Herman Marchuk
Senior Automation QA Engineer
Toronto,Ontario
Summary
Accomplished Automation QA professional with over 10 years in IT and 9 years in QA automation. Adept at building automation and processes from scratch, managing and mentoring teams, and overseeing various QA operations. Proven track record in developing robust test strategies, ensuring product quality, and optimizing test operations for diverse projects.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Automation QA Technical Lead
Ciklum
Remote
03.2019 - Current
- Built FE/BE automation framework from scratch
- Developed test strategies and processes from scratch in collaboration with MQA and DEV teams.
- Managed team of 10+.
- Implemented infographic tools to illustrate project coverage by AQA / MQA
- Completed automation of functional, regression and e2e testing.
Trained developers and quality assurance team members in automation programs and processes. - Fixed timing issues effectively to increase productivity and boost workflows in pipeline.
- Developed efficient technical solutions to resolve wide range of problems (debugging, reporting, parsing scripts, etc.).
- Met with quality assurance, developers and project managers to assess scope and sequence of project.
- Identified and tracked defects with Jira and supported developers in resolving problems by completing additional tests.
- Performed gap analysis procedures and detailed data reviews to optimize implementation.
- Maintained, debugged and optimized automation programs.
- Updated and maintained project documentation for detailed recordkeeping (AQA part).
- Evaluated and adopted new technologies to address changing industry needs.
- Evaluated strengths and weaknesses of candidates through effective screening processes.
General QA Engineer
Privatbank
Dnipro
02.2013 - 03.2019
- Identified and tracked defects with Redmine and supported developers in resolving problems by completing additional tests.
- Effectively interacted with Dev departments regarding software defects and functionality issues, working closely to develop innovative solutions.
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
- Conducted regression testing, analyzed results and submitted observations to development team.
- Designed testing scenarios for usability testing.
- Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
- Debugged code and located root causes of problems by reviewing configuration files and logs.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases every 2 weeks and well-organized sprints.
- Determined server operating limits by conducting weekly load tests.
- Discussed requirements and processes with project managers and developers.
- Completed automation of functional and regression testing.
- Analyzed test results and prepared system-level evaluation reports to verify and validate system performance.
- Developed efficient technical solutions to resolve wide range of SQL injections problems (ZAP + Jenkins).
General QA Engineer
Exigen Agile Practices
Dnipro
09.2012 - 02.2013
- Created accurate and efficient test scripts to manage automated testing of certain products and features.
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
- Conducted regression testing, analyzed results and submitted observations to development team.
- Designed and developed automation scripts using open source tools.
- Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities and reported all findings, including improvement recommendations.
Education
Master of Science - Automation of Process Control
National Metallurgical Academy Of Ukraine
Dnipro 09.2009 - 06.2013
Skills
JavaScript
TypeScript
NodeJS
SQL
MongoDB
Docker
Integration Testing
Performance Testing
Database Testing
Mobile Testing
WEB Testing
API testing
BDD
TDD
ATDD
End to End Testing
Selenium
Protractor
WDIO
Cypress
Cucumber
Jmeter
Postman
Mochajs
Chaijs
Test Planning
Test Strategy
Test Design
Test Reporting
Swagger
Jira
TestRail
Penetration Testing
Vulnerabilities Management
Vulnerability Scanning
Scrum
Kanban
Jenkins
Azure DevOps
GitLab
Work Availability
monday
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Timeline
Automation QA Technical Lead
Ciklum
03.2019 - Current
General QA Engineer
Privatbank
02.2013 - 03.2019
General QA Engineer
Exigen Agile Practices
09.2012 - 02.2013
Master of Science - Automation of Process Control
National Metallurgical Academy Of Ukraine
09.2009 - 06.2013