Qa Engineer Testing

Brooklyn, New York *****

tel. 347-***-****

Vikenty Plakhov **************@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/in/vikenty-plakhov

Summary

Highly motivated QA professional with deep knowledge of SW development life cycle (SDLC). Extensive 5+ years of expertise and demonstrated progression of responsibilities in QA testing. Proven track record of successful product launches in high pace development environment.

Professional experience

Quicklyn Inc. New York, NY April 2022 – September 2024

As QA Engineer

• Implemented the use of automatic application error screenshots during the testing process using

JavaScriptExecutor interface and Robot class which accelerated bug report creation and, in

some complex cases, reduced defect resolution time by 50%.

• Introduced specific methodologies for initialization of variables to improve SW quality and avoid

errors in the code implementation through embedded error detection.

• Cooperated closely with SW development experts to improve and deepen the level of unit testing

applied prior to QA testing phase.

• Executed test protocols covering functional performance, customer accessible features and

regression using GUI automated tests in Selenium, Java, TestNG framework.

• Developed a framework for API testing from scratch using Java,TestNG and RestAssured

library, which allowed a 17 % reduction in the execution time of smoke and regression suites.

• Using JavaScript language wrote API automated testing collections for Postman CLI and

launched them using Newman.

• Cooperated across functional teams at various technical levels with GitHub and applied

automated test suites in CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins to ensure timely releases of the new

revisions in accordance with the build train schedule.

Institute of Industrial Engineering Ltd.

Saint Petersburg, Russia

As QA Engineer June 2020 – March 2022

• Responsible for facilitating activities of the QA testing teams involved in development of quality

assurance tasks for various project modules.

• Using SQL (Oracle) checked data deviations from the database with GUI and API testing results.

• Perform functional, regression and performance of software applications.

• Using Jira cooperated with development staff to identify most challenging test cases and create

detailed test plans.

• Promoted QA testing approach to increase the speed and quality of project execution.

As QA Manual tester February 2019– June 2020

• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand

application requirements and develop test plans.

• Analyze test results, identify defects, and work with the development team to resolve issues. . • Participate in Scrum meetings and provide feedback on test-ability and quality.

Professional Skills

Waterfall and Agile-Scrum development; CI/CD Jenkis; API testing RESTAssured, Postman, Newman; Databases: Oracle, MySQL; Languages: Java, Cucumber,JavaScript,HTML(basic); Automation tools: Selenium, Selenium Grid,TestNG, Junit, Maven, Gradle. Bug Tracking systems: Jira,TestTrail; Version control GitHub; IDE IntellijIDEA; Others: Data Provider, Java Faker, Page Factory, Parallel Testing,

Education

Maritime Technical University Saint Petersburg, Russia

BSME, Major in Hydrodynamic Automation Engineering

Hobbies and Interests

Alpine Skiing: Enjoy challenging slopes that require focus and precision.

Hiking: Explore natural trails to maintain physical fitness and mental clarity.

Chess: Develop problem-solving skills in competitive, time-limited environments.

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