I am a seasoned software professional with extensive experience in software development and quality assurance, specializing in manual and automated testing, test planning, and release management. I collaborate closely with software teams in Agile environments, writing test procedures and automation scripts in Perl, Tcl, and shell, and working with PostgreSQL databases. I enjoy solving complex problems and helping products reach high quality standards.

Robert Dusek

I am a seasoned software professional with extensive experience in software development and quality assurance, specializing in manual and automated testing, test planning, and release management. I collaborate closely with software teams in Agile environments, writing test procedures and automation scripts in Perl, Tcl, and shell, and working with PostgreSQL databases. I enjoy solving complex problems and helping products reach high quality standards.

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I am a seasoned software professional with extensive experience in software development and quality assurance, specializing in manual and automated testing, test planning, and release management.

I collaborate closely with software teams in Agile environments, writing test procedures and automation scripts in Perl, Tcl, and shell, and working with PostgreSQL databases. I enjoy solving complex problems and helping products reach high quality standards.

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Skills

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Software Quality Assurance Engineer at RF Code
March 1, 2015 - December 31, 2025
Manual testing of new features and regression testing on an active RFID data center asset management system. Collaborated with software development team in an Agile environment using JIRA, Confluence, and Slack. Wrote new test procedures for features, including scripts for configuration and results analysis in Perl, ksh, and C. Filed defect reports and worked with developers to diagnose and verify fixes. Communicated with QA team on complex testing scenarios. Performed minor PostgreSQL database administration tasks including installation, database creation, and simple SQL queries. Personally responsible for filing and validating over 150 confirmed product defects.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Ciena Corp / World Wide Packets
April 1, 2006 - September 30, 2014
Developed, enhanced and maintained automated software test applications in Tcl for high-availability Ethernet products; automated device configuration and results reporting; used Ixia traffic generators, MGSoft SNMP tools, and Git for source control. Maintained automated test framework in Perl under Linux; ran regression tests for multiple concurrent software releases; analyzed test failures, filed defects, and verified fixes. Coordinated with cross-functional teams to ensure quality across releases.
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Kelly Engineering Resources
September 1, 2005 - February 28, 2006
Regression test suite maintenance; regression test failure analysis and reporting.
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Spherion Professional Services Group
March 1, 2006 - March 31, 2006
Regression test failure analysis and reporting.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer at VIEO Inc.
August 1, 2003 - June 30, 2005
Testing of Layer 2 Ethernet functionality and compliance; developed and maintained software tools for testing and test case tracking.
Senior Software Developer at Concero Group
January 1, 1995 - March 31, 2001
Enterprise software porting and debugging; software testing; software build and release management.
Software Engineer at Sun Microsystems Inc.
September 1, 1993 - January 31, 1995
Operating systems POSIX standards compliance testing.
Software Engineer at Amdahl Corporation
April 1, 1988 - September 30, 1993
Software testing; software build and release management.

Education

B.S. at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1987
A.A.S. at Alamo Colleges
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1985

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics