Dave Allison
About Dave Allison
Dave Allison is a Senior QA Automation Engineer currently working at Intact in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has a diverse background in quality assurance and technical support, with previous roles at Canon, Broadsign, TELUS, and Maitre'D by Posera.
Work at Intact Financial Corporation
Dave Allison has been employed as a Senior QA Automation Engineer at Intact Financial Corporation since 2020. In this role, he focuses on ensuring the quality of software through automated testing processes. His responsibilities include utilizing Gitlab CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and deployment, as well as implementing automated testing frameworks. He also handles Kubernetes deployments in non-production environments, contributing to the overall efficiency and reliability of the software development lifecycle.
Previous Experience in Quality Assurance
Before joining Intact Financial Corporation, Dave Allison worked at Broadsign as a QA Analyst from 2018 to 2020. His role involved testing software applications to ensure they met quality standards. Prior to that, he spent 13 years at Maitre'D by Posera, where he served as an Integrations Specialist and QA Analyst, focusing on mobile, payment processing, and POS systems. His career also includes a position at TELUS as a Technical Support representative from 2004 to 2005.
Education and Expertise
Dave Allison has a strong educational background in technology and design. He studied Sound Design and Electro Acoustics at Concordia University. He also attended Dawson College, where he earned certificates in Windows Server 2008 Administration, HTML Basics, and Adobe Illustrator. Additionally, he studied SQL and Oracle at College Maisonneuve. His technical expertise includes validating AI model calculations using API and Kafka, as well as using Kibana and Grafana for logging and analysis.
Personal Projects and Technical Skills
Dave Allison has developed personal projects that showcase his technical skills. He created a CI/CD project that involved building a front-end website using Python and Flask, with a backend SQLite database managed through SQLAlchemy. He also deployed a project using Docker-Compose in a Kubernetes Mini-Kube Cluster, enabling auto-scaling of pods with an Ingress server. His experience includes implementing automated testing using Postman and Newman CLI, integrated with Jenkins for continuous integration.