Scott Balun
Senior Quality Assurance Consultant at Sparq
Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Balun is a Senior Quality Assurance Consultant with over a decade of hands-on experience modernizing and testing complex enterprise platforms, currently focused on API testing for Spring Boot services using Karate. He combines deep technical skills—automation scripting, backend SQL validation, and integration triage—with servant leadership experience as a Scrum Master and QA manager who has built and mentored high-performing teams. Scott’s background spans startups to large vendors like VMware and Brightstar, where he shaped test strategies, ran global scrum ceremonies, and owned release-night QA activities. A lifelong technologist and continuous learner, he pairs practical process improvements with clear communication to reduce defects and accelerate delivery. Off the clock he’s an active musician and web maintainer, a detail that surfaces in his disciplined, collaborative approach to both stage and software. Based in Alpharetta, GA, he brings a rare blend of testing craftsmanship, cross-functional coaching, and real-world product support experience.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Systems, Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Systems, Information Technology at Kennesaw State University
Github Skills (5)
squash10
git-repository6
git-client5
git4
java2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sbalun/java_course
Feb 2021 - Dec 2022
Exercises from the TAU Java Course
Contributions:1 review, 8 PRs, 76 pushes in 1 year 10 months
javataujava8
sbalun/spring-boot-demo
Feb 2023 - Feb 2023
Contributions:25 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
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