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Ernetria L Banks

Ernetria L Banks

Ferriday,LA

Summary

Dynamic QA Tester with extensive experience at IBM, skilled in JIRA and SQL. Proven track record in creating effective test cases and driving process improvements. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product quality, demonstrating strong analytical abilities and a commitment to excellence in software testing.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Test Specialist

IBM
03.2020 - Current
  • Test functionality
  • Worked with JIRA
  • Research analyze, track, and report on code defects
  • Worked with SOA
  • Work with Jira/Confluence

Tester

VA VICCS (Veterans Intake, Conversion, and Communication Service)
07.2023 - 01.2025
  • Create test cases
  • Test, test steps
  • Generate Letters in UAT VBMS system
  • Test defects
  • Create defects
  • Assign defects
  • Attend project meetings

Manual Tester

VA
05.2023 - 07.2023
  • First to have access to all features and functions of the GRIT app
  • Get the opportunity to use the app to learn how to readjust to civilian life by:
  • Understanding insights into your emotional wellbeing
  • Building social connections
  • Getting resources to improve your individual situation
  • Find your next career opportunity
  • Serving as a mechanism for self-awareness and self-care
  • Provide valuable feedback to better the GRIT app with the intent to increase its impact and usefulness prior to release to the service and Veteran community at large
  • Created test cases, review test cases with project team, test the test cases, and give updates in stand-up meetings

QA Tester

TMNA Toyota
10.2022 - 03.2023
  • Company Overview: The cube platform will expand and grow upon the NVS's current set of capabilities to become an extensive platform servicing with future capabilities, including and beginning with those needed for estimated time of arrival (ETA) and end-to-end (E2E) vehicle pipeline future-state needs
  • Create test cases
  • Reviewed requirements
  • Functional testing
  • Linked test cases to requirements in Jira
  • Attended requirement meeting with BA and clients
  • Attended daily scrum calls, reported testing results to clients and Toyota team
  • The cube platform will expand and grow upon the NVS's current set of capabilities to become an extensive platform servicing with future capabilities, including and beginning with those needed for estimated time of arrival (ETA) and end-to-end (E2E) vehicle pipeline future-state needs

QA Tester

Century Link
03.2021 - 06.2022
  • Company Overview: Multiple Older Dispatch Platforms Are Preventing Efficient One-Company Delivery of Field Services
  • Need A new Combined Company Dispatch Platform To Support Forecasting, Planning, Load Control, Dynamic Appointments, Advanced AutoLoad, and Overall Assignment Of Work To Local Network Technicians
  • Scope Also Includes Improvements To Job Duration Estimates, Additional Automated Customer Status, And E-Management Of Technicians (Support/Tools For Field APS)
  • Reviewed requirements
  • Created test cases for QA project
  • Worked in Jira
  • Reviewed defects in Jira
  • Assigned defects in Jira to the development team
  • Executed test cases
  • Worked with different data systems
  • Create SQL for testing
  • Multiple Older Dispatch Platforms Are Preventing Efficient One-Company Delivery of Field Services
  • Need A new Combined Company Dispatch Platform To Support Forecasting, Planning, Load Control, Dynamic Appointments, Advanced AutoLoad, and Overall Assignment Of Work To Local Network Technicians
  • Scope Also Includes Improvements To Job Duration Estimates, Additional Automated Customer Status, And E-Management Of Technicians (Support/Tools For Field APS)

Quality Tester

NY DOL
01.2021 - 03.2021
  • Worked with mainframe
  • Talked to customers
  • Transferred customers to specialists
  • Worked in the DOL tool

QA Tester

UPS
08.2020 - 11.2020
  • As a WorkDay Tester, I had to create test cases and create test status after testing each requirement
  • Reviewed requirements
  • Created test cases for QA project
  • Worked in Jira
  • Reviewed defects in Jira
  • Assigned defects in Jira to the development team

Test Specialist

RAI Pathways (Reynolds)
04.2020 - 08.2020
  • Company Overview: To ensure that our citizens, warfighters, and leaders can trust the outputs of DoD AJ capabilities, DoD must demonstrate that our military's steadfast commitment to lawful and ethical behavior apply when designing, developing, testing, procuring, deploying, and using AI
  • Test functionality
  • Worked with JIRA
  • Research analyze, track, and report on code defects
  • Drive improvement in test planning, process, and test cases
  • Perform root cause analysis on difficult issues in production environment
  • Create test cases and test plans for QA projects
  • Tracking and priority defeats in JIRA
  • To ensure that our citizens, warfighters, and leaders can trust the outputs of DoD AJ capabilities, DoD must demonstrate that our military's steadfast commitment to lawful and ethical behavior apply when designing, developing, testing, procuring, deploying, and using AI

SQA Engineer

Walmart INC
12.2012 - 02.2016
  • Lead the development of black and white box testing
  • Drive improvement in test planning, process, and test cases
  • Research analyze, track, and report on code defects
  • Perform root cause analysis on difficult issues in production environment
  • Oversea Vendors partners and make sure that timelines are met
  • Documenting systems and business procedures
  • Serving as the subject matter expert for store systems
  • Coordinate and discuss functional testing and regression testing with product Management
  • Create test cases and test plans for QA projects

SQA Analyst

Walmart INC
05.2008 - 11.2012
  • Writing test cases, reviewing requirements and test cases, and testing all test cases that have been created for any application or project
  • Converting business requirements into test plans and test cases
  • Tracking and priority defects in HP Quality Center

Computer Programmer

Walmart INC
12.2007 - 04.2008
  • Working closely with the customers to solve issued to keep the system running
  • Completes documentation and procedures for installation and maintenance
  • Create change request tickets for external and internal user to install new applications and repair existing applications
  • Solve problem and accident tickets in remedy 7
  • Run SQL statements on the database to retrieve information to resolve customer's issues
  • Develop, test, debug, and implement applications into production environment
  • Documenting systems and business procedures
  • Performing deep analysis on production issues
  • Working with offshore development to solve daily issues

Education

Masters in Master of Business Administration -

Webster University
US
01.2011

Bachelor in Computer Information System -

Grambling State University
US
01.2007

Skills

  • Unix
  • SQL
  • Visual Basic
  • Relational Databases
  • Java
  • C
  • Net
  • Informix
  • ESQL
  • Quality Center
  • Unix System 1 & 2
  • MS Project
  • MS Visio
  • Remedy/ Remedy 7
  • TeamForge
  • Anthill Pro
  • VPN
  • Automation
  • ALM
  • QTP
  • JIRA
  • SOA
  • Zephyr

Affiliations

  • Delta Sigma Theta INC.
  • Delta Sigma Theta
  • Jennie T. Hagan #193 OES
  • OES Eastern Star

Certification

  • Scrum Master Certificated
  • ISTQB Certificated
  • Lean Six Sigma White Belt
  • Project Leadership
  • Azure Training
  • IBM Cloud Advocate v2 Certification

Languages

English, Fluent

Assignment History

  • Tester, VA VICCS (Veterans Intake, Conversion, and Communication Service), 07/01/23, 01/01/25, Create test cases, Test, test steps, Generate Letters in UAT VBMS system, Test defects, Create defects, Assign defects, Attend project meetings
  • Manual Tester, VA, 05/01/23, 07/01/23, First to have access to all features and functions of the GRIT app, Get the opportunity to use the app to learn how to readjust to civilian life by understanding insights into your emotional wellbeing, Building social connections, Getting resources to improve your individual situation, Find your next career opportunity, Serving as a mechanism for self-awareness and self-care, Provide valuable feedback to better the GRIT app with the intent to increase its impact and usefulness prior to release to the service and Veteran community at large
  • QA Tester, TMNA Toyota, 10/01/22, 03/01/23, Create test cases, Reviewed requirements, Functional testing, Linked test cases to requirements in Jira, Attended requirement meeting with BA and clients, Attended daily scrum calls, Reported testing results to clients and Toyota team
  • QA Tester, Century Link, 03/01/21, 06/01/22, Reviewed requirements, Created test cases for QA project, Worked in Jira, Reviewed defects in Jira, Assigned defects in Jira to the development team, Executed test cases, Worked with different data systems, Created SQL for testing
  • QA Tester, NY DOL, 01/01/21, 03/01/21, Worked with mainframe, Talked to customers, Transferred customers to specialists, Worked in the DOL tool
  • QA Tester, UPS, 08/01/20, 11/01/20, Reviewed requirements, Created test cases for QA project, Worked in Jira, Reviewed defects in Jira, Assigned defects in Jira to the development team
  • Test Specialist, RAI Pathways (Reynolds), 04/01/20, 08/01/20, Test functionality, Worked with JIRA, Research analyze, track, and report on code defects, Drive improvement in test planning, process, and test cases, Perform root cause analysis on difficult issues in production environment, Create test cases and test plans for QA projects, Tracking and priority defeats in JIRA

Key Courses And Training

  • Negotiating Effectively
  • Powerful Presentation Skills
  • QTP Training
  • PMP Training

Timeline

Tester

VA VICCS (Veterans Intake, Conversion, and Communication Service)
07.2023 - 01.2025

Manual Tester

VA
05.2023 - 07.2023

QA Tester

TMNA Toyota
10.2022 - 03.2023

QA Tester

Century Link
03.2021 - 06.2022

Quality Tester

NY DOL
01.2021 - 03.2021

QA Tester

UPS
08.2020 - 11.2020

Test Specialist

RAI Pathways (Reynolds)
04.2020 - 08.2020

Test Specialist

IBM
03.2020 - Current

SQA Engineer

Walmart INC
12.2012 - 02.2016

SQA Analyst

Walmart INC
05.2008 - 11.2012

Computer Programmer

Walmart INC
12.2007 - 04.2008

Masters in Master of Business Administration -

Webster University

Bachelor in Computer Information System -

Grambling State University
Ernetria L Banks