Virginia LeBrun
Automation Tester
Melbourne,FL
Summary
Certified in Salesforce Administration and Salesforce Platform App Builder, with recent certifications in Eggplant Functional Level 1 Expert and Provar Advanced. Experienced automation tester with a quick grasp of low-code automation tools and development of comprehensive project suites. 15 Years of testing experience and 13 years in Configuration Management, highly skilled in both areas. Meticulous attention to detail and exceptional customer service. Specialized in Eggplant Automation for the past 5 years, recently transitioning to Provar Automation. Strong ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and consistently deliver results ahead of strict deadlines. Excellent communication skills and a collaborative nature. Eager to leverage unique abilities to foster mutual growth and success.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Salesforce Automation Tester
Booz Allen Hamilton
04.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Acquired Liberty IT Solutions
- Supported multiple projects with their Automation needs (NCPS A&R, NCPS PSAT, VIEWS FOM, VIEWS CCM, VIEWS GAO, VAHC CRM, OHRS 2.0) – All projects other than VIEWS required me to build up a manual regression suite first before I was able to automate their test cases
- Took on the Career Manager role
- Allowing me to gain knowledge in this area and get to know my peers more and help them grow
- Currently leading the salesforce automation team in the transition from Eggplant Functional to the Provar automation tool
- Supported various projects with automation code reviews
- Backing up role on all projects as lead testers take PTO
- New Hire buddy for some new hires into the automation team
- Assisting our new hire his first few weeks with becoming familiar with the Booz Allen network, assisting with any new hire paperwork questions and trainings
- Took on the Backup role for our DTC POC managing the VA’s Server and VM environment within the VAEC Gov Cloud
- Creating new user accounts and other maintenance as needed
- Still learning new tasks and documenting everything into a formal procedure
- Assumed the Acting Lead Automation Role for the Salesforce department after the lead moved on to another opportunity
- Mentoring up to 5 new automation testers at a time and leading the automation team in various touchpoint and knowledge sharing meetings
- Continue to work with Keysight to get our testers set up for Certification testing
- Successfully demoed Eggplant Automation to the VA Citizens Developers group (per Alex Sutherland’s request) to help them in their decision of whether or not to use Eggplant as their tool of choice
- Led our Automation team into the transition working with Liberty IT to set up the Azure VM Training environment on the Booz Allen side and worked with the helpdesk to get all our automation testers up and running on the new VMs
- Wrote procedures for the automation team on how to get set up on the new environments and did one on ones and group meetings to help get each person up and working
- Reported bugs, collaborating with developers for prompt resolution in agile sprints.
- Executed automated test scripts, validating software functionality for release cycles.
- Engineered test frameworks, reducing manual testing time for agile development cycles.
- Identified bottlenecks in testing processes and proposed enhancements for workflow efficiency.
- Executed automated test cases to identify critical software defects pre-release.
- Created modular automation frameworks to increase reusability and maintainability of test scripts.
- Reduced manual testing efforts with the development of reusable automated test scripts.
Salesforce Administrator and Tester
Liberty IT Solutions
02.2018 - 04.2022
- Responsible for beginning test automation on OHRS 2.0 as my first Automation role
- Began with creating an entire regression suite for the manual QA team and moved on to automating the regression suite created and maintaining the active releases thereafter
- Supported the VIEWS CCM project as manual tester for a few months
- Supported VIEWS Migration for a few months as manual tester
- Was part of the first COVID-Tiger Team Liberty implemented after the COVID shutdown
- Supported as partial Admin and Tester the 3D Printing App, Comms Management, Telework 2.0 and Suspense Management
- All projects designed and implemented within a 3-4 month timeframe
- Assisted with design and implementation of a Veteran’s Affair (VA) Vaccination system prototype which became what we know today as OHRS
- Performed Client User Acceptance Testing.
- Assisted the release team with setting up Client Profiles in Salesforce applications.
- Assisted with testing during program transition of a legacy VA system to a Salesforce database
- Senior Configuration Manager for VA-CABS and HPS, Responsible for creating and documenting process and guidance for software, Change Request and document control in GitHub repository
- Assisted with successful User Acceptance Testing and successfully gaining program Authority to Operate (ATO)
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
Software Configuration Manager
Harris Corporation
01.2007 - 02.2018
- Held a secret DOD security clearance
- Responsible for assuring safe and reliable Air Traffic Control communications
- Ensure the integrity and consistency of software baselines for OASIS and WARP systems
- Responsible for maintenance of software configuration management tools to support configuration identification, control, reporting and delivery across windows, Unix and Linux platforms
- Experienced in Rational Tools, SharePoint, Product Data Management (PDM)
- Some experience in subversion
- I’ve worked over 40 programs providing builds and ClearCase merging and ClearQuest Problem Tracking Reports and other general CM tasks like Configuration Control Board meetings, license management, media archiving, Software Baseline Configuration Control, and Lab system configuration control as well as creating the Version Description Documents for each formal baseline on the WARP program as well as other Contract Data Requirements List documents like the CM Plan
- Provide my assistance in various areas of the program as needed and to gain experience and knowledge with other functional groups
- Experienced in building and production of the OASIS Bridge systems
- I built most the system workstation for all the labs and live sites
- I still build workstations as needed when the helpdesk is running low on staff
- Assisted with the build and production of WMSS II tech refresh, providing daily after hours and weekend support to make schedule
- Assist with HWDS transmittal of our antivirus software
- Assisted the OASIS team with setting up multiple demos for the FAA
- Experienced in creating system upgrade and rollback procedures for OASIS II Baseline installations
- For the past 5 years, I have taken control of creating all the OASIS Upgrade and Rollback procedure from our Chief Systems Engineering team
- Dry run all procedures on one of the OASIS test beds prior to delivering them to the FAA
- Formal regression testing of the OASIS II, WINGS and WIND system application baselines
- Experience with putting Project Tracking Request requirement into test cases.
- Experienced in the System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) tool on all our lab and live systems to generate packets of the software applications which it then advertises to the various components of the system for installation
- Experienced in troubleshooting issues with SCCM
- Responsible for providing customer support for our tools and assistance with all installations in the FAA labs and live sites
- Assist Data Manager as a backup with Contract Data Requirements List deliveries
- Responsible for all configuration auditing and accounting
- Responsible for archival and management of all soft and hard copies of baselines.
- Responsible for all sit down and electronic Configuration Control Board Meetings
- Responsible for building all system antivirus updates every 28days
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Studies
University of Maryland University College
Maryland, NY01.2005
Skills
- Windows server
- Solaris
- Unix
- Red Hat Linux
- Visual Studio
- System installations
- Writing System upgrade procedures
- Rational Tools ClearQuest
- Rational Tools ClearCase
- Product Data Management
- Microsoft Office
- Salesforce
- Eggplant Functional
- Microsoft Azure
- Familiar with Provar
- Visualforce
- Lightning Components
- Expert in Eggplant Functional Sense Talk
- XPATH
- GitHub
Accomplishments
- Achieved a full regression suite for my first automation project within 5 months, beating my deadline by 1 month by organizing all test cases in an efficient automation framework and leveraging reusable scripts throughout the suite efficiency.
- Lead a team of 16 automation testers in our journey to incorporating automation within the department as well as into a successful company transition.
- Documented and resolved the need of additional documentation and support with the automation tools which led to an extensive library of documentation and video tutorials in our company library.
- Collaborated with Program Managers in the development of their automation design plans to integrate automation testing on their teams.
Certification
- Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification
- Salesforce Administrator Certification
- Eggplant Level 1 Certification
- Provar Advanced Certification
- Provar Instructor Led training Certification
Additional Languages
Italian
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Timeline
Salesforce Automation Tester
Booz Allen Hamilton
04.2022 - Current
Salesforce Administrator and Tester
Liberty IT Solutions
02.2018 - 04.2022
Software Configuration Manager
Harris Corporation
01.2007 - 02.2018
- Salesforce Platform App Builder
- Salesforce Administrator
- Eggplant Level 1 Certification
- Provar Advanced Certification
- Provar Instructor Led training Certification
Bachelor of Science - Computer Studies
University of Maryland University College
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