Quality Assurance Analyst - Remote Keith Atkins, Engineering & Science
SUMMARY
A highly accomplished and results-oriented Quality Assurance Analyst with over 20 years of demonstrated expertise in Application and Infrastructure Testing/Validation, Quality Management System implementation, and Software Development Life Cycle execution; Leverages strong communication, presentation, leadership, and organization skills; A highly analytical and detail-oriented problem solver with a proven record of solution delivery.
EDUCATION
-Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; M.S. in Engineering Management
-Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD; B.S. in Electrical Engineering
-Certification in Six Sigma Methodology as a Green Belt; Drexel University
-Agile: Scrum Master and Product Owner certified; Comcast University
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Application & Infrastructure Validation: Successful global testing and deployment of software applications.
- Creation, execution, and management of quality testing methods for infrastructure stability, network communications, functional, usability, visual, out-of-box, regression, performance, and load/stress of multiple integrated web, client-server based, and service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications on multiple platforms
- Coordination and execution of root cause analysis & trouble-shooting techniques to assist Developers, System Administrators, and Database Administrators in identifying system problems
- Creation, execution and management of planning, risk, architecture, requirements, design, test, and implementation/deployment SDLC deliverables
- Creation and maintenance of testing metrics and statistical analysis to determine trends, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT analysis), and weekly/monthly KPI reports
- Management of on-shore and off-shore testing groups and cross-functional project teams
- Management of Change Request (CR) & Maintenance Request (MR) Enhancement/Defect lifespan for multiple applications
- Execution of risk management, assessments, cost analysis, and project negotiations
- Management of environment change/configurations, test data, and system procurement & deployment
- Practiced SLDC Methodologies (years): Agile-Scrum (6+), Iterative (5+), Waterfall (5+), DevOps (2+)
Technical Skills
Project Tools: JIRA Ticket Management System, CA Agile (Rally), Primavera SureTrak
Test Automation: HP Quality Center/ALM, SoapUI Pro, AdventNet: QEngine, Mercury Interactive WinRunner, Astra QuickTest, Astra Load Test, Selenium IDE
Validation tools: CA Agile (Rally), HP-ALM, Toad DB app, FogBugz, AnthillPro, BugTracker, SalesForce.com, OT-Dice
Validation Methods: Acceptance, Usability, Feature/Progression, Functional/Regression, White-box, Black-box, Performance, Load/Stress, Installation Qualifications (IQ), Operation Qualifications (OQ), Post-deployment, Analysis, Binary Comparison, Code Reviews
Databases: PostgreSQL via pgSQL, mySQL via SQL, MS Access, DB2 via SQL, Oracle via SQL
Software Platforms: C++, C, Perl, Fortran77, XML, JAVA, J2EE, ASP, Flash, .NET, XML, JavaScript, Flexible Computer Interface Format (FCIF), Microsoft Office Suite
Operating Systems: 15+ years: UNIX/Linux, MS-DOS, & Microsoft Office Suite & tools.
WORK EXPERIENCE
*Abbott Point of Care (2016-present).
*Comcast Cable (2011-2016).
*Abbott Point of Care (2008-2011).
*National Digital Medical Archive/i3Archive (2006-2008).
*Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters company (2003-2006).
*ZONE Telecom, Inc. (2002-2003).
*Telcordia Technologies/BELLCORE (1998-2002).
Engineering & Science
Compliance Engineering
Quality and Reliability Testing
Systems Engineering
Technology