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ACCOMPLISHMENTS * Testing certified through American Software Testing Qualifications Board. * Successfully led geographically distributed teams from multiple contractors. * Professional testing expertise across federal, state and private sectors. * Adaptable to SDLC, CMMI and Agile development processes. * QA team leader, mentor, motivator, coach. CAREER SUMMARY Test Team Lead, CTFL, CTAL-TM Consultant to CSRA, Hanover, MD 2014 to 2017 * Inspired test team professionalism, got all four team members ASTQB certified. * Jump-started continuous integration triad, auto-build, auto-deploy and auto-test. * Migrated scalable test automation framework from SDLC to Agile/Scrum. * Systematically replaced costly manual regression with efficient automated tests. * Performed manual testing against UI, database, web and restful services. Senior Test Engineer, CTFL Consultant to Signature Consulting, Windsor Mill, MD 2013 to 2014 * Led IV&V testing of CMS RADV CDAT project. * Analyzed requirements and all contract project deliverables for testing prioritization. * Improved CMS XLC system test plan won accolades from client. Senior Test Engineer, CTFL Consultant to Maricom, Woodlawn, MD 2012 to 2013 * Led testing of CMS Enterprise Data Services Contract, Portal and MDM components. * Persuaded distributed teams to use common tools. * Wrote SOAP-UI, LOAD-UI script library and SQL queries against MDM data layer. * Examined ETL work-flows for compliance with logical data model. Rick Saffery 443.492.9207 RickSaffery@gmail.com 1 of 2 Senior QA, CTFL
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