Sergei Konovalov
QA Automation Lead & Test Framework Architect
📍 Antalya, Turkey
👨💻 About Me
I am a seasoned QA Automation Lead with 7+ years of hands-on experience in building robust, scalable, and maintainable automated testing frameworks. I specialize in ensuring product quality at every stage of the development lifecycle through strategic testing approaches, CI/CD integration, and cross-functional collaboration.
My passion lies in transforming manual testing processes into efficient automated solutions that enhance release confidence, reduce manual effort, and accelerate delivery timelines.
💼 Professional Experience
Mercuryo
QA Automation Lead
October 2024 - Present (4 months)
Leading automation initiatives with a focus on:
- 🏗️ Building robust, scalable, and maintainable automated testing frameworks
- 🎯 Ensuring product quality at every stage of the development lifecycle
- 🚀 Leading automation initiatives that enhance release confidence
- 🔄 Implementing comprehensive testing strategies and CI/CD integration
- 🤝 Cross-functional collaboration to accelerate delivery
Mercuryo
QA Engineer
March 2022 - September 2024 (2 years 7 months)
🏆 Key Achievements:
- Infrastructure Setup: Built Jenkins container infrastructure from scratch, including agents and supporting tools (Portainer) for automated remote test execution
- CI/CD Implementation: Configured comprehensive Jenkins jobs for daily automatic and manual parameterized test runs
- Performance Optimization: Implemented CI support and multi-threaded test execution in existing test projects
- API Development: Created a complete client library for the company's largest product API from scratch
- Test Automation: Developed multiple test projects from scratch for API and UI product testing
Ikano Insight
QA Engineer
September 2019 - March 2022 (2 years 7 months) | London, England, UK
🏆 Key Achievements:
- Framework Development: Created and implemented a comprehensive automated testing framework for client-side applications from scratch
- Security Testing: Implemented application security testing using OWASP Zap Proxy
- Performance Testing: Established application stability testing using jMeter
- Test Coverage: Developed complete test coverage for one of the company's main products
Gehtsoft USA LLC
Product Manager
August 2017 - September 2019 (2 years 2 months)
🏆 Key Achievements:
- Migration Leadership: Successfully led the company's first transition of projects with extensive codebases from SVN to GIT
- Requirements Management: Created comprehensive business requirements documentation for supervised projects from scratch
QA Engineer
May 2015 - August 2017 (2 years 4 months)
🏆 Key Achievements:
- Testing Methodology: Successfully implemented Pairwise testing methodology on tested projects
🛠️ Core Skills & Expertise
👥 Leadership & Management
- Team Leadership & Mentoring (5+ engineers)
- Project Management & Strategic Planning
- Stakeholder Communication & Reporting
- Process Improvement & Optimization
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Budget & Resource Management
🤖 Automation & Testing
- Test Automation Framework Architecture
- End-to-End Test Suite Development
- API Testing & Contract Validation
- Database Testing & Data Validation
- Parallel & Multi-threaded Test Execution
- Performance & Load Testing
- Security & Vulnerability Testing
⚙️ DevOps & Infrastructure
- CI/CD Pipeline Design & Implementation
- Container Orchestration (Docker/K8s)
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Monitoring & Alerting Systems
- Test Environment Management
- Cloud Platforms Integration
📋 Methodologies & Soft Skills
- Agile/Scrum Leadership & Facilitation
- Quality Assurance Strategy & Planning
- Technical Documentation & Knowledge Sharing
- Problem-Solving & Root Cause Analysis
- Cross-functional Team Collaboration
- Training & Knowledge Transfer
💻 Technology Stack
🔬 Testing Frameworks
Selenium
PyTest
Playwright
🛠️ DevOps & CI/CD
Jenkins
Docker
Git
Kubernetes
GitHub
💻 Programming Languages
Python
Java
C#
📊 Performance & Monitoring
Grafana
Prometheus
Postman
Graylog
OWASP ZAP
jMeter
🎯 Test & Task Management
Jira
Qase
Allure Testops
Zephyr
🎓 Education
Master of Engineering and Technology, Radio Engineering
Omsk State Technical University
September 2009 - August 2014
LinkedIn
"Passionate about building quality into every stage of software development through innovative automation solutions and strategic testing approaches."
🌟 Ready to enhance your product quality? Let's discuss how my expertise in QA automation can drive your project success.
Last updated: September 2025