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I'm Gary Drocella, a software engineer based in Pasadena, Maryland, with over six years of software development experience. I focus on software quality, Python, and JavaScript, and I enjoy turning ideas into reliable, scalable tools. In my career, I built end-to-end automated tests for OSSNAP at the SSA, led the Compass automation framework at Northrop Grumman, and contributed to infrastructure projects at the University of Maryland. I'm committed to continuous improvement and helping teams ship high-quality software through thoughtful testing and robust engineering practices.…I'm Gary Drocella, a software engineer based in Pasadena, Maryland, with over six years of software development experience. I focus on software quality, Python, and JavaScript, and I enjoy turning ideas into reliable, scalable tools. In my career, I built end-to-end automated tests for OSSNAP at the SSA, led the Compass automation framework at Northrop Grumman, and contributed to infrastructure projects at the University of Maryland. I'm committed to continuous improvement and helping teams ship high-quality software through thoughtful testing and robust engineering practices.

Gary Drocella

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I'm Gary Drocella, a software engineer based in Pasadena, Maryland, with over six years of software development experience. I focus on software quality, Python, and JavaScript, and I enjoy turning ideas into reliable, scalable tools. In my career, I built end-to-end automated tests for OSSNAP at the SSA, led the Compass automation framework at Northrop Grumman, and contributed to infrastructure projects at the University of Maryland. I'm committed to continuous improvement and helping teams ship high-quality software through thoughtful testing and robust engineering practices.…I'm Gary Drocella, a software engineer based in Pasadena, Maryland, with over six years of software development experience. I focus on software quality, Python, and JavaScript, and I enjoy turning ideas into reliable, scalable tools. In my career, I built end-to-end automated tests for OSSNAP at the SSA, led the Compass automation framework at Northrop Grumman, and contributed to infrastructure projects at the University of Maryland. I'm committed to continuous improvement and helping teams ship high-quality software through thoughtful testing and robust engineering practices.

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I’m Gary Drocella, a software engineer based in Pasadena, Maryland, with over six years of software development experience. I focus on software quality, Python, and JavaScript, and I enjoy turning ideas into reliable, scalable tools.

In my career, I built end-to-end automated tests for OSSNAP at the SSA, led the Compass automation framework at Northrop Grumman, and contributed to infrastructure projects at the University of Maryland. I’m committed to continuous improvement and helping teams ship high-quality software through thoughtful testing and robust engineering practices.

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IT Specialist at Social Security Administration

June 1, 2020 - May 1, 2021

Developed end-to-end automated tests for the OSSNAP web application using Cucumber (BDD), Protractor, and JavaScript; implemented browser configuration generation for multi-browser testing; created a simple code generator to reduce repetitive coding tasks; enabled parallel testing with Selenium Grid; standardized automation on OSSNAP; produced documentation; implemented data-driven tests with ReadyAPI; authored Groovy scripts for ReadyAPI extensions; contributed to Node.js/TypeScript automated UI tests; supported CI/CD with Jenkins; used VersionOne for backlog management; trained subcontractors and SSA staff.

Programming Analyst at Northrop Grumman

January 1, 2019 - June 1, 2020

Led the development of the Compass automation testing framework; designed system architecture; contributed to the Protractor sandbox; developed automated tests in Node.js and TypeScript using the Cucumber framework; mentored automation testers; collaborated with SSA client and internal teams to complete user stories.

IT Engineer at University of Maryland College Park

June 1, 2017 - June 1, 2018

Developed an automated plan creation plugin for the Bamboo Atlassian product; performed Jira/Confluence administration; integrated Duo device registration on a web page; conducted load testing; fixed Grouper bugs; assisted with AWS deployments; built an AWS memory-scaling web application using Spring MVC; helped create Docker images.

Software Engineer at CSC

December 1, 2013 - July 1, 2015

Worked on cloud security mechanisms for the DoD Orion project; signed and verified tokens via public-key infrastructure; implemented an asynchronous invocation pattern for security services; developed a Node.js security client connecting to a Thrift service; created EzLockSmith Thrift services generating keys in MongoDB; EzRegistration service storing application data in Accumulo; used Apache Zookeeper; implemented encryption/decryption modules; performed Vagrant and Puppet-based integration testing; built an Elasticsearch proxy and SSL plugin; created a blacklist for visibilities.

Cyber Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman

July 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013

Contributed to DoD cyber security efforts as part of the Probabilistic Malware Detection Sensor; performed streaming analytics on reconstructed files; stored results in MongoDB; developed Hector service tests with JUnit; prepared Red Hat RPM specifications.

Java Developer at Northrop Grumman

July 1, 2012 - July 1, 2013

Adobe Livecycle engineer for MACPro; developed dynamic, fillable PDFs controlled by JavaScript; created Workflows invoking SQL stored procedures via JDBC to Oracle; designed XML Schema for data bindings.