Konstantin Diachenko Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

-Developed and implemented QA Roadmap, comprehensive quality assurance strategies and established standards of control, practices and policies to ensure the successful implementation of releases through Scrum and Agile-Proactively identified and mitigated QA risks by escalating critical issues to senior management, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring comprehensive test coverage, resulting in a 15% reduction in post-release defects.-Directly supervised and managed 5 QA engineers, 2 automation engineers, and approximately 20 indirect employees in the execution of integration, regression, feature, and sanity testing to ensure quality releases on a tight schedule-Managed employee interviews, hiring process, and trained 15+ new staff members (onshore and offshore)-Developed annual team performance goals, coached and mentored individuals, guided QA best practices, tools, training, and regular feedback, resulting in a 65% reduction in team turnover-Since taking charge of the automation team, I have enhanced testing coverage by 47%. Moreover, I have streamlined the manual testing process, reducing the manual testing effort from 2 to 16 hours depending on project size

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

- Led manual testing efforts including feature, integration, and regression testing on desktop web and mobile, following Agile methodologies- Created, managed, and executed test plans, test sets, and test cases using Jira- Implemented process improvements for the methods utilized in documenting test cases; reorganized systems and created sub-folders to separate various functions and features- Designed and updated Requirements Traceability Matrix reports- Created Test Plans at the project level- Actively involved in helping to define and implement ongoing QA Practice process- Worked closely with QA automation team on test automation releases, identified the test cases for automation and developed test scripts and test suites using Java and Selenium WebDriver- Trained and assisted teammates with projects, ensuring adherence to QA Practice standards and processes- Assist QA Manager with project assignments/workload leveling- Maintained complete product knowledge and act as SME on all new products/new product features. - Attended and actively participated in Defect Triage meetings with the development team to identify bugs/defects, assist with timeline determination on completing, and discuss any scope concerns related to testing

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

- Experienced in writing Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Scripts, and Traceability Matrix by analyzing the business requirement documents and functional requirement specification- Conducted Functional, Integration, Regression, End-to-End, and User Acceptance testing in different environments- Executed Cross browser compatibility test on different browsers and mobile devices using Browserstack- Reported and logged defects using JIRA and also performed Jira admin backup duties- Performed web service testing using Postman for various web services designed with REST, SOAP API, with JSON/XML data formats- Developed and executed SQL queries to validate the data managed in the Oracle database.Used SQL Developer to navigate and update DBs and validate results and records from testing efforts- Performed Mongo Db testing using MongoDB Compass - Analyzed the business requirement documents and system requirement specifications to learn the business and client requirements- Communicated daily with technical analysts and developers to ensure functionality changes correctly met business requirements- Actively engaged during the requirements phase to ensure all questions and concerns related to acceptance criteria and Dev stories are understood prior to the beginning of each sprint. A key part of this understanding will also be informing and aiding the project team in determining project timelines, including sprint targets

Project: Web-based travel application► Participating in Agile working practices such as stand up, planning, retrospective, grooming, analyzed user stories and provide story points ► Documenting all found issues using Jira, providing with all needed information like logs, screenshots, screen captured videos, detailed steps to reproduce► Performing different types of testing such as exploratory, smoke, black box, GUI, usability, cross-platform compatibility, localization, regression► Analyzing application requirements to identify the test design and write and execute test cases► Testing functionality using Chrome, Mozilla, Safari & Edge browsers to ensure cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility of the application;► Performing API testing using Postman and Swagger► Preforming testing using Chrome DevTools to test traffic and collect logs► Communicating with QA manager and other team members on regular basis to maintain focus of testing effort as well as discussing new features and functionalitiesProject: Mobile Secure Messenger application► Participating on meetings with QA Manager and other team members discussing the findings, bugs fixes, latest builds, new features and functionalities► Analyzing business requirements and technical specification of products to provide comprehensive test documentation► Testing application behavior under various interruptions: push notifications, battery charge level, incoming calls, SMS, video calls, various data connections etc.► Writing new and executing existing test cases► Reporting and monitoring all bugs in Jira management tool► Performed Android/iOS functionality testing on different virtual devices using Android Studio/Xcode► Writing and executing SQL queries to retrieve data from data base using MySQL► Providing quality updates to project managers

► Provided with transition to the new software (Android application for ordering) for the sales teams of the central part of Ukraine► Trained sales teams, solved problem during operation, provided all needed documentation, collaboration with a development team to improve quality of product► Supported for the transition from 1C software to SAP software for distribution centers in the central part of Ukraine.► Implemented SAP software (SAP data base, SAP Management tools, SAP Portal) for supplying with various types of reports, documents and information for logistic, warehouse, sales departments and collaboration between them.

► Controlled the quality of distribution in the territory and achievements of goals and objectives► Testing and transition to absolutely new software for sales representatives, testing all features, routes, GPS coordinates, orders.► Worked with client base, route data bases, warehouse data base► Collaboration with developers to improve application quality and fixing bugs► Analyzed business requirements and maintaining all necessary documentation.► Nominated as a Mega talent of Ukraine

► Managed territory for more than 840 sale spots, mentored and motivated team of 8 sales representatives, 10 drivers► Control the quality of distribution on the territory and achievements of goals and objectives► Solved a different level of problems on a daily basis► Successful rerouting sales team and delivery 2013