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Yevhen
Plakhotnikov
Software Developer
Engineer in Test
Date of Birth:
September 16, 1985

Contacts
Email [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
Address of Location Sumy, Ukraine
Skype su160985pev
GitHub https://github.com/evgeniyvlb

Summary
● 15+ years of IT experience, 9+ years of QA/TA experience.
● Experience in Web/Mobile manual testing.
● Experience in Web/Mobile automation.
● Experience in software test automation.
● Solid testing experience in Agile and Waterfall software development
methodologies.
● Experienced in different types of testing: functional, system, regression, smoke,
sanity, integration, usability.
● Solid experience in test case design, test case management, test reporting and
planning.

Technical Skills
Skill Category Skill list
Web XML, HTML, CSS, XPath, JSON, REST, SOAP
Programming Languages Ruby, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python
Databases Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, Postgres
Testing Tools WebDriver, Howitzer, Capybara, Cucumber, Appium,
Turnip, Playwright, WebdriverIO, Cypress, Docker,
Kubernetes/AWS, Postman/Curl, Puppeteer
Performance testing Jmeter, K6
Operating Systems Windows, Linux, Mac
CI systems Jenkins, AWS, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Travis
Version Control Systems SVN, Git, Bitbucket
Bug tracking systems Jira, Xray, GitHub
AI Cursor, Codex

Language Skills
Language Written Spoken
English Upper-intermediate Upper-Intermediate
Ukrainian Native Native
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Russian Native Native

Summary of Work Experience

Company : Customertimes
Company Size : 1300+ employees
Job Title : SDET / QA
Dates of Employment : since March 2024 till now

Project Name: US Healthcare company
Project description: Web application which provides solutions across the industry to
learn from and improve every person’s experience with cancer.
Role: General QA Engineer (Manual & Automation)
Responsibilities:
● Writing UI/API automation
● Functional / non-functional testing
● Extending/Improving testing framework
● Continuous Integration environment setup, creating test pipelines.
● Analyzing test results.
● Reporting and tracking bugs during regression testing.
● Scrum team member
Technologies: JavaScript / Playwright, AWS, Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins.

Company : SoftServe
Company Size : 12000+ employees
Job Title : Test Automation Engineer
Dates of Employment : since February 2022 till February 2024
Description : SoftServe, a leading digital authority and consulting
company

Project Name: Teladoc
Project description: Healthcare web and mobile applications which provide services
include telehealth, medical opinions, AI and analytics, telehealth devices and
licensable platform services. In particular, using telephone and video
conferencing software as well as mobile apps to provide on-demand remote
medical care.
Role: General QA Engineer (Manual & Automation)
Responsibilities:
● Writing UI/API/Mobile(Android/IOS) automation on Cucumber/Ruby/Appium
and Browserstack
● Testing native mobile applications
● Supporting legacy framework on Cucumber/Ruby
● Extending/Improving testing framework
● Continuous Integration environment setup, creating test pipelines.
● Analyzing test results.
● Reporting and tracking bugs during regression testing.
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● Scrum team member
Technologies: Ruby, Cucumber, Appium, Jenkins, Jira, TestRail, Allure, Charles

Company : N-iX
Company Size : 1700+ employees
Job Title : Test Automation Engineer
Dates of Employment : since August 2021 till February 2022
Description : N-iX an international outsourcing/product company
providing professional web and mobile development

Project Name: Currencycloud company
Project description: Currencycloud enables the next generation of Fintechs to quickly
and easily build cross-border payments and FX functionality into their platforms.
Company provides multi-currency virtual accounts which are seamless and secure
way for banks to collect, convert, pay and manage funds for commercial clients in
38 currencies globally.
Role: QA Engineer (Manual & Automation)
Responsibilities:
● Manual and automated API/UI testing of microservices.
● Unit and integration tests.
● Continuous Integration environment setup.
● Writing Ruby/Java scripts for automated testing.
● Analyzing test results.
● Reporting and tracking bugs.
● Scrum team member
Technologies: Ruby, Java, Cucumber, Docker, Kubernetes/AWS, Jenkins.

Company : StrongSD Ltd.
Company Size : 60 employees
Job Title : Test Automation Engineer
Dates of Employment : since January 2019 till August 2021
Description : StrongSD is an international outsourcing company
providing professional web and mobile development
service for clients from US, Singapore and Western
Europe.

Project Name: HackerRank
Project description: HackerRank is a technology company that focuses on competitive
programming challenges for both consumers and businesses, where developers
compete by trying to program according to provided specifications. HackerRank's
programming challenges can be solved in a variety of programming languages
(including Java, C++, PHP, Python, SQL, JavaScript) and span multiple computer
science domains.

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Role: QA Engineer (Manual & Automation)/SDET
Responsibilities:
● Manual and automated testing.
● Unit and integration tests.
● Continuous Integration environment setup.
● Design, develop and execute acceptance test suite.
● Writing Ruby scripts for automated testing.
● Analyzing test results.
● Reporting and tracking bugs.
● Communicate all critical issues to development teams.
Technologies: Ruby, JavaScript, Capybara, RSpec, Selenium, Cucumber, СircleCI.

Project Name: ERP System
Project description: ERP is business process management software build for IT
Companies to track and manage internal processes such as time tracking, invoicing,
workforce management and other internal processes.
Role: Test Automation Engineer.
Responsibilities:
● Closely interact with Quality Engineers, Developers, Release Managers, and
Business Users to meet the objectives and deadlines.
● Contribute to constant improvements of QA processes and maintain product
high quality throughout the full software development life cycle.
● Design and develop an automation framework for different types of tests.
● Suggest and implement ways to improve CI process.
Key Achievements:
● Designed and implemented automated testing tools and programs addressing
areas including database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing,
negative testing, error/bug retests and usability.
● Documented software defects using bug tracking system and reported defects
involving program functionality, output, online screen and content to software
developers.
● Delivered thorough QA testing reports that determined product quality and
release readiness.
Technologies: JavaScript / Cypress, CircleCI, Git.

Company : NetCracker Technology Ltd.
Company Size : 5000+ employees
Job Title : Quality Assurance Analyst
Dates of Employment : since May 2014 till January 2019
Description : NetCraker is a leading cloud-based development platform
with millions of users worldwide.

Project Name: Alaska Telecom Inc.

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Project description: Alaska Telecom is a premier provider of technical services in the
Telecommunications Industry of North America. NetCracker has built a BSS
solution to automate and integrate service provisioning with invoicing and pricing
systems.
Role: Data Migration QA Analyst
Responsibilities:
● Migration and integration testing (SQL, SOAP, XML).
● Leading QA team members as a stream lead.
● Collaboration with other departments on quality issues.
● LOE estimations procedure.
● Preparation of Test and Release documentation.
● Environment management and deployment.
● On-site support of external testing teams during System Integration Testing
and User Acceptance Testing phases.
● Working with the design, requirements and functional specifications.
Key Achievements:
● Accomplished a QAS score of key metrics of 99,5%
● Decreased IT workload by 20% due to improvement of QA.
Technologies: WebLogic, SOAP, SQL, XML, Jenkins, SVN.

Project Name: Optus Inc.
Project description: Optus is the second largest telecommunications company in
Australia. NetCracker has built an OSS solution to replace multiple standalone
applications involved in the process of service provisioning.
Role: QA Engineer.
Responsibilities:
● Testing of web-based OSS application: functional, regression, smoke testing,
web service testing through SoapUI Tool.
● Analyzing defects, test results and interacting with development team
members during defects fixing.
● Bug tracking and management in JIRA.
● Analysis of project documentation and test approach development.
● Coordinating performance testing to ensure that performance requirements
are met.
Technologies: SQL, WebLogic, SOAP, XML, Jenkins.

Company : PrivatBank
Company Size : 4000+ employees
Job Title : Deputy Head of IT department
Dates of Employment : since November 2010 till April 2014
Description : PrivatBank is the biggest bank in Ukraine

Responsibilities and Key Accomplishments:
• Support and maintenance all bank’s program products, computers and servers
on OS Linux Ubuntu.
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• Managing IT department.

Company : Telecommunication provider “Volia”
Company Size : 2000+ employees
Job Title : IT administrator
Dates of Employment : since June 2010 till November 2010

Responsibilities and Key Accomplishments:
• Technical provisioning of internet and TV services..

• Quality monitoring of internet and TV services.

Company : Bank Syntez
Company Size : 800+ employees
Job Title : Head of IT department
Dates of Employment : since January 2010 till May 2010

Responsibilities and Key Accomplishments:
• Management of IT team.

• Server deployment and support.

Company : Volodimirsky Bank
Company Size : 300+ employees
Job Title : IT engineer
Dates of Employment : since October 2005 till January 2010

Responsibilities and Key Accomplishments:
• Various IT support tasks.

Company : Bank Oschadbank
Company Size : 4000+ employees
Job Title : IT engineer
Dates of Employment : since February 2004 till October 2005

Responsibilities and Key Accomplishments:
• Various IT support tasks.

Academic Record

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Dates of studying : 2008 - 2012
Name of institution : Sumy State University
Qualification : Master’s degree in Computerized Management
Systems and Automation

Dates of studying : 2004 - 2008
Name of institution : Sumy State University
Qualification : Master’s degree in Enterprise Economy

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