Serve as a key member of software development team as the senior QA tester on development projects for government, and mobility projects. Supervise a five-member software QA testing team in developing and implementing quality-assurance and quality-control methodologies. Ensure compliance with QA standards, federal regulations and customer specifications. Results: Created and executed software test plans, cases and scripts to uncover, identify and document software problems and their… Show more Serve as a key member of software development team as the senior QA tester on development projects for government, and mobility projects. Supervise a five-member software QA testing team in developing and implementing quality-assurance and quality-control methodologies. Ensure compliance with QA standards, federal regulations and customer specifications. Results: Created and executed software test plans, cases and scripts to uncover, identify and document software problems and their causes. Created automated test scripts using Selenium and Appium to save time and effort for Regression and Smoke testing. Documented the product requirements to keep requirements and change requests all at one place. Maintained traceability matrix to track the requirements and functionalities are properly tested and to identify the testing coverage. Logged all the defects in JIRA to keep and track all the defects at a single place. Transitioned software development efforts to a test-driven development (TDD) process, which brought QA testing in on the front-end of the development cycle for gains in code quality, software functionality and programmer productivity. Conducted product-design reviews throughout the software development lifecycle to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules and potential issues. Leveraged developer background to communicate effectively with software design team, gaining their respect and becoming a valued, “go-to” team member on challenging test cases. Show less

Serve as Associate Business Analyst, overseeing quality-assurance testing and teams for client software and systems development projects. Performed system, regression and data interface testing. Provided client developer teams with detailed reports on quality metrics, identified bugs/flaws and recommended fixes. Results: Created company’s first database of documented test defects and procedures using HP Quality Center to enable accurate replication and ensure compliance with standards… Show more Serve as Associate Business Analyst, overseeing quality-assurance testing and teams for client software and systems development projects. Performed system, regression and data interface testing. Provided client developer teams with detailed reports on quality metrics, identified bugs/flaws and recommended fixes. Results: Created company’s first database of documented test defects and procedures using HP Quality Center to enable accurate replication and ensure compliance with standards. Accelerated average QA testing turn-around time by 25% or more, allowing company to accept more testing projects without increasing staff.  Designed and implemented automated testing tools and programs addressing areas software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error/bug retests and usability.  Documented software defects using bug-tracking system and reported defects involving program functionality, output, online screen and content to software developers. Delivered thorough QA testing reports that determined product quality and release readiness.  Hosted defect triage calls to keep updated the team on the progress of the project and defect resolution. Show less