
Todd J.
Retired
United States
Germantown
Information Technology & Services
A++, Business Analysis, Analytical Skills, Cyber Security Risk, Cybersecurity Incident Response, DoD Top Secret Clearance, Testing, Regression Testing, Manual Testing, Test Automation, Integration, System Testing, Quality Assurance, Requirements Analysis, Test Planning, Test Management, Test Cases, User Acceptance Testing, Mainframe, Performance Testing
Experience

Retired

Automation QA Specialist
Remote from Maryland
• Worked on improving our frontend and backend quality assurance process by setting up and managing an automated user testing scheme. Wrote UI/UX regression testing scripts that test usability and user flow to automate the front-end testing process. • Worked with Testomat, Zephyr, Selenium, for automation • Developed backend QA processes in Github as well, such as writing YAML checks to be used in CI/CD pipeline. • Design and executed tests for different components and how components interacted with each other to identify issues quickly and precisely. • Documented process’s and evaluate the functionality and entirety of your tests.

Principal Integration Test Engineer
Dullas Virginia via 100% work from home
Worked on the Raptor Program with LEO/GEO Satellites • Develop testing strategy and user acceptance testing plan • Develop and documents step-by-step test cases based on the software requirements elicited by mission owners and software developers • Identify, log, and track defects • Ensure proper version control and configuration management of all test object developed and test environments used • Collaborate with development team to understand and assess operational impact to the users • Assist in the creation of test project status reports and metrics to provide weekly and/or monthly status to the management team • Evaluate the operational readiness of a software application prior to the release or production, ensuring system compliance with external interfaces in a common operating environment • Test a system in the actual or simulated environment that it was designed for with users of the system in realistic operational conditions Worked with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, and Bitbucket) • Worked with Container Management (Dockers and Kubernetes) • Experience in using risk-driven techniques to develop, maintain and execute operational test cases for mission unique software • Completed 40 hours of Northrop Grumman training Explanation of short contract: The project I was hired for didn’t get their fully funded award, because the Defense Bill hasn’t been signed, therefore the Project released about 45 newly hired contractors due to the lack of funding.

Job Gap Explanation
Job Gap
Remote
From May of 2019 to January of 2021, I was on medical leave do to 2 major surgeries, plus Covid

Senior QA Engineer
Frederick, Maryland
DrugDev is an IQVIA Company, Worked on SecureConsent and Authoring and Consent for Client Trials. DrugDev Spark is the industry's first comprehensive unified solutions platform – comprised of innovative technology and expert services proven to add value on thousands of clinical trials. • Defines and carries out procedures to ensure that all information systems products and services meet minimum organization standards and end-user requirements. • Does Automation, writes test plans and detailed test scripts supporting test cases derived from an analysis of functional requirements and programming specifications. • Thoroughly tests software to ensure proper operation and freedom from defects prior to implementation. Documents and works to resolve all problems. Devises improvements to current procedures and develops models of possible future configurations. Performs workflow analysis and recommends quality improvements. • Establishes software quality standards for life cycle, documentation, development methods, testing and maintenance. Establishes advanced software test standards and methods and conducts complex software tests. • Works collaboratively with developers across regions. • Reviews business requirements with regards to reporting, advises on the pros and cons of the possible technical solutions. • Translates those business needs into technical specifications and provides input to the requirements for the development of a solution. • Develops a full understanding of all relevant medical data and the data processing platform in which it resides. • Explores data the data to discover patterns, relationships, anomalies, and trends. • Creates reports, graphs, and other visualizations to accurately and plainly represent stories within the data. • Perform code reviews and optimization of existing queries. • Comprehensively and coherently documents work in Confluence. • Tracks and defines work within JIRA. • HL7 Standards

Senior QA Engineer
Clarksburg, Maryland
Provides System Testing for AT&T’s streaming solution existing Hotel properties with any DirecTV HD Entertainment system such as DIRECTV, COM1000 and COM2000. Dish’s Evolve, a 4K-capable Android TV set-top box that seamlessly integrates streaming apps, live linear programming and casting into one customizable solution. Evolve offers guests a way to engage with content from their mobile tablets and smartphone devices using their room’s TV. Leveraging its Smart box solution, Dish’s headend video distribution platform for commercial applications, evolve can work with any hotel wiring scenario, as well as existing or upgraded infrastructures. It also offers an array of options to deliver video • Participates in functionality testing for all application development tasks. • Maintained and managed QA environments to run custom services. • Generated bug and test reports to appropriate managers. • Utilizes Android SDK and ADB tools • Tested OTT Streaming (Over the top Media service) • Installs Technicolor firmware, and applies daily APK’s • Records defects in Jira, and updates systems documentation tracked in Confluence • Write and execute Test Cases from TestLink • Agile 3-week sprints

Staff System Test Engineer
Lanham, Maryland
Provided Systems Testing for EPOCH IPS, Worked on Satellite Telemetry, Test and Control (TT&C) and In Orbit Test (IOT) for over 2,000 low earth orbit Satellites. As well as worked on ARES (Automated Real-Time Execution Suite) Clients included: Airbus Eurostar 2000, 2000+, 3000, LeoStar, Lockheed Martin 7000, A2100, Loral FS/LS-1300, Mitsubishi Electric DS2000, Thales Space bus 3000, 4000, Orbital ATK GEOStar, Boeing 376, 601/601HP, 702 (HP, MP, SP, GEM) • Test planning • Test case execution • Test automation through shell scripting • Worked with “STOL” Spacecraft Test and Operations Language • Tested Satellite Telemetry, Test and Control • Functional specification analysis and review • Task breakdown • Followed corporate policies and procedures • Worked as a member of a team responsible for all phases of Quality Assurance for quarterly software development cycles • Acted as a consultant for the test team, architects, and design engineers • Assist other engineers in design, development, and evaluation of new products, especially from an operations perspective • Deployed and maintain large test beds • Troubleshooted hardware and software issues in lab testbeds, at times down to root cause if necessary • Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe lab environment, and own many aspects of lab operations • Tested in Java, Windows platform, STOL, RHEL and Linux

Staff System Test Engineer
Lanham, Maryland
Provided Systems Testing for EPOCH IPS, Worked on Satellite Telemetry, Test and Control (TT&C) and In Orbit Test (IOT) for over 2,000 low earth orbit Satellites. As well as worked on ARES (Automated Real-Time Execution Suite) Clients included: Airbus Eurostar 2000, 2000+, 3000, LeoStar, Lockheed Martin 7000, A2100, Loral FS/LS-1300, Mitsubishi Electric DS2000, Thales Space bus 3000, 4000, Orbital ATK GEOStar, Boeing 376, 601/601HP, 702 (HP, MP, SP, GEM) • Test planning • Test case execution • Test automation through shell scripting • Worked with “STOL” Spacecraft Test and Operations Language • Tested Satellite Telemetry, Test and Control • Functional specification analysis and review • Task breakdown • Followed corporate policies and procedures • Worked as a member of a team responsible for all phases of Quality Assurance for quarterly software development cycles • Acted as a consultant for the test team, architects, and design engineers • Assist other engineers in design, development, and evaluation of new products, especially from an operations perspective • Deployed and maintain large test beds • Troubleshooted hardware and software issues in lab testbeds, at times down to root cause if necessary • Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe lab environment, and own many aspects of lab operations • Tested in Java, Windows platform, STOL, RHEL and Linux

Senior Test Engineer
Gaithersburg, Maryland
My company provided Systems Testing for Cilutions and Hughes Solutions Group both in the Digital Media Solutions arena. Tested Hughes MediaSignage products for several of their customers: Safeway, Cintas, Kohl’s, SSA, Total Wine, and other customer networks; provided testing support of both Cilutions and Hughes on hardware and software. Testing included: configuration of hardware, installation of new images, patches, debugging both the front GUI end and Linux backend server. Other duties including supporting the Hughes Shady Grove office and Utah Hughes Solutions Group, coordinating testing tasks and areas to be covered during major releases and minor releases, in addition to collaborating on best way to test and to share ideas The Environment and Skill used in this post exceeds the character LinkedIn, please see my Skills section

Test Engineer
Reston, VA
Startup Company PIXIA was founded to address big data challenges faced by broadcast media pioneers, right at the critical moment in time when broadband connectivity opened numerous possibilities for image data transfer. Then, after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, we shifted our focus from commercial applications when we realized that our software could revolutionize the way massive digital imagery files were used to keep American lives safe. Provided quality assurance of Pixa products HiPER-Stare, HiPER-Look, HiPER-Watch. Conducted aggressive agile software testing to ensure functionality of Windows Server 2008 services built in Java on top of Apache Tomcat that support the OGC WAMI (Wide-Area Motion Imagery) specification. System fielded in theater to support of National System for Geo-Intelligence Video Services (NVS) Expeditionary Architecture (NEA). Designed and executed quality and performance tests on Big Data from WAMI sensors, including BlueDevil, Constant Hawk, Gorgon Stare. Baselined system performance fps (frames per second) on both full bandwidth and latency challenged network segments. Multi-threaded and scalable enterprise services to encode into containers at near real-time rates hosted on EMC Isilon storage & VMware vSphere configuration with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) operating system; JIRA & Smartbear evaluations for test automation.
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