Orville Smith SMC, CSPO®, ACP, ISTQB, MSc

Experience

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  EGov

  Apr 2009 - Dec 2019

  • Conducted quality assurance testing (functional/non-functional).• Identified and managed defects/bugs and verified their resolution.• Prepared test plan, test schedule and coordinated test activities.• Ensured test cases were created and executed on assigned applications and that solutions worked as expected with design specifications and requirements being met. • Held regular internal progress status meetings with project/test teams • Coordinated and executed training for Java, Selenium, JavaScript and Jmeter. • Researched, developed and implemented quality assurance standards and best practices.• Managed the procurement and implementation of automation testing tool TestComplete.• Developed automated functional testing guide to ensure standardization across projects.• Reviewed project documents including technical, functional and non-functional requirements and identified gaps/ambiguities.• Prepared test reports for all projects (indicating test status/coverage/metrics).• Trained, coached and mentored project team members.• Managed test teams by ensuring adequate staffing, adherence to standards/best practices, processes, test scope coverage and that agreed timelines are met.• Conducted skills gap analysis and developed training plan for each team member.• Managed process improvement initiatives and on boarding of new team members. Show less • Conducted quality assurance testing on systems for which there are new builds, patches/releases (smoke, sanity/confirmation, integration, regression, system and exploratory tests).• Ensured user requirements are met before the implementation of new system releases/patches.• Prepared and executed test plans and test cases.• Identified and managed defects/bugs and verified their resolution.• Participated in requirements/user story review meetings.• Prepared test summary reports for all assigned projects/systems (indicating test status/coverage and metrics).• Conducted training and provided support during User Acceptance Testing (UAT).• Developed and maintained automated test scripts used for regression testing (Rational Functional Tester and Rational Robot).• Worked closely with Business Analysts, Project Managers/Scrum Masters, Developers, Product Owners and other QA Analysts in a team environment (Agile and Waterfall).• Conducted Performance/Load Test (Rational Performance Tester, Astra Load).• Used Aqua Data Studio to write and executed Scripts/SQL’s on INFOMIX/DB2 databases.• Reviewed project documents including technical, functional and non-functional requirements. Show less

  • Team Lead, Software Quality Assurance/Projects

    Jun 2013 - Dec 2019

  • QA Analyst

    Apr 2009 - Jun 2013
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  BusyQA

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  Quality Assurance Engineer (Consultant)

  Client: twoPLUGS Inc.twoPLUGS is an entrepreneurial platform that enables individual’s to trade a service that they possess in return for a service they need in a secure mode without using actual cash (digital currency).• Conduct exploratory, system and regression testing.• Review requirements, prepare test cases, execute regression test suite and prepared test summary reports.• Conduct web service/API testing using Postman and SoapUI.• Prepare test scripts and conduct automated testing using Selenium with TestNG.• Conduct mobile testing using mobile emulator (iOS) and actual device (Android).• Identify, prepare and manage defects/bugs and verify their resolution.• Provide visibility/updates on assigned tasks in Scrum team collaborative tool (JIRA).• Collaborate and communicate with team members via Skype.• Attend and participate in Scrum Ceremonies (Daily standup, sprint planning, review/demo, retrospective).Environment: Selenium, Maven, TestNG, Postman, Eclipse, SnagIT, Java, Skype, JIRA, MS Excel Show less

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  Walmart

  Feb 2021 - now

  Quality Assurance Specialist

  - Participate in Scrum Ceremonies (Sprint Planning, User Story Refinement, Sprint Demo, Daily Stand Up)- Collaborate with local and international development teams and stakeholders- Assist with release planning and deployment strategies- Lead defect triage and QA Bi-weekly team meetings- Deploy Releases/Builds to Staging and QA environments (Edge and Cloud)- Lead Smoke, Sanity, Regression and Acceptance testing activities- Create and maintain artefacts on confluence pages- Create, maintain and execute test cases in Jira- Prepare test plans/strategies and provide test report updates to project teams- Create Dashboards in Jira and assist with troubleshooting and querying of Splunk logs (Primary and Secondary controllers) Show less