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Ivan Kovhanko Education
Master’s Degree in Finance,
QA Lead | Quality Engineering Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University
Manager 08/2008 – 08/2013 | Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Skills
[open contact info ](look above in the "contact info" section)
Quality Strategy & Leadership
[open contact info ](look above in the "contact info" section) QA strategy & framework
•
Ukraine | Open to Remote / Relocation Risk-based testing
•
Quality metrics
[open contact info ](look above in the "contact info" section)
•
Release governance
•
Backend, APIs & Integrations
Profile REST API testing (Swagger /Postman)
•
Integration testing
Quality Engineering Leader with 10 years of experience in
•
Transaction/session flows
B2B platforms, enterprise products, and high-load
•
Data validation (SQL)
distributed systems (including regulated environments).
•
Proven track record in defining QA strategy, leading cross- Production Stability &
functional teams, and scaling QA organizations up to 20+ Incident Management
engineers. Release impact analysis
•
Strong expertise in backend/API validation, release Incident workflows
•
governance, production risk mitigation, and incident RCA
•
management. Focused on building scalable quality Production risk mitigation
•
processes and aligning QA initiatives with business Post-release stabilization
•
objectives and delivery outcomes.
Observability &
Professional Experience Environments
Kibana /OpenSearch log analysis
AtlasLive — B2B Platform (High-load, Regulated
•
Grafana monitoring
Environments),
•
Kubernetes environments
QA Lead (Backend Platform & Integrations)
•
DevOps collaboration
•
02/2025 – Present Configuration validation
•
Lead QA strategy within backend team, ensuring
integration quality and production stability across a multi- QA Organization & Scaling
tenant B2B platform operating in regulated environments. Managing 20+ QA engineers
•
Define and evolve QA framework for backend/API and Hiring & performance management
•
Resource planning & capacity allocation
•
integration layers •
Own validation of third-party integrations (20+ vendors), Budget oversight
•
Process optimization
•
including REST APIs, session/auth flows, and transaction •
processing
Validate complex backend business logic and data Stakeholder & Client
Management
•
consistency across services
Support certification/compliance activities and release Cross-functional leadership
•
B2B provider coordination
•
readiness checks •
Lead QA & AQA team (4+ engineers): mentoring, Executive reporting
•
Client communication
•
performance management, and delivery alignment •
Drive release impact analysis, risk assessment, and go-
•
Delivery alignment
•
live validation
Teaching Experience
Establish incident management and post-release
•
stabilization workflows (triage → RCA → prevention QA Lecturer, QA Light School
actions) 2020 – 2023 | Kyiv
Collaborate with DevOps on Kubernetes-based
•
Delivered course “Fundamentals of
environments, deployments, and configuration stability
•
Software Testing”
Coordinate with Operations and external partners/
•
Mentored junior QA engineers entering
customers to resolve integration and production issues
•
the IT industry
Strikerz Inc., QA Engineer (AAA Product) Developed structured training materials
•
2023 – 2025 and practical assignments
Contributed to quality assurance of AAA football title (UFL) Conducted knowledge assessments and
•
within product-driven development lifecycle. provided structured feedback
Led end-to-end validation of gameplay systems, core
•
Courses
mechanics, and UI flows in Unreal Engine
Designed and maintained structured regression Management & Leadership Program —
United Solution
•
coverage for key product features
Conducted integration and system-level testing across
•
2023
feature releases Public Speaking - Business Result Simple
Owned QA direction for selected high-impact features,
•
Vision
defining validation strategy and quality standards
2019
Supported delivery cycles, release validation, and hotfix
•
stabilization
Validated LiveOps events, seasonal content, and feature
•
Technical Stack
rollouts REST APIs (Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman),
Collaborated cross-functionally with Game Design,
•
SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL), Git, CI/CD
Development, Backend, Core, Art, Localization, pipelines, Kubernetes, Docker, Kibana,
Platforms, and Production teams OpenSearch, Grafana, Jira, TestRail, QA
Contributed to release stability of live AAA product
•
Sphere, TestOps, Confluence, Visual Studio,
serving large active player base Unreal Engine, Unity.
EPAM Systems, Lead Software Testing Engineer
2022 – 2023
Led QA direction for enterprise-level distributed product,
ensuring delivery predictability and production reliability.
Defined and implemented test strategy, including risk
•
assessment and coverage planning
Led integration and system-level validation across
•
complex distributed components
Coordinated cross-functional QA efforts across
•
development, product, and client teams
Managed customer communication on quality-related
•
topics and release readiness
Supported large-scale releases and migration initiatives,
•
ensuring controlled rollouts
Drove process improvements to enhance testing
•
efficiency and defect visibility
Room 8 Studio,
QA Manager → QA Team Lead → QA Engineer
2016 – 2023 | Kyiv
Scaled QA organization within game development division.
Managed QA teams up to 20+ engineers across multiple
•
projects
Led hiring, mentoring, performance reviews, and
•
resource allocation
Owned QA capacity planning and budget oversight
•
Implemented structured QA processes and risk
•
management practices
Aligned QA initiatives with business and client objectives
•
Participated in management-level planning discussions
•
Languages
English
Professional Working Proficiency
Ukrainian
Master’s Degree in Finance,
QA Lead | Quality Engineering Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University
Manager 08/2008 – 08/2013 | Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Skills
[
Quality Strategy & Leadership
[
•
Ukraine | Open to Remote / Relocation Risk-based testing
•
Quality metrics
[
•
Release governance
•
Backend, APIs & Integrations
Profile REST API testing (Swagger /Postman)
•
Integration testing
Quality Engineering Leader with 10 years of experience in
•
Transaction/session flows
B2B platforms, enterprise products, and high-load
•
Data validation (SQL)
distributed systems (including regulated environments).
•
Proven track record in defining QA strategy, leading cross- Production Stability &
functional teams, and scaling QA organizations up to 20+ Incident Management
engineers. Release impact analysis
•
Strong expertise in backend/API validation, release Incident workflows
•
governance, production risk mitigation, and incident RCA
•
management. Focused on building scalable quality Production risk mitigation
•
processes and aligning QA initiatives with business Post-release stabilization
•
objectives and delivery outcomes.
Observability &
Professional Experience Environments
Kibana /OpenSearch log analysis
AtlasLive — B2B Platform (High-load, Regulated
•
Grafana monitoring
Environments),
•
Kubernetes environments
QA Lead (Backend Platform & Integrations)
•
DevOps collaboration
•
02/2025 – Present Configuration validation
•
Lead QA strategy within backend team, ensuring
integration quality and production stability across a multi- QA Organization & Scaling
tenant B2B platform operating in regulated environments. Managing 20+ QA engineers
•
Define and evolve QA framework for backend/API and Hiring & performance management
•
Resource planning & capacity allocation
•
integration layers •
Own validation of third-party integrations (20+ vendors), Budget oversight
•
Process optimization
•
including REST APIs, session/auth flows, and transaction •
processing
Validate complex backend business logic and data Stakeholder & Client
Management
•
consistency across services
Support certification/compliance activities and release Cross-functional leadership
•
B2B provider coordination
•
readiness checks •
Lead QA & AQA team (4+ engineers): mentoring, Executive reporting
•
Client communication
•
performance management, and delivery alignment •
Drive release impact analysis, risk assessment, and go-
•
Delivery alignment
•
live validation
Teaching Experience
Establish incident management and post-release
•
stabilization workflows (triage → RCA → prevention QA Lecturer, QA Light School
actions) 2020 – 2023 | Kyiv
Collaborate with DevOps on Kubernetes-based
•
Delivered course “Fundamentals of
environments, deployments, and configuration stability
•
Software Testing”
Coordinate with Operations and external partners/
•
Mentored junior QA engineers entering
customers to resolve integration and production issues
•
the IT industry
Strikerz Inc., QA Engineer (AAA Product) Developed structured training materials
•
2023 – 2025 and practical assignments
Contributed to quality assurance of AAA football title (UFL) Conducted knowledge assessments and
•
within product-driven development lifecycle. provided structured feedback
Led end-to-end validation of gameplay systems, core
•
Courses
mechanics, and UI flows in Unreal Engine
Designed and maintained structured regression Management & Leadership Program —
United Solution
•
coverage for key product features
Conducted integration and system-level testing across
•
2023
feature releases Public Speaking - Business Result Simple
Owned QA direction for selected high-impact features,
•
Vision
defining validation strategy and quality standards
2019
Supported delivery cycles, release validation, and hotfix
•
stabilization
Validated LiveOps events, seasonal content, and feature
•
Technical Stack
rollouts REST APIs (Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman),
Collaborated cross-functionally with Game Design,
•
SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL), Git, CI/CD
Development, Backend, Core, Art, Localization, pipelines, Kubernetes, Docker, Kibana,
Platforms, and Production teams OpenSearch, Grafana, Jira, TestRail, QA
Contributed to release stability of live AAA product
•
Sphere, TestOps, Confluence, Visual Studio,
serving large active player base Unreal Engine, Unity.
EPAM Systems, Lead Software Testing Engineer
2022 – 2023
Led QA direction for enterprise-level distributed product,
ensuring delivery predictability and production reliability.
Defined and implemented test strategy, including risk
•
assessment and coverage planning
Led integration and system-level validation across
•
complex distributed components
Coordinated cross-functional QA efforts across
•
development, product, and client teams
Managed customer communication on quality-related
•
topics and release readiness
Supported large-scale releases and migration initiatives,
•
ensuring controlled rollouts
Drove process improvements to enhance testing
•
efficiency and defect visibility
Room 8 Studio,
QA Manager → QA Team Lead → QA Engineer
2016 – 2023 | Kyiv
Scaled QA organization within game development division.
Managed QA teams up to 20+ engineers across multiple
•
projects
Led hiring, mentoring, performance reviews, and
•
resource allocation
Owned QA capacity planning and budget oversight
•
Implemented structured QA processes and risk
•
management practices
Aligned QA initiatives with business and client objectives
•
Participated in management-level planning discussions
•
Languages
English
Professional Working Proficiency
Ukrainian
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