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Ukraine

Lviv, Ukraine

Mission: deliver results against strategic company-level business objectives.Strategic Vision & Execution- Drive critical strategic initiatives directly impacting the company's success and resilience.- Oversee the portfolio of projects within the domain. Operational Excellence & Innovation- Direct the day-to-day operations of cloud infrastructure and security teams.- Champion innovation, encouraging teams to take smart risks and learn from setbacks while balancing operational excellence and speed in alignment with company-level objectives.Decision-Making & Strategic Insight- Maintain deep market awareness and internal business understanding.- Shape a long-term vision for the cloud infrastructure and security domains.Talent Development & Leadership- Attract, develop, and retain exceptional talent.- Foster a high-performance culture focused on growth, collaboration, and innovation.

Mission:Strategically manage complex multi-phase programs, driving cross-functional collaboration and communication to deliver measurable business impact.Project management- Successfully delivered multiple projects related to cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity. Featured projects include DevOps transformations, complex infrastructure migrations, penetration tests, and implementations of security programs.- Leveraged input from product stakeholders to determine the right technical solutions to deliver customer value quickly.- Developed and presented strategic roadmaps and project plans tailored to customer objectives.- Proactively identified new opportunities and advocated for and implemented improvements to the current state of projectsTeam management- Attracted and hired diverse talents from various backgrounds, experiences, and locations, focusing on the organisation's and teams' long-term success- Proactively supported career growth of team members by matching their skills and career goals with coaching, mentoring, and job responsibilities- Set a high bar for standards and clear performance expectations for the team members- Built and promoted a safe, empowering environment where my teams can learn from failures to drive better business outcomesBusiness Development- Partnered with the sales team to onboard new clients, identifying technical requirements and potential challenges- Built strong relationships with customers based on partnershipFinancial Management- Oversaw the financial aspects of the DevOps and Security department, including financial forecasting

Inspired by site reliability practices, led infrastructure transformation project.Key achievements: established a centralised system monitoring solution and fully automated software delivery processesTeam collaboration- Worked closely with product and development teams to understand their pains and needsMonitoring and analytics- Established a centralised system monitoring solution - Empowered product team with a custom product usage analytics solution- Introduced resource usage monitoring and capacity planning Incident Management and Reliability- Introduced and led the incident management process, ensuring effective and fast escalation- Promoted a reliability culture within the team, leading to a reduction in system downtime.Automation- Reduced manual operational activities- Worked on continuous process improvements to enhance team productivity

I led test automation competence and established test automation processes on multiple projects.Key achievement: Helped company to drive test automation competence – launched an internal training academy to share knowledge and expertise on test automation. As a result, several employees were promoted to test automation engineers and used acquired skills to drive impact on their projects.Leadership and Team Development- Led multiple teams of test automation engineers- Organized and conducted educational workshops and courses- Enabled the growth of automated testing expertise across the company- Actively participated in pre-sales activities, including solution proposals.- Conducted demo sessions tailored for stakeholders, including project managers and potential clients.

Lviv Region, Ukraine

Was responsible for the establishment of test automation on fast-growing SaaS.Key achievement: reduction of test cycle time by 90%.Test Automation Expertise- Established test automation strategy from scratch on all test levels- Developed test automation framework with useful DSL;- Created automated tests to test RESTful web-services and UI;- Іntegrated test automation framework to current CI process;- Maintained and developed load tests, monitored and analyzed the results;Team Collaboration- Worked closely with other team members to ensure maximum test coverage is achieved;- Provided feedback about the product and proposed enhancements;- Organized demo sessions for stakeholders;- Reported to TL about current tasks status, technical and other risks;Main tech stack:JS, Mocha, Protractor, Jmeter

Lviv

Was one of the key team members on several projects, including a leader in media storage solutions and a large home security automation company. Testing Expertise- Conducted web, mobile and testing, specialising in both manual and automated methods.- Developed test automation scripts, improving testing efforts by 30%.Hardware Experience- Investigated hardware-related issues, setting up virtual and physical test environments.Documentation and Reporting- Created comprehensive test documentation, including test plans, cases, and reports.- Regularly reported progress through reports and progress meetings.Team Collaboration- Actively communicated with stakeholders for project improvements.Main tech stack:Java, Selenium WebDriver, Appium (Maven/Gradle, TestNG, Allure), SoapUI, Jmeter, Putty.

Master'S Degree, Artificial Intelligence

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science