Vitaly

Vitaly Brazhnikov
Helsinki 00100
FI
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
§ Over 20 years of experience in Information Technology with focus on software development
§ Extensive skills in developing web on-premises and cloud-based applications
§ Proficient in Kubernetes, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools configuration
§ Experienced in software design, development, deployment and support throughout the SDLC
§ Ability to work collaboratively with DevOps, developers and business team members to gather requirements
and demonstrate new application features
§ Practiced Discipline Agile Delivery and Scrum software development methodology principles
§ Strong project management, interpersonal skills, and ability to work effectively as an individual and in a team

TECHNICAL SKILLS
OPERATING SYSTEMS: Linux, UNIX, macOS, Windows Server 2016
LANGUAGES: Golang, C#, C/C++, Linux shell, SQL, JavaScript
DATABASES: Postgres, Redis, RethinkDB, MS SQL Server 2016, Oracle
FRAMEWORKS: gRPC, .NET Core, MVC, ASP.NET
CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES: AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform
AUTOMATION TOOLS: Selenium

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
05/2024 – Current Prakticum Helsinki, Finland
Software engineer
§ Designed and implemented scalable system architecture for the Expat application, a Finland-based company
registry platform supporting job seekers and employers
§ Developed 14 RESTful API endpoints powering core registry and employment-related functionalities
§ Transformed raw JSON data into structured formats for improved processing and analysis
§ Implemented secure authentication and authorization using JWT, enhancing application security
§ Configured CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes
§ Deployed the application into Azure Kubernetes cluster
§ Collaborated with frontend developers and stakeholders to refine requirements
Environment: Golang, Postgres, Docker, MS Azure

05/2014 – 01/2020 Flexera Melbourne, Australia
Senior QA engineer
§ Designed, developed and deployed 5 microservices in AWS Kubernetes cluster to break the monolithic
application by utilizing Golang, gRPC, Terraform and Travis CI
§ Ensured good code quality by reaching over 80% coverage by writing unit and integration tests
§ Created monitoring infrastructure for new microservices with Prometheus and Grafana
§ Developed 4 new microservices under .NET Core and deployed them to AWS Lambda
§ Developed new features for FlexNet Manager Suite (FNMS) application and fixed numerous existing bugs
§ Improved existing FNMS Jenkins build infrastructure which resulted in reduced build duration by ~50%
§ Created over 100 Selenium functional testing scripts to test new FNMS features
§ Created performance testing framework based on Selenium/Gatling/InfluxDB/Grafana stack and provided
recommendations on how to improve FNMS performance
Environment: Golang, gRPC, AWS, Kubernetes, .NET Core, Travis CI, Jenkins, Selenium WebDriver, Gatling
08/2010 – 02/2014 Chipton Ross / The Boeing Company Bellevue, WA, USA
Performance Testing Engineer for The Boeing Company (Boeing employee since 09/2011)
§ Created performance test scripts for the manufacturing applications using Web (HTTP/HTML) and Citrix ICA
protocol in LoadRunner and maintained them from release to release
§ Created load test scripts for the procurement management application with Adobe Flex protocol
§ Created 21 functional automation scripts for Infor ERP LN application in QTP
§ Extensively utilized HP Performance Center 9.52 / 11 for test execution and analysis
§ Performed test results analysis, tuning and optimization of the applications
Environment: HP LoadRunner 11.0 / 11.52, HP Performance Center 11.52, C, VB, Flex, QTP 10, Mercury VTS, Citrix
Presentation Server 4.0, Oracle 11g

06/2010 – 07/2010 Forte Consulting Group Chicago, IL, USA
Performance Testing Engineer for Northwestern Memorial Hospital
§ Created performance testing plan for NMI application
§ Created 7 JMeter scripts using HTTP Request HTTP Client samplers
§ Carried out load, stress and endurance performance tests
§ Analyzed test results and performed tuning of the application
§ Identified performance bottlenecks such as memory leak and configuration issues
Environment: Apache JMeter 2.3.4, Windows 2003 Server, Weblogic 11g, Oracle 11i, Oracle Webcenter 11g

2/2010 – 03/2010 Forte Consulting Group Parsippany, NJ, USA
Performance Testing Engineer for T-Mobile
12/2008 – 01/2010 Forte Consulting Group Lewiston, ME, USA
Application Support Engineer for TD Bank

02/2008 – 11/2008 Forte Consulting Group Evanston, IL, USA
Performance Testing Engineer for Northwestern University

04/2007 – 07/2007 Luxoft Professional New York, NY, USA
Application Support Engineer for Deutsche Bank

04/2005 – 03/2007 Luxoft Professional Moscow, Russia
Performance Testing Engineer for Dell Computers

04/2004 – 04/2005 Amphora Moscow, Russia
Performance Testing Engineer for Alfa-Bank

08/2003 – 04/2004 VG.RU Moscow, Russia
Programmer

08/2002 – 08/2003 Techno-Service Networks Moscow, Russia
Programmer

EDUCATION
1996 – 2001 Moscow State University of Instrument Engineering and Computer Science
M.S. in Systems and Electronics Engineering
Majored in biotechnical and medical equipment and systems (GPA 3.95)