Иван

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
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Quality Strategy & Leadership
[открыть контакты](см. выше в блоке «контактная информация») QA strategy & framework
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Ukraine | Open to Remote / Relocation Risk-based testing
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Quality metrics
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Release governance
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Backend, APIs & Integrations
Profile REST API testing (Swagger /​Postman)
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Integration testing
Quality Engineering Leader with 10 years of experience in
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Transaction/​session flows
B2B platforms, enterprise products, and high-load
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Data validation (SQL)
distributed systems (including regulated environments).
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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
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Strong expertise in backend/​API validation, release Incident workflows
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governance, production risk mitigation, and incident RCA
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management. Focused on building scalable quality Production risk mitigation
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processes and aligning QA initiatives with business Post-release stabilization
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objectives and delivery outcomes.
Observability &
Professional Experience Environments
Kibana /​OpenSearch log analysis
AtlasLive — B2B Platform (High-load, Regulated
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Grafana monitoring
Environments),
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Kubernetes environments
QA Lead (Backend Platform & Integrations)
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DevOps collaboration
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02/2025 – Present Configuration validation
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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
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Define and evolve QA framework for backend/​API and Hiring & performance management
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Resource planning & capacity allocation
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integration layers •

Own validation of third-party integrations (20+ vendors), Budget oversight
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Process optimization
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including REST APIs, session/​auth flows, and transaction •

processing
Validate complex backend business logic and data Stakeholder & Client
Management
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consistency across services
Support certification/​compliance activities and release Cross-functional leadership
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B2B provider coordination
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readiness checks •

Lead QA & AQA team (4+ engineers): mentoring, Executive reporting
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Client communication
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performance management, and delivery alignment •

Drive release impact analysis, risk assessment, and go-
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Delivery alignment
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live validation
Teaching Experience
Establish incident management and post-release
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stabilization workflows (triage → RCA → prevention QA Lecturer, QA Light School
actions) 2020 – 2023 | Kyiv
Collaborate with DevOps on Kubernetes-based
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Delivered course “Fundamentals of
environments, deployments, and configuration stability
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Software Testing”
Coordinate with Operations and external partners/​
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Mentored junior QA engineers entering
customers to resolve integration and production issues
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the IT industry
Strikerz Inc., QA Engineer (AAA Product) Developed structured training materials
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2023 – 2025 and practical assignments
Contributed to quality assurance of AAA football title (UFL) Conducted knowledge assessments and
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within product-driven development lifecycle. provided structured feedback
 Led end-to-end validation of gameplay systems, core
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Courses
mechanics, and UI flows in Unreal Engine
Designed and maintained structured regression Management & Leadership Program —
United Solution
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coverage for key product features
Conducted integration and system-level testing across
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2023
feature releases Public Speaking - Business Result Simple
Owned QA direction for selected high-impact features,
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Vision
defining validation strategy and quality standards
2019
Supported delivery cycles, release validation, and hotfix
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stabilization
Validated LiveOps events, seasonal content, and feature
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Technical Stack
rollouts REST APIs (Swagger/​OpenAPI, Postman),
Collaborated cross-functionally with Game Design,
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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
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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
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assessment and coverage planning
Led integration and system-level validation across
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complex distributed components
Coordinated cross-functional QA efforts across
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development, product, and client teams
Managed customer communication on quality-related
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topics and release readiness
Supported large-scale releases and migration initiatives,
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ensuring controlled rollouts
Drove process improvements to enhance testing
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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
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projects
Led hiring, mentoring, performance reviews, and
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resource allocation
Owned QA capacity planning and budget oversight
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Implemented structured QA processes and risk
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management practices
Aligned QA initiatives with business and client objectives
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Participated in management-level planning discussions
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Languages
English
Professional Working Proficiency
Ukrainian