Software Development Engineer in Test at Proofpoint.
San Francisco Bay Area
GoDaddy
Software Development Engineer in Test
May 2013 to Present
Payfone
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
April 2012 to May 2013
Minerva Networks
Software QA Engineer
February 2011 to April 2012
University health center-SJSU
Peer Health Educator
August 2009 to May 2010
San Jose State University
Research Assistant
August 2009 to December 2009
RouterMania technologies
Intern
July 2008 to October 2008
Developed automated tests on C# * Developed test cases and user scenarios for testing next generation site builders using selenium * Developed base methods that were further extended and used across the project * Developed executables to be used during Continuous integration for test setup and tear down Part of a team responsible for developing a new... Developed automated tests on C# * Developed test cases and user scenarios for testing next generation site builders using selenium * Developed base methods that were further extended and used across the project * Developed executables to be used during Continuous integration for test setup and tear down Part of a team responsible for developing a new test framework using Ruby and Rspec * Automated various sitebuilder APIs and added the project to the CI pipeline * Migrated selenium web driver tests to Ruby * Responsible for performance improvements by including parallel run of test specs * Categorized tests based on priority and tags for scheduled nightly & regression runs Automated chrome browser performance using groovy and chrome driver for Gspec * Developed a prototype tool to detect memory leaks on Go daddy's sitebuilder * Used groovy and Gspec to harness the power of the experimental chrome web driver * Implemented an API to push data to a server where results could be charted.
What company does Nigel Dsouza work for?
Nigel Dsouza works for GoDaddy
What is Nigel Dsouza's role at GoDaddy?
Nigel Dsouza is Software Development Engineer in Test
What industry does Nigel Dsouza work in?
Nigel Dsouza works in the Wireless industry.
Who are Nigel Dsouza's colleagues?
Nigel Dsouza's colleagues are Annapurna Mukkamala, Ahsan Rana, Keith Larney, Shantanu Gattani, Anna-Karin Glipe, Loïc Guézo, Jason Consorti, Ankush Kanungo, Adam Burgess, and Chris Shatara
📖 Summary
• 4+ years of Software Quality Assurance experience • Worked on Groovy, Ruby, C# and C • Extensive knowledge and work experience with automation tools WebDriver/Selenium, testNG, Rspec and GSpec • Experience with Jenkins, Git and other CI tools • Wrote technical documentation including test cases, test plans, how-to guides, and release notes • Strong communication skills, excellent team player • Highly proficient at learning in depth: new tools, scripting languages, applications and technologiesSoftware Development Engineer in Test @ Developed automated tests on C# * Developed test cases and user scenarios for testing next generation site builders using selenium * Developed base methods that were further extended and used across the project * Developed executables to be used during Continuous integration for test setup and tear down Part of a team responsible for developing a new test framework using Ruby and Rspec * Automated various sitebuilder APIs and added the project to the CI pipeline * Migrated selenium web driver tests to Ruby * Responsible for performance improvements by including parallel run of test specs * Categorized tests based on priority and tags for scheduled nightly & regression runs Automated chrome browser performance using groovy and chrome driver for Gspec * Developed a prototype tool to detect memory leaks on Go daddy's sitebuilder * Used groovy and Gspec to harness the power of the experimental chrome web driver * Implemented an API to push data to a server where results could be charted. From May 2013 to Present (2 years 8 months) Senior Quality Assurance Engineer @ Automated testing of SOAP and REST Web Services (April 2012 – August 2012) Developed test cases and scenarios for testing Direct-Carrier billing SOAP Api's on SOAP UI PRO Developed an automated test framework for testing REST web-services using Groovy. Responsible for regression testing, ad-hoc testing, and prototype testing Project Lead for Commerce Registry (August2012 - Present) Developed comprehensive test cases and user case scenarios for Payfone's Commerce Registry. Developed a testing framework using Groovy Worked closely with Product development to identify project risks and possible enhancements From April 2012 to May 2013 (1 year 2 months) Software QA Engineer @ Automated API testing for Admin UI and third party vendors (Dec 2011 -present) • Expanding the existing tool framework to automate all API’s used for admin UI and third party vendors(200+ APIs) • The tool is scripted on GROOVY and run on Jenkins which allows for scheduling automated runs after bug fixes Bandwidth throttling tools for HTTP live video streaming (March 2011 – May 2011) • Part of a team developing bandwidth throttling tools on C for testing HLS video streaming on IPTV Set top boxes • Analyzed bit rate switching between video streams by changing available bandwidth • Set Acceptable quality parameters for STB’s for video stream switching like delay, jitter and packet loss. Automated Web services and JS API’s for remote scheduling and Video on demand ( June 2011 -present) • Developed a tool to enable automated testing of Webservices and Java script API’s using PERL and java script • The tool was capable of logging data and results using ajax to perform cross domain request and PERL for data processing Other tasks • Extended the framework for automated testing of video server/client request using the groovy language. • Developed PERL scripts for automated channel change soak tests. • Designed automated test cases and documented software bugs using smart bear bug reporting tools • Hands on experience of IPTV implementation, delivery and architecture, HTTP live streaming, bandwidth management, bug reporting and test management. From February 2011 to April 2012 (1 year 3 months) Peer Health Educator @ Headed a team that developed and delivered curriculum to diverse student population and actively organized events promoting safe and healthy lifestyles. From August 2009 to May 2010 (10 months) Research Assistant @ • Developed a MATLAB simulation of the error performance of 4-QAM system with OFDM on AWGN, Coherent and non Coherent Rayleigh channels. • Developed a Software virtualization of Linux OS for software defined radio From August 2009 to December 2009 (5 months) Intern @ Responsible for the configuring and troubleshooting networks built on Cisco routers and switches including the Cisco 2610/2620 routers and the Cisco catalyst 3560 switch Completed Cisco Certified network profession training. From July 2008 to October 2008 (4 months) MSEE, Electrical Engineering @ San Jose State University From 2009 to 2011 Bachelor, Engineering; Electronics and telecommunication @ University of Mumbai From 2004 to 2008 Nigel Dsouza is skilled in: DSP, Echo Cancellation, C, Embedded Systems, Test Automation, IPTV, EPG, DVB-S, DVB-T, Modulation, QAM, FDMA, Firmware, Groovy, Middleware
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