Катерина

KATERINA BROVKO
Manual QA Engineer

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Manual QA Engineer with experience in testing web and desktop applications.
Strong skills in requirements analysis, test case design, test documentation, and
defect management. Experienced in functional, regression, smoke, integration, UI,
API, cross-platform, and cross-browser testing. Familiar with Agile methodologies
and the full software development life cycle. Detail-oriented, proactive, and
committed to delivering high-quality software

Experience:
Manual QA Engineer at Nakivo
August 2025 - Present
● Testing backup and recovery functionality across multiple virtualization and cloud
platforms: VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, Proxmox, VMware Cloud Director, and
Amazon EC2
● Testing backup sources including physical Windows/Linux machines, file shares,
Microsoft 365, and EC2
● Testing backup repositories and storage targets: Local, CIFS, NFS, Amazon S3,
Microsoft Azure Blob, Wasabi, Backblaze, and other S3-compatible storage
● Testing backup and recovery scenarios, including full, incremental, synthetic, and
federated repositories
● Working with Linux servers and performing basic administration and troubleshooting
● Administering and troubleshooting Windows operating systems
● Working with Microsoft SQL and Oracle databases
● Creating and maintaining test documentation: test cases, checklists, and bug reports
● Performing functional, regression, smoke, and cross-platform testing
● Analyzing test results, reproducing defects, and reporting issues in Jira

Junior Manual QA Engineer at Autodoc
August 2021 to April 2025
● Created and maintained technical documentation: test cases, checklists, and bug
reports
● Tested new functionality after development
● Performed functional, regression, smoke, UI, API, integration, cross-platform and
cross-browser testing
● Performed regression testing after product updates
● Verified bug fixes and conducted defect retesting
● Analyzed requirements and prepared test scenarios

● Reported, tracked, and verified defects in Jira
● Collaborated with developers and other team members throughout the software
development lifecycle

Achievements
● Optimized test cases, which reduced regression testing time by 20%
● Initiated improvement of bug reporting processes, which increased the quality of
feedback for the development team

Professional skills:
● Test Case Design & Test Documentation
● Requirements Analysis & Test Scenario Design
● Functional, Regression, Smoke & Integration Testing
● Exploratory Testing
● UI, API & Cross-Browser Testing
● Cross-Platform Testing
● Bug Reporting, Defect Tracking & Retesting
● Test Design Techniques: Equivalence Partitioning, Boundary Value Analysis,
Decision Table Testing
● Test Planning, Test Execution & Results Analysis
● Defect Reproduction & Root Cause Analysis
● Backup & Recovery Testing
● Virtualization & Cloud Environment Testing
● Storage & Repository Testing
● S3 & S3-Compatible Storage Testing
● Linux & Windows Administration and Troubleshooting
● Basic SQL & Database Testing
● Basic Performance Testing
● SDLC & STLC
● Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban

TECHNOLOGIES & TOOLS
Virtualization & Cloud:
● VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, Proxmox, Amazon EC2
Backup & Storage:
● Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure Blob, NFS, CIFS, S3-compatible storage (Wasabi;
Backblaze)
Operating Systems:
● Windows, Linux
Databases:
● Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, SQL
API & Web Testing:
● Postman, Swagger, DevTools
Test & Project Management:
● Jira, Confluence, Git, GitLab
Browsers:

● Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera
Web Technologies:
● HTML, CSS
Methodologies:
● Agile: Scrum, Kanban

Languages:
● Ukrainian - Native
● Russian - Native
● English - B1-B2

Additional information:
● Quick adaptation to new projects and technologies
● Strong attention to detail
● Good communication and teamwork skills
● Willingness to learn and develop professionally

Education:
Telesens Academy - QA course 2020
QA Testlab - Basic course of manual software testing