Test Cases

Alex Podimov

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416-***-**** ***********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a QA analyst position where I can contribute my software testing experience, programming knowledge, analytical skills and work experience.

SKILLS

Black Box/White Box testing of Client/Server, Web based and Multi-tier applications.

System, Functional/Integration, Regression, User Acceptance (UAT), Interface Compatibility (GUI) testing.

Creation of Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, and other QA documents based on BRDs and development of design materials.

Test management tools: HP Quality Center 11.0, Microsoft Test Manager, Jira (Zephyr).

Automated testing tools: Selenium, Ranorex, TestComplete, SoapUI, HP QTP/ALM.

Performance, Stress and Load testing tools: JMeter, LoadRunner.

Programming Skills at Testing Level: Java, JavaScript, Node.JS, HTML, XML, PHP, VB.NET, ASP.NET, C++, C#, SQL/PL

Version Control Systems: SVN and Git.

Organizational: Agile / Scrum / V- Model.

Environnements: MS Windows, Linux RedHat, Ubuntu.

Databases: Oracle, SQL-Sever, MySQL, PostgreSQL.

Other tools and applications: MS Visual Studio/.NET applications, Oracle SQL Developer, Eclipse, MS Office Suite (MS Visio, Project, Access, Excel, Word).

EDUCATION

Computer Engineering Technology Advanced Diploma September 2010 – April 2014

Seneca College, Toronto, ON.

Completed numerous electronics and computer engineering courses including electronic devices, digital electronics and microcontrollers, knowledge in assembly and VHDL languages.

Completed numerous communication courses including analog and digital data communications.

Completed numerous programming languages courses including: C/C++/C#, VB, PL/SQL, ASP.NET.

Completed numerous Linux related and networking courses, holds Cisco CCNA 1/2/4 certificates.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Designed and programmed computer store windows forms application, using VB, Microsoft Access and SQL queries.

Developed ATM machine simulation project using HCS08 Microcontroller on ALTERA DE1 board. Programed on C language using state machine approach.

Programmed media recorder simulation project using C++ language and CMD environment.

Developed video store database using Oracle SQL. Application was designed using ASP.NET/VB.NET, including DAO classes and PL/SQL programming.

Programmed Windows Phone application for academic grades calculation using MVS 2008 on C#.

Designed and built solar panel tracker/charger as final/technical project using Arduino microcontroller, solar panels, and servo motors and charging circuit. Developed state machine logic for microcontroller and programmed using C language.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Software QA Automation Analyst

Fugro Roadware Inc. March 2018 - Present

Transitioning existing and creating new tests in Selenium framework on Java with Maven, TestNG, REST-assured, Jenkins, CI/CD pipeline, improving and expanding overall test framework.

Participated in continuous testing of two major company applications, windows (.NET) and WEB based. Involved in continuous development and integration process.

Created detailed test cases and updated older outdated on TestRail.

Conducted research for suitable automation tools to cover both windows and web based applications with potential to cover mobile in the future.

Investigated Ranorex and TestComplete automation tools to suit existing company’s applications, created full regression test suites both for .NET and Web applications.

Recreated older test suite on TestComplete from Ranorex(used previously within the company).

Created complex queries (MS-SQL) to manipulate and verify data.

Organized repositories for both test suites (Bitbucket + mercurial(hg)).

Maintained company's documents and created bug reports (Jira).

QA Analyst (contract)

Indigo Books & Music October 2017 – March 2018

Participated in massive core system update with large amounts of different data involved.

Created detailed test cases based on comprehensive test scenarios.

Created complex MS-SQL queries to verify/manipulate data in huge databases.

Organized/created TCs and bugs using JIRA (Zephyr).

Worked close with developers to understand how data migration applications work.

Reviewed and improved some internal QA documentation.

Manipulated .XSD and .XML files, as well as .CSVs for data processing.

Involved in maintaining and executing existing automation suits using Selenium on Java.

QA Analyst (contract)

Moody's Analytics (CSI.CA) Toronto, ON August 2016 – April 2017

Participated in complex web based project development.

Created detailed test plans based on comprehensive BRDs

Participated in TPs peer reviews and BRDs walkthroughs.

Performed System, Integration, Regression, Performance, User Acceptance (UAT) and GUI testing by developing and executing different types of test cases.

Performed manual testing and created test plan to automate regression testing using TestComplete.

Designed load testing setup using JMeter and specifications from IT team.

Created detailed bug reports using JIRA (Zephyr).

Worked close with developers and business analysts to analyze project’s requirements and details, provided feedback as required.

Created complex SQL (Oracle) queries/views to improve testing flexibility and data verification/extraction.

QA Tester (contract)

Smart Test Inc., Toronto, ON. May 2014 – July 2016

Participated in numerous testing projects including web based and MS Windows applications.

Wrote and executed SQL queries to validate the application functionality with the database tables

Designed test cases based on requirements, analyzed and provided feedback.

Executed manual E2E cycles, as well as regression testing.

Organized bug reports using HP QC and JIRA, used SVN/GIT as version control tool.

Performed load/performance testing using LoadRunner.

Performed cross browser testing on the various platforms MS Windows, Mac OS.

Executed test automation using QTP and Selenium/Junit.

Initial and Final Test Operator April 2009 – August 2010

Celestica, Toronto, ON.

Organized test stations, performed setup, diagnosed and corrected test process.

Logged issues, fail pass results for further analysis.

Operated test stations, performed functional and final tests for a variety of electronic products.

Performed root cause analysis.

Radio Equipment Repair Technician January 2003 – January 2006

Signal Corps, Israeli Army

References

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