Christopher Friedberg
Londonderry,NH
Summary
Senior software quality assurance engineer with extensive experience in agile environments. Proven track record as an automation architect and successful mentor in the field. Excel at prioritizing work based on requirements and working independently. Nearly 10 years of industry knowledge spanning networking device experience, Wi-Fi protocols and technology, Windows, and cloud-based applications. Skill sets include developing test plans, creating automation suites using technologies like Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Java, APIs, and Jenkins. Proficient in hands-on manual testing of functional and system level features. Experienced in testing applications built on various frameworks including .NET, Angular, Spring Boot, Docker and Bootstrap.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Quality Automation Engineer
Mutualink
02.2022 - 11.2024
- Senior Software Quality Automation Engineer working on first responder applications that tie multiple agencies together in crisis situations
- Creator of automation framework that tests UI functionality and backend components via UI, API and command line automation
- Automated testing utilizes java to run Selenium/Appium tests via Jenkins
- Automation for Progressive Web app, IOS app, Android app etc
- Participate in daily team meetings, lead projects, bug triage, test case creator/reviewer
- Multitasking/working on many different product lines
- Agile/Scrum development methodologies
- Execution of tests manually and testcase creation
- Bug write-ups found by manual testing and or from automation results
- Bug verification
- Updating documentation
- Nightly Automation Analysis
- Automation Maintenance
- Tools utilized: Java, Maven, Rest/Swagger, Selenium/Appium, Git, Jira, Confluence, Zephyr, Linux, Browserstack/ChromeDriver, Intellij, Jenkins, AWS environments, JUnit/TestN
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Centripetal Networks
03.2020 - 02.2022
- Senior QA Automation engineer working on networking products that works at machine level speed and massive scaling to shield businesses from globally identified cyber threats and preventing costly breaches
- Creator of automation framework that tests web application and backend components via ui, api and command line
- Automated testing utilizes cucumber and java to run selenium-based tests via Jenkins
- Participate in daily team meetings
- Execution of tests manually before automation occurs (this ensures correct behavior/results)
- Bug writeups found by manual testing and or automation
- Bug verification
- Updating documentation
- Nightly Automation analysis
- Automation maintenance
- Setting up servers needed for automation
- Tools utilized: Java, Maven, Rest, Cucumber, Git/Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Browserstack/ChromeDriver, Intellij, Jenkins, Linux, Scapy, SQL Lite, MongoDB
Software QA Engineer
Redi2 Technologies
11.2016 - 03.2020
- Mentoring Junior SQA in best practices in testing, automation, and defect analysis
- Release note generation
- Deployment upgrade validation
- Detailed defect reports
- Work closely with IT to troubleshoot server issues
- Tools utilized: Cucumber, Svn, Jira, Confluence, Browserstack, Tortoise, Eclipse IDE, Jenkins, Microsoft SQL server, MongoDB
Software QA Engineer
Thunderhead
12.2012 - 10.2016
- SQA Engineer working in a fast-paced agile team environment responsible for manual and automated testing of web applications, maintenance of automation code and defect validation
- Creation of test plans and stories to drive acceptance criteria derived from product owners
- Participated in daily team scrum as well as in estimating of story points
- Automated testing utilizes java to run selenium-based tests
- Tools utilized: Jbehave, Zephyr, Git, Svn, BitBucket, Source Tree, Jira, Bamboo, Confluence
System Integration and Test - Contractor
Fortress Technologies
05.2010 - 12.2012
- Testing wireless security products used in military applications
- Testing of graphical and text-based user interfaces
- Developing manual and automated test suites utilizing selenium with Perl
- Assigned multiple special projects that were experiments with Linux based apps
- Intern (was later hired as contractor upon graduation from college)
- Regression (manual) testing of GUI/CLI functions
- Outdoor Vehicle testing
- Testing of various antennas and graphing results
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Keene State College
Keene, NH01.2010
Skills
- Test Implementation
- Automation Framework Development
- Functional testing
- User acceptance testing
- Regression testing
- Mobile testing
- Integration testing
- Cross-browser testing
- Behavior-driven development
- Test case management
- Manual testing
- Version control systems
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving abilities
Platforms
- Windows XP/7/10
- IOS
- Android
- Linux
Programs
- Selenium
- Intellij
- Eclipse
- Netbeans
Timeline
Senior Software Quality Automation Engineer
Mutualink
02.2022 - 11.2024
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Centripetal Networks
03.2020 - 02.2022
Software QA Engineer
Redi2 Technologies
11.2016 - 03.2020
Software QA Engineer
Thunderhead
12.2012 - 10.2016
System Integration and Test - Contractor
Fortress Technologies
05.2010 - 12.2012
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Keene State College
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