George Reynolds
Verified Expert in Engineering
Manual QA Engineer and Software Developer
George has eight years of testing experience in non-functional and functional with a wide technical breadth in manual and automated tests. He's certified as ISTQB Advanced Technical Tester. George also has broad experience in functional and performance testing and enjoys mentoring as well as learning new skills. He can communicate to all business levels on risk and quality assurance.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Windows, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Python 3, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Windows 11, Git, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Graph API
The most amazing...
...testing project I've worked on is performance testing for a government website in the UK. I assured the website was able to handle extreme visitor loads.
Work Experience
Senior DevOps Engineer | Test Engineer
UK Government
- Migrated several servers running legacy applications on legacy operating systems to supported operating system servers, ensuring the apps performed the same as before. Due to non-disclosure agreements, I can't disclose more information.
- Wrote functional and non-functional tests for applications starting from zero knowledge, including exploratory testing. Without any existing documentation, it was required to determine the scope of each application and expected behavior.
- Wrote custom automated Python tests to monitor web responses and ensure smooth infrastructure changes when migrating from development to test and production. Due to the legacy infrastructure and lack of existing tests, robust custom tests are needed.
- Collaborated with an IAMs DevOps team to deliver an IAMs service using AWS, Azure B2C, and ServiceNow. This work includes developing the service, maintenance, and support of the users who apply the auth provision to their service.
- Worked with an IAMS team to create automated UI and process flow verification tests using Python, pytest, and Selenium.
Acceptance QA Tester
Multinational Forklift Company
- Led a small team of testers to work on internal UAT testing on real trucks and simulated IOT devices.
- Managed test plans, test cases, and test scenarios to ensure quality and coverage.
- Worked closely with all business areas to raise, address, and assess concerns regarding testing.
Tester
Applause
- Tested a wide range of applications, hardware, and software.
- Followed and completed hundreds of test plans for various customers.
- Raised hundreds of issue reports for a large number of customers.
Test Analyst
Software Solved
- Led the test automation within the business. Wrote the automation test strategy for the business.
- Planned, created, and executed automated and manual functional and non-functional tests, including performance, regression, and smoke tests.
- Guided the testing for several projects and provided progress reports to the test manager to ensure project deadlines were met. Took ownership of the testing process for multiple client projects simultaneously.
Experience
Smart Home Device Testing for a Social Media Company
• Used the device in its early stages and worked through bug reports to iteratively improve voice recognition, intent, and response.
• Released the product to market with British language localization.
Testing for an Insurance Company
• Worked closely with developers and testers to write a test plan, test cases, and complete manual testing with a few automated tests.
• Released a working product that was signed into support by the client; maintained a good working relationship with the client for future bug fixes and maintenance releases.
Automated Performance Test for a Meteorological Organization
• Worked with developers to uncover functional defects through non-functional testing.
Skills
Tools
Git, Jira, LoadRunner, Bitbucket, VuGen, Confluence, Postman, Pytest
Paradigms
Testing, Load Testing, Non-functional Testing, Functional Testing, Manual Testing, E2E Testing, Software Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Unit Testing, Agile, Automated Testing, Test Automation, Automation, Microservices, DevOps
Platforms
Windows, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), TestComplete, Android, iOS, Salesforce, Mobile, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, AWS Lambda, Unix, Docker
Other
Windows 11, Manual QA, QA Testing, Smart Devices, Smart Homes, Cloud, Performance Testing, Quality Assurance (QA), Office 365, Manual Software Testing, Test Cases, API Testing, Regression Testing, Mobile App Testing, Website QA, QA Test Plan Management, Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution, Test Planning, Front-end, Reading, Voice Testing, Microsoft Graph API, Web Applications, APIs, Mobile Apps, SDET, Quality Control (QC), Internet of Things (IoT), Documentation, QA Leadership, eCommerce, QA Automation, AWS DevOps, Agile DevOps, Android Wearables, Integration Testing, Software Development, CI/CD Pipelines, Localization Testing, Embedded Systems, Bots, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Languages
SQL, Python, HTML, Python 3, C, Visual Basic 6 (VB6), VB.NET, Visual Basic, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java
Frameworks
Selenium, .NET, Spring MVC, Spring Microservice
Libraries/APIs
Graph API, Google AdWords
Storage
JSON, MySQL
Certifications
Advanced Technical Tester
ISTQB
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