Boyan Nikolov

Lead Tester & Support Engineer at Solvency II Solutions

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

I am skilled IT professional with almost 10 years of experience in software testing and deep knowledge of the software development cycle and testing methodologies. My passion is software testing and learning new technologies and tools.

Experience

  • Lead Tester & Support Engineer at Solvency II Solutions
    May 2014 - Present · 12 yrs 2 mos

    • Functional and DB testing • Writing of test plans and test cases • Supporting clients on deployment and general usage of the software.

  • Freelance Software tester at Elance.com
    Sep 2013 - Mar 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Functional and cross-browser testing of websites • Developing automated test suits using Selenium and Telerik testing framework for various projects • Prepare test plans for applications and websites • Android applications testing

  • Telerik (5 yrs 1 mo)
    • Senior QA
      Oct 2012 - Sep 2013 · 1 yr

      • Test Silverlight and WPF UI controls • Close cooperation with developers on feature design and resolution of issues in an Agile team • Contribute to the Automated tests suits using Telerik Test Studio and Microsoft Coded UI tests • Setup and optimize test build infrastructure and virtual machines for functional and regression testing • Write wrappers/helpers for Telerik Test Studio

    • Software Tester
      Sep 2008 - Nov 2012 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      • Test Silverlight and WPF development controls in Agile Development environment • Develop and maintain test plans and test cases according to the specifications • Maintain team’s test environment • Write Automated tests using Test Studio and Telerik testing framework • Create wrappers/helpers for the company Testing tool • Customer Support

  • SQA at Telco Systems
    May 2007 - Aug 2008 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Test different network protocols for routers • Manual, stress and load testing • Execute test plans for different network protocols and features • Write script configurations for routers in Telco LAB • Create and test network setups in Telco LAB