Resume of Josh Jeppson

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Data Programmability, Microsoft

Feb 2008 to Current - Redmond, WA

Unified DPRuntime .NetFx installation jobs and added logging and many additional features
Stabilized and improved Linq to SQL test code
Eliminated multiple copies of common libraries and utilities in source control
Helped establish a virtual team for test infrastructure improvement
Pushed for increased virtual machine utilization within the team

Software Engineer, Engineering, Avinti

Jul 2004 to Jan 2008 - Orem, UT

Wrote an IIS filter feature in C++ to parse emails and analyze any urls within for malicious content
Designed and wrote product database replication of configuration and data
Improved user experience with interface by moving to AJAX patterns, CSS layout and XHTML
Standardized interface development using database abstraction, templating and an XML based framework
Designed and built an improved web based user interface for iSolation Server using PHP
Created simplified database job scheduling interface
Implemented an in-house web-based product license generation server
Added hierarchical test cases and automated virtual machine support to the in house test harness
Resolved bugs in the existing iSolation Server code base
Maintained, improved and updated an automated email testing script

QA Engineer, Engineering, Avinti

Setup a wiki for use as a knowledgebase
Took responsibility for the in house bugzilla database
Developed an internal test harness to automate testing and tracking of engineering builds
Wrote test scripts and apps in Batch, Bash, VBS, JS, PHP and SQL
System and unit tested iSolation Server

QA Intern, Storage, Novell

Mar 2002 to Aug 2002 - Provo, UT

QA Engineer / Lab Manager, Quality Assurance, Volera

Apr 2001 to Nov 2001 - Orem, UT

Unit, integration and system tested Volera Excelerator and VelocityCDN
Worked closely with IS&T to improve the lab infrastructure, equipment and setup
Improved through testing and working with development, the transparent proxy capability of Volera Excelerator from mediocrity to rock solid stability and performance.
Found and helped to eliminate numerous defects within Excelerator and Velocity CDN
Supported the Quality Assurance team by improving and implementing various lab services, including DNS, DHCP, WCCP, L4-7 switches, etc.

Intern, Advanced Development Group, Novell

Oct 1999 to Mar 2001 - Provo, UT

Tested Novell ICS and supported other QA engineers and interns.
Established a departmental standard test tool kit and reporting mechanism, improving efficiency and communication.
Implemented various high level interoperability and scalability tests, resulting in higher performance and stability.

Intern, Collaboration Application System Test, Novell

Functionality, reliability, scalability and performance testing of Novell products including: Netware, Groupwise, OnDemand, InstantME, DigitalME, eGuide, etc.
Worked closely with developers to solve engineering problems.

Intern, SuperLab, Novell

Maintained lab equipment, including switches, routers, computers, cabling, etc.
Installed and configured new lab services and equipment, increasing available lab resources and improving its marketability.
Developed automation and control software and scripts.
Rewrote many existing lab scripts and maintenance programs to improve usability, performance and features.
Setup complex testing environments for lab customers.