Sorin Vlad

Sorin Vlad

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  • About me

    People Manager at Pentalog

  • Education

    • National College Gh. Lazar

      2000 - 2004
      High school diploma Mathematics and Computer Science
    • Universitatea „Babeș-Bolyai” din Cluj-Napoca

      2004 - 2008
      Bachelor's degree Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Experience

    • Banca Transilvania

      Mar 2008 - Mar 2013
      Senior Account Administrator

      Providing technical support to colleagues in branches in order to draw proper creditcontracts.Checking and approval of loan contractsMaking various specific operations on loans(Supplement, mitigation, restructuring,amortization ...)Maintaining relationship with FNGCIMM BT (National Guarantee Fund for Smalland Medium Businesses)

    • Banca Transilvania, Cluj Napoca

      May 2012 - Jan 2013
      Quality Test Engineer(User Acceptance Team)

      -responsible for validating and executing tests ensuring that all release builds of products respect their test plan- assists the QA Lead in developing test cases and test procedures- provides statistics about the product quality- perform regression testing- work closely with the QA Lead to ensure the product is compliant with the requirements- reporting and updating bugs using JIRA- making improvement proposals to achieve a quality software- create and execute test scenarios and test scripts- will help prioritize defects to be fixed using the understanding of the businessrequirements Show less

    • 3Pillar

      Apr 2013 - Apr 2016
      Software Engineer

      Project: Sourcefire powered by CiscoTesting an intrusion detection and prevention application, network security.Functionality Testing, Regression Testing, UI Testing, Back-end Testing.- Test Case creation & execution with HP Quality Center, TestTrack and TIMS- Bug Tracking using Bugzilla and CDETS- Running Perl automation test scripts, performing manual testing on the tests that failed in automation and updating the results in Quality Center- Automation Data Base maintenance(MySQL), insert/update/delete values in the automation data base, queries.- Back-end Testing (Applications and Network Devices ID’s and fingerprints in the database)- Scripts logs investigation for issues or failure causes- Create and run packet capture files under Linux and WireShark to simulate different Operating Systems, Devices and Software Applications- Creating and using virtual test environments, with VMware. (vSphere) - Ensure that the content and structure of all testing documents are documented and maintained- Training the new colleagues as the team is expanding. Show less

    • NTT DATA Romania

      Apr 2016 - Mar 2020

      Project: BrainloopTechnologies: C#, Xamarin, iOS automation testing, iOS mobile testingRole within the project: Automation QACurrently creating Automated UI Acceptance Tests written in C# using the NUnit unit testing framework to be run against iOS applications.Functionality Testing, Regression TestingBug Tracking using Jira, Running Automation tests in TFSRunning automation test scripts, performing manual testing on the tests that failed in automation and updating the results in JiraEnsure that the content and structure of all testing documents are documented and maintained Show less Project: Legal&General Technologies: Java, Cucumber, Serenity BDD, automation testing, web testingRole within the project: Automation QATesting E2E features of the project and creating automation tests.Functionality Testing, Regression TestingProposed and implemented a new automation framework suitable for the client needsTook ownership of the project and wrote all automation tests for the specific feature of the projectBug Tracking using Jira, Running Automation tests in Jenkins PipelineRunning Cucumber automation test scripts, performing manual testing on the tests that failed in automation(regression) and updating the results in JiraEnsure that the content and structure of all testing documents are documented and maintained Show less Project: Virgin MediaTechnologies: Java, Cucumber, automation testing, web testingRole within the project: Automation QATesting certain features of the project and creating automation tests.Functionality Testing, Regression Testing, UI Testing, Back-end Testing.- Test Case creation & execution - Bug Tracking using Jira- Running Java automation test scripts, performing manual testing on the tests that failed in automation- Ensure that the content and structure of all testing documents are documented and maintained Show less

      • QA Automation Engineer

        Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
      • Automation Engineer

        Apr 2018 - Apr 2019
      • Automation Engineer

        Nov 2017 - Mar 2018
      • QA Automation Engineer

        Apr 2016 - Nov 2017
    • Pentalog

      Mar 2020 - Jun 2021

      FINTECH COMPANY SPECIALIZED IN COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT August 2020 - June 2021 Duration: 10monthsCLIENTOur client is a startup offering highly innovative solutions to enable their clients to manage a part of the risk of buyingand selling financial instruments – what the industry refers to as "collateral management". The innovation is that thesolution is cloud based, the only one in this industry.PROJECTThe client entrusted a dedicated team from Pentalog with the development of their collateral management system.TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTJavaScript, Express.js, Node.js, MySQL, REST, React.js, WebSockets, HTML5, CSS3, Jasmine, JestTEAM SIZE: 25MISSION DESCRIPTIONQA Automation Engineer.• Writing and maintaining E2E test scripts.• Running E2E on a daily basis.• Preparation of technical documentation for the tested applications.• Contributing to the overall testing effort on the project.• Continuously striving to improve the efficiency and coverage of the QA processes.• Manual testing.SKILLSQuality Assurance, Cucumber, TestCafe, End-to-end testing, Manual testing, AWS, Jenkins, MySQL Show less A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTIVE COACHING EXPERTISE PROVIDER March 2020 - August2020 Duration: 5 monthsCLIENTThe Client is a professional leadership development and executive coaching provider whose expertise includesremote coaching, high-quality transformation support programs, customized courses, refined individual and groupmonitoring actions and collective intelligence guidance.PROJECTThe Pentalog team is in charge with the development of an online coaching platform enabling companies to ensuretheir employees an easy access to expert coaches and to quickly deploy and scale premium coaching programs.TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTAngular 9, PHP 7, Symfony, HTML, CSS, Amazon Web Services, SQL, JIRA, Confluence, Agile, ScrumTEAM SIZE: 7MISSION DESCRIPTIONQA Automation Engineer.• Test automation.• Identifying, writing and reviewing test cases based on the specifications.• Executing tests according to the test plan.• Reporting defects and test results.• Tracking and retesting defects.• Communication with the development team.SKILLSQuality Assurance, Test automation Show less

      • Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

        Sept 2020 - Jun 2021
      • Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

        Mar 2020 - Aug 2020
    • Pentalog

      Aug 2021 - now

      Organizing the onboarding process:- Defining the onboarding process;- Internal logistics & practices.Monthly one-to-one meetings with each team member.Coaching the team on remote collaboration, how to give visibility, communication.Collecting and providing regular feedback: team members, Pentalog and Client.Internal (Pentalog only) by-weekly meetings: removing issues, HR risks.Maturity Model:- Responsible for the People pulse axis;- Contribution to governance, skills and turnover axisInvolving the team on the business side.Attending important team meetings with the client. Show less HIGH CLASS SPORTS RETAILER August 2021 - now Duration: 4 monthsCLIENTThe Client is an international provider of sports equipment, including gear, clothing and footwear products availablefor a wide variety of sports.PROJECTThe Pentalog team is providing support to the Client in order to build their new site for the walking / running brands.Such help is ensured following Branding and Design Sprint workshops.TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTJavaScript, CSS, jQueryTEAM SIZE: 4MISSION DESCRIPTIONScrum Master.• Coaching the team and the client on using the Scrum framework.• Supporting the team in defining the work process and flow.• Supporting the team and client in finding ways of improvement.• Facilitating Scrum events.• Risk and conflict management.• Monthly project follow-up with the client.• Additionally engaged in the testing procedure.SKILLSAgile, Scrum, Project Management, Manual testing Show less

      • People Manager

        Nov 2021 - now
      • Project Manager Scrum Master

        Aug 2021 - Nov 2021
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Cisco Security Ninja White Belt

    • TOSCA Automation Specialist Level 1

      Tricentis
      Apr 2017