Robert Gregory
SDET (Database)
Aurora,CO
Summary
Detail-oriented Quality Engineer / SDET (Data) with subject matter expertise in data quality, data profiling, ETL testing, test automation and quality assurance. Strong leadership, project coordination and problem-solving skills. Successful at implementing data quality tools and frameworks like Great Expectations, DBT, Python, C++, and other tooling, as well as championing best practices and quality assurance. Experienced with AWS, Snowflake, Oracle, Postgres, Fivetran, and other data engineering tooling.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Lead QA Engineer
The Hartford
12.2022 - Current
- Tested highly complex ETL, ELT and data warehousing projects written in Python and SQL.
- Helped build data pipelines with embedded data validation processes using Python, Pandas, Snowflake, and Great Expectations.
- Created automated tests to cover data pipelines, recommendation engines, and analytics projects using Python.
- Provided mentoring, training and hands-on support to junior and mid-level QA engineers.
- Implemented prod monitoring test suite to help capture data quality issues (anomaly detection, etc.) and monitor for detects introduced by release changes.
- Promoted a culture of continuous improvement by regularly reviewing and refining QA processes, tools, and methodologies.
Senior Quality Engineer (Data Engineering)
JumpCloud
07.2021 - 05.2022
- Participate in Agile development processes, while continuously advocating for quality delivery though story refinement, gathering testing requirements, and creating and reviewing test plans and strategy.
- Perform manual testing of complex systems (including data pipelines, ETL, Snowflake, Airflow, SQS, Logstash and Elasticsearch), execute regression testing, and create new automated test cases (Pytest, Cypress, Great Expectations, etc.) to ensure continuous testing.
- Execute performance and load testing around reporting system, APIs, and UI, while also contributing and documenting best practices and process improvements, including the creation and use of Datadog dashboards for monitoring.
- Provided technical support in resolving complex quality issues by conducting thorough investigations and presenting data-driven recommendations.
Quality Center of Excellence - Senior Analyst
Empower Retirement
07.2019 - 07.2021
- Mapped quality assurance processes to industry standards to help identify improvement opportunities and drive best practices.
- Delivered in-depth test automation training, imparting knowledge of best practices for ensuring simple, scalable and reliable automation projects.
- Documented best practices and standards and shared information with appropriate stakeholders, while also utilizing tools like Confluence, Teams, and Allego Videos.
- Collaborated with enterprise architecture, development and other quality engineers to help implement automated testing into CI/CD with Jenkins, GitLab and Docker.
- Facilitated cross-departmental collaboration, breaking down silos and encouraging information sharing to drive positive business outcomes.
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Empower Retirement
06.2018 - 07.2019
- Supported product managers and development teams across all phases of testing from planning to execution, troubleshooting and reporting within high-volume, agile environment.
- Trained and guided onsite and offshore team members in quality assurance standards, policies and procedures.
- Created automated test scripts, using Postman, Cypress and Selenium Web Driver with Java.
Senior Software Test Engineer
Consova Corporation
03.2016 - 05.2018
- Developed new test automation framework using Selenium WebDriver, C#, XUnit, and Page Object Model to support development and testing of new SaaS product.
- Consulted regularly with internal customers on application development project status, new project proposals and software-related technical issues.
- Helped address and fix over 200 BAU Jira issues through troubleshooting, replicating, and consulting with internal customers, ultimately documenting and helping provide resolution.
Software Test Engineer
Dish Network
12.2011 - 03.2016
- Created automated tests using UFT, Postman and Selenium Web Driver (with Java).
- Reduced overall testing hours by 40% by writing and optimizing automation test scripts with Selenium for a new web application.
Education
Master of Science - Data Analytics
CSU Global
Greenwood Village, CO 07.2020 - 05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Political Science
CSU Pueblo
Pueblo, CO 05.1999 - 07.2004
Skills
Test script development
Technical communication skills
Continuous integration tools
Troubleshooting
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Integration
Python
REST
Requirements gathering
Collaboration
Critical thinking
Snowflake
Great Expectations
ETL / ELT Testing
Data validation
Data profiling
Data quality assurance processes
C
Timeline
Lead QA Engineer
The Hartford
12.2022 - Current
Senior Quality Engineer (Data Engineering)
JumpCloud
07.2021 - 05.2022
Master of Science - Data Analytics
CSU Global
07.2020 - 05.2023
Quality Center of Excellence - Senior Analyst
Empower Retirement
07.2019 - 07.2021
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Empower Retirement
06.2018 - 07.2019
Senior Software Test Engineer
Consova Corporation
03.2016 - 05.2018
Software Test Engineer
Dish Network
12.2011 - 03.2016
Bachelor of Science - Political Science
CSU Pueblo
05.1999 - 07.2004