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ROBERT J. BOSTON

CORAOPOLIS,PA

Summary

SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYST with 20 years of experience designing and implementing quality assurance tests. Evaluated test objectives to develop and implement test procedures optimized for relevant results. Reported on test results and suggested interpretations relevant to product applications and further test development. Oriented towards streamlining testing and reporting processes to lower costs and optimize production efficiency.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Test Analyst II

Black Knight Financial Services
01.2012 - 01.2023
  • Performed the responsibilities of a Software Test Analyst in many phases of the Software Development Life Cycle
  • The developed software was utilized in the mortgage industry in processing, documenting, tracking and in meeting government reporting regulations
  • Utilized Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) for creating, managing and executing test cases associated with Microsoft Foundation Server (TFS) projects
  • Participated in Functional Requirements Development
  • Responsible for Defect Reporting, Bug Tracking and Fix Verification
  • Created SQL scripts for data validations
  • Performed QA on applications developed in C# utilizing Microsoft .Net Framework

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Smith Micro
01.2011 - 01.2012
  • Performed Functional, Regression and Smoke Testing on software developed for major wireless carriers used for configuring and controlling Wi-Fi and Wireless Broadband devices
  • Utilized Spira Team for creating, tracking and executing test cases
  • Responsible for Defect Documentation and Tracking through either TestTrack or JIRA.

Software Quality Assurance Analyst

ServiceLink
01.2009 - 01.2010
  • Performed Functional, Regression, Integration and Smoke Testing on software developed for the mortgage industry
  • Utilized HP Quality Center for creating, managing and executing test
  • Participated in Functional Requirements Development
  • Responsible for Defect Reporting, Bug Tracking and Fix Verification
  • Created SQL and PL/SQL scripts for data validations.

Software Engineer

CA Technologies
01.1998 - 01.2008
  • Provided Level II Customer Support for an international customer base on an Asset Management and multiple networking applications
  • Created Service Pack Releases consisting of 100s of individual patches
  • Utilized Microsoft Visual Studio to debug, code and compile fixes in C#
  • Debug and code fixes in Transaction Control Language (TCL) scripting language
  • Responsible for Defect Reporting, Bug Tracking and Fix Verification
  • Participated in Functional, Integration and Regression testing
  • Implemented Service Packs for the applications I was responsible for including their compilation, QA, user documentation and web based distribution to customer base resulting in a substantial reduction in support issues
  • Created VMware environments to simulate customer environments for the purpose of replication, debugging and resolution of issues.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Polymer Science

The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
1980

Skills

  • Microsoft Team Foundation Server,
  • Microsoft Test Manager, Microsoft Visual Studio,
  • Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle PL/SQL, HP Quality Center, Jira, Spira Team, TestTrack, Net Framework 46, C#, Transaction Control Language, VMware vSphere Workstation
  • Manual Test Analysis
  • Test Script Engineering
  • Database Query Planning
  • New Feature Testing
  • Automation Scripting
  • Internal Quality Assurance Management
  • Test Planning
  • Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
  • Test Driven Development (TDD)

Timeline

Software Test Analyst II

Black Knight Financial Services
01.2012 - 01.2023

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Smith Micro
01.2011 - 01.2012

Software Quality Assurance Analyst

ServiceLink
01.2009 - 01.2010

Software Engineer

CA Technologies
01.1998 - 01.2008

Bachelor of Science - Polymer Science

The Pennsylvania State University
ROBERT J. BOSTON