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Kevin Scott

Vienna,VA

Summary

With over eight years of focused IT experience across government and non-government projects, I've specialized in roles crucial to maintaining public trust for over seven years. My approach emphasizes precision and excellence, ensuring optimal outcomes in projects at the intersection of technology and public accountability. I'm committed to delivering with integrity and reliability, ready to contribute to high-stakes IT deployments. Performed cross browser compatibility against major web browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Internet explorer. Worked extensively with both waterfall and agile methodologies.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

SDET

Accenture Federal Services
10.2017 - Current
  • Attended system architecture meetings for learning.
  • Explained system intricacies to new team members for improved testing.
  • Led test architecture meetings and developed reusable methods.
  • Reviewed automation with managers and other teams.
  • Created and managed capability folders.
  • Built Java-based testing framework from scratch.
    Developed Selenium, Maven, Cucumber, JUnit, Jenkins scripts.
  • Performed manual 508 compliance and frontend/backend testing.
  • Conducted demos for proof of concept and knowledge transfer.
  • Implemented regression scripts and smoke tests in various environments.
  • Ran complex negative tests on backend web services.
  • Advocated for Serenity BDD to senior management.
  • Ensured nightly builds ran smoothly with DevOps.
  • Utilized Docker instances for local testing.
  • Coordinated tasks and resolved dependencies with other teams.
  • Used GitLab for version control and Hamcrest for validations.

Sr. Automation Developer

Inovalon
01.2015 - 06.2017
  • Contributed to test plan, test case, and Requirements Traceability Matrix development using company templates.
  • Automated minor and major regression suites, executing test cases with Selenium WebDriver, Java, and Jenkins
  • Enhanced automation framework with Selenium WebDriver, Maven, Cucumber, JUnit, and Jenkins, offering better readability and organization. Developed custom scripts for Selenium WebDriver in Eclipse IDE, handling exceptions, popups, and synchronizations.
  • Utilized Maven projects and Gherkin language for executing test cases from Cucumber feature files. Implemented Data Driven Testing using Scenario Outline with examples.
  • Applied extensive HTML knowledge for dynamic page object location with Selenium WebDriver.
  • Optimized user interface interactions using Selenium methods and actions class. Redesigned framework with Page Object Model and Page Factory Design for efficiency.

Automation Analyst - II

Capital One
05.2013 - 01.2015
  • Mastered Business Requirement Docs, enhanced collaboratively.
  • Developed daily smoke tests with Jenkins, Selenium WebDriver.
  • Contributed to test plans, strategies, high-level cases. Generated defect reports using Selenium WebDriver, incl. screenshots. Executed multi-browser tests: VMs, centralized pom.xml.
  • Designed Reusable Automation Framework: Selenium WebDriver, Maven, TestNG, Git, Jenkins, Java. Scheduled and triggered tests: Jenkins (smoke, regression).
  • Handled Excel files such as property file, Apache POI plugin. Engaged with devs on defects, conducted debugging. Implemented conditional wait functions: Selenium WebDriver.
  • Developed maintainable custom methods and classes: Selenium WebDriver, Java.
  • Conducted back-end testing: JDBC, complex SQL queries.
  • Prepared and updated technical documentation for internal apps.

Manuel Tester/Jr. Automation Analyst

United Health Care
01.2011 - 04.2013
  • Reviewed BRD in Requirement Review meetings, providing feedback.
  • Thoroughly analyzed requirements for testing efforts.
  • Developed test cases based on BRD, SRS, and test plan.
  • Managed Defect Life Cycle severity in ALM.
  • Conducted manual testing on client-server app.
  • Worked with varied test data for functional tests.
  • Performed functional, positive, negative, ad hoc testing.
  • Started developing test automation scripts with Selenium IDE.
  • Provided weekend and after-hours support when necessary.
  • Conducted back-end testing using SQL queries for validation.

Education

Associate of Arts -

Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA
2012

Core Skills

ALM

JIRA

Bugzilla

Selenium WebDriver

Cucumber

TestNG

JUnit

Jenkins

SOAP UI

Swagger

Postman

Java

SQL

XML

HTML

CSS

Groovy

Json

Rest Assured

Windows, Mac OS, Linux

Timeline

SDET

Accenture Federal Services
10.2017 - Current

Sr. Automation Developer

Inovalon
01.2015 - 06.2017

Automation Analyst - II

Capital One
05.2013 - 01.2015

Manuel Tester/Jr. Automation Analyst

United Health Care
01.2011 - 04.2013

Associate of Arts -

Northern Virginia Community College

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