Rubens Chagas

• Enhanced the promotion of a quality assurance process across the company's suite of products, emphasizing the automation of end-to-end applications and API integration testing.

• Furthermore, I boast a proven track record in knowledge transfer and training, having conducted courses and seamlessly collaborating with large, multidisciplinary teams on a global scale.

Skills: Cypress, Cucumber, Gherkin, BDD, RESTful API testing; Functional Testing: User Acceptance Testing (UAT); Exploratory, Regression, Smoke, Unit and Integration Testing; Postman, JSON, YML; GIT, Code Review, OneFlow (GIT branching model and workflow process), Tag Release, Feature Flag, Pull Request (PR); OS: Windows, Linux (Ubuntu); JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js; Regular Expressions (Regex); Web Storm, IntelliJ; Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Docker, Terraform; Azure DevOps pipelines; Jira, Agile, Kanban, Zephyr Scale.

• Optimized and automated the setup (Infrastructure as Code), building (Continuous Integration), and deployment (Continuous Deployment) of customer environments, reducing a 2-day effort to just a few minutes, for both SaaS (GCP) and On-Premises setups.

• Additionally, automated the setup (containerization) and deployment (CD) of databases and environment tests, 3-day-effort to 2 hours.

• Achieved great results on getting rid of unmaintainable and duplicated test related as well as code documentation. Enforced self-documentation in repositories.

• Pioneered the implementation of a reference code architecture to enhance functionality testing through automation.

• Led and coordinated cross-functional teams across multiple international locations to develop testing plans, strategies, and automated tests for various projects and squad teams.

• Streamlined daily tasks including SysAdmin responsibilities, Linux operations, repository management, and Dockerization and log analysis. Implemented Ansible for environment automation, resulting in a significant reduction of manual hours to automated workflows.

Skills: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD); Docker, Docker Compose, Docker Registry, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, Postman, Newman; JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Groovy, Bash and Batch Scripting; Regular Expressions (Regex); Web Storm, IntelliJ; Web Servers: Apache Tomcat; OS: Windows Server, Linux (CentOS, Alpine Linux, Ubuntu); JSON, YML, SoapUI, XML, IDoc; Networking, Security and Protocols: FTP/SFTP, DNS, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SSL/TLS, OSI Model; Email: SMTP, IMAPS, SMTP, POP3; Infrastructure Monitoring: Zabbix; Application logs: JConsole, Stack-trace logs tracking skills; Database: PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle; DBeaver, SQL Management Studio; Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google Cloud (GC); Jira, Agile, Scrum, Kanban.

• Automated the configuration (containerization) and deployment (CI/CD) of databases and test environments on virtual machines (VMs), resulting in a substantial decrease in the time needed from 3 days to a mere 2 hours.

• Optimized daily workflows using batch scripting, resulting in substantial time savings and increased team efficiency.

• Rid of unmaintainable and duplicated test related code.

• Enforced automated self-documentation in repositories, ensuring consistency and ease of maintenance.

• Demonstrated expertise in four logistics tower routing solutions, serving as a valuable internal reference consultant and an expert trainer.

Skills: Cypress, Cucumber, Gherkin, BDD, Protractor, Selenium, WebDriver; Functional Testing: User Acceptance Testing (UAT); Exploratory, Regression, Smoke, Unit and Integration Testing; RESTful API testing, Postman, SoapUI, JSON, YML, XML, IDoc; Docker, Docker Compose, Jenkins pipelines, Ansible, Postman, Newman; GIT, SVN, Code Review; Web Servers: Apache Tomcat; JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js; Regular Expressions (Regex); Web Storm, IntelliJ; Jira, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Zephyr Scale.

• Developed test case scenarios for developers and operational teams across different countries.

• Utilized bug management tool Zephyr Scale and agile project management (Jira), applying Scrum, Kanban, and Agile methodologies.

• Coordinated and reported on test execution and the defects life cycle across parallel projects.

• Conducted API and integration tests (Web service, IDoc) involving ERPs (SAP, Datasul, Logix), Middleware, and logistics software.

• Played a key role in two international gig projects (Brazil and Mexico). Overseeing orchestrations for integration between SAP Hanna, PI/PO middleware, and a logistics tower routing solution.

• Led and coordinated cross-functional teams across international locations. Developed testing plans, strategies, and automated tests for various projects and squad teams.

Skills: Gherkin, BDD; Functional Testing: User Acceptance Testing (UAT); Exploratory, Regression, Smoke, Unit and Integration testing; RESTful API testing, Postman, SoapUI, JSON, YML, XML, IDoc; GIT, SVN, Code Review; Web Servers: Apache Tomcat; Jira, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Zephyr Scale.

• Accountable for the oversight of hardware and software infrastructure, encompassing management of computers, printers, network, and telecommunications.

• Active involvement in the formulation and execution of operational projects.

Skills: Operating System: Windows Client/Server; Administrative Roles: Active Directory (AD), Network Administrator, Security Administrator, Web Administrator, Computer Operator, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE); Database Administration (DBA): SQL Server; Hardware: Hardware Maintenance.