Experience
Crown Castle
October 2023 — February 2026QE Engineer II
Remote
- Owned the full testing lifecycle as the sole QE on multiple Agile teams developing in-house GIS web/desktop apps
- Engineered and scaled an automation suite of 100+ Playwright (JS) tests integrated into Harness CI/CD pipelines, monitored daily via Datadog dashboard, tests covered UI, API, and SQL database validation
- Architected a robust API regression suite of 1,000+ tests in Postman Enterprise that executed in minutes, providing immediate confidence in code stability before production deployments
- Accelerated test velocity using GitHub Copilot for rapid automated test development
- Designed and prioritized hundreds of test cases in QMetry including smoke, regression, P1-P4 to ensure release stability
- Partnered with Developers and PMs to influence product quality from inception, reviewed developer code frequently to identify edge cases missed, consulted with end users to align automation with real-world workflows
- Led a critical divestiture effort to cleanse, separate, and migrate GIS test assets during a corporate sell-off
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This was my first time at a company with a dedicated team for Quality Engineering. It was a great experience to be part of a team of 20+ QEs. I became comfortable performing UI, API and SQL database validation both manually and through automation (Playwright, Postman) against in-house GIS applications. Through no fault of my own, I was impacted by company-wide layoffs in February 2026 that significantly reduced the size of the QE team. I am grateful for the experience and the opportunity to work with such a talented team. I learned a lot during my time at Crown Castle and am excited to take that experience to my next role.
Solers / Peraton
June 2015 — October 2023Test Engineer
Hybrid, Arlington, VA
- Designed and implemented 1,000+ automated UI regression tests from scratch using Selenium (C#) and Visual Studio, covering complex multi-user roles across the entire application
- Performed critical smoke testing to ensure zero-defect deployments for 30+ prod deployments
- Tested countless stories and bugs, documenting detailed test execution steps and results within TFS/Azure DevOps
- Created over 100 high-priority defects found during manual, automated, and exploratory testing
- Executed API-level validation using Swagger, validated logs in Splunk
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This stint marked a pivotal shift in my career as I transitioned from a Software Engineer to a Test Engineer, fully embracing the world of Quality Assurance. I was one of 5+ testers on a large development team. I became an experienced manual tester and expanded my skills in automated testing using Selenium. After 3 years on this project, and another program contract ending, I decided to seek new opportunities outside the government contracting space.
Software Engineer
Hybrid, Arlington, VA
- Maintained and added to preexisting Selenium automated test suite (Java) containing hundreds of UI tests, monitored results daily, mastered creation of XPaths
- Became team lead and scrum master in 2020, led team of 5-10 members over 7+ months, including running sprint ceremonies, assisting team members, and conducting code reviews
- Completed back-end Java developer tickets, including creating and maintaining Unit Tests using JUnit
- Assisted the test team with regression testing before every release
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My career in tech started as a back-end developer at Solers, a government contracting company. Over a five-year tenure as a Software Engineer, I contributed to a diverse range of government projects, developing a keen eye for identifying defects and a passion for root-cause analysis. Eventually, I took ownership of a legacy Selenium test suite which was used for automating UI test cases for a web application. Transforming that framework kickstarted my passion for automated testing. During my time on that project, the company was acquired by Peraton, a larger government contractor. When the program contract ended, I used this as an opportunity to alter my career path.