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Rose Chau

Rose Chau

Junior Quality Assurance
Centreville,VA

Summary

Results-driven IT Software Engineer with many years of experience seeking a challenging position as a Quality Assurance Engineer. Leveraging my strong background in information technology, database administration, quality assurance, and comprehensive training, I aim to contribute my technical expertise and meticulous attention to detail to ensure the quality and reliability of software products and applications.

Work History

Substitute Teacher

FCPS
Fairfax, VA
02.2017 - Current
  • Support elementary school students in Fairfax County Public Schools as a short-term and long-term Substitute Teacher
  • Demonstrate extensive experience in assisting students with special needs and teaching regular curriculum classes
  • Provide support to students and teachers by implementing daily lesson plans, coordinating activities, and ensuring progress towards educational objectives across multiple grade levels
  • Facilitate effective communication, promote classroom efficiency, and maintain classroom organization.

Senior Consultant

CGI
Fairfax, VA
10.2005 - 02.2006
  • Provided information technology support to DoD and government customers utilizing human resource and organization skills to analyze requirements and then design, configure, and maintain databases to provide data management and reporting capabilities
  • Communicated effectively with presentations and reports for senior management, peers, and cross-functional teams to convey functional and technical solutions
  • Provided Oracle 11g database administration support to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • Duties included
  • Designing the database schema; creating, installing, and configuring Oracle database instances; Creating and maintaining user accounts; assessing and maintaining data integrity
  • Updating and maintaining the database; administrative support including backup and recovery; and, designed and created reports
  • Assisted with manual testing and maintain software inventory.

Senior Principal Consultant

Spectrum Solutions Group
Fairfax, VA
10.2004 - 01.2005
  • Provided database administration support for the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
  • Oracle database installation and configuration, upgrading the database, performing backups and recoveries, and designing and maintaining a balanced scorecard
  • Performed manual software testing and implementations for the Performance Metrics Warehouse (PMW) team
  • Developed and maintained Standard Operating Procedures and training for installing, configuring, and maintaining databases; performance tuning; managing user accounts; and optimizing database security.

Principal Consultant

Oracle Corporation
Reston, VA
07.2002 - 08.2004
  • Provided database administration support for DOJ - Office of Domestic Preparedness (ODP)
  • Duties included data mapping and data modeling using Oracle Designer and Warehouse Builder
  • Conducted data and requirements analysis and to create Discoverer reports
  • Performed backups using Shell scripting on a UNIX platform
  • Developed and maintained Configuration Management procedures and software version control for product deliverables
  • Supported the development team with day-to-day database administration tasks and product delivery
  • Assisted with networking and server troubleshooting
  • Assisted the quality assurance team with creating test plans and scripts; conducted testing, corrective actions, and status reporting
  • Worked with developers and the quality assurance team to ensure testing was completed on schedule and within scope.

Computer Systems Analyst

CACI
Chantilly, VA
01.1998 - 05.2000
  • Provided database administration support for Defense Industrial Financial Management Systems (DIFMS)
  • Duties included software installation, daily database maintenance and backups
  • Created database instances, objects, user accounts, and established role–based permissions
  • Implemented user security and enforced data integrity measures
  • Performed database development including table designs, entity relationships, database memory pool, table triggers, and indexes
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Education

Bachelor of Science - Decision Science & Management Information Systems

George Mason University-Aug 1994-Jan 1998
Fairfax, VA

Skills

  • Experience in SQL queries and database administration
  • Experience in applications testing, quality assurance, troubleshooting, and configuration management
  • Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle and Relational Database Design
  • Experience in translating customer and system requirements into design
  • Knowledge Agile Methodology, Selenium
  • Knowledge of Jira, AWS Cloud Computing
  • Organization and time-management
  • Work well in a team environment, effective communications to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Test Planning
  • Bug Tracking
  • Technical Support
  • Software System Testing
  • Design Support
  • Quality Assurance

Timeline

Substitute Teacher

FCPS
02.2017 - Current

Senior Consultant

CGI
10.2005 - 02.2006

Senior Principal Consultant

Spectrum Solutions Group
10.2004 - 01.2005

Principal Consultant

Oracle Corporation
07.2002 - 08.2004

Computer Systems Analyst

CACI
01.1998 - 05.2000

Bachelor of Science - Decision Science & Management Information Systems

George Mason University-Aug 1994-Jan 1998

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