Igor Grinberg
Verified Expert in Engineering
Automation Architect and Developer
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toptal member since November 26, 2019
Igor is an experienced automation architect with proven leadership ability. Passionate about improving organizational efficiency through utilizing automation strategies, he's capable of directing several initiatives simultaneously and maintaining a high standard of excellence in quality and speed. Igor's experience includes expertise with Java, JavaScript, Python, Selenium, Appium, Jest, Jasmine, NightwatchJS, Karate API, and UI.
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GitLab, IntelliJ IDEA, MacOS
The most amazing...
...thing I've built from scratch was a full E2E test automation solution fully based on open source frameworks that integrated different technologies.
Work Experience
QA Engineer (UAT Analyst)
Stanley Black & Decker - Main
- Built research and development test automation solutions for a home-building web app.
- Developed test automation framework based on JavaScript and Nightwatch.js for regression testing.
- Worked with BAs to create proper test solutions, tracking and fixing bugs.
Automation Engineer
Keen Decision Systems
- Implemented the Cypress test automation framework.
- Monitored and ensured the Cypress test automation coverage.
- Tracked bugs and worked closely with the team to fix them.
Senior UI Automation Test Engineer for Monitoring Tool
TruGreen
- Created a test automation monitoring solution for the TruGreen web app.
- Integrated the monitoring solution into the New Relic app.
- Handled the integration of the test automation solution into the Azure DevOps CI/CD.
QA Engineer
Alteryx
- Created test automation solutions for JavaScript-based applications.
- Tracked releases, bugs, and CI/CD implementations. Worked with the team to create unit tests based on Jest.
- Built a solution to test the visual part of the application based on JavaScript and Jest.
QA Automation Engineer
Alteryx
- Created a localization automation solution based on Python.
- Researched and developed the best framework for test automation.
- Oversaw and tested releases, tracked bugs, and worked with the team to fix them.
QA Engineer
Everist Health
- Developed the test automation framework for COVID-19 Calculator, a web platform that helps individuals better understand their risks related to COVID-19.
- Used Jira to track bugs, fixed them, and created test plans and test cases.
- Tested the application for performance issues and user acceptance.
QA Engineer
XTO Energy
- Tested the Exxon safety iOS application on real and virtual devices.
- Adapted the Appium automation framework for the iOS-based application.
- Tracked bugs and releases and tested all releases on both manual and automated tests.
QA Engineer
Azrieli Group
- Created the automation framework and tested Angular-based and eCommerce apps.
- Researched and developed the test automation framework for the company, tracking defects with Jira.
- Worked with the team to find the best solution to test the eCommerce application.
QA Automation Engineer
Anthem Digital
- Designed and implemented API testing based on the Karate framework.
- Built and delivered UI testing based on Selenium and Cucumber.
- Planned and executed GraphQL testing with the Karate framework.
Test Automation Engineer
AnthemAI
- Designed and developed an automation framework based on Java, Selenium, Cucumber, and TestNG.
- Supported the dev team on coverage and event testing on the Mixpanel tool.
- Designed and developed an automation based on JavaScript automation frameworks.
Test Automation Architect | Senior Software Automation Developer
QA Consultants
- Researched, designed, and implemented automation test architecture in web and mobile environments based on the latest frameworks like Selenium, Appium, Jest, Jasmine, Nightwatch.js, and Cypress.io.
- Contributed to developing an overall QA process and best practices for manual/automation.
- Led the development of a system test framework for mobile and web testing. Implementation regression runs on virtual, real, and cloud devices.
- Presented detailed risk analysis on an ongoing basis to promote transparency, implemented CI/CD solutions, and performed continuous integration and regression testing.
- Executed automation test strategies successfully, reported, and met with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with business strategy and project requirements.
- Implemented CI/CD based on Jenkins, TeamCity, GitHub, and Bitbucket.
- Architectured and developed web and mobile testing solutions based on the TestProject tool.
- Designed and implemented automation of unit test architecture in xUnit. Performed test automation solutions for C# Selenium and Windows native apps.
Principal Software Engineer | Senior QA Automation Developer
ATT
- Led offshore teams, accountable for QA automation for front and back end, performance, microservices, integration, and DevOps teams.
- Managed several critical automation transitions and integrations, ensuring user acceptance and data integrity throughout.
- Implemented test automation FW for video encapsulation automated tests based on Python.
- Implemented test automation FW based on Java, REST Assured, TestNG, and Maven with integration into Jenkins CI/CD for back-end testing.
- Involved in all aspects of UI automation based on Selenium WebDriver and Cypress; transitioned from JMeter to Java/TestNG automation.
- Implemented test automation FW for data verification on NoSQL DB's, Mongo, and Cassandra with Kafka based on Python.
Team Lead SWQA Automation
AMD
- Implemented an automated testing framework, release acceptance, and regression sets of test cases.
- Met regularly with the executive team to understand organizational objectives and deliverables, ensuring alignment with the overall strategy.
- Collaborated with various teams to ensure QA and UAT success and provided ongoing support to newly developed systems.
- Developed test cases, test plans, test execution, defect tracking, and report generation based on functional specifications on Windows, Android, and Linux systems.
- Built a high-performance QA team by hiring, training, coaching, and mentoring QA engineers.
Senior QA Engineer | Technical Lead
BlueCat Networks
- Designed and performed all aspects of network verification, including functional test, system test, integration test, regression test, and performance/stress test on Bluecat devices (XMB, XMB2, Adonis, and Proteus).
- Wrote, executed, and maintained automated and manual test cases and related artifacts (code, scripts, inputs, expected results, and execution reports).
- Designed and implemented regression testing.
- Led the GSS-TSIG and TACACS project from the QA perspective.
- Reviewed and analyzed existing test cases and test procedures to provide automation wherever is possible.
- Led the planning of software testing, including system test and load test.
- Worked in the fast-changed environment using agile/scrum development methodology with frequently changing requirements.
- Implemented verification tests of IPAM solution in Windows environment, flexible VMWare/Cisco/Ixia-based network environment to reproduce various complicated scenarios, and test system plans to test company devices under IxLoad traffic.
- Vaulted new network technologies and analytics tools based on design verification utilization and simulation network.
Software Test Automation Engineer
Cisco System
- Coordinated with product managers, engineering, and customer support departments to deliver high-quality and enterprise-class releases on a timely basis.
- Planned, created, and developed test plans and test cases for information management software products.
- Designed, configured, and built test environments that emulate customer environments.
- Reviewed product requirements, engineering designs, and user documentation.
- Designed, implemented, configured, and managed Cisco SCE Lab testing.
- Implemented and developed automation tests based on networking and system monitoring using SNMP, SCABB, Sniffers, and Packet analyzers (Wireshark).
- Planned and coordinated system utilization and capacity; involved in configuration and testing vendor’s scenario.
- Implemented Ixia packet generation scripts to test Cisco DPI performance and stress.
- Developed frameworks to automate Ixia tests, to run malicious and big packet tests.
- Configured Cisco IOS with L2/L3 Switch and Routing, L4—L7 SLB.
- Escalated hardware and software issues related to LAN/WAN.
- Created and execute test plans, scenarios, and scripts.
- Configured and maintained hardware and software to executed test plans.
- Reviewed product requirements, engineering designs, and user documentation.
Experience
Test Automation Solutions
• Test automation frameworks: Java, Python, Selenium, Appium, Protractor, Jasmine, Cypress.io, TestNG, REST Assured, Cucumber, Gherkin, Karate, and behavior-driven development (BDD).
• Test automation tools: TestProject, Katalon Studio, Robot Framework, Apache JMeter.
Test Automation Development
• Environments: Java, Python, Selenium, Appium, Cucumber, Gherkin, Azure, Chef, JMeter, ZeroCode, Jira, Confluence, TestNG, JUnit, XML, JSON, Jenkins, and BitBucket.
Software QA Automation
Test Automation Engineer
I oversaw the development of front-end automated test cases.
The project had 95% automated test coverage.
Cypress Automation Development for SaaS Platform
Senior Test Automation Engineer
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics
Netanya Academic College - Netanya, Israel
Skills
Libraries/APIs
WebDriver, REST APIs, Selenium API, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, Playwright, WebDriverJS, React, Node.js, Nightwatch.js
Tools
Karate API Testing, Postman, BrowserStack, JavaScript Testing, Cucumber, IntelliJ IDEA, Jira, Apache JMeter, Katalon Studio, Apache Maven, Jenkins, TeamCity, GitHub, Bitbucket, Pytest, REST Assured, PyDev, Gradle, Subversion (SVN), WebdriverIO, GitLab, Wireshark, QTP, Confluence, Chef, Silk Test, HP Quality Center (QC), TestRail, TFS, xUnit, Eggplant.io
Languages
Java, Gherkin, XML, JavaScript, HTML5, HTML, Python, SQL, CSS, C#, TypeScript
Frameworks
Robot Framework, Appium, Selenium, Cypress, JUnit, TestNG, Protractor, Jasmine, TestProject, Jest, Espresso, React Native, XCUITest, Angular, NUnit, TestCafe
Paradigms
Functional Testing, REST, Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Scrum, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Development (CD), RESTful Development, Agile, Automated Testing, Manual Testing, E2E Testing, Test Automation, Testing, Unit Testing, Automation, Load Testing, Azure DevOps, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Microservices, DevOps, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), User Testing
Platforms
Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Docker, MacOS, Windows 7, Eclipse, Debian Linux, AWS Lambda, New Relic
Storage
JSON, BaseX, MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)
Industry Expertise
Retail & Wholesale
Other
API Testing, GUI Testing, Integration Testing, Regression, QA Test Plan Management, Mobile Device QA Automation, APIs, Back-end, Mobile UI, Test Design, Web Service Testing, Mobile App Testing, Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution, Test Case Development, Performance Testing, Web Services, Selenium IDE, Selenium PageFactory, Selenium Page Object, Scrum Testing, Manual QA, Quality Assurance (QA), QA Testing, QA Automation, QA Leadership, Software QA, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Test Automation Frameworks, Automated UI Testing, Automation Tools, UI Testing, Frameworks, Visual Regression Testing, SDET, Software, Leading Quality Assurance (LQA), Software as a Service (SaaS), Cross-browser Testing, Web App Testing, Website Testing, Android Testing, Analytical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Browsers, Mobile Apps, Training, CI/CD Pipelines, Video Streaming, Broadcasting, API Integration, Networks, Cisco, Router Development, ASA, Cisco Switches, LAN, WAN, Telnet Protocol, Traffic Analysis, Servers, Cisco Routers, DNS, DHCP, Shell Scripting, UI Automator, Sauce Labs, Computer Science, eCommerce, Test Cases, Test Planning, Automation Framework Development, Over-the-top Content (OTT), Streaming, Videos, Amazon Marketplace, Login & Registration
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