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Sacramento, California, United States

Mcclellan Park, California, United States

4Insite, LLC, a division of SBM Corp., Sacramento, CA 2019-2020 Software Test Engineer Responsible for conducting tests before product launches to ensure software runs smoothly and meets client needs, while being cost-effective. Monitors all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards. Responsibilities included:• Designing and implementing detailed tests, debugging and defining corrective actions• Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback• Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases• Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs with defect management software• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved • Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs• Work closely with the Build Engineer to ensure testing environment needs are being met• Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies• Work with key customers in managing UAT and Beta tests• Work in a Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) environment • Part of Agile teams and responsible for testing and validation of micro services and Web based applications on both desktop and mobile devices (smartphones and tablets); test IOS and Android apps

Roseville, Ca

Direct Technology, Roseville, CA 2018-2019 Quality Assurance Engineer As a member of the Agile Quality Assurance Team, responsibilities included, but were not limited to: develop, maintain, and implement System/Integration testing strategy, test plans, test processes, test scenarios, and test cases. Identify and prepare test data for manual testing or testing RestFul APIs with Google Postman. Assist with UAT testing. Communicate with Business/Systems Analysts and Developers to understand/clarify requirements. Identify, report, and manage defects in defect tracking system (TFS). Deliver testing status reports per Project requirements and provide input to the Project Plans and Processes Identify and communicate risks to Project team. Provide technical information for Change Requests meetings. Participate in systems requirement reviews and team meetings when necessary. Maintain Project test documentation.

Sacramento, California Area

Conduct thorough product testing and maintain agreed upon quality standards in order to provide the highest quality software products to both external and internal customers. Work with the QA Manager to understand the business requirements and objectives relative to the desired functionality of products and applications. Evaluates and tests new or modified software through manual or automated means to determine that software meets user requirements and established quality standards. Create, evaluate and track bugs and defects.

Sacramento, California Area

Certified Sr. Quality Assurance Analyst and Certified Sr. Testing Engineer – over 15 years of testing experience, experience with multiple automated test tools for test case creation and documentation, excellent understanding of QA processes, experience with multiple automated tools for defect tracking, advanced office suite user for documentation related activities, experience with multiple automated testing tools, strong understanding of Agile methodology and web services, advanced knowledge of SQL

Responsibilities included conducting functional testing of client user interfaces and tools for the broadband industry. Duties included writing Test Plans, Test Specifications and New Features Training documentation. Performed detailed software testing and analysis, including Functional, User Interface, Regression, Integration, Enterprise, UAT, White Box and Black Box testing, using simulators and API testers. Validated test outcomes, and reported test progress and statistics in oral and written form to management and peers.

Developed test cases and executed strategy for test plans throughout the Software Development Life Cycle with a variety of operating systems, databases, and integrated development environments. Performed test case execution, error reporting and defect resolution. Wrote test reports and maintained significant levels of test documentation.

Planned all aspects of Year 2000 testing including collecting existing test documentation, identifying environmental factors that influence testing, developing test cases and scripts, and collecting, reporting and analyzing results.

Identified, evaluated, and recommended hardware and software solutions to support automated operations and resolution of simple to moderately complex data center issues and problems.

Bs In Business Administration, Business Administration/Operations Management

Aa, As, Art History, Applied Art & Design -- Multimedia, Humanities -- Diverse Perspectives

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta KappaI have eight Associates' degrees in various fields of study

Art Photography

As, Computer And Information Science

Activities and Societies: classical guitar program, Ancient Music Ensemble