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Revision as of 03:03, 5 August 2024
| Name | Vincent Dirks |
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| vincent@dirksonline.net | |
| Mob | 021-0269-6216 |
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| Location | Parau, West Auckland |
| Download | Curriculum Vitae pdf |
Vincent Dirks - Software Quality Engineer
As a versatile Software Quality Engineer, I aim to understand the nuances of the product, team dynamics, technological landscapes, and organisational structures so that I can adapt and contribute effectively. I specialise in adapting to diverse contexts, and look beyond traditional testing methodologies to consider the design of the whole quality ecosystem necessary for delivering quality software solutions efficiently.
Skills
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Work Experience
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Upskilling & Community Roles 2024 (May-2024 - Current)
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- Upskilling whilst looking for work, breathing life back into the Ministry of Testing - Auckland meetup group, and managing the Laingholm Village Hall
Water Services Reform, DIA - Senior Test Automation Engineer (Nov-2023 - Jan-2024)
| Java, Maven, Selenium, POM's, Tidal. Wave, IntelliJ, Web App Testing, Azure DevOps |
- Contracting through TTC Global. Test Automation team, Three Waters Project, developing a UI Automation suite in Java using the Tidal. wave Selenium automation library
Westpac NZ - Senior Automation Quality Engineer (Apr-2021 - Nov-2023)
- Served as a roving Automation Quality Engineer, addressing testing and automation needs across multiple teams. Conducted testing and automation for mobile apps (Appium & XCUITest), a D365 web UI (Java, Selenium, POM's), and various APIs (Java, REST Assured). Also contributed as a platform engineer supporting Splunk, and developed a React web app for visualising test environments (Node.js, React, mermaid.js).
FirstAML - Test Analyst (Oct-2020 - Mar-2021)
| Postman, AML/CFT, Accessibility, Data Privacy, GraphQL, AWS |
- Served as a quality coach for a startup company developing a ReactJS Web App for the AML/CFT (Anti-Money Laundering/Countering Financing of Terrorism) sector.
Weather Radar NZ limited - Weather Radar Systems Engineer (Jun-2020 - Oct-2020)
| Weather Radar Systems, Electronics, Embedded Testing, Arduino |
- Contracting 4 days/week. Retrofitting legacy weather radars with embedded Arduino micro controllers. Designing new electronics, PCB's, maintaining power waveguide systems, and performing signal analysis.
Grappler- Agile Quality Analyst (Jun-2020 - Oct-2020)
| Postman, Newman, Google Cloud Platform, JavaScript, Node.js, Express.js |
- Contracting 1 day/week. Developed a small solution to run a Postman collection in Google Cloud Platform and a simple Web UI (Node.js, Express.js) to trigger test runs and display HTML test reports.
Fiserv Auckland - Intermediate Software Test Engineer (Jan-2017 - Apr-2020)
- Native Mobile App functional and accessibility testing. API testing and automation, using Postman/Newman, Specflow with C#, JavaScript (Postman, Node.js, Express.js), Splunk for dashboards, TFS & Powershell for System deployment automation. Created the Postman Testrunner Framework (PTF) for automated API integration checks and environment health monitoring.
Trade Me - Senior Software Test Analyst (Dec-2014 - Aug-2016)
- Context-driven exploratory testing for software changes to the iconic Trade Me website, focussing on the Motors page & features. My responsibilities included testing DBs, UIs, APIs, and mobile apps, leading deployments, conducting test planning and peer reviews, utilising BDD and visual test tools. I gained experience with implementing agile methods, Splunk, ReadyAPI, XMind, Jira, and Confluence. I also enjoyed onboarding new staff and contributing to the test and agile guilds.
Pre-2014 Roles
| Risk Based Testing, VB, Embedded Dev & Test, MRP II, Electronics, Logistics, Networking, Training & Tutoring, C++, Customer & Tech Support, Production Planning, Documentation, Specifications, Sales Forecasting |
- Software Tester, Logistics Manager, Caregiver, Software Engineer, Development & Support Engineer, Production Scheduler, Physics Tutor
Related wiki pages
References
- TTC, Westpac , Fiserv , Trade Me Motors
GitHub Profile
Volunteering
- Laingholm & Districts Citizens Association, Ministry of Testing, Eastern Suburbs AFC, Glendowie Boating Club, MOTAT, Eastern Suburbs Montessori Primary School
Professional Development
- Conferences, workshops, meetups etc.
Education
- University of Auckland: ME(Elec) 1993
Presentations, Posts, and blogs
What I'm reading, watching, listening, learning, and trying out in 2024
Learning
- I'm going to try use this to test some of my CV Wiki site.
- See my notes as well as GitHub repo #1, and repo #2
My Personal Observability Project
- Express.js basic hello world and my node.js-in-the-cloud repo
- Kubernetes vs. Docker by Josh Campbell at Atlassian
- I want to learn the difference between these technologies to see how it might apply to my Observability Project
- Setting up Docker Desktop at home to run the Docker Splunk Image
Test Community Events
- Attended NZTestingConf 2024 in Wellington. Presentations:
- Shay Naiki, QA Manager @ Alphero: Creating a collaborative culture in the testing world: lessons from life in a digital agency
- Nevetha Mani, Product Human @ Hectre: Off the beaten path: rethinking quality in the startup world
- Emma Procter & Jonathan Shirley, @ PikPok: Finding the fun: researching and playtesting games at PikPok
- Patricio Miner, Content Creator @ Free Range Testers: ETL: the testing niche you've never thought of
- Toby Martin, QA Practice Lead @ Pushpay: Stop automating, start investigating: a guide to slowing down to speed up
- Ryan Bevens, QA Community Manager @ Potentia: Diary of a reluctant recruiter: your value as a tester
Interesting Reads
- A Context Driven Approach to Automation in Testing By James Bach and Michael Bolton
- Quote: "dynamically evaluating context and selecting, designing, or adjusting our actions to solve the problems that we encounter."
- Round Earth Test Strategy by James Bach
- Interesting alternative to the "Test Automation Pyramid".
- Quote: There are testing problems to consider at every level, "Quality above requires quality below".
Archive
- Old pre-2024 entries