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Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Duties:- Test design and management- Test automation (C#, Playwright, RestAssured.NET)- Paticipation in development process improvementsAchievements:- Implemented Web UI and API test frameworks from scratch- Implemented test pipelines (Octopus, Github Actions)- Introduced TestRail as the main Test Management System, integrated it with test pipelines and Jira which improved visibility of testing process and traceability throughout SDLC- Implemented TestRail reporter that extracts data from MSTest TRX reports and pushes test results (including screenshots) to TestRail as one of the test pipelines steps (C#, .NET 6, Cloud TestRail REST API)

Christchurch, New Zealand

Duties:- Test cases and test plans development- Tests execution- Test automation frameworks development (API, Selenium-based cross-browser frameworks)- Automated tests development and execution- RESTful API testing (Java, shell scripts, Postman)- Mobile test automation (Appium)- Performance testing (JMeter)- Selenium Grid implementation and support- SQL queries performance analysis (PostgreSQL)Achievements:- Implemented test automation frameworks from scratch (desktop browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, IE11, Safari), mobile devices (Appium), RESTful APIs)- Implemented nightly tests runs (test framework + CI/CD integration) which allowed to shorten issues location time- Helped test team members to improve technical skills (HTTP protocol, test automation, test frameworks design)- Implemented domain model test data generation framework that allows to easily generate on-demand test data for manual and automated tests- Implemented statistics-based test data generation based on database tables metadata analysis that allows to generate relatively realistic test data without getting actual data

Auckland, New Zealand

BuddyBid is a New Zealand based “startup”, that implements auctions integrated with Facebook. You just create your own shop and you can sell whatever you want right inside the Facebook or organize a charity event. Such clients as 2 Degrees, Barfoot & Thompson, LJ Hooker, Bayleys, WineMarket.Achievements:- Implemented in-house test environments and fully automated nightly testing service (based on Selenuim Grid). It allowed to shorten the development cycle, decrease test environments support time, decrease test environments TCO- Rewrote the test framework developed in the company. It increased the testing framework stability and efficiency- Implemented a video encoding worker that allowed to create fully scriptable advertisement videos (fully supported by modern browsers) generated from a set of pictures, sound files and text data for use in property advertisement campaigns on Facebook (Linux, Node.js, AVS, AWS, Docker)- Implemented orders acceptance and processing automation (Google Scripts (Gmail, Spreadsheets) + Email API (Mandrill) + Chargify API + BuddyBid API + Text messaging service API(SMSGlobal))Duties:- Selenium tests automation (JavaScript, Node.js, Protractor)- Selenium Grid implementation and maintenance- Test environments preparation (from scratch), deployment automation (test environments and production services, including Node.js + AWS SDK)- AWS and Docker activities (including network stack tuning for EC2 instances)- Web-server tuning (nginx, kernel parameters)- Bash scripting (Build and deployment automation, monitoring, reporting automation)

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Dino Systems is a development branch of USA company RingCentral, Inc., one of the cloud telephony leaders (mostly known on US and Europe markets). Such clients as BMW, Coursera, Checkpoint Technologies, TRUSTe.Achievements:- Helped developers to rapidly implement a few prototypes for new services in a short time (related to Linux backend, SSL, LDAP). It allowed to decrease solutions implementation time and assess potential implementation difficulties before projects development started- Implemented Private Key Infrastructure for our project team (for test purposes), later used also by other teams. It allowed to test SSL-related projects without need to have externally available test environmentsDuties:- Cloud telephony core testing (mostly server-side, Linux based backend)- Java, Python, bash tests automation- SSL-related testing and consulting for other development teams and Deployment and Operations teams- Hardware VoIP phones tests (Cisco/Polycom/Linksys)- Test environments preparation- As one of authors of the testing framework named HPSim (HardPhone Simulator), that behave like a VoIP device (about 50 models of Polycom, Cisco, Linksys devices and later RingCentral SoftPhone), supported and extended this framework for a while- Automated tests transfer to regression environment (tests + Jenkins job configuration)- On-demand extension of backend stubs (Python + bottle)

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Clients: BMW, Coursera, Checkpoint Technologies, TRUSTe.Duties:- Cloud telephony core testing (mostly server-side, Linux based backend)- Java tests automation (IntelliJ IDEA, maven, testng)- SSL-related testing- Hardware VoIP phones tests (Cisco/Polycom/Linksys)- Test environments preparation

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Nexenta Systems is a USA company that develops their own operating system NexentaOS and solutions based on it. For example, software defined data storage system NexentaStor (Storage Management Product of the Year 2013 Award). Clients: University of Toronto, Simply Mail Solutions, Armada Music, etc. Partners: Cisco, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Supermicro.Achievements:- Wrote extensive upgrade test plans that allowed to diminish NexentaStor upgrade problems and improve migration process (NexentaStor v3 to NexentaStor v4)- Forced to review initial security settings that allowed to harden newly installed system- Implemented micro-framework for command-line subsystem testing (bash)Duties:- Data storage system web interface and command-line interfaces manual testing- Test design (test plans, test cases), test plans review- Bash scripts and Perl+API automated testing- Security testing (DoS, unauthorized access, remote code execution)- Test environments configuration (Windows, Linux)- Work with virtualization systems (VMWare, qemu/kvm, VirtualBox)- .deb-packages testing- NexentaStor upgrade testing (major and minor versions upgrade) using repository upgrade and upgrade CD- Initiated Nagios (monitoring system) port to NexentaOS, supported initial configuration

Omsk, Russia

Luxoft Professional is an international software development company that works with clients all over the world such as Boeing, Deutsche Bank, IBM, UBS, Avaya, Ford, etc.Achievements:- Implemeted VMWare virtualisation cluster that allowed to optimize hardware resources and speed up development and testing environments creation- Proposed and planned the project on centralization and expansion of the internal trainings classroom with the use of diskless workstations and participated in its implementation. It allowed to significantly reduce classroom TCO and allowed to scale it when necessaryDuties:- Installing/setting Linux, Sun Solaris 7-10, IBM AIX 5.2-6.1, HP-UX- Work with hardware: IBM pSeries, SUN SunFire V210, V240, Dell- Oracle, DB2 installation and primary setting- Servers/Cisco devices monitoring (nagios + SNMP)- Users support- HP printers support- ESX cluster administration, baremetal servers virtualization- Team leading

Omsk, Russia

Duties:- Installing/setting Linux, Sun Solaris 7-10, IBM AIX 5.2-6.1, HP-UX- Work with hardware: IBM pSeries, SUN SunFire V210, V240, Dell- Oracle, DB2 installation and primary setting- Servers/Cisco devices monitoring (nagios + SNMP)- Users support- HP printers support- ESX cluster administration, baremetal servers virtualization

Omsk, Russia

Duties:- Windows/Linux/Solaris installation/administration- Workstations/servers assembly/repair/upgrade (including Dell/SUN servers)- MS Office 2003/2007 installation/setting- AD, DHCP, DNS, MS ISA 2004, File Server, Print Server (Windows 2003 based) administration- MS SQL 2000-2008, Oracle, DB2 installation and primary setting- Users support- Hardware inventory- Servers/Cisco devices monitoring (nagios + SNMP)

Omsk, Russia

Mayakovsky Cinema was one of the most popular cinemas in Omsk city (population 1.25-1.5 million) at that time.Duties:- Local network administration and support (Windows XP workstations)- Cash system, local network gateway administration and support (Debian GNU/Linux (samba, squid+traffic filtering, DHCP, DNS, NAT, iptables, ftpmirror))- Printers, workstations support, graphical design, video/audio recoding- Website update

Omsk, Russia

Tourist is an advertising agency and an outside advertisement producer.Duties:- Wide-format printer/plotter operations and support- Layouts preparation for a printing, color correction, design.- Software and hardware support.

Graduate Diploma, Computing - Software Development

Subjects: ISCG 6420 - Internet and Website Development ISCG 6421 - GUI Programming ISCG 6423 - Database Design & Development ISCG 7142.

Specialist, Computer Science And Economics

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