Seth Ambrose Email & Phone Number

Lowell, MA

Building automation in Java in support of Verizon Cloud Compute (VCC). Agile development shop.

• Rapid development of automation test code in TCL / Expect supporting multiple streams and Proof of Concept releases for Ambient's embedded linux Smart Grid nodes.
• Wrote TCL / Expect code to automate testing of major product features including Mac Filtering, Security Enhancements, Health Monitoring, SW Install and Upgrade, Tamper Detection, SNMPv3, LDAP / OLMA, Ultracap Battery.
• Wrote TCL / Expect code to improve and expand test harness and infrastructure capabilities
• Wrote functions to automate power loss scenarios by connecting to and controlling a Netbooter remote power supply
• Produced effective and reliable multi-platform automation under under high pressure and tight deadines in intensely dynamic environment while simultaneously writing test plans to help manual test group meet project.

In this 2 month contract I was brought in to update automation code in C# for Raytheon's RAID web application using Visual Studio 2008 and.NET 3.5. Reviewed and added to testplans and performed manual and automated testing.

Key member of SQA team supporting high performance, high availability DNS, DHCP and Address Management server suite.* Wrote test plans and created and executed manual and automated testing for major Cisco Network Registrar product features including IPv6 Address Space Management, DHCP Options, DNS Dynamic Update and Lease State, Concurrency, Dynamic Scope.

Member of small, fast paced software startup.* Wrote test plans, executed manual and automated testing, and wrote automation using TCL / Expect and QAPartner (now SilkTest)* Created and executed GUI and CLI tests for DHCP and DNS features* Performed protocol testing of DNS and DHCP and used snoop, tcpdump, dig and other tools to verify server functionality