Tamera Brown

About Me

I started my journey with programming in 2014 using C/C++ when I was in undergrad at Bowie State University, It wasn't until my junior/senior year when I took Software Engineering and Virtual Reality & its Principles that I really got a sense of what I wanted to do and fueled my passion for developing and designing software. After college, wanting to learn more and finding little to no jobs using C/C++, I took the initiative to teach myself other languages like Java and Python through Youtube/Codecademy so I could create projects to showcase my knowledge in what I learned. Now, I am taking on Test Automation to combine with my knowledge of Full Stack Development and Data Science. My hobbies include: listening to music, reading books, playing video/computer games, and creating personal projects.

Skills

Here are some of the skills that I have aquired over the years since I have been programming, but I love to learn and I'm confident in my ability to pick up new Technologies & Frameworks

Java 90%

HTML/CSS/JS 90%

Python 80%

C/C++ 95%

MySQL/PostgreSQL 95%

Spring Boot 95%

JPA/Hibernate 80%

Angular 85%

React 80%

Machine Learning 70%

Resume

Education

Bowie State University

2014 - 2019

Bachelor of Science-Computer Science

Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Certificate: Completed Courses That Satisfy all Mandatory Knowledge Unit Requirements and at Least Five Optional Knowledge Unit Requirements as Specified by DHS and NSA. Bowie State is a Recognized National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education by These Agencies.

Professional Experience

Test Automation Engineer

April 2023 - Current

Remote

Member of the Testing team supporting client application

Use Selenide to write TestNG automated tests in Eclipse IDE to verify application's functionality based on acceptance criteria in Jira tickets created by developers
Identify any bugs/regressions with application and create Jira tickets for developers
Use Bitbucket to create pull requests so team members can review code changes and provide feedback on test tickets assigned by team lead
Identify any bugs with testing codebase and create Jira tickets to fix accordingly
Work with internal team on Disaster Evacuation application to utilize reinforcement learning

Java Developer at American Express/Infosys

June 2022 - Feb 2023

Contract

OmegaHires, Remote

Member of the Debit Authorization Team within the Digital Banking Platform

Enriched and transformed raw transactions that were received
Integrated with new Amex frameworks and set up meetings with respective teams to learn engagement process and/or requirements needed
Developed schema for new Debit Authorization feature for consumers
Collaborated with multiple teams to ensure enriched transactions are easily traced and sent through Amex pipeline for banking events
End-to-End Testing by checking Kibana and Splunk logs
Participated in daily standup and sprint refinement sessions
Managed project/technology setup documentation in Confluence
Used Jira by creating tickets to track user stories, issues, and schema deployments
Supported Data & Reporting team with feature work

Full Stack Engineer

Jan 2021 - Mar 2022

Talent Path, Washington, DC

Full Stack Cohort (Jan 2021-Mar 2021)

Demonstrated Proficiency in Full Stack Development through the use of multiple frameworks and libraries
Completed projects by collaborating with an agile team by doing daily standups and sprint planning
Utilized Junit 5 for testing Spring Boot backend projects built with Gradle/Maven
Demonstrated the ability to produce in a highly collaborative environment
Created oral PowerPoint presentations and demos of developed applications
Created weekly videos using OBS studio that are uploaded on YouTube to showcase work
Leveraged Git for version control
Submitted pull requests upon completing new features to be peer reviewed and then merged by lead
Consulted with product owner/manager to obtain requirements

AI/ML Cohort (June 2021-Aug 2021)

Demonstrated Proficiency in AI/ML using Python and Jupyter Notebook to train models within these categories: Regression, Classification, Natural Language Processing, and Neural Networks
Created oral presentations of findings in the form of PowerPoint or GitHub Page

MLOps Engineer

Aug 2021 - Feb 2022

Contract

Dell Technnologies, Austin,TX

Used Docker and Kubernetes cluster to set up Mlflow that enable data scientists to have super-fast real-time model inference and experimentation with Dell Digital’s AI Personalization Platform

Completed projects by collaborating with an agile team by doing daily standups
Leveraged Git for version control
Submitted pull requests upon completing new features to be peer reviewed and then merged by lead
Managed project documentation in Confluence
Consulted with Manger to obtain requirements

Full Stack Java Developer

May 2020 - Jan 2021

Cognixia, Basking Ridge, NJ

Developed a Full suite Spring Boot REST API, implementing Spring Security, Hibernate, JPA, and Mockito Test Suite
Code Review and Testing – applied Test-Driven Development using Junit and Mockito Unit Testing for a Spring Boot REST AP
Technical Articulation – presented Full Stack Application development after regular SCRUM Sprints, as well as created USER Stories for Sprint Planning.