Alexis Mejias

Worked with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) on the NI2 (NISS Increment 2) application, a secure web platform that processes DD254 forms and SF328s for classified contractor access and personnel security.

• Established and scaled a software test function from the ground up, defining processes and standards adopted by 20+ engineers. Built a Playwright E2E automation framework with Docker containerization and custom PKI soft certificate authentication.
• Reduced regression cycles from 3 days to 1 day through automation and process improvements
• Embedded shift-left QA using ATDD/BDD, reducing escaped defects by 30%
• Designed UAT strategy for 100+ external government testers, informing release readiness decisions
• Built Jira dashboards and reporting frameworks, eliminating ~4 hours/week of manual reporting

ATAK (Android Team Awareness Kit) is a tactical situational awareness app used by the military for precision targeting, navigation, and secure data sharing in the field.

• Conducted integration and operational testing of ATAK and Army C2 systems on hardware test benches, validating software performance across LAN, WAN, SATCOM, Linux, and Android tactical edge environments.
• Validated software performance across tactical network environments using hardware test benches
• Analyzed, tracked, and resolved defects using GitLab, ensuring alignment with military operational requirements
• Mentored team members on testing standards, improving execution consistency and Agile/SAFe adoption

Axios is a news media platform delivering professional journalism through its web and mobile apps.

• Led test automation efforts using Cypress, driving a 60% increase in E2E and regression coverage.
• Increased E2E/regression coverage by 60% and reduced testing time by 20% through Cypress suite refactoring
• Built 200+ reusable test scripts for web and mobile using Jira Xray
• Pioneered AI-assisted test authoring workflows that reduced test creation time by 50%
• Mentored other QA engineers on Cypress, improving team skills and test automation maturity

CoStar Group is a leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.

• Increased test coverage by 40% and reduced execution time by 30% with Cypress/Gherkin framework
• Led a data accuracy initiative conducting root cause analysis on web-scrape quality issues through researcher interviews and output analysis; collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify defect sources and implement scrape improvements, raising data accuracy by 25%
• Maintained full test suite in TFS with version-controlled artifacts aligned to release milestones