Jim Cameron's CV

Looking for Test Manager/Test Lead, or technical Test Analyst roles.

Based in Edinburgh. Will travel.

Available immediately, having completed at BSkyB (Test Automation role).

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Summary of recent Experience

BSkyB   Livingston, Scotland   Oct 2011 to Feb 2012

Reworking of CRM. Designing System tests + Integration with Arbor billing, then building automation scripts and running. Agile BDD environment using Selenium, Fitnesse (Spider fixture, Fit and DBfit). Junit framework tests built from Selenium. Continuous Integration testing via nightly builds.

Technology: Fitnesse FitLibraryWeb  Dbfit Selenium Chordiant CRM   Arbor Billing Jira   Quality center GIT  Subversion Java Ruby Apache  Oracle DB    Toad SQL Developer Java Beans Eclipse Maven Ant.

Senior Test Analyst TPF Edinburgh Sep09 to Aug11

Very large scale Data Migration of Credit cards customers from RBS to TSYS, and Insurance data from Mainframe/Vsam to multiple to Oracle 10i, then Integration with multiple third parties.
Script design and execution Financial reconciliation.
Set up Sys Test environments.
Built and tested encryption (PGP and AES256)
Built testing tools to parse and compare files
across systems (VBA/Excel, Shell script, Awk, Python).
Technology: Mainframe IBM, Cobol. DB2 SQL. IBM Datastage, Oracle, Toad, Excel, SQL, XML, Oxygen, Xsd, Schematron, PGP , TS/2, MS Access 2010, IBM PasPorte (Linux). 

UAT Test Manager SHL Surrey Dec 08 to Jun 09

SHL deliver web based cost effective e-procurement, and other psychometric testing to blue chip clients worldwide. 24 hrs availability to support global time zones. Key Responsibilities: · Delivered UAT on 4 projects simultaneously. · Data migration testing from previous platform. · Managed Automated regression testing, Daily on 4 environments including a Model Office. · Responsible for the test process, Execution and Environment management. · Project Management: Defect Management and supplier management (x4) · Managed a 22-strong offshore team (Hexaware, Chennai). Quality Center v9.0 for tracking execution and managing defects. Technology: C#, Apache, SQL/Server, IIS, Windows XP+2003+Vista, Windows 7, QuickTestPro, Quality Centre, VirtualPC (similar to Vmware).

Loadrunner Consultant Welsh Govt, Cardiff Nov 09

Prepared a feasibility study into load testing a documentation database for the Welsh Government.  (Service Oriented Architecture SOA  CORBA/IIOP with a Smalltalk client) Key Responsibilities:  Assessed the feasibility of tools including Loadrunner, Borland Silkrunner, IBM Facilita, Compuware, and others.
Assessed Vuser types including Java, Web, Sockets, Web services & Orb · Built basic Socket-level scripts.

Snr Test manager IBM Edinburgh Permanent Oct 06 to Sep 08

Initially Telelogic but IBM took over. An Agile (BDD) software house, the market leader in Requirements Management (RM) with tools such as Doors, Web Access, and Focal Point. Agile development similar to Openup. Responsible for defining, planning, managing and controlling the test process, as well as managing the test teams. Successfully delivered nine projects in 18 months, typically two in parallel, maximum six. Key Responsibilities: · Responsibility for the delivery of Testing on Web services and SOA under Windows and Unix (Solaris and Red Hat). · Introduced Structured test design methodology (ANSI/IEE based) and risk assessment. · Responsible for Environment setup. · Managed Performance testing ; built a capacity model using volumetrics. Web, Sockets and Custom/API vuser scripts. · Coaching and Mentoring of staff · Line Management of all testing staff · Helped two projects to become more agile, and introduced TDD for a third. · Used Quality Center v9.5 for building and executing test cases, tracking to requirements, and managing defects. Technology: ISO9001, Java, C#, Weblogic, Oracle, Toad, VIA/Webspher/MQ, XML Spy, Windows XP+2003+Vista+2000+NT, , Solaris, Redhat Linux 4/5, Synergy, Oracle, Citrix, Loadrunner, Winrunner, QuickTestPro, Quality Centre, Vmware. Integration partners: Quality Centre, Rational Clearcase, Clearquest, Rose. Installshield.

For earlier assignments see CV