Bogdan I.

Bogdan I.

Senior QA Engineer

Bucharest, Romania
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About Me

Bogdan is a Senior QA Engineer, ISTQB Certified - Advanced Test Manager and Analyst with 10+ years experience, a track record of getting things done and a passion for delivering great products. He works with developers and product managers to execute test plans, plan for functional, performance and regression testing, file detailed bugs, and provide visibility through project updates - providing the final sign-off on release packages and proposing new testing technologies and test approaches in compliance with best practices, policies, and procedures.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior QA Engineer
2020 - Present (4 years)
Remote
  • Delivers CI/CD as part of an agile team in improving performance by automating and streamlining operations and processes.

  • Helps build and improve infrastructure, application and performance development and ensures tight security including data encryption, security groups, and environment scanning.

  • Ensures high-quality deliverables and implements QA and security best practices in fast-paced environments.

IDEMIA
IDEMIA
Senior QA Automation Engineer
2020 - Present (4 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Develop strategies and set functional policies to determine the best methods for analyzing product requirements and undertaking test cases development and maintenance.

  • Identify, document and investigate issues found during testing; providing full-cycle testing and other software product verification and validation activities for IDEMIA.

  • Lead the expansion of core testing capabilities of products for IDEMIA; generating test reports to indicate testing results and conclusions using different parameters.

Allianz Technology
Allianz Technology
Senior QA Engineer
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Vienna, Austria
  • Understood Allianz's requirements and developed test cases against them; authoring and executing test plans and test cases, reviewing test plans, monitoring test progress, and distributing test reports.

  • Developed and implemented hands-on automation frameworks across technologies for Allianz Technology and ensured that services were operational before release for user testing/general availability.

  • Participated in architecture and design reviews of complex solutions in cross-team engineering efforts on teams within Allianz Technology.

Kambi
Kambi
Senior QA Engineer
2017 - 2019 (2 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Developed and maintained the testing framework on the platform for scalability.

  • Delivered testing initiatives and guaranteed the availability and stability of Kambi's betting platform system 24/7.

  • Investigated the causes of non-conforming problems and stayed up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies on the project.

Raiffeisen Bank International (Hays Österreich GmbH )
Raiffeisen Bank International (Hays Österreich GmbH )
Senior QA Engineer
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Vienna, Austria
  • Recorded test results for each test suite, reported results and disseminated information to provide a summary of areas tested on the project for Raiffeisen Bank.

  • Participated in the bug triaging process; reproducing, isolating, and debugging issues to provide detailed bug reports on the project.

  • Developed test strategies and drove end-to-end testing strategies on the project.

Societe Generale European BusinessServices
Societe Generale European BusinessServices
Lead QA Engineer
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Led a team of test and QA engineers to ensure and maintain quality in SG EBS' development process.

  • Stayed abreast of the latest technology trends, coding standards, libraries and frameworks to ensure consistency in the delivery of solutions.

  • Managed testing status using the latest planning software; ensuring proper tracking, oversight, and communication of QA efforts on each project.

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Senior QA Engineer
2014 - 2016 (2 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Worked with architects to develop testing frameworks, guided other testers in implementing the test framework and drove automated testing when appropriate.

  • Tested software solutions against stated requirements and documented results on projects within Deutsche Bank and suggested corrections or improvements where necessary.

  • Established and evolved formal QA processes and ensured that the Deutsche Bank team is using industry-accepted best practices and standards.

Misys International Financial Systems SRL
Misys International Financial Systems SRL
Financial Quality Assurance Analyst
2013 - 2014 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Performed tests on new and existing applications, products, and oversaw enhancements to existing applications throughout their development.

  • Created test cases/plans, wrote relevant, actionable, and reproducible bug reports that stand up to withering scrutiny using the lastest QA methodologies.

  • Verified and revised quality assurance standards as needed.

TRANSFOND
TRANSFOND
Financial Quality Assurance Analyst
2010 - 2013 (3 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Oversaw the manual testing of web-based applications for TRANSFORD; handling the testing of reports and logs analysis and automated testing with Selenium IDE.

  • Analyzed requirements, provided technical documentation to elaborate test cases; mapping business requirements to functional specifications with sufficient test coverage.

  • Detected and reported issues encountered in the testing process and tested new features per client specifications.

Portfolio

Senior QA Engineer - MTP - FOREX HUB
Senior QA Engineer - MTP - FOREX HUB

Supervised the development of the integrator for more than 100 external forex apps and back-office internal banking systems; analyzing product requirements, working on test case development and maintenance, provided full-cycle testing and other software product verification and validation activities, and generated test reports indicating the testing results and conclusion about the product stability.

Senior QA Engineer - LimitSystem
Senior QA Engineer - LimitSystem

Worked on the implementation of complex mathematical algorithms for the creation of test data and validated the new limit system for managing client load on the project.

Education

ISTQB Certified Tester -Advanced Test Manager
ISTQB Certified Tester -Advanced Test Manager
Asociaţia Patronală a Industriei de Software şi Servicii –ANIS
2016 - Present (8 years)
ISTQB Certified Tester -Advanced Level -Test Analyst
ISTQB Certified Tester -Advanced Level -Test Analyst
Asociaţia Patronală a Industriei de Software şi Servicii –ANIS,
2015 - Present (9 years)
PL/SQL Fundamentals
PL/SQL Fundamentals
Luxoft
2015 - Present (9 years)
Python Basics
Python Basics
Luxoft
2015 - Present (9 years)
Performance Testing Basics
Performance Testing Basics
Luxoft
2015 - Present (9 years)
Bachelor's Degree in Cybernetics and Economic Informatics
Bachelor's Degree in Cybernetics and Economic Informatics
Academia de Studii Economice din București
2014 - 2017 (3 years)
Test Management Basics
Test Management Basics
Luxoft
2014 - Present (10 years)
Functional Testing Automation with Selenium 2 (WebDriver)
Functional Testing Automation with Selenium 2 (WebDriver)
Luxoft
2014 - Present (10 years)
ISTQB Certified Tester -Foundation Level
ISTQB Certified Tester -Foundation Level
Asociaţia Patronală a Industriei de Software şi Servicii –ANIS
2013 - Present (11 years)
Routing Protocols and Concepts (CCNA 2)
Routing Protocols and Concepts (CCNA 2)
CISCO Telecom Academy
2012 - 2012
Network Fundamentals (CCNA 1)
Network Fundamentals (CCNA 1)
CISCO Telecom Academy
2011 - 2012 (1 year)
Education
Business Analysis -“Analysis and Management of Project Requirements”
Trilex
2011 - Present (13 years)
MBA - Financial and Accounting Audit
MBA - Financial and Accounting Audit
Universitatea „Spiru Haret” din București
2008 - 2010 (2 years)
Bachelor's Degree in Economics (Finance and Banking)
Bachelor's Degree in Economics (Finance and Banking)
Universitatea „Petre Andrei” din Iași
2005 - 2008 (3 years)