Daniel Harkins
Port St. Lucie,FL
Summary
Quality Assurance Engineer and Data Analytics professional with 7+ years of progressive experience leading data validation initiatives, ETL testing, and BI report verification for enterprise healthcare and government systems. Strong experience in SQL (Teradata, T-SQL), having designed OLAP cubes and validated data pipelines processing billions of records with zero tolerance for error in executive-facing dashboards. Proven leader in mentoring QA teams and establishing rigorous testing standards in fast-paced agile environments.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Web Development Consultant
University of Connecticut
07.2025 - Current
- Consulted on website development and technical implementation for University of Connecticut's student marketing website, focusing on UX, performance optimization, SEO and mobile responsiveness
- Designed and delivered comprehensive workshop on website creation and personal branding to marketing students
- Provided technical expertise in HTML/CSS/JavaScript implementation, content delivery optimization, and Google Analytics integration to support university's web presence goals
Quality Test Engineer III
LexisNexis Risk Solutions
08.2021 - 04.2025
- Led QA operations for agile team responsible for a government portfolio web application, coordinating testing strategy across sprint cycles and ensuring compliance with federal security standards
- Designed and implemented comprehensive UI test automation suite using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG
- Performed comprehensive end-to-end SQL validation across government web applications to verify data integrity, validate business logic transformations, and ensure accurate data flow from source systems through staging to production databases
- Performed other web testing as needed (regression, smoke, unit, end-to-end, white/black box)
- Developed sophisticated Python programs using libraries such as: Pandas, NumPy, tkinter, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly. These programs helped the business solve complex, ad-hoc challenges
- Established standardized pre-release validation process, achieving comprehensive test coverage and reducing production defects
- Conducted R&D initiatives to identify inefficient manual processes and implemented automation solutions to improve operational efficiency
Quality Test Engineer II
LexisNexis Risk Solutions
03.2019 - 08.2021
- Led QA activities for Agile team within healthcare vertical
- Responsibilities included: project estimation, test plan development, automation implementation (selenium java), and delivering updates to senior executives
- Engineered Python automation tool to transform flat files into XML test cases, expanding test coverage library by enabling rapid test data generation
- Responsible for providing story point estimates, time-based estimates, delegation of tickets to other QA members, and presenting to leadership on a monthly basis
- Created automated monitoring process using Enterprise Control Language (ECL) to monitor and alert our team to abnormalities within the data ingestion process
- Mentored summer interns, conducted interviews and screened candidates for open positions within our team
- Performed adhoc analyses for Product and Sales teams to give clarity to customers when questions arose
Data Analyst II
Sunshine Health
03.2017 - 09.2018
- Led end-to-end development of enterprise reporting solutions, collaborating directly with executive stakeholders to transform complex business requirements into actionable reports/dashboards/presentations
- Designed and deployed interactive MicroStrategy dashboards leveraging OLAP cubes with multi-dimensional analysis capabilities, empowering stakeholders across the organization to make data-informed strategic decisions
- Spearheaded critical data analysis that directly supported successful multi-million dollar government contract negotiations (ITN)
Education
MBA - Data Analytics
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL08-2022
Bachelor of Science - International Business Management
Lynn University
Boca Raton, FL01.2013
No Degree - International Business
Lynn University
Boca Raton, FLSkills
- SQL
- Python
- Test Automation
- Selenium WebDriver
- Data Validation
- MicroStrategy
- Power BI
- Teradata
- ETL Testing
- Tableau
- JIRA/Confluence
- Agile Methodologies
- SSMS/SSIS/SSRS
- Java
- Test Planning
- Web application testing
- Power BI
- Microsoft Azure
- CI/CD
Certification
Microsoft Azure (AZ-900)
Timeline
Web Development Consultant
University of Connecticut
07.2025 - Current
Quality Test Engineer III
LexisNexis Risk Solutions
08.2021 - 04.2025
Quality Test Engineer II
LexisNexis Risk Solutions
03.2019 - 08.2021
Data Analyst II
Sunshine Health
03.2017 - 09.2018
MBA - Data Analytics
Florida Atlantic University
Bachelor of Science - International Business Management
Lynn University
No Degree - International Business
Lynn University
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