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I'm Anton Dragan.

I'm a Stockholm-based Test Automation and DevOps Engineer consultant with 10 years of IT experience.

I specialize in platform development, with a focus on frameworks, tooling, pipelines and infrastructure.

I believe that to be successful in life one needs to be obsessive with their dreams and keep working towards them.

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About me

I'm an IT consultant with 10 years of experience, predominantly focusing on DevOps and Test Automation. I am engaged in multiple parts of software development, continuously learning new languages and am very interested in trying out emerging technologies and solutions. Klarna, Sinch, Hallon and Tink are some of my most recent clients.

  • Location:Stockholm, Sweden
  • Age:32
  • Nationality:Romanian
  • Interests:Snowboarding and gardening
  • Study:Master's in Cybersecurity
  • Employment:Self-employed at DraganWorks AB

Skills

Programming languages
 Node
 Java
 Python
 Bash
 YAML
 Groovy
Test automation Frameworks
 Cypress
 WebDriverIO
 Playwright
 Appium
 Pact
 jMeter
CI/CD processes
 Azure DevOps
 Jenkins
 GitHub Actions
 BuildKite
 GitLab
Cloud infrastructure
 Microsoft Azure
 Google Cloud Platform
 Amazon Web Services
Monitoring and logging
 Prometheus-Grafana
 Elasticsearch-Kibana
 Application Insights
 Datadog
 New Relic
Spoken languages
 English
 Romanian
 French
 German
 Swedish

Work

DraganWorks AB

Self-employed consultantApril 2024 - Present

In April 2024 I have started my company DraganWorks AB and have since been working as a freelance consultant.

Tink AB

Test Automation & DevOps ConsultantNovember 2023 - April 2024

DEVELOPMENT/TOOLING:

JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Pact, Jest, Amazon AWS, GitHub Actions, Buildkite, Kubernetes

MY FOCUS:
  • Assess and create a detailed report of Tink's testing practices and suggest improvements
  • Build the contract testing framework for frontend and backend services (REST, gRPC and Kafka)
  • Create testing pipelines in GitHub Actions and Buildkite
  • Deploy and maintain contract testing infrastructure to Kubernetes via Helm charts
  • Infrastructure support for testing locally and within the build pipelines

Hallon AB

Test Automation & DevOps ConsultantOctober 2022 - July 2023

DEVELOPMENT/TOOLING:

JavaScript, TypeScript, Bash, Python, YAML, Cypress, Jest, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure

MY FOCUS:
  • Build the test automation framework with Cypress
  • Dockerizing the test automation framework and creating test pipelines in Azure DevOps
  • Create reporters that post results via webhooks to Slack and build status checks
  • Set up infrastructure and deploy testing tools and dashboards via Azure Container Apps
  • Infrastructure support for testing locally and in the build pipelines
  • Optimizations and mainteinance of web build and deploy pipelines
  • Creation of build and release pipelines for Apple Testflight and Google Console
  • Maintenence and upgrade of Kubernetes cluster and associated node pools
  • Upgrading and deploying services to Kubernetes
  • Set up monitoring and alerts with Prometheus, Grafana and Application Insights

CurbFood AB

Test Automation & DevOps ConsultantMay 2022 - August 2022

DEVELOPMENT/TOOLING:

JavaScript, TypeScript, YAML, Playwright, Jest, GitHub, Kubernetes, GCP

MY FOCUS:

  • Build the test automation framework with Playwright
  • API testing with Jest, SuperTest and Postman
  • Build and deploy test infrastructure with Cloud Build and Cloud Run
  • Dockerizing the test automation framework and creating test pipelines in GCP
  • Create reporters that post results via webhooks to Slack and build status checks

Sinch AB

Test Automation & DevOps ConsultantSeptember 2021 - May 2022

DEVELOPMENT/TOOLING:

Python, jMeter, GitLab CI, Kubernetes, Flux

MY FOCUS:

  • SMS and SMTP protocol testing
  • Setting up best practices test automation processes
  • Upgrading and expanding the automated test frameworks
  • Automating load testing & reporting
  • Maintaining test automation processes through CI/CD

Klarna AB

Test Automation & DevOps ConsultantMarch 2021 - September 2021

DEVELOPMENT/TOOLING:

JavaScript, Groovy, Bash, Cypress, WebdriverIO, Appium, BrowserStack, Jenkins, BitBucket, Kubernetes, AWS

MY FOCUS:
  • Upgrading and expanding the automated test frameworks: WebdriverIO and Cypress
  • Jenkins pipeline features and maintenence
  • React component testing and native app testing
  • Tooling support for testing isolated features/packages
  • Adaptive testing support, only run tests related to specific code changes

Regent AB

Test Automation & DevOps EngineerMarch 2021

I was employed as a consultant at Regent AB between March 2021 and February 2024 where I had 5 clients, listed above.

LeoVegas AB

Test Automation & DevOps EngineerSeptember 2018 - March 2021

DEVELOPMENT/TOOLING:

JavaScript, Groovy, Bash, Java, YAML, WebdriverIO, Appium, Artillery, SuperTest, Pact, Jenkins, GitHub, Kubernetes, GCP

MY FOCUS:

  • Setting up best practices and newest technologies in test automation
  • Upgrading and expanding the automated test frameworks: WebdriverIO, SuperTest and Pact
  • Configuring and maintaining an on-site mixed-device farm
  • Automating load testing & reporting with jMeter and Artillery
  • Maintaining test automation tools and environments through CI/CD in Jenkins and Kubernetes
  • Teaching test automation procedures and best practices within the company

Bitdefender SRL

Test Automation EngineerMarch 2016 - September 2018

DEVELOPMENT/TOOLING:

Proprietary Python framework, Bamboo, BitBucket

MY FOCUS:

  • Reviewing and commenting on product specifications and designs
  • Creating test plans and test cases
  • Performing tests against builds and test procedures
  • Designing and implementing automated test suites in Python
  • Analyzing various problems which can occur with our products in various market scenarios and identifying the root cause
  • Ensuring the product fulfills all target requirements before each release
  • Maintaining test automation procedures and best practices in Confluence

Education

Titu Maiorescu University

Master's in CybersecuritySeptember 2014 - July 2016

Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance.

Romanian-American University

Bachelor's in Business Information SystemsSeptember 2011 - July 2014

Cybernetics, Statistics and Business Informatics.

I have never met a more analytical person than Anton when it comes to problem solving. He is always looking for ways to improve himself and in a short period, he was promoted from the support department to product testing. Keep up the good work!

-- Mihai Bubulac

Contact

Phone, e-mail or LinkedIn, don't hesitate to get in touch!

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