Test Lead at Luxoft working for Lenovo ​Infrastructure Solutions Group - Software and Solutions Development Division- Led a team of QA engineers across multiple geographies, overseeing the execution of both manual and automated test strategies while remaining directly involved in testing efforts- Balanced leadership duties with individual contributions, providing technical guidance and actively participating in test case creation, execution and automation framework improvements,… Show more Test Lead at Luxoft working for Lenovo ​Infrastructure Solutions Group - Software and Solutions Development Division- Led a team of QA engineers across multiple geographies, overseeing the execution of both manual and automated test strategies while remaining directly involved in testing efforts- Balanced leadership duties with individual contributions, providing technical guidance and actively participating in test case creation, execution and automation framework improvements, significantly enhancing product quality through a high number of discovered bugs- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define quality goals, manage test plans and ensure the timely delivery of high-quality releases: - Worked with the people manager and product manager to confirm desired features based on team capacity and release cycles - Collaborated with the product architect to provide feedback and new ideas during the design phase of new requirements- Also acted as Scrum Master for the QA team, creating Jira epics and stories, driving sprint planning and grooming meetings, and monitoring team progress- Developed comprehensive test execution reports and QA exit notifications to communicate testing results and readiness for release Show less

Manual/Automation QA Engineer for Lenovo ​Infrastructure Solutions Group - Software and Solutions Development Division- Transitioned into a more hands-on technical role to gain deeper expertise in testing frameworks, automation and cloud technologies- Collaborated closely with developers to identify and resolve critical defects, further enhancing software quality by executing the test cases previously designed- Contributed to the development of the project's automation… Show more Manual/Automation QA Engineer for Lenovo ​Infrastructure Solutions Group - Software and Solutions Development Division- Transitioned into a more hands-on technical role to gain deeper expertise in testing frameworks, automation and cloud technologies- Collaborated closely with developers to identify and resolve critical defects, further enhancing software quality by executing the test cases previously designed- Contributed to the development of the project's automation framework, collaborating with senior engineers to implement testing strategies and start migrating from manual to automation testing- Assisted in the creation and refinement of automation Selenium-based test scripts, ensuring proper coverage of critical functionalities and improving overall test efficiency- Integrated automated tests into the pipeline and executed the end-2-end auto suites for latest code version qualification, increasing the test coverage for current application- Provided technical guidance and mentorship to junior QA engineers or interns, leveraging my prior leadership experience to foster a collaborative and efficient team environment Show less

Assumed leadership of sustaining activities following the network division’s shift to maintenance mode, ensuring continued delivery of high-quality updates and support for ongoing networking operations:- Led a cross-functional Dev and QA team in delivering regular software updates for Lenovo Networking products, that included security patches, bug fixes and minor feature enhancements. Oversaw task prioritization, assignment and progress tracking- Collaborated with the Level 3… Show more Assumed leadership of sustaining activities following the network division’s shift to maintenance mode, ensuring continued delivery of high-quality updates and support for ongoing networking operations:- Led a cross-functional Dev and QA team in delivering regular software updates for Lenovo Networking products, that included security patches, bug fixes and minor feature enhancements. Oversaw task prioritization, assignment and progress tracking- Collaborated with the Level 3 support team to analyze logs, provide action plans and assess the need for development intervention on customer cases. Managed critical support escalations by coordinating investigation, root cause analysis, fix implementation and validation followed by timely customer patch delivery- Ensured code updates received all necessary security approvals. Managed documentation updates and coordinated internal and external publication of new software versions - Worked closely with solution teams to synchronize release dates and develop integration testing strategies- Worked closely with procurement and operations teams for new license acquisitions, renewals and equipment procurement to support ongoing tools, systems and infrastructure needs-Regularly provided upper management with status reports, performance metrics and release progress updates. Participated in the hiring process for backfill replacements and new role openings to ensure team continuity and growth Show less

Apart from being the team lead for the Layer 2 functional team, in all these years I was responsible for leading the entire QA team for different on-going projects too, having below responsibilities: - coordinate and drive the entire QA team (both local and remote engineers from different GEOs) consisting of both manual and automation engineers to achieve the targets of respectively release - keep a strong communication with other QA Functional Leads so everyone is aware of… Show more Apart from being the team lead for the Layer 2 functional team, in all these years I was responsible for leading the entire QA team for different on-going projects too, having below responsibilities: - coordinate and drive the entire QA team (both local and remote engineers from different GEOs) consisting of both manual and automation engineers to achieve the targets of respectively release - keep a strong communication with other QA Functional Leads so everyone is aware of current program status and agree on the resolution for the new requests appeared during entire release cycle - provide status reports to QA PM, outlining the progress and risk appeared in order to meet project deadlines; work on mitigation plans when there was the case - keep a day-to-day communication with the Software Development team so all critical/blocker issues appeared are fixed in a timely manner so QA team’s progress is not impacted - keep a close relationship with all other project stake-holders and quickly escalate every appeared issues that may request additional approvals - participate in weekly bug scrub meetings with Development, Support and Product Management teams - ensure that QA team completes the user guides documentation review in time and provides a proper feed-back; make sure that all remaining defects that have been agreed to be deferred are properly documented too in Release Notes - work with QA PM Lead on final project stage in order to receive all SQA Exit approvals from all involved parties - provide support for all queries until respectively program enters in Sustaining phase During this period, I also took care of product prequalification, vendor selection and SQA execution monitoring for two new company projects developed using ODM/OEM format, in both cases - on-site supervision in Fuzhou, China (February and July 2017) for the first one and remote supervision with final acceptance sanity testing for second one. Show less

Technical Team Lead at Luxoft working for BLADE Network Technologies / IBM Systems and Technology Group / Lenovo Data Center Group - Networking DivisionStarting January 2011, I own also the Technical Team Leader position for Layer 2 functional team besides being actively involved in above testing tasks, having the following main responsibilities: - provide team leadership and coaching for engineers, members of the team - develop test strategy and test planning at the beginning… Show more Technical Team Lead at Luxoft working for BLADE Network Technologies / IBM Systems and Technology Group / Lenovo Data Center Group - Networking DivisionStarting January 2011, I own also the Technical Team Leader position for Layer 2 functional team besides being actively involved in above testing tasks, having the following main responsibilities: - provide team leadership and coaching for engineers, members of the team - develop test strategy and test planning at the beginning of each release - identify the test data, tools and environments for the team so the project goals are met within the planned schedule - drive and closely monitor the execution of these plans through to completion of project even for the case when the team was formed by members from different GEOs (Romania, US, India, China) - accommodate incremental tasks appeared during a release so current team allocation has minimum or no impact - act as first interface between team members and development team for all the issues appeared during a QA cycle and also collaborate closely with peer DEV functional team for software quality improvement - analyse and find possible gaps in current release and propose corrective actions for the next one in order to improve the testing process - complete the annual personal appraisals forms for team members by sharing with them and QA manager each colleague's evaluation grades but also the general feed-back and self development recommendation - take part of the technical interviews for the new hires when new positions are open Show less

Software Test Engineer at Luxoft working for BLADE Network Technologies / IBM Systems and Technology Group / Lenovo Data Center Group - Networking DivisionResponsibilities: - review software functional documentation to ensure technical compliance with IEEE standards, RFCs or requirements received from customers - create test plans based on above specifications, that should cover the function-ality, system/scalability and performance of the assigned… Show more Software Test Engineer at Luxoft working for BLADE Network Technologies / IBM Systems and Technology Group / Lenovo Data Center Group - Networking DivisionResponsibilities: - review software functional documentation to ensure technical compliance with IEEE standards, RFCs or requirements received from customers - create test plans based on above specifications, that should cover the function-ality, system/scalability and performance of the assigned features; execute the test cases along different hardware platforms during QA cycle - create and configure test environments including configuring IXIA traffic genera-tors to simulate real scenarios - perform functional, system and regression testing on different setups to validate the new features proper implementation and also to ensure that the quality is maintained for legacy ones - document and report software and hardware related bugs which were found and follow them till resolution using incident reporting tools including root cause isolation, finding steps to reproduce, providing accurate problem description, reproduce and try different DEV private images, final verification on official development image - propose design changes or enhancements which may improve the quality of the products - write test reports, scaling and performance documents - review and improve the end-user guides and other related documents - collaborate with Sustaining and Support teams for investigating/replicating different issues reported by customers - translate Sales/Marketing Feature/Product Requirements Documents use cases in test scenarios Show less

Administrate Windows and network infrastructure (domain controllers, back-up servers, security monitoring, virus scanning, account management, mail servers, file servers, networking equipment)Set up new servers and workstations, upgrades HW&SW components and computersProvides on going support for company users using internal ticketing systemPerforms server troubleshooting, systems optimizations, new servers implementation, servers migrations

- Offer technical support for the internal users- Maintain high availability for all systems- Perform troubleshooting and systems optimizations- Provide ongoing support for company users by phone using internal ticketing system- Set up new workstations- Upgrade hardware and software components and computers- Provide Help Desk first level support on computer and network issues (in collaboration with Help Desk second level support)- Responsible for… Show more - Offer technical support for the internal users- Maintain high availability for all systems- Perform troubleshooting and systems optimizations- Provide ongoing support for company users by phone using internal ticketing system- Set up new workstations- Upgrade hardware and software components and computers- Provide Help Desk first level support on computer and network issues (in collaboration with Help Desk second level support)- Responsible for software/hardware inventory- Ensure compliance with internal security policies for all user and devices Show less

Help Desk - manage and solve the issues/requests received from the customers for the projects deployed by the company in different areas - communicate with clients in different service issues - intervention in the specified agreement terms for solving the problems that occur - communicate with the company's service staff from Bucharest and from all over the country and its… Show more Help Desk - manage and solve the issues/requests received from the customers for the projects deployed by the company in different areas - communicate with clients in different service issues - intervention in the specified agreement terms for solving the problems that occur - communicate with the company's service staff from Bucharest and from all over the country and its coordination for solving the clients requests - provide maintenance and technical support services for general IT and telecommunication equipment delivered to customers - act as main interface between customers and IT devices vendors in case of RMA/trainings/HW and SW upgrades Show less