Hi, I’m
Larry Rupert
Senior Engineer
Kyle,TX
Summary
Highly motivated individual with experience in developing and implementing system and software solutions. Proven expertise in developing, testing, and debugging high performing software solutions with a keen eye for detail. Excellent problem-solving and communication skills and demonstrates a passion for learning and implementing new technologies.
Overview
24
years of professional experience
Work History
RokuAustin, TX
Sr Software Development Engineer in Test
09.2018 - Current
Job overview
- Develop and maintain automation plans and roadmaps, suggest test strategies, and build automation framework while diagnosing and mitigating complex software issues.
- Led team in continuous improvement of test design and automation practices through maintaining and monitoring service incident operations metric, shift-left planning and execution, reviewing test coverage and proposed solutions to increase test scope.
- Collaborate with multiple teams within UI/UX, Data Engineering, and Mobile/Web Development to develop new features, bug fixes, and strategies to test and optimize priority projects.
- Serve as Lead SDET for large React, Cloud, and Front End Web Development Team
- Lead end of Sprint summaries and review sessions with upper management and senior developers within Advanced Development allowing over 30% tech debt saving.
- Setup and maintain hundreds of build scripts for automated Jenkins jobs.
- Develop end-to-end testing strategies for React applications, including functional testing, integration testing, and UI testing.
- Configure Jenkins CI and CD pipelines for automated deployment processes.
ARRISAustin, TX
Staff Software QA Engineer
07.2015 - 08.2018
Job overview
- Wrote functional and performance automation in Bash, batch, TCL, and Perl, covering several functional and vendor integration tests and certifications.
- Led team to implement continuous test coverage improvement through test-plan reviews and release postmortem analysis.
- Created, verified, and led manual and automated tests for fixed wireless loop project for 4G/LTE Broadband, and wireless mesh networks to rural areas.
- Lead senior and junior level QA Engineers on high level and highly visible multi-million-dollar projects for Tier 1 customers.
- Served as a direct technical contact (onsite AT&T Labs) creating Automated, Integration, and Manual test cases against multi-vendor equipment and software.
- Lead internal and offshore team in Network automation test creation.
AT&T LabsAustin, TX
Senior QA Automation Test Engineer
02.2014 - 07.2015
Job overview
- Lead Engineer in developing and testing automation and manual tests using scripts and multi-vendor equipment (Spirent, IXIA, Akamai, Anritsu, CD Router, etc)
- Performed high level software/hardware testing on multiple vendor Gateways and Set Top Boxes utilizing White and Black Box testing.
- Developed automated testing scripts to identify and report application defects utilizing Python, Perl, Bash, TCL, Batch, etc.
- Organized and lead SOAP UI and XML API tests covering thousands of Agile requirements.
RGB NetworksAustin, TX
Sustaining Engineer in Development
10.2010 - 02.2014
Job overview
- Provided high level software tests utilizing automated and manual methods for Audio and Video transcoding and packaging.
- Created and ran multiple automation scripts in cloud CDN scenarios utilizing Python, Perl, and bash scripts.
- Worked directly with Build Engineer to verify and test pre-release software functionality for new features.
PointoneAustin, TX
Network Operations Manager
10.2009 - 07.2010
Job overview
- Lead Network Operations Center staff and operations supporting SIP and Open source servers.
- Performed pre-release software verification on lab automation environment and placed in production when complete.
- Attended and provided technical expertise for internal project planning and execution meetings with C-level executives.
EricssonPlano, TX
Product Support Engineer IV
08.2007 - 08.2009
Job overview
- Lead Project/Product Support and Test Engineer on multi-vendor product lines in Agile environments.
- Tested security protocols and network functionality using automated and manual test procedures.
- Performed Onsite Integration efforts for over 100,000 homes in Greenfield and Brownfield areas.
Education
University of Texas At TylerTyler, TX
MBA from Cyber Security, Management
05.2019
Bellevue UniversityBellevue, NE
Bachelor of Science from Computer And Information Sciences
05.2008
Skills
- 18 years of experience with automated testing frameworks, building test plans and test methodologies
- 24 years of experience in development and quality assurance in IP and Networking
- Linux/Unix (Centos, RedHat, Ubuntu, Debian/GNU, Free BSD)
- Python and Test Automation frameworks
- Automation Scripting and Tools
- CI/CD (Jenkins, Git, Team City)
- API's (Soap UI, XML, Rest)
- Software QA test (black, grey, and white box)
- Test creation and tools (TestRail, Dev Test, Bugzilla)
- Cloud based SaaS, IaaS (Salesforce, EC2, Rackspace)
- Virtualization software (VirtualBox, XenServer, VMWare)
- TCP/IP, IPv6, and wifi technologies
- Network Protocol Testing and equipment
Timeline
Sr Software Development Engineer in Test
Roku
09.2018 - Current
Staff Software QA Engineer
ARRIS
07.2015 - 08.2018
Senior QA Automation Test Engineer
AT&T Labs
02.2014 - 07.2015
Sustaining Engineer in Development
RGB Networks
10.2010 - 02.2014
Network Operations Manager
Pointone
10.2009 - 07.2010
Product Support Engineer IV
Ericsson
08.2007 - 08.2009
University of Texas At Tyler
MBA from Cyber Security, Management
Bellevue University
Bachelor of Science from Computer And Information Sciences
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