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Talant Kubanychev

Mason,OH

Summary

Experienced and detail-oriented SDET/QA professional with over 9 years of software testing and quality assurance expertise. Proficient in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), skilled in designing comprehensive test plans, and executing manual and automated tests. Strong collaborator with cross-functional teams, ensuring effective communication and successful project outcomes. Committed to delivering high-quality software solutions through thorough testing processes and continuous improvement.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr QA Consultant

Ingage Partners Inc
Cincinnati, OH
06.2021 - Current

Sr. QA Consultant @ EyeMed, Luxottica / 2024 to Present

  • Worked in a Waterfall environment
  • Participated in testing team's planning, daily and retro meetings
  • Collaborated closely with Business Analysts and Developers to ensure alignment on requirements and test coverage
  • Worked on improving the testing process to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
  • Involved in test planning, creating, and executing comprehensive test scenarios
  • Performed Manual testing
  • Logged defects and monitored until resolution
  • Prepared Testing Reports for Failed and Passed Test Cases
  • Documented Testing process and prepared training documents
  • Provided insights and recommendations for further automation opportunities to reduce manual efforts and increase test coverage

Sr. QA Consultant @ Ingage, Internal Project / 2023

  • Collaborated with developers by participating in Scrum meetings, story estimations, and ticket review meetings
  • Wrote backend test cases and validated them with Postman
  • Worked on writing and validating UI test cases
  • Identified and wrote automation test cases
  • Built and maintained an automation framework in Cypress to improve efficiency and coverage
  • Utilized Cypress for automation testing, designing, writing, and executing comprehensive test cases
  • Identified and resolved issues in the test automation framework, improving overall test reliability
  • Used Trello as a project management and defect-tracking tool

Sr. QA Consultant @ VNDLY, Workday / 2022 to 2023

  • Worked in an Agile environment
  • Collaborated with developers by participating in epic kickoff meetings and estimations, ticket review meetings, testing of new features, and reviewing any issues
  • Validated regression test cases on a weekly basis
  • Identified test scenarios, wrote test cases, and documented the testing process for new feature
  • Collaborated with the automation testing team to identify automation opportunities
  • Monitored AWS CloudWatch for failed automation test cases and retested failed test cases
  • Logged defects in Jira and monitored until resolution
  • Collaborated with other testing teams to give regular updates and build awareness for changes that may affect each team

QA Consultant @ EyeMed, Luxottica / 2021 to 2022

  • Worked in a Waterfall environment
  • Participated in meetings with BAs and Developers in addition to Testing Team
  • Involved in Test planning, creating, and executing of test scenarios
  • Performed Manual, Backend, and UAT Testing
  • Validated data in Facets for Providers
  • Utilized GBS Tool and Web Facets to validate the data
  • Logged defects in HPQC and monitored until resolution
  • Prepared Testing Reports for Failed and Passed Test Cases
  • Documented Testing process and prepared training documents

SDET

Carsforsale.com
Sioux Falls, SD
08.2018 - 06.2021
  • Worked in an Agile environment
  • Involved in planning, developing, and executing Test Scenarios for Manual and Automated Test cases
  • Wrote Test Plans, Test cases, and Test Scenarios using Jira.
  • Maintain Automation Framework.
  • Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Utility Classes in Selenium using Java
  • Implemented different frameworks like BDD, DD, and POM.
  • Involved in code review sessions with team members.
  • Write and execute automated Test scripts for smoke test and regression suite.
  • Create & manage bug reports and report them.
  • Performed Database Testing and wrote SQL queries for data verification and validation.
  • Performed application Backend Testing
  • Used Postman for retrieving, creating, updating, and deleting data.

SDET

TEMPOE
Cincinnati, OH
03.2016 - 08.2018
  • Worked in Agile methodology and was involved in scrum ceremonies
  • Performed Automation testing and maintained automation framework
  • Worked on a Maven project using IntelliJ
  • Implemented Selenium using the TestNG framework with Java.
  • Identified and wrote Automation scripts
  • Used Jira as a project management tool and Jira Xray for test management.
  • Created and Executed automated test scripts for Smoke Test and Regression Suite.
  • Performed Database Testing and wrote SQL queries for data verification and validation on Oracle SQL Developer and JDBC.
  • Involved in Code Review with team members.
  • Produce status reports related to the testing process.
  • Assisted in the training/mentoring new team members, and junior testers.

Manual Tester

ANTHEM
Mason, OH
11.2014 - 03.2016
  • Performed Manual Testing.
  • Reviewed and analyzed requirement specifications.
  • Worked on creating effective strategies and test plans.
  • Used Jira as a project-tracking and defect-tracking tool.
  • Write and execute Test cases.
  • Performed Database Testing.
  • Write SQL queries to select, insert, and delete the data using SQL Developer
  • Produced status reports related to the testing process, including test results.
  • Reported defects and errors and tracked them to closure.

Education

Some College (No Degree) - International Relations

International Ataturk Alatoo University
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Skills

  • Test Plans and Test Methodologies
  • Manual Testing
  • Automated Testing Frameworks
  • Testing Analytics
  • Cross-Functional Team Collaboration
  • Script and Scenario Design
  • Defect Tracking and Reporting
  • Testing Processes: UI Testing, API Testing, Database Testing, Smoke Test, Regression Test
  • Testing Tools: Selenium, Cypress, Postman
  • Testing Frameworks: Page Object Model, Data-Driven, Behavior-Driven Development, JUnit, TestNG
  • Software Development Tools: JIRA, Trello, HPQC
  • Programming Languages: Java, Python, SQL
  • Version Control Systems: GitHub
  • CI/CD tool: Jenkins
  • Cloud Computing: AWS
  • Tools and Technologies: Docker, Kubernetes

Certification

  • Certified Tester - Foundation Level

Certification Authority: International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB)

Credential ID: 23-CTFL-01888-USA

Validate at: https://atsqa.org/certified-testers

Obtained: June 2023

  • Professional Scrum Master I

Certification Authority: Scrum.org

Validation #: talantkubanychev@gmail.com

Validate at: https://www.scrum.org/certificates/982233

Obtained: July 2023

  • AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate

Certification Authority: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Credential ID: SR12WW42TNB11H3W

Validate at: https://aw.certmetrics.com/amazon/public/verification.aspx

Obtained: September 2022

  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer

Certification Authority: The Linux Foundation

Credential ID: LF-m73rm30ec3

Validate at: https://training.linuxfoundation.org/certification/verify/

Obtained: August 2023

Timeline

Sr QA Consultant

Ingage Partners Inc
06.2021 - Current

SDET

Carsforsale.com
08.2018 - 06.2021

SDET

TEMPOE
03.2016 - 08.2018

Manual Tester

ANTHEM
11.2014 - 03.2016

Some College (No Degree) - International Relations

International Ataturk Alatoo University
Talant Kubanychev