Software Development Qa Analyst

Brian J. Boone

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Professional Summary

Software Quality Analyst with over 25 years’ experience. I am also a CSTP (Certified Software Test Professional). I have broad experience developing large and small sites throughout both Waterfall and Agile application lifecycle.

Work History

Senior QA Analyst, 07/2018 to 07/2024

Ellucian Inc – Malvern, PA

Instrumental in maintaining a close partnership with an agile development team to analyze

product requirements and testing needs to create and execute a comprehensive test strategy

including functional and technical/system-level testing.

Write and execute effective test plans, test cases, and test scripts.

Document defects and track issue resolution as well as escalate issues and potential issues to the

agile development team and management.

Setup and maintaining test environments.

Contribute to Agile ceremonies, aid in estimating work effort and managing work to meet sprint

schedules.

Utilize JIRA to create and maintain enhancements, defects, and sprints documents

Participate with the team in software requirements, design and code reviews to provide early and

continuous quality feedback.

Utilize QA Complete (ALM Complete) to import/create test cases

Continually improve test processes and practices based on inspection/adaption of previous

iterations.

Increase the coverage of the product, as well as proactively seek ways to incorporate new/creative ideas and methodologies into testing efforts by keeping abreast of current methodologies, technologies, and tools.

Quality Assurance Analyst II, 04/2017 to 04/2018

Savana Inc – Malvern, PA

Participating in all phases of the software development lifecycle.

Participating in the planning, executing and tracking stages of implementation of software development projects as necessary.

Providing QA task effort estimates within confidence levels appropriate to the project stage.

Assisting in analyzing requirements to develop a written test plan.

Developing, maintaining and executing test scripts and scenarios on assigned products to assure product quality from a functional and qualitative perspective.

Building, maintaining and supporting test environments.

Documenting, tracking, and verifying defects and enhancements.

Working closely with senior staff members to assist architects, programmers, business analysts, and managers in effectively implementing quality software projects.

Working closely with application development teams to troubleshoot issues are determine quality solutions.

Analyzing test results for validity and clarity.

Providing problem solving regarding QA task issues as well as project and resource challenges.

Provide support and/or training to other team members as needed.

Completing tasks within duration and effort commitments.

Using new skills and strategies to improve day-to-day effectiveness.

Software Engineer 2 -QA, 08/2012 to 12/2016

Radial Inc – King of Prussia, PA

Develop test plans for E-Commerce web stores in an AGILE environment.

Attended daily stand-up meetings to report testing progress.

Develop manual scenarios for Mobile App verification.

Creates, maintains, and executes test scripts, regression scripts and test plans using Selenium Automated tool.

Ensured proper test coverage for all system requirements.

Analyzed test results and recommends improvements.

Ensured assigned project testing is complete and testing risks are identified prior to implementation.

Manages the defect from identification to closure through the Software Development Life Cycle.

Participates in process improvement efforts and applicable product requirement inspections.

Contributes to the development of the test plans and project testing approach.

Use RALLY to create and update User Stories and JIRA to document and update errors.

Develops and sustains appropriate relationships with peers and other project team members.

Maintain client Help Desk reporting and fulfillment.

Experience with PTF (Payment, Tax, Fraud) testing using FraudNet 41st

Designed, developed and maintained web-based applications written in PHP programming language

Verified API calls using REST Client

Help Desk ticket verification and validation

Senior Test Specialist II, 02/2007 to 07/2012

BNY Mellon Corporation King of Prussia, PA – King of Prussia, PA

Review and analyze business and functional/technical specifications for test planning purposes.

Participate in the test planning efforts (development of test plans and test scripts).

Work closely with Business Systems Analysts and Programmers to validate and test procedures/scripts.

Execute test scripts for backend system validation.

Report and Track results.

Document discrepancies and follow through to resolution.

Manage the QA conversion project.

Perform balancing and reconciliation of financial data.

Provide Help Desk assistance for end users.

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst/Quality Control Analyst, 09/2002 to 02/2007

ING Investment Products Group – West Chester, PA

Responsible for delivery and support of QA initiatives in accordance with ING Business Systems Development Methodology to ensure delivery of business systems that meets business needs and requirements.

Develop test strategies, test scripts, test plans, creating and executing test cases for the GARWin, GARWin2, Calligo and WEB applications.

Responsible for defect tracking, reporting, identifying and communicating issues.

Create Issue Document and assist/perform root cause analysis.

Effectively use the Service Oriented Architecture to reduce the communication gap between business and IT.

Effectively communicate with team, customers, and technical organization of varied disciplines and backgrounds.

Conducted alpha testing.

Make recommendations regarding the acquisition and/or implementation of software to increase information systems efficiency.

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst, 08/2001 to 09/2002

Ceridian HR/Payroll Systems – Exton, PA

Provides analysis and recommends solutions to business problems related to supported services and applications.

Design/develop detailed test case specifications for HR/Payroll applications

Execute manual/automated test scenarios

Participate in systems, integration and acceptance testing

Works with customer at varying levels to design test and validate the model and other functional specifications in preparation to implement/migrate to the new production environment and gain customer approval

Assisted in customer training

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst, 02/1998 to 08/2001

DEI - Data Executives International – Exton, PA

Work closely with Product Management and development engineers to understand features and create robust, comprehensive test plans to verify functionality for Insurance Claims Software.

Providing daily progress updates to Senior Management

Maintaining management awareness of QA issues that are impacting deliverables.

Identify bugs through systematic testing, help developers reproduce errors and ensure that defects are fixed.

Do exploratory testing and acceptance of new features as part of a story-driven Waterfall development process.

Communicate to users when system changes are implemented, and provide support and training

Skills

Experience with developing test plans, and scenarios in multiple Brower's environments.

Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Working knowledge of Microsoft Application Suite.

Assisted in creating test automation scripts

Experience with developing Help Manuals & User Documentation.

Complete understanding of Software Quality Assurance Standards, Software Test Planning and Design.

Managing and Planning the Software Testing Process.

Writing Testable Requirements, Software Inspections & Reviews

Experience with running basic database queries

Rooted knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle, with rooted understanding of Waterfall and AGILE Testing

Knowledge of Test Metrics and Requirements Traceability.

Working Knowledge of JIRA Issue Tracking Software.

Working Knowledge of agile tracking tool Rally

Working Knowledge of HP Quality Center

Education

Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP): Quality Assurance/Software Testing, 2005

International Institute for Software Testing - Golden Valley, MN

Affiliations

Current member of the International Institute for Software Testing

Current member of the American Society for Quality

Current member of Stickyminds.com

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