STEVEN PRICE
Amesbury,MA
Summary
Senior SQA Automation Engineer adept at architecting comprehensive testing solutions for cloud and hybrid applications. Expertise in advanced automation tools and frameworks, driving efficiency in test execution and quality assurance. Committed to enhancing testing processes through strategic leadership and innovative methodologies.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Test Automation Engineer | Senior Lead SQA Engineer
Newforma
Manchester, NH
11.2018 - 09.2026
- Architected the original ReadyAPI internal API automation suite and subsequently led the team's migration to a modern JavaScript/Node.js framework (Mocha/Chai), while engineering Postman/Newman regression suites for cloud, client/server, and hybrid REST APIs.
- Established risk-based test strategies and documentation standards for automation architecture, test systems configurations, knowledge base, database inspection, encrypted data, installers, distributed environments, application logs, and release-quality gates, improving overall testing efficacy.
- Led security validation for Snyk/CISA-driven remediation across six Newforma components, covering SQL injection, path traversal, DOM-based XSS, ReDoS, dependency risks, and cleartext credential storage on Windows Server 2016–2025.
- Owned QA validation for MySQL upgrades, OnPrem-to-Cloud migrations, AWS-secured API workflows, 3rd party (ProjectWise, Autodesk Platform Services Revit, and Navisworks) compatibility, protecting data integrity, installation readiness, and cross-version regression coverage.
- Designed production-scale performance testing using datasets exceeding 70,000 records; analyzed HAR and backend response data to support MySQL optimization and customer-performance escalation resolution.
- Expanded browser and API synthetic monitoring with Datadog, enhancing automation reliability through reusable design patterns, dynamic test-data handling, failure analysis, and GitHub pull-request workflows.
- Provided technical leadership and mentoring across QA, Engineering, DevOps, IT, Support, and offshore teams, shaping test strategy, scope definition, tool evaluation, skill development, and release-readiness planning.
- Architected enterprise QA strategies for RSA-to-AES encryption migration, validating RSA-to-AES, AES-to-RSA, and AES-to-AES paths across databases, encrypted configuration files, server credentials, replication, services, registries, and rollback behavior.
Senior Test Automation Specialist
Direct Capital Corporation (CIT)
Portsmouth, NH
09.2015 - 09.2018
- Led commercial, consumer, and combined credit-model redesign validation with 3,000+ data-driven test cases, reducing end-to-end testing from 3 weeks to under 4 minutes.
- Piloted continuous integration for ReadyAPI suites, integrating Selenium with API automation to expand browser-level coverage and streamline manual result verification.
- Built scalable, data-driven automation for cloud banking applications using ReadyAPI/SoapUI (Java/Groovy), Selenium (Java), Canopy (F#), Salesforce integrations, and SQL back-end validation.
- Piloted Canopy GUI automation with 70+ BDD-derived test cases, extending the framework in Visual Studio for .NET and Salesforce applications with end-to-end SQL-backed testing.
- Delivered reusable regression suites for loan and leasing web services: 470 test cases executed in under 2 minutes and could be cloned for partner programs with minimal modification.
- Reestablished delivery milestones and test-plan expectations for high-visibility credit-model program; provided quality leadership and documentation to senior management, steering committees, and regulators.
Senior Lead SQA Engineer|Senior Test Automation Specialist
EBSCO Publishing
Ipswich, MA
01.2010 - 07.2015
- Led the adoption of SoapUI as SME, increasing usage from 1 to 114 licensed users; handled licensing, resolved vendor support issues, mentored users, and established standardized automation practices.
- Defined and implemented QA automation frameworks for cloud SaaS web services and applications on Linux/Java, Windows, and C# using REST, SOAP, HTTP, and data-driven testing to enhance testing efficiency.
- Led cross-functional initiatives for test-case repository acquisition, continuous-integration frameworks, standardized QA practices, and Lean/Agile/Kanban/Rally adoption.
- Maintained JUnit automation and streamlined future test efforts through development of standardized operational-environment documentation and XML/XPath/XQuery-based test-data.
Senior Lead SQA Engineer
SRU Bio Systems
Woburn, MA
11.2005 - 09.2009
- Standardized test development, execution, reporting, and requirements traceability using Quality Center, ensuring compliance with FDA 21 CFR Part 820.
- Reduced release cadence from 12 months to 3 months by implementing Agile practices, continuous integration, and advocating for refactoring.
- Delivered a 10x timing-efficiency improvement through performance benchmarking; implemented VMware Workstation to expand test-node capacity and reduce setup time from hours to minutes.
- Created a centralized SQA test-bed environment that reduced project and test-case startup time by 50–75%.
Senior SQA Engineer
Kronos
Chelmsford, MA
01.2002 - 12.2005
- Led SQA efforts, developed manual and automated test suites, reported defects, managed centralized test environments, automated tests using SilkTest, provided XML/API training, and conducted enterprise HR/payroll and workforce-management integration testing.
- Developed comprehensive test plans for software quality assurance processes.
- Collaborated with development teams to identify and resolve software defects.
- Executed automated and manual tests to ensure application reliability.
QA Lead–Senior SQA Engineer
U.S. Genomics
Woburn, MA
08.2005 - 10.2005
- Set up centralized network test bed environment for shared SQA assets, reducing project and test case startup by 50% to 75%.
- Conducted testing of U.S. genomics standalone software applications and hardware platform for detection and recognition of single-molecule RNA material using standard SQA methods.
- Developed and executed manual test cases, test suites, and defect reports using MS Team Test, defect tracking tools, and SQA documentation.
- Delivered SQA support across projects, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
- Maintained SQA test equipment and networked test lab resources.
Education
B.S. - Computer Engineering
Suffolk University
Boston, MA05-1992
Skills
AI tools: ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude
Automation tools: ReadyAPI, Postman, FitNesse, Test Complete, OpenText Functional Testing, SilkTest, Canopy, Selenium, Datadog Synthetic Testing, OpenText LoadRunner, Apache JMeter, BrowserStack, Appium, NUnit
Programming languages: Java, JavaScript (Nodejs), Groovy, SQL, C, C, HTML/XML/XPath/XQuery/CSS, Regular Expressions
Operating systems: Windows, Linux
CI/CD and cloud technologies: GitHub, Jenkins, AWS (EC2, S3, DynamoDB), Azure Cosmos DB, Datadog Observability, vSphere/VMware, MySQL, MySQL Workbench, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle
Test management and productivity tools: TestRail, Jira, BugSplat, Confluence, OpenText ALM/Quality Center, Zephyr Rally, Figma, Lucid chart ProjectWise, SharePoint Services (SendGrid/HMail), Slack, Microsoft Teams
Networking tools: Fiddler, Wireshark and Browser Developer Tools
Skills
Java, JavaScript/Node.js, Python, Groovy, SQL/MySQL, F#, C, C++, VBScript, Selenium Page Object Model, Mocha, Chai, Apache JMeter, Appium, React Native, Datadog Synthetics, OpenText Functional Testing (HP QTP/UFT), OpenText LoadRunner, FitNesse, JUnit, browser developer tools, XPath, Postman, Newman, ReadyAPI/SoapUI, Swagger, REST, SOAP, Snyk, AWS API authentication, SQL validation, load testing, HAR analysis, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, GitHub, Jenkins, AWS (EC2, S3, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudWatch), Azure Cosmos DB, Datadog observability, vSphere/VMware, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Windows Server, Linux, Windows Registry, TestRail, Jira, Confluence, OpenText ALM/Quality Center, Zephyr, Rally, BugSplat, ProjectWise, Autodesk Platform Services, Revit, Navisworks, SharePoint, SendGrid, HMail, SMTP/IMAP, DC Reader/KLAATU, DPAPI/DPSpy, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365
Headline
Senior Software Quality Assurance Automation Engineer
Training
- Java
- C++
- Visual Basic
- SQL Server Administration
- Quick Test Professional
- SilkTest
- Systems Testing & Quality Assurance
- ·Writing User Requirements
- TQM
- ISO 9000/2
- Agile/SCRUM
Timeline
Senior Test Automation Engineer | Senior Lead SQA Engineer
Newforma
11.2018 - 09.2026
Senior Test Automation Specialist
Direct Capital Corporation (CIT)
09.2015 - 09.2018
Senior Lead SQA Engineer|Senior Test Automation Specialist
EBSCO Publishing
01.2010 - 07.2015
Senior Lead SQA Engineer
SRU Bio Systems
11.2005 - 09.2009
QA Lead–Senior SQA Engineer
U.S. Genomics
08.2005 - 10.2005
Senior SQA Engineer
Kronos
01.2002 - 12.2005
B.S. - Computer Engineering
Suffolk University