Walter Valdez
IBM Consultant - Software Quality Assurance Engineer
City of Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
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Top SchoolWalter Valdez is an IBM Consultant and Software Quality Assurance Engineer with eight years of experience blending hands-on testing, automation, and accessibility expertise across Salesforce, cloud, and government healthcare projects. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he brings disciplined operational rigor to fast-paced, remote, and multicultural teams, having supported mission-critical clients like the Department of Veterans Affairs. Walter designs and executes test plans and TDD workflows, performs 508 accessibility testing with assistive tools like JAWS, and has delivered measurable accuracy and efficiency gains through data-driven automation. Trained as a Java full‑stack developer and Salesforce Administrator, he pairs low-code citizen-development experience with deeper technical skills in RESTful services, AWS, and database administration. He’s equally comfortable converting legacy processes to agile delivery as he is building Centers of Excellence for low-code solutions, making him a pragmatic bridge between business owners and engineering teams.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration and Management, General, Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration and Management, General at University of PhoenixMSSA Certificate of Completion, Cyber and Cloud Administration, MSSA Certificate of Completion, Cyber and Cloud Administration at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversitySalesforce MilitarySalesforce Administrator Certification, Salesforce Administrator Certification at Trailhead by SalesforceAssociate of Science - AS, General Studies, Associate of Science - AS, General Studies at Central Texas CollegeCertificate, Computer Software and Media Applications, Certificate, Computer Software and Media Applications at Skill Distillery Java Full-Stack BootcampUniversity of Texas at San AntonioSelected Coursework, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia, Selected Coursework, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia at Austin Community College
English, Spanish, German
Github Skills (5)
slack-bot5
slack3
chatops2
bot-framework2
python1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
theunmanifested/Walter_Portfolio
Jun 2019 - Mar 2021
Contributions:41 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year 9 months
theunmanifested/theunmanifested.github.io
Dec 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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