Kristen Lyman
Simpsonville,WI
Summary
Software Quality Assurance Professional with 20 years experience in all aspects of quality assurance specializing in test automation and automation frameworks using the industry’s top tools. Highly skilled in developing and executing comprehensive test plans, identifying and reporting defects, and working with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer
Spacelabs Healthcare
02.2023 - Current
- Participating in knowledge transfer sessions to learn the product suite, code repositories, AWS structure and processes for the acquiring company
- Creating manual test cases, test plans and test execution reports in Azure Dev Ops to assist with testing the software for medical Monitoring and Telemetry devices
Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer
PeraHealth
07.2017 - 02.2023
- Developed automation framework using Java for the backend components and Selenium with Java (Page Object Model) for the frontend functionality
- Creating feature files and step definitions using Cucumber to allow non technical team members to write testing scenarios and to easily provide the data required for testing via built in datatables
- Writing end to end automated test scripts that use the HAPI library to create and send HL7 messages that mimic a client hospitals data and workflows, automation verifies our supported message types are processed correctly via our processors, reported to the correct Postgres database tables and displayed correctly in our frontend applications
- Creating manual test cases, test plans and test execution reports in Jira to deliver complete documentation of the test coverage for our releases to meet FDA regulatory requirements;
- Integrating Cucumber test scenarios into Jira to be executed and reported along with our manual test suite results
- Experience writing device setup libraries and page objects for both Android and iOS using Appium
- Created and maintaining parameterized API collections in Postman to quickly and easily perform a sanity check of each of our endpoints
- Working closely with small integrated team of Developers and Product Management for all phases of the SDLC in an Agile environment including Design Analysis, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospectives and daily stand up meetings
- Responsible for deploying necessary components in Jenkins when ready for testing
- Working with Google Cloud Platform to update configuration maps and troubleshoot defects via the GCP logs
- Verifying our message processors by viewing ActiveMQ queued/dequeued messages
- Performing a deep dive into the code commits for the modified libraries if required to assist in identifying defect causes
QA Analyst VI
XPO Logistics
12.2016 - 07.2017
- Created automation framework using Selenium with C# using Page Object model and reusable global action extension methods with embedded error handling and reporting
- Developed set of test libraries that support file updates for.xml, .csv and .txt, perform FTP file transfers using WinSCP assembly and .ssh authentication to bypass RSA token security
- Created suite of test scenario feature files and corresponding step files using SpecFlow BDD tool based on input from key business players and manual QA team
- Implemented transforms to allow manual test team to execute test suite against multiple test configurations and environments
- Added additional reporting to build clean readable results and dashboards to provide viewing across multiple projects including writing Pass/Fail result to HP/ALM test lab with an embedded link to dashboard for specific test runs
- Participating in Jenkins training in anticipation of future plans to embed automated scripts into Continuous Integration process
- Piloted multiple automated test tools for automation of Oracle EBS applications including LeanFT, Selenium and Oracle OpenScript
QA Engineer II/III
Mercury Payment Systems
11.2013 - 09.2016
- Scripted full set of UI automated regression tests using Coded UI, Visual Studio 2013, SpecFlow and C#
- Created automated framework using Page Object model and global reusable methods
- Participated in collaboration meetings to write SpecFlow scenarios as part of a team Test Driven Development effort
- Wrote API acceptance tests using SpecFlow and C#
- Worked as part of an Agile team integrating automation tasks into the current sprint planning and daily scrum work
- Maintained automated scripts built using dynamic global framework; framework creates descriptive programming strings at run-time allowing for more efficient maintenance of test scripts and low possibility of general run errors
- Built Html custom results files to consolidate and then merge the test run results from the multiple user group runs into one concise document and upload to Quality Center
- Converted UFT functions to C# methods for inclusion in our internal tool for end to end testing of payment processing; methods include parsing of extract text files with comparison against data stored in Excel
Lead/Sr. Automation Engineer
Premier, Inc.
07.2008 - 07.2013
- Developed set of automated test scripts for various applications within the organization using HP's QuickTest Professional 10/11; Automated scripts include Flex, Web, Siebel, XML, Web Services and Dojo
- Wrote automated scripts for end to end integration including XML creation and encryption, submission of messages through ActiveMQ, verification of the message in source and target databases and verification of the data on the front end
- Participated in extending, maintaining, and implementing global keyword driven framework; Framework creates descriptive programming strings at run time allowing framework to be reusable across all Web applications;
- Built project specific function libraries used in combination with the global framework; libraries include high levels of error handling and built-in dependencies eliminating run-time errors and providing clear and concise failure and error reporting
- Created functions for the back-end retrieval of database sets and then compared captured recordsets against exported executed reports
- Assisted in piloting Selenium Web Driver open source automation tool to support additional browser and mobile testing not currently supported by QuickTest Professional; wrote Java functions to create a reusable keyword driven framework and developed objects and methods specific to the needs of the application
- Participated in Agile planning and daily scrum meetings; integrating automation stories into the overall development lifecycle and tracking through to completion
- Mentored team members on best practices and coding standards for automation script development
- Provided training sessions to manual team members on the QTP tool, Quality Center integration and automation frameworks in general
Skills
- Test case design
- Manual testing
- Test automation frameworks
- Selenium
- Java
- Jira
- Cucumber
- Mobile testing
- Automated testing
- Agile software development
- QA reporting
- Attention to detail
- API Testing
Timeline
Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer
Spacelabs Healthcare
02.2023 - Current
Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer
PeraHealth
07.2017 - 02.2023
QA Analyst VI
XPO Logistics
12.2016 - 07.2017
QA Engineer II/III
Mercury Payment Systems
11.2013 - 09.2016
Lead/Sr. Automation Engineer
Premier, Inc.
07.2008 - 07.2013
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