STEVEN LEONARD-ROBINSON
Fort Worth,TX
Summary
Highly self-motivated and collaborative QA engineer who strives to ensure defect-free products through the application of meticulous manual and automated testing. Demonstrates consistent ability to make theoretical concepts applicable to practical business applications and drive efficiencies. Effective communicator and problem solver with extensive experience in validating new programs and applications and making them accessible to diverse constituencies.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior QA Engineer
SABRE Corporation
07.2018 - 10.2023
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Advised developers on problems with databases, performance, and other issues.
- Incorporated delivery requirements into planning of testing schedules.
- Completed pre-implementation testing for new system modifications to assess potential impacts.
- Recommended changes and corrections to developers for optimal software performance and usability.
- Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient, and successful manual test cases for entire team.
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
- Escalated concerns about project and process quality, referring discovered issues to engineering manager for correction.
- Developed traceability documentation to aid in investigating faults and defects.
- Researched and evaluated new techniques and technologies to improve product quality.
- Led problem-solving activities to quickly identify and permanently resolve quality and productivity issues.
- Facilitated process improvements to successfully decrease errors.
- Prepare complex test cases utilizing Rally and ensure sufficient test coverage, Experience leading and developing workshops or training
- Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment practices and how to integrate a test suite into them create and execute manual test scripts and capture results
- Jira defect tracking systems, reporting defects, and provide necessary information to reproduce the defect to facilitate solution development
- Test fixed defects and advance to closure Experience with performance testing practices and tools
- ·Analyze test results to determine functionality and recommend necessary modifications or corrective actions, Excellent interpersonal communication, and collaboration skills
- Utilization of XML/web services, testing experience for mainframe and distributed systems
- Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
QA Test Analyst and Consultant
Ascendium Group
12.2010 - 07.2018
- Supported company in maintaining work environment focused on quality, communication, collaboration, integration, and teamwork.
- Reviewed public-facing information for accuracy, relevancy and timeliness as desired by leadership.
- Developed reports and materials for key stakeholders related to quality goals, progress and challenges.
- Participated in requirements and used case reviews.
- Adhered to standardized software quality assurance best practices, policies and processes.
- Wrote and maintained detailed internal documentation on developed systems.
- Designed, documented and executed test scenarios to identify software bugs.
- Created successful test scripts to manage automated feature testing,
- Used SQL, Test Director and TestBench to assist with completing projects.
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
- Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
- Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.
- Recommended changes and corrections to developers for optimal software performance and usability.
- Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient and successful manual test cases for entire team.
- Evaluated function, performance and design compliance of every product against design standards and customer needs.
Education
High School Diploma -
Gateway Community High School
Oxnard, CA05.1984
Skills
- Manual and Automation Testing
- Unit Testing System
- Regression Testing
- Agile Methodology Testing
- System Integration Testing
- Blackbox Testing
- Whitebox Testing
- End to End Testing
- Testing Acceptance
- Test Planning
- Test Case Preparation
- Analytical, Logical case execution
- Cross browser/Cross partition testing, Mobile, Web,
- Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel (including Pivot tables and Macros development, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook
- Postman, IntelliJ, Selenium, Cucumber
- Agile Methodology
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Jira/Rally
- Transaction Processing Facility (TPF), IBM, PSS, CRS, ARS
- Basic Program Knowledge
- GDS Ticketing Systems, Travel Industry, American Express GBT, Travel Agency
Timeline
Senior QA Engineer
SABRE Corporation
07.2018 - 10.2023
QA Test Analyst and Consultant
Ascendium Group
12.2010 - 07.2018
High School Diploma -
Gateway Community High School