MICHAEL MIRKIN
Hallandale,FL
Summary
Multifaceted QA Project Leader professional with more than a 20years of experience. Leading on- and off-shored teams in all aspects of manual and automated software testing including front end, back end, and regression testing. Versatile Senior Software Engineer successful at completing simultaneous development and update projects. Decisive leader and reliable team builder with results-focused and motivated approach. Develops software solutions for variety of client needs and experimentation platforms.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
EPAM/Edward Jones
01.2021 - Current
- Responsible for functional testing of Client Process System (CPS), Proposal and Global New Account (GNA) applications
- Deep knowledge of full process account creation and manage existing accounts
- Deep knowledge of Personal, Business, Estate, and Trust account creation
- Verifying of bank documents such as Disclosure, Authorization form, Client Account Information, etc
- Use Agile software development processes
- Participate on Scrum process such as Sprint, Daily Scrum, Retirement, Retrospective meetings
- Onboarding and mentoring new team members
- End-to-End testing, Regression testing, Release testing/support using Black box/White box techniques
- Performing functional, compatibility, regression, smoke, accessibility testing
- Work with bug tracking system (JIRA)
- Creating test documentation (test plan, test cases, test executions) using qTest
- Use Swager to test API
- Create automation Test Cases using IntelliJ IDEA and Git bash
- Demo new functionality.
Senior Quality Assurance
INFORMATION BUILDERS
New York, NY
01.1999 - 01.2019
- Recruit, hire, train, and lead a team of 5 US and India-based QA engineers in comprehensive testing of ReportCaster, a WebFOCUS report delivery engine that provides a robust platform enabling organizations to create, manage, distribute, and store enterprise information
- Design and implement multiple test scenarios and approaches including regression and smoke testing to identify functional defects and any major issues in new builds
- Validate data against SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, Teradata, Informix, Oracle, and MySQL databases in addition to external data feeds including quotes, charts, news, and research
- Utilize test automation (including Rational Robot and QTP using VBScript) to validate large-scale data against external feeds
- Responsible for testing application performance on multiple environments including Windows, Mozilla Firefox and IE browsers
- Configure web and application servers including Tomcat, IIS with Tomcat plug-in, WebSphere, SunOne, and WebLogic on multiple operating systems
- Analyze requirements, and communicate testing goals to team members
- Create Shell scripts to automate testing processes
- Manage end-to-end complex automation test work stream
- Direct testing cycle including advanced- and regression-testing on front- and back-end
- Responsible for new advanced automation tools, frameworks, process and procedures in automated testing technology, strategies, best practices and tactics
- Use Agile software development processes
- Use Jira defect tracking tool
- Develop defect reports for management review, and weekly status reports details QA team results
- Successfully led testing on 5 major releases, with 50 total releases/builds
- Designed and implemented front- and back-end testing cycles, and participated in weekly triage meeting with team leaders, managers, and developers to discuss issues uncovered during creation of test cases
- Prepared testing environments on Linux, AIX, HP, and Solaris including security settings, LDAP, SiteMinder, Encryption, with advanced testing on white and black boxes
- Led design and creation of QA documentation including manual test plan, cases, and procedures
- Partnered with development team to ensure accurate advanced testing
- Served as trusted advisor to development manager
- Achievements: Dramatically reduced number of customer issues
- Contributed directly to on time releases and efficient resource use through rapid issue analysis
- Reduced total testing cycle by 50% and regression testing time by 66% by implementing automated testing using Rational Robot, QTP.
QA Analyst
INFORMATION BUILDERS
New York, NY
01.2000 - 01.2001
- Created test plans, cases, and procedures
- Provided technical assistance for scripting utilizing Rational Robot
- Directed functional testing team in final run
- Completed Performance, Reliability, Concurrency and Scalability test on application.
QA Analyst
- Prepared test cases for functional and integration testing
- Write and integrate SQL queries within automated TSL scripts to perform back-end testing using SQL Server
- Designed and developed SQL Stored Procedures and Queries for backend testing
- Designed and developed Unix Shell Scripts to assist in QA Testing.
Education
Skills
- UNIX
- Windows NT
- Windows 2000/2000 Server/XP
- OS390
- Visual Basic 60
- VBA
- PL/SQL
- HTML
- XML
- VBScript
- FOCUS
- Python
- TSQL
- Jira
- QTest
- Rational Team Test
- Rational Robot
- Rational Manager
- QTP
- TestArchitect
- Oracle
- SQL Server
- MySQL
- Sybase
- Informix
- DB2
- Exceed
- TSO
- Business Analysis
- IT Security
- Quality Assurance
- Automated Testing
- Regression Testing
- Research
- Software Development
- Software Management
- System Improvement
- Staff Management
- Team Leadership
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
EPAM/Edward Jones
01.2021 - Current
QA Analyst
INFORMATION BUILDERS
01.2000 - 01.2001
Senior Quality Assurance
INFORMATION BUILDERS
01.1999 - 01.2019