Alexander Bulgakov

Test Manager, Test Analyst, Test Automation Engineer

Alexander Bulgakov
Berlin, Germany

Experience

Oct 2022 - Present
3 years 4 months
Germany

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
Mar 2019 - Jun 2023
4 years 4 months
Germany

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
Jul 2018 - Mar 2019
9 months
Germany

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
Feb 2018 - Jul 2018
6 months
Germany

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
Sep 2017 - Jan 2018
5 months
Germany

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
Feb 2017 - Aug 2017
7 months
Germany

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
Jul 2016 - Jan 2017
7 months
Germany

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
Oct 2014 - Jun 2016
1 year 9 months
Germany

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

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

German
Native
Russian
Native
English
Advanced

Education

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Bachelor of Science · Business Informatics

Certifications & licenses

ISTQB Certified Tester

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