Chris Markopoulos

Experience

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  Just In Time Technology Solutions

  Sept 2011 - Aug 2013

  Web Designer / Front End Developer

  Started my 6 months obligatory internship at the company, then I became a full in employee. Some of my duties were:• Discussing project with customer• Designing - Creating Websites and e-shops in Joomla-virtuemart CMS• Editing (code or graphics) existing websites-modules

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  Nokia

  Dec 2014 - Jun 2017

  Research & Development Engineer - Software Developer

  Part of the Mobile Networks Converged Core – Cloud IMS.Parts of my everyday work:1. Grooming process and task definition.2. Sync meetings (team and inter-organizational)3. Software Deployment & Development4. Code Review5. Extensive testing and debugging (creation of new testing scenarios and test cases)6. Maintenance and ticket servicing. Also founding member of 5G Awareness Stream “Ready 4 Tomorrow”.Member of Best Practice Sharing stream.

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  Elorus

  Jun 2017 - Oct 2017

  Full Stack Developer

  Development in Python using Django Framework and Django Rest Framework for Back End.Javascript and React for Front End.Connections with PostgreSQL Database.HTTP methods, responses management and exceptions handling.Testing.Debugging and problem solving.

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  Intralot

  Dec 2017 - Sept 2018

  Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

  Monitoring and supporting existing test suites.Automate manual scenarios.Test plan and test case design.Test scope definition.New suites implementation.Parallel testing development.Bug / Defect reporting and solving.Feature and requirement analysis.Task definition and assignment.Effort estimation definition.End to End API testing.3rd Party integration testing.Direct client environment check and support.Client defect support and resolution. Tools:SoapUI, Groovy, Jira, Bamboo, Jenkins, GIT, Swagger Show less

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  OpenBet

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2023

  Release Management across 20+ environments, varying from Test to Performance and Production.Direct and daily communication with the Customer Teams, as well as all internal Development Teams.Creation of Release Plans.Analysis and prioritization of requirements.Creation of Release Dashboards.Generation of Release related reports.Infrastructure dependencies tracking and resolution.Planning and Monitoring of patches and hotfixes from Test to Performance and Production Environments.Interviewing and onboarding of Release Engineers.Creation of Quarterly reports and Metrics.Leading scrum ceremonies, such as Daily Scrums and Retros.BAU work and improvements backlog prioritization and assignment. Show less Feature analysisRequirement captureTest scope definitionTask definition and assignmentTest plan and test case design and implementationMonitoring and Reporting test run resultsProject Owner of Regression Suite stability, corrections and Improvement tasks backlogImprovement tasks suggestions and implementation regarding the testing frameworkInterviewing Candidates (Telephone and On Site)New Joiners MentoringCreating and giving trainings (business and technical themed)Creating and giving reports directly to the clientCode ReviewsDefect reporting, support and resolutionDemo presentations3rd Party integration testingTools and Technologies:Ruby, Postman, Cucumber, Jira, Testrail, Jenkins, GIT, Wiki, Confluence Show less

  • Release Manager

    Dec 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

    Sept 2018 - Jan 2022
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  Uni Systems

  Jun 2023 - Dec 2023

  Release Manager

  Coordinated with cross-functional teams and companies, as part of the Transversal Engineering Framework (TEF), to handle release dependencies and resolve conflictsDeveloped and maintained release calendars to track progress and meet delivery targets Managed release review processes for releases and software updates, ensuring smooth deployment and minimizing delivery to production time

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  Kaizen Gaming

  Jan 2024 - now

  Senior Agile Delivery Lead