Valeriy Kurdyayev

QA Automation Engineer

About Me

Hi, my name’s Val and I’m a QA Automation Engineer with 5 years of experiance. As well as QA I also have experience in Linux administrating and making software and web apps mostly with Python. I have worked at a number of companies gaining techicals as well as teamwork and leadership skills. My favorite stack for building test framework is Python, Pytest, Selenium, Allure, Appium(optional), ELK(optional).

Projects

I started this project as a way of learning MongoDB, AzureDevOps, Graphene(GraphQL) and many other helpful tools. It still in beta and i hope this wonderfull app will see a world. I have learned many skills through this and been I’m very proud of having this in my portfolio.

Experience

Qualitest Group

https://qualitestgroup.com/

QA Automation Engineer

August 2019 - Present

Project consists of 4 major components involving Medical devices, Web interfaces and Mobile applications. This project is a part of Edwards Critical Care healthcare Devices.

  • Design, implement, present mobile automation framework utilizes Python, Selenium, Pytest, Appium, Allure,Xcode. (IOS, Android)
  • Execute and maintenance existing Squish framework for medical software and physical devices (Hemosphere panel – critical healthcare device)
  • Daily code review, accepting merge request across multiply git branches utilize GitLab
  • Design test cases for physical medical devices and implementation of protocols for communication between software and devices using Rest APi, Mqtt, OpenEmr, MirthConnect, Azure IoT Hub
  • Developed functional integration testing scripts for microservices

DirecTV

QA Automation Engineer

August 2017 - July 2019

  • Executing automation test suites via Jenkins
  • Performed Cross and Parallel Browser testing with Selenium Grid
  • Manual Testing execution (Ad-hoc, Functional, UAT, System, Regression Testing).
  • Performed Backend testing involved writing SQL queries and verifying the dataflow.
  • Run automated regressions and help with simple data changes for failing tests.
  • Experience with QA methodologies, writing test plans, test cases, test scripts, based on system requirement specifications.
  • Writing detailed bug reports in Jira tracking system and worked close with development team to verify bug fixes against new builds.
  • Utilized debugging tools such as Chrome Console, Charles Proxy.

EPAM Systems

QA Engineer

April 2015 - August 2017

  • Developed reusable codes and executed test scripts using Selenium and PyCharm.
  • Conducted Load Testing through creating, modifying and executing scripts using JMeter,
  • Testing of Mobile Apps for iOS, Android ( functional testing, network/interrupt testing )
  • Developed and maintained test documentation, such as test plans, test cases, check lists, test summary reports, etc
  • Write and execute SQL queries.

Union Space Group

Linux Engineer

September 2011 - April 2015

  • Working on variety of GNU/Linux platforms, installations, configuration and maintenance of web applications
  • Experience in creating and adding new disk partitions and File Systems: Swap, LVM (Physical Volumes, Volume Groups, and Logical Volumes)
  • Experience in Linux Security: PAM, Selinux, and Linux Monitoring such as Nagios, Zabbix
  • Set up Samba shares, configure SAN and NAS solutions
  • Experience in Performance Monitoring, Memory, Disks, Network
  • Performed day-to-day Linux administration such as user accounts, logon scripts, directory services, file system shares, and permissions etc
  • Configuration of network Firewalls (iptables), traffic shapers; VPN connections

Education

Aktobe Polytechnic College

BSc Information Technology

2007 - 2010

During my time at College I learnt most of my key skills that have I have taken through my career such as teamwork and working to tight deadlines. Working under two and more projects in same time.

I spent a lot of my free time as a committee member of the IT department.

Also I took 2nd place in small academy of sciences concurse in kazakhstan (2007)

A Little More About Me

Alongside my interests in QA some of my other interests and hobbies are:

  • Gaming (PS4)
  • Playing Guitar and Singing
  • Swimming