Stan Taylor Email & Phone Number

Fairmont, Wv, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Develop automated tests in Java and Groovy for applications with RESTful APIsCreate Selenium-based automated tests for Angular- and React-based web and hybrid mobile applicationsManage AWS-based cloud and on-presmises test environmentsReview pull requests for test automation code from other SDETsFull CI/CD integration with automated test runs upon code push, etcTechnologies used: * REST API automation: Groovy WebClient, karate * UI automation: Selenium WebDriver (groovy/Java) * CI/CD: AWS test environments, BitBucket, Bamboo, Jenkins * Test environments: AWS and on-premises

Austin, Tx, Us

Managed QA engineering staff and contractors (max. 5 direct reports and 6 contractors)Created hiring criteria and job descriptions and hire additional staff as neededDeveloped and monitored KPIs for evaluating performance of individual QA staff and for overall quality measuresProvided architectural guidance for automated test suites using Cypress (UI and RESTful API testing) and Selenium (using JavaScript bindings)Coded automated tests and automation framework code in Cypress and Selenium (JavaScript)Determined criteria for which tests should be automated and supervise automation workDetermined appropriate execution of different automated test suites in CI pipelines at different points in the dev/release process and work with DevOps team to implement themManaged AWS-based test and CI/CD environmentsTechnologies used: * Test automation: Selenium WebDriver (JavaScript), Cypress * CI/CD: BitBucket Cloud, BitBucket pipelines, AWS-based test environments

Austin, Texas, Us

Managed 24/7 on-call operations team that supports PCI-compliant cardholder production environmentRecruited, trained and managed Linux sysadmin and application monitoring staff in the US (6) and India (3)Maintained Linux production infrastructure, including OS patching, vulnerability remediation, upgradingResponsible for production monitoring strategy, tooling and staffNegotiated and managed tooling vendor contractsManaged and escalated production incidents, perform post-mortems and write RCAsServed as operations liaison to business partnersCompiled and communicated availability metrics to management and business partners

Austin, Texas, Us

Responsible for designing and implementing all quality-related tools and processes for a 200-employee development organization in the US and IndiaManaged existing end-to-end automation framework written in Groovy/Cucumber that supports 20+ applications, with over 20,000 tests, including: Web and hybrid mobile UI automation using Selenium and Cypress; REST API automation using RestAssured; Legacy Java applications using BDD-style frameworkDesigned and implemented an initiative to move testing "closer to the code": implement most new functional tests in suites in the same codebase as the application, using technologies such as MockMvc, mockito, RestAssured, CypressArchitected CI infrastructure for running large suites of end-to-end tests daily, and evaluating and publishing the test resultsServed as product manager to an automation infrastructure team that manages all aspects of the end-to-end test automation and reportingCoordinated with management and staff to ensure that similar processes and tools are implemented in all development sites in the US and IndiaDeveloped and implemented measures of quality to gauge success of quality initiativesWorked with management to upgrade the programming skill sets of QA engineers to fulfill full SDET criteriaDeveloped hiring standards for QA staff, wrote job descriptions, screened resumes and candidates, and worked with managers in hiring staff

Austin, Texas, Us

Developed and tested migration of cordova-based hybrid mobile app from serving embedded files to files from a web serverDeveloped proof-of-concept and initial code for using JavaScript-based UIs in EBX data management software, allowing UI developers to participate in EBX development

Austin, Texas, Us

Developed and managed an automated testing framework for web and mobile application UI testing: Selenium WebDriver- and Appium-based tests using the webdriver.io node.js Javascript bindings, including:* Multiple device and browser testing with SauceLabs and BrowserStack integration, including iOS and Android hybrid mobile apps* BDD (cucumber) framework which allowed non-programming QA engineers to write new automated tests* Reusable steps that allow the test creator to specify attributes for identifying UI objects* Simplified page-object-like central repository of element identifiers* REST API calls to fetch and create test data and to interact with SauceLabs' API* Direct database calls to fetch and create test data* Integrated automated tests into Bamboo and Jenkins continuous integation for nightly execution* Tests used screenshots, compared to baselines to verify consistent layout and formattingThe same UI tests can be run against web and hybrid mobile app deployments of product codeManaged daily reviews of automated test run resultsTrained and advised other QA engineers on writing automated testsConducted code reviewsDeveloped testing strategies and prioritiesEvaluated testing services (SauceLabs, AppliTools), recommended purchase and figured out licensing needsCoached (onshore and offshore) QA engineers on how to diagnose problems and be more self-sufficientStarted and run a code management guild to discuss and implement process and technology changes related to code managementHelped to systematize and make QA engineer candidate evaluation more effective:Created general job description for front-end and later, full-stack QA engineers and helped HR to understand the requirementsCreated HackerRank test for full-stack QA engineers, allowing HR to validate candidates' resume claims more effectively before passing candidates off for phone screensPerformed phone screens for full-stack QA engineering candidates

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Manage quality engineering program for development of the Metasploit penetration testing softwareAssess manual test coverage and plan and coordinate the creation of automated tests (web UI, REST API, proprietary API)Hire and supervise QE team membersPlan VMWare ESX test lab needs and supervise implementation by engineering services teamIdentify future automated testing needs, scope, plan and supervise their creationCreate REST API tests using ruby test-client gemCreate web UI tests using cucumber, capybara, gherkin, Selenium WebDriver (tests written in ruby)Work with engineering services team to run tests in continuous integration environment (Jenkins) and report on resultsAnalyzed continuous integration needs, and developed and implemented test tagging strategy so that different tests were run at appropriate timesCoorindate with customer support to prioritize and process customer bug issues through the development process

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, German Studies

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, German Translation Studies