Alexander Bulgakov
Test Manager, Test Analyst, Test Automation Engineer
Experience
Test Manager, Test Analyst, Test Automation Engineer
Alexander Bulgakov IT-Consulting
- Managing two teams as a test manager
- Designing and conducting manual tests
- Designing, implementing, and running automated Cucumber and Tavern tests
- Creating and maintaining test plans
- Preparing and presenting execution results at iteration transitions
- Reviewing requirement tickets and related documentation
- Regular reporting and creating bug tickets
- Participating in Scrum meetings for both teams
- Supporting QA and representing QA in cross-team end-to-end test phases, meetings, and presentations
Methods & Tools:
- Tavern testing with Python
- IntelliJ with Cucumber
- Gherkin in JIRA
- various tools for handling JSON, XML, CSV, and HTML
- Insomnia for API requests
Test Manager, Test Analyst, Test Automation Engineer
Alexander Bulgakov IT-Consulting
- Designing and conducting manual tests
- Creating and maintaining a test concept for manual and automated tests
- Creating and maintaining test plans for automated tests
- Designing automated Cucumber regression tests
- Supporting developers with error analysis and retests
- Reviewing requirement tickets and related documentation
- Presenting test progress in review meetings with stakeholders
- Training QA staff from other projects in designing and implementing generic test scenarios as well as creating and using Cucumber tests
- Occasional Scrum Master duties
Methods & Tools:
- IntelliJ with Cucumber
- Gherkin in JIRA
- various tools for handling JSON, XML, and HTML
- Xray in JIRA for test execution and documentation
- Postman for API requests
Test Analyst, Test Manager
Alexander Bulgakov IT-Consulting
- Designing test strategies with manual UI and system tests
- Creating and organizing test plans and test cases
- Executing and documenting tests for data processing services and websites
- Expanding the CRM as a test object
- Coordinating the QA team's operational activities
- Presenting project progress from a QA perspective in stakeholder meetings
- Introducing the business unit to new processing mechanisms
- Supporting the design and execution of acceptance tests
Methods & Tools:
- Confluence
- JIRA and Xray
- Postman
- DBeaver
Test Analyst
Alexander Bulgakov IT-Consulting
- Reviewing requirements
- Recording and maintaining requirements in HP ALM
- Creating and maintaining test cases in HP ALM
- Executing tests and documentation
Methods & Tools:
- HP ALM
- SAP Insurance Analyzer
- IBM DataStage
Test Automation Engineer
Alexander Bulgakov IT-Consulting
- Evaluating existing tests for relevance
- Creating and adding manual test cases
- Developing automated UI tests with Ranorex
- Managing tests using Imbus Testbench
- Executing manual and automated tests
- Documenting bugs and handling them with the development team
- Documenting decisions and reasons for tool selection
Methods & Tools:
- Ranorex
- Imbus Testbench
- IntelliJ
- Webmate
Test Manager, Test Automator
Alexander Bulgakov IT-Consulting
- Creating test scenarios based on business requirements and specifications
- Designing, executing, and documenting tests
- Designing a data-driven test framework
- Documenting test coverage for the development team
- Creating bug tickets and tracking fixes in JIRA
- Identifying suitable test cases for stable automated regression tests
- Test automation with Selenium IDE and IntelliJ
- Optimizing automated tests for new platform versions
Methods & Tools:
- Scrum
- JIRA and Zephyr
- Confluence
- Selenium IDE
- IntelliJ
- SQL
Software Tester, Test Designer
Alexander Bulgakov IT-Consulting
- Designing, maintaining, and prioritizing test cases in JIRA
- Analyzing new requirements for potential error conditions
- Creating test scenarios and test data for automated tests
- Documenting and presenting test results to stakeholders
- Training new testers in the development process
- Creating test guides for new testers in Confluence
- Documenting and retesting bugs
Methods & Tools:
- JIRA
- HP ALM
- Confluence
- SN3K
- ChromaMap
- ReferenceRoute Tester
- Traffic Generator
Software Tester
Alexander Bulgakov IT-Consulting
- Analyzing new requirements
- Designing and maintaining test cases in HP ALM and JIRA
- Documenting test results and execution details in HP ALM and JIRA
- Creating and extending test data
- Documenting bug tickets and reports in HP ALM and JIRA
- Assisting developers in reproducing reported bugs using SN3K
- Retesting fixed and old bugs with SN3K
Methods & Tools:
- JIRA
- HP ALM
- Confluence
- SN3K
- ChromaMap
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Information Technology (11.5 years) and Insurance (0.5 years).
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Experienced in Quality Assurance (11.5 years), Information Technology (8 years), and Project Management (4.5 years).
Summary
The first few years I worked in software quality assurance for the global market leader in navigation software and devices. As a software tester in the automotive navigation area, I gained experience in both exploratory and static testing.
After that, I worked for an e-commerce client as a test manager and automation engineer to improve the reliability of the payment platform through automated Selenium regression tests.
I then worked as a test automation engineer with Ranorex for an in-house web app at a well-known publishing company.
In the following years, I worked as a test manager and analyst for a music industry client. My tasks ranged from designing and executing manual and automated test strategies, supporting requirements managers, to presenting sprint results in reviews to stakeholders.
Currently, I am working as a test manager and automation engineer at a client in the automotive sector.
Skills
Test Management
Requirements Management
Test Automation
Design And Execution Of Manual Test Strategies
Creation And Execution Of Automated Smoke And Regression Tests Based On Requirements
Documentation And Maintenance Of Test Cases And Bug Logs
Presentation Of Development Status And Test Results To Stakeholders
Support And Consulting For Requirements Managers In Creating And Reviewing Story Tickets And Documentation
Assisting Business Units In Designing And Executing Acceptance Tests
Agile Methods / Scrum
Jira
Confluence
Cucumber
Tavern
Java
C#
Python
Sql
Mongodb
Automotive
Navigation
E-commerce
Publishing
Insurance
Music Industry
Xml
Html
Json
Hp Quality Center / Alm
Jira, Xray & Confluence
Gherkin & Cucumber
Tavern Testing
Graylog
Swagger
Howtio
Argocd
Selenium Ide
Imbus Testbench
Postman & Insomnia
Dbeaver
Browserstack
Robo3t & Mongoatlas
Filezilla
Ranorex
Intellij
Android Studio
Windows
Android
Ios
Mac Os
Erp
Crm
Sap
Bpm
Etl
Webmate
Sn3k
Chromamap
Referenceroute Tester
Traffic Generator
Languages
Education
Bachelor of Science · Business Informatics
Certifications & licenses
ISTQB Certified Tester
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