Software Quality Assurance and Testing

Oleg Krugliak

Los Angeles, CA *****

Cell: 618-***-****

****.*********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Quality Assurance with Windows and Mac-based systems:

Wide Experience in setting up QA and Test processes from scratch and install them across the organization, team staffing and coaching.

Solid experience in project investigating and improving QA approaches and work flows.

SDLC methodologies knowledge: Agile, Scrum, Kanban and Waterfall iterative processes.

Project risks analyzing and prioritization from the QA perspective of view.

Experience in creating Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Lists, Test Cases according to the design documents: specifications, requirements, user stories, references, customer's requests, etc.

Setting up different tests like: smoke, deep, cover, full, regress, ad-hoc, performance, usability and other in according with project needs.

Deep investigation and analyzing of issues, problem areas. Collecting test metrics and making extended reports of QA team activities.

Knowledge of Bug tracking systems: implementation and improving QA workflows (Mac Filemaker DB, Bugzilla, Mantis, Redmine, Jira).

Creating Certification/BAT results and reports.

Full stroke of QA product support: Alpha, Beta testing, GM preparing.

Automated Software Testing (Apple script), TestComplete, Selenium IDE.

Manual testing according Specifications, BRD, User Stories, References.

Working with DB: Oracle PL/SQL, basic SQL queries.

EXPERIENCE

QA TEAM LEAD (2015)

Epam (RyanAir.com) Krakow, Poland

Project: Business As Usual program

Profile: Test team leading

Main responsibilities:

Communications with Product owners to determine scope, priorities and specific of each sub-project delivery.

Test scenarios creation and review to ensure all software delivered meets the business requirements.

Test cases Execution across Web using a combination of automated test tools and manual testing.

Integration Testing, End to End testing.

Providing guidance to junior QA’s and test engineers of the team.

Metrics and reports collection, providing to customers review.

QA ANALYST (2014)

Luxoft (Credit Suisse) Wroclaw, Poland

Profile: Quality assurance analytics

Main responsibilities:

Business and functional requirements analysis, documents development (Test Plan, Test Design, Test Cases), QA testing (both Functional and non-Functional types) through different Test Levels, Defects Tracking and Test Results analyzing. TeamCity builds assembling according to delivery requirements.

QA TEAM LEAD (2013-2014)

Luxoft (UBS) – Kiev, Ukraine

Project: GTIS program of UBS investment bank

Profile: Defining Test, QA and QC practices from the start of test activities of the program

Main responsibilities:

Active projects investigations and setting up QA practices and activities according to UBS Test Standard and Test Strategy (amount of testing projects at the same time 26-32) from the zero.

Coaching members of QA team, support and driving of all QA practices and activities,

Developing and supporting all need projects-relates documentation (Test Plans, Strategies, Test Suites, Test Cases, Test Certification Docs, oth.) Quality Control verifications on Dev, Pre-UAT and UAT environments.

Tests automation: Investigation & Implementing Selenium IDE Auto tests.

Project methodology: Scrum/Agile/Kanban.

SENIOR QA/QC SPECIALIST (2012)

Luxoft (Deutsche Bank) – Kiev, Ukraine

Project: Risk Control Room (Horizon) program of Deutsche Bank

Profile: Raising test and QA practices from the start of the project

Main responsibilities:

Project investigation and creation QA&Test documentation according to requirements.

Driving QA activities, Coaching new members of QA team, knowledge transitions from PO side and further support of all QA practices. Developing and supporting Traceability Matrix, Test Cases. Jira Defects/Issues workflow optimization. Quality Control verifications of releasing functionality, User/PO Demo presentations.

Tests automation: Investigation Auto tests on Ruby.

Using tools: Cucumber: writing test cases on business language(steps) and step tech.realization (using Selenium web driver).

Project methodology: Scrum/Agile.

BUSINESS ANALYST & SQA (2011)

Luxoft (UBS) – Kiev, Ukraine

Project: Risk Managing Control Renewal program of UBS investment bank

Profile: Project Business analysis, Documentation creating.

Main responsibilities:

Collecting requirements and specifications, creation specifications by example.

Creating Test documentation according to requirement.

Testing according with prepared documentation. Test reports generation.

Working on improvement and support of the software testing and development process. Quality Control of releasing functionality.

Project methodology: Scrum/Agile/Kanban.

LEAD of WEB QA TEAM (2010-2011)

Global Logic Kiev, Ukraine

Project: Testing Web-resources for Carbonite.com backup online services

Profile: Controlling and coordinating activities of test group in accordance with operating backlogs

Main responsibilities:

Coordinate the work of all the participants in the Web sub-project. Notify about any schedule violations.

Review short-and long-term plans to build test plans and track their execution.

Making suggestions for improvement of the software testing and development process.

Participating in the all stages of scrum sprint stages, analysis.

Controlling of releasing new functionality in the end of every sprint on production.

Project methodology: Scrum/Agile.

QA TEAM LEAD, vice QA MANAGER (2009-2010)

Luxoft Kiev, Ukraine

Project: Testing software for Areva Group in the nuclear and renewable energetic sphere of activity

Profile: Planning, and coordinating and activities of test group members in accordance with project plan

Main responsibilities:

Testing according with prepared specifications.

Documenting, tracking and closing defects upon resolution.

Identifying concerns and potential problem areas to the test manager.

Test Manager assistance while test planning, including development of testing goals and strategy. Participate in peer review sessions (test strategy, test plans).

Cohesive integration of test and development activities.

Technical leadership for the testing, including test approach.

Verifying the quality of the requirements, including testability.

Conducting test-design and test-procedure walk through and inspections.

Traceability matrix development (tracing the application requirements to the test requirements) development if needed.

Setting up hardware/software according to the test strategy.

Preparing reports on test session results. Test Team management and control.

Project methodology: Scrum/Agile.

QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER (2007-2009)

Nikitova Fist Studio (WarGaming) – Kiev, Ukraine

Creation and implementation of workflow, testing methods, processes in QA department. Managing, scheduling, supporting and mentoring QA team (up to 5 engineers).

Communications with Project Manager, Producer, Developers, Artists, Designers and Customers on product problem areas and issues.

Standardization work: Internal departments auditing.

Released Projects:

1.Destination Championship Boxing game for Nintendo Wii and DS play stations consoles.

2.Blast Casper game for Nintendo DS consoles (present in Credits info).

3.Mportico EZ-XS application for Windows Mobile 5,6 PDA's (app. type: online store).

4.Sixapart VOX (java platform) (app. type: mobile blogger).

5.Sixapart Type Pad (blackberry RIM platform) (app. type: mobile blogger).

6.Seesmic Client for Symbian9 platform (app. type: video massager).

7.Destination M&M's Adventure videogame on Nintendo Wii, DS, PlayStation2 consoles (present in Credits info).

QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER (2006-2007)

SMK (Software Mac Kiev) Kiev, Ukraine

2007 year positions: test engineer, test lead candidate

2006 year positions: tester, senior tester, technician

Projects:

1. St project:

Managing, team planning, time estimating for team of two test-engineers

2. Jumper project: Language learning games under Win Vista:

Managing, team planning, team teaching of two junior-testers

3. MacDraft project: Drawing application under MacOS (AutoCad analogue)

Recommendations from review of SMK company:

During revision period Oleg leads 2 projects, and perform following tasks: planning, test preparation, scheduling works, preparing reports, manage himself and two testers.

Tasks are done with good quality, rare need minor revisions. Good technical knowledge, familiar with project hardware, creative, good team player, always eagerly provides help or other assistance, resource investigator.

EDUCATION

National Technical University of Ukraine (KPI)

B.Sc. (BA) of IT technologies.

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian/Russian: native; English: intermediate; Polish: basic level, German: basic level.

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