Destany Fitzgerald

Carencro,LA

Summary

Results-driven Quality Engineer with extensive experience in product analysis, architecture and design, software methodology, and application testing. Proficient in leveraging advanced technologies and best practices to enhance development processes. Committed to mentoring junior developers and fostering growth within teams.

Overview

years of professional experience

Certification

Work History

Automation Lead / Senior Quality Engineer

Perficient, Inc.

07.2020 - Current

Led automation strategy and QE execution across Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, and Banking clients.
Designed and implemented automation frameworks in C#, Java, and BDD (SpecFlow/Cucumber) for API, UI, mobile, and data platforms.
Stabilized failing automation suites, reducing flaky test failures from ~99% to ~10%.
Partnered with DevOps to optimize CI execution, achieving ~50% reduction in run times through parallelization and framework refactoring.
Analyzed existing processes to identify and implement automation improvements, enhancing overall testing efficiency.
Built and maintained 900+ automated and manual test cases, ensuring comprehensive coverage across multiple feature areas.
Represented QE in ART-level planning, architecture design, and release readiness discussions.

Technical Consultant

Fenway Group

Ruston, Louisiana

04.2018 - 05.2020

Led multiple initiatives as project lead, managing delivery from design and development through testing, enhancements, and release.
Led environment setup and QA support across AWS, Salesforce, Angular, WSO2, Talend, Java, and C# platforms from development through UAT.
Rebuilt and stabilized Selenium/TestNG automation frameworks, integrating BrowserStack local testing and CI/CD to enable reliable regression coverage.
Supported enterprise nonprofit and telecommunications clients by delivering automation, QA, and application development within Agile, cross‑functional teams, enhancing overall project execution.
Developed and supported C# and Java applications, including database-driven websites using Oracle DB, while contributing to multiple front‑end and back‑end projects to streamline integration.
Authored end‑to‑end functional documentation, automation test plans, and project estimates, improving delivery efficiency and client confidence.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, LA

11-2019

Skills

Testing Framework: Selenium, Playwright, Serenity, TestNG, Cypress, Cucumber/Specflow, Karate, JMeter, Junit
Languages: Pega, Java, C#/C/C, HTML, CSS, Python, net, SQL, Angular, ServiceNow
Technologies: Maven, Hibernate, Oracle DB, PowerApps, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Online, Spawner, Swagger, Jenkins, Ant, Databricks, Azure portal, Synapse, Cosmos DB, Key vault, Storage accounts, Salesforce, PGAdmin, Postman, SoapUI, CI/CD, Alexa Skill, IBeacon
Source Code Management: Git, Subversion

IDE: Eclipse, Spring, Visual Studio, Android Studio, IntelliJ
Project Tracking: Azure DevOps, Jira, Trello, ELM
AI: ChatGPT, Copilot, Cursor

Certification

Professional Scrum Developer I
Scrum Master
Scaled Agile (SAFe)
Mobile App Development
MBI Clearance

Ai Enabled Quality Engineering

Microsoft Copilot, Accelerated test design, exploratory testing, and automation refactoring directly within IDEs.
ChatGPT, Generated test scenarios, edge cases, automation scaffolding, defect analysis, and documentation drafts.
Cursor, Assisted with automation code authoring, debugging, and framework refactoring across C# and Java projects.

Work Preference

Job Search Status

Open to work

Work Type

Full TimePart TimeContract Work

Location Preference

HybridOn-SiteRemote

Salary Range

$100000/yr - $200000/yr

Timeline