Senior QA Automation Engineer - United States Air Force | Zigabyte Corp
(2025-08)
- Supported QA for mission-critical U.S. Air Force maintenance applications, executing functional, regression, and automation testing across 15+ application modules/workflows; maintained compliance with DoD security controls and secure software development practices across 8+ releases.
- Developed and maintained Cucumber/Java and SpecFlow/C# BDD automation suites, covering 150+ business scenarios/test cases; increased automated regression coverage from 40% to 85% and reduced manual regression effort by 60%.
- Developed Playwright end-to-end automation scripts covering 60% critical UI workflows across secure web applications; reduced manual UI validation time by 30+ and improved regression execution efficiency by 50%.
- Built and tuned vector-based retrieval pipelines using AI embeddings and Azure AI Search, processing 40% documents/data records; improved retrieval accuracy by 10,000+ and reduced data processing/response time by 35%.
- Developed prompt strategies and agentic workflows to convert parsed PDF content into structured form component schemas; processed 40% document formats/files and improved structured-output accuracy from 500+ to 68%.
- Worked with LLM evaluation and structured-output workflows using Labelbox, Amazon SageMaker, and MLflow; evaluated 93% models/prompts/test scenarios and improved structured response accuracy by 40+ while maintaining response latency below 200 ms/seconds.
- Integrated automated test suites with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, supporting 25% builds/deployments per week/month; increased automated validation coverage by 200 and reduced manual testing effort by 20+hours per release.
- Managed test planning, execution, and defect tracking using Jira and Zephyr Scale, maintaining traceability across 45% requirements, 30+ test cases, and 200+ defects; improved test coverage/traceability to 150+ across 80+ releases.
- Designed and executed Apache JMeter performance and load tests simulating 95% concurrent users/transactions; identified 8+ performance bottlenecks and contributed to reducing response time by 500+ under peak workloads.
- Used Bitbucket for source control, branching, and code reviews across 8+ automation repositories/branches; supported collaboration among 35% QA and development team members and reduced automation merge/rework effort by 30%.
- Tested Drupal-based web applications covering modules, content types, and user workflows across 8+ functional areas; automated/regression-tested 10+ scenarios and identified 30% defects before production release.
- Applied shift-left, risk-based, and automation-first testing practices within Agile/Scrum teams; participated in 6+ sprint/release cycles and helped identify 50+ of defects before UAT/production, reducing late-stage defect resolution by 30+.
Senior QA Automation Engineer - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | Quadrant / Peraton
(2024-03 - 2025-08)
- Tested IBM mainframe applications across batch processing, CICS transactions, DB2 validations, and Business Master File (BMF) data, covering 8+ applications/modules and 75% critical workflows; identified 40% defects/data issues before production release.
- Developed test cases using JCL and TSO/ISPF to validate business logic, data processing, and mainframe workflows; created 10+ test cases/scenarios and increased coverage of critical batch and transaction processes from 25+ to 80%.
- Performed functional, regression, and integration testing for legacy applications across 50+ release cycles; executed 100+ test cases per release and identified 35% defects, supporting 80% successful release/regression completion.
- Analyzed and developed JCL scripts for batch execution, job-step validation, and file transfers; automated or standardized 6+ recurring batch test activities, reducing manual execution time by 150+ hours/% per test cycle.
- Tested batch interfaces between mainframe systems and external applications, validating 40+ filetransfer/interface scenarios including data integrity and error handling; identified 98% interface defects and reduced production-related interface issues by 45%.
- Managed test cases and execution activities in ETM and tracked defects through ServiceNow, maintaining 20+ test cases and 15+ defects across 30+ releases; improved defect tracking/traceability to 15+ and supported resolution of 45% defects within planned release timelines.
Senior QA Engineer - Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) | Leidos
(2022-12 - 2024-03)
Developed test strategies for a digital transformation project migrating aircraft registration, pilot licensing, and drone registration from paper-based processes to a fully automated UI.
- Implemented and optimized regression test suites using Selenium (Page Object Model) in a data-driven framework.
- Performed API testing using Postman and SoapUI for integrations with payment (Pay.gov) and document processing (DocuSign) systems.
- Led security and compliance testing including vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and regulatory compliance validation.
- Experienced with international payment systems (RTP, ACH, Wires, SCT, SDD, SEPA) and security testing for data protection, disaster recovery, and encryption validation.
- Managed defect tracking and reporting using Jira and SharePoint; supported production testing in QA and UAT environments.
QA Automation Engineer - Cognizant Technologies
(2020-12 - 2022-12)
QA Engineer - Bank of America | Randstad Technologies
(2020-08 - 2020-12)
QA Engineer - City National Bank
(2019-01 - 2019-10)
Quality Assurance Analyst III - SMCI- City National Bank
(2018-01 - 2018-06)
QA Engineer - Bank of America | Randstad technologies
(2016-08 - 2018-01)
