DevOps with Docker/ Full stack CICD and Containers

2023

University of Helsinki, Finland

University courses to leverage best DevOps practices in CICD, Docker and containerisation of the automated test suites.

EPAM University - Test Automation

2022 - 2023

EPAM, Malaga, Spain

Practical internship course of automation testing with JavaScript using WebdriverIO, Cypress, Mocha frameworks, Postman API platform. Participation in various E2E and API automation testing projects.

Bachelor of Business administration

2004 - 2006

Dutch Delta University, Netherlands

Three-year professional undergraduate course in Business Management.

LEAD QA AUTOMATION ENGINEER

2023 - Present

Verisk Underwriting Solutions

• Led the mixed team of 10 QA analysts in API, UI, and performance testing in an Agile environment.
• I created a whole team-level Test Automation Framework from scratch leveraging Playwright, K6, and Newman and integrated into it 4 different insurance and underwriting-related projects to eliminate the spread in tools and technical stack.
• Developed an automated API test code generator application that led to an increase of 70% in efficiency in testing through automation for 2 DEV QA functional testing projects, leveraging Six Sigma principles that banked more than 700 hours of yearly labor savings, eliminating manual activities and freeing time for exploratory and risk-based testing.
• Developed 2 test support npm packages to assist in the establishment of a robust CI/CD pipeline using Bamboo and Jenkins, incorporating smoke and regression data-driven API, UI, and performance test suites. These improvements ensured seamless code deployment up to best testing standards and reduced deployment time by 2x times.
• Conducted more than 10 team training during a year to adopt the latest test automation tendencies. Motivated 4 team members to obtain Playwright certification to become confident automated test developers. Mentored one QA analyst in test automation.
• Created the comprehensive testing documentation and delegated its maintenance to responsible team members.
• Strong practical experience in requirements analysis, test effort estimating, test design, test development, test review, test execution, test result evaluating and test reporting. Work in close communication with developement team under the discovered issues. Organizing and test running in manual and automation functional testing, API, performance, installation, regression testing. Proficient in test design techniques such as equivalent partitioning, boundary values analysis, pairwise method.
• Established a unified automated reporting system within the test automation framework for real-time stakeholder notification and shortening of the feedback loop that provides immediate test results visibility.

QA AUTOMATION ENGINEER

2022

EPAM, Malaga, Spain

• Developed complete UI and API test automation regression suites with Cypress, migrated from WebdriverIO and Mocha/Postman frameworks, that allowed to unify the technical stack on the health software project.
• Analyzed test suites, and developed test plan improvements based on existing risk analysis that shortened the test execution by 20%, and eased the test automation candidates' evaluation.
• Gained valuable experience in test automation and integration into CICD pipeline leveraging Docker, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins produced a consistent test environment reducing the test maintenance time by 20%.
• Performed proficient API automation testing using Postman, validating the functionality and performance of APIs.
• Led test planning initiatives and conducted thorough requirements testing, ensuring alignment with project objectives to cover main risk areas.
• Managed test results reporting and test results evaluation via automation.
• Worked in close communication with development team under the discovered issues.
• Embraced Agile, Scrum, and Kanban methodologies, gaining proficiency in project management tools to enhance collaborative and streamlined workflows.

MANUAL/AUTOMATION QA ANALYST

2018 - 2022

Virona IT, Minsk, Belarus

• Gained extensive experience in remote working with a development team on sports domain software products and performed both functional and non-functional testing, covering smoke, regression, sanity, retest, UI/UX, usability, and localization throughout the testing life cycle.
• Obtained strong practical experience in static and dynamic testing of the Application Under Test, requirements analysis, test effort estimating, and test design techniques.
• Handled positive and negative testing scenarios for UI, API, and functionality using WebdriverIO, Postman/Newman, and Mocha/Supertest.

MANAGER

2009 - 2018

Club de Hockey, Benalmadena, Spain

• I have gained valuable managerial experience including customers relationship management, conflicts resolution, sales/service and office management in Sport industry.