conducted inspections.- Conducted Mission and Functional Confidence Testing (M&FCT) for intelligence analysis software: = Managed baseline configuration control program for application testing. = Provided technical support to government M&FCT test teams. = Monitored test progress, controlled test documentation, and reported test results.

Designed, and performed comprehensive integration and validation testing of mission-sensitive software supporting 90+ Geospatial Intelligence products.- Member of agile development team for Geonames, Geofeatures, Maritime and Aeronautical (GGMA) software. Performed GGMA site acceptance (SAT) and integration testing.- Supported Geospatial Intelligence Management System (GIMS) integration and performance testing. Developed test artifacts, executed tests, analyzed and reported results.

Tested SIPRNet and NIPRNet web-based communications tools. Monitored and coordinated test schedules with developers. Provided real-time software enhancements to meet evolving mission needs.- Developed test plans and detailed test scenarios for all generations of the dissemination tool.- Performed test preparation: scrubbed previous installations of servers, and installed new versions and patches on UNIX and LINUX servers- Validated installation procedures, regression tested existing functionality, validated enhancements, opened change requests, created test reports, updated README files, and developed user documentation.- Conducted application performance testing using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) test tool.

Responsible for quality assurance (QA) and functional validation of products such as BMC Patrol and other newly developed tools. Efforts resulted in reliable, secure and efficient products sold to Industry and DOD.- Developed and managed test schedules.- Designed test scenarios/procedures using Mercury Interactive TestDirector.- Performed acceptance/regression tests of products on UNIX and Windows platforms- Documented discrepancies using Mercury Interactive VANTIVE trouble reports.- Performed QA reviews of User Documentation.