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Alexandru Iftime

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Last update: 09.08.2023

Automation QA Engineer

Graduation: Bachelor Degree - Computer Science, Master Degree - Database support for Business
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Elementary) | English (Full Professional)

Attachments

Letter of Recommendation - Iftime Alexandru, signed.pdf
Paradox - Letter of Recommendation - Iftime Alexandru.pdf
CV-Iftime-Alexandru-2023_080823.pdf

Skills

I'm a self-motivated, organized, and detail-oriented person with experience in working either as a team (both
local or international teams) or on my own, under pressure, with critical deadlines, on large projects in which I
had decision-making power and/or organizational responsibilities.
I have 12+ years experience in testing and software integration, working in multiple branches of the IT industry
(video editing, security, automotive, financial, grid) which helped me to improve my skills in testing different products. I also
have developed very good abilities of communication and relationship and a friendly and effective approach
towards people. My perseverance and determination go hand in hand with my adaptability, flexibility, openmindedness
and good soft skills.

Key Skills
 10+ years of experience as QA Engineer
 3+ years of experience as Integration Engineer
 2+ years of experience as QA Lead
 SW Development Processes : Agile, V-Cycle
 Possess strong troubleshooting, analytical and communication skills
 Skilled in training newly appointed staff members
 Dedicated to contributing to team effort, sharing ideas for common growth.
 Tools: Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Quality Center, Temppo, Doors, Expecco, SharePoint, Rational
Synergy, Change Synergy, GIT
 Databases: Oracle, Microsoft SQL, Toad, SQL Developer, SQL Plus, DBA Studio, SQL Server Manager
 OS: Windows, Linux
 Programming and Scripting Languages - C/C++, Python, Bash - beginner
 Web Automation - Cypress

Project history

03/2019 - Present
Automation QA Engineer
WeVideo (Other, 50-250 employees)

Part of the SW test team for a video editing application (web and mobile).
Main Responsibilities:
  • Testing the web application from functionality point of view on different browsers and the mobile application on different devices.
  • Testing the website (products, payment, upgrade flows, copies, etc)
  • Automate website and application using Cypress. For website I automated all the sign-up flows including payments and upgrades. For application I started to automate the functional flows in the app. For both projects beside functionality event tracking(analytics) is also part of the automation.
  • I am responsible for all the releases that are made on the website projects (new plan types, promos)

06/2018 - 03/2019
Software Integration Engineer
General Electric (Energy, water and environment, 50-250 employees)

Part of the Integration and Support team for SCADA/EMS/DMS on GE Grid Solutions product.
Main Responsibilities:
  • Project support and maintenance.
  • Provide technical support from problem resolution, including reproduction of issues, reporting defects and providing workarounds.
  • Root Cause analysis.
  • Interact directly with the customer and R&D during the troubleshooting/investigation of customer raised issues.
  • Training courses with new employees.

02/2017 - 06/2018
QA Lead
Paradox Security Systems (Other, 50-250 employees)

Lead of the SW test team for a project consisting in development of a security system composed of
different devices, a mobile app and a server.

Main Responsibilities:
  • Coordinate and lead QA team from Paradox Bucharest site compose of 6 engineers.
  • Define and assign tasks inside the team, plan work load and task delivery on time.
  • Technical interview of candidates for new positions open inside the QA team.
  • Performing testing activities in all phases of the project: Functional Testing, System Integration Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Exploratory Testing.
  • Testing/checking the correct implementation of the functionality for different products.
  • Troubleshoot some of the devices using Linux.
  • Reporting issues using the bug trucker tools.
  • Maintaining a good communication with the development teams.
  • Responsible for creating a test plan template.
  • Training courses with new employees.

07/2016 - 02/2017
Integration, Verification and Validation Engineer
Airbus Defence and Space, (Other, 50-250 employees)

Part of the SW test team for a defence project consisting in development of a bordering surveillance
solution, specifically on the key IT component of the system called Data Interpretation and Fusion.
Main Responsibilities:
  • Creation/update of manual test cases in QualityCenter, based on the functional requirements taken from DOORS
  • Creation/update of automated test cases based on manual ones using EXPECCO.
  • Responsible for executing functional and integration tests.
  • Reporting issues using the bug trucker tools.
  • Responsible for creating the test environment using Linux.

09/2014 - 07/2016
Integration and Test Engineer
Continental Automotive (Automotive and vehicle construction, 1000-5000 employees)

Part of the SW test team for an automotive project consisting in development of Media components for
PSA Linux based car multimedia solution. During this period I was an employee of Luxoft, but outsourced
to Continental in Timisoara.
Main Responsibilities:
  • Bug Management activities(planning, prioritize) using CHANGE SYNERGY
  • Coordination of Pre Integration and Development team
  • Scrum/Kanban master
  • Trained the newly appointed staff members about the fundamental of the testing software
  • Introducing, implementation and maintenance of Continuous Integration and Continuous Testing, in a Multimedia Project using JENKINS. I was responsible for one domain which in the end have to match with the other domains
  • Build Management for different development lines using RATIONAL SYNERGY. Prepare SW needed for test team in order to validate a release. Running, interpretation and report of KPIs: Klockwork and ModuleTest
  • Creation/update of automated test cases based on manual ones using an internal developed software. Responsible for integration of automated testing under continuous integration process in order find regressions very fast after a SW code modification
  • Creation/update of manual test cases in TEMPPO, based on the functional requirements taken from DOORS
  • Responsible for providing technical support for test coordination, test failures, and test reports
  • Audio measurements using AudioAnalyzer and Oscilloscope
  • Improve daily testing tasks by creation of python and bash scripts

04/2012 - 08/2014
QA Engineer
Wizrom Software, (Auditing, taxes and law, 50-250 employees)

Part of the SW test team for an ERP project consisting in development of an accounting and management
software.
Main Responsibilities:
  •  Execution of test scenarios, analyzing the actual result against the expected results and creation of test data
  • Responsible for Bug Management activities
  • Perform database testing by passing SQL queries to retrieve data records
  • Create tables , views, stored procedures, triggers and fine-tuning of the database indexes
  • Coordination of QA activities, setting deadlines, prioritize requests
  •  Conceive and release new patches that have purpose to upgrade or correct some bugs in the application
  • Offering 2nd level support for service calls
  • Training courses with new call-center employees and punctual training with junior developers
  • Speaker in customer seminars for presentation of new functionalities

08/2012 - 03/2013
IT Helpdesk Technician
Wizrom Software, (Auditing, taxes and law, 50-250 employees)

Part of a Call Center team for an ERP project consisting in offering support for an accounting and
management software.
Main Responsibilities:
  • Operations on different databases, such as queries, database maintenance, jobs for database periodically backup, Microsoft SQL Server (2000, 2005, 2008R2, 2012) installation and customization
  • Setting and configuration Oracle Clients (8i, 9i, 10g and 11g) and optimizations for Oracle databases used by Wizrom products, indexes rebuild, analyze and modify stored procedures and queries, scheduled scripts or job for database periodically backup

01/2012 - 03/2012
IT HelpDesk - Internship/Volunteering
ING Life Insurance (Banks and financial services, 50-250 employees)


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