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Pavel Abramov

@pvlabrmv

Senior QA specialist and manager driving reliable software delivery through process, test strategy, and team leadership.

Spain

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What I'm looking for

I seek remote or hybrid roles where I can lead QA strategy, build/optimize processes, mentor teams, and improve product reliability and delivery cadence.

I am a senior Quality Assurance professional with 15+ years of experience designing and executing testing for web, microservices, hardware-software and standalone applications. I build QA processes from scratch, lead distributed cross-functional teams, mentor specialists, and implement requirement traceability and test strategies that significantly reduce customer-found defects.

Throughout my career I led integration and departmental QA efforts, organized rapid-response and internship programs, and delivered measurable improvements — eliminating late-discovered bugs in key scenarios and accelerating issue resolution times. I work effectively in Agile environments using tools like Azure DevOps, JIRA, TestRail, Postman, Docker, and SQL, and I am open to remote roles that value process-driven quality and team development.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

QA Manager

Current

Protelion Research and Development Center

Jun 2023 - Present (2 years 4 months)

Led QA strategy and integration testing for 5 network security products, managed a distributed team (6 testers + 2 contractors), and eliminated late-discovered customer bugs in key release scenarios.

Integration Testing Test Strategy Team Leadership Network Security Test Planning

Head of QA for Integration Projects

Infotecs JSC

Jan 2022 - May 2023 (1 year 4 months)

Established cross-team QA processes for 5+ internal teams, reviewed integration requirements across 7+ products, mentored interns (8+ hired) and created a rapid response team reducing specialist response time from 1 day to 1 hour.

Integration Testing Process Design Mentorship Incident Response Network Security QA Strategy

Deputy Department Head

Infotecs JSC

May 2017 - Dec 2021 (4 years 7 months)

Developed department QA strategy, supervised quality teams across 7 products, and led alpha testing for migration of 3 distributed networks totaling >2,500 nodes.

QA Strategy Team Management Alpha Testing Migration Testing Test Planning Distributed Systems

Test Manager

Infotecs JSC

Aug 2014 - Apr 2017 (2 years 8 months)

Managed a 5-person QA team, defined test architecture, and built load, E2E, and API testing processes with 200+ automated tests, reducing average customer resolution time from 7 to 2 days.

Test Management API Testing Load Testing Test Automation Sprint Planning Test Architecture Customer Support

Test Designer

Infotecs JSC

Dec 2011 - Jul 2014 (2 years 7 months)

Implemented test documentation procedures, designed 400+ test cases, introduced requirement tracing, and increased manual test coverage from 30% to 85%.

Testing Design Regression Testing Smoke Testing Test Case Development Coverage Analysis Test Planning

QA Tester

Acronis

Sep 2010 - Dec 2011 (1 year 3 months)

Performed functional and compatibility testing of backup and cloud backup products, maintained test environments on Windows and Linux, and reproduced customer-reported defects.

Functional Testing Backup Windows Linux Test Reporting

SQA Engineer

UnitecSYS

Feb 2009 - Sep 2010 (1 year 7 months)

Tested banking and client-server software, verified compatibility with ATMs and cash devices, and compiled defect reports for financial solutions.

Client Server Testing SQA Client Server Testing Functional Testing Test Execution

Technical Support Consultant

Bureaucrat

Apr 2004 - Feb 2009 (4 years 10 months)

Led issue reproduction and internal defect investigations, provided cross-functional hardware compatibility testing, and liaised with manufacturers on customer issues.

Technical Support Troubleshooting Windows