Corneliu Hitel

Principal QA Engineer - Big Data Test Automation at Pico

Corneliu Hitel has over 16 years of work experience in software testing and quality assurance. Their most recent position is as a Principal QA Engineer at Pico, where they specialize in big data test automation. Prior to that, they worked at Oracle as a Senior Software Developer, focusing on Java/Python automation for networking and Kubernetes. Corneliu also gained experience as a Software Test Engineer at Tricentis and as a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Corvil. Additionally, Corneliu held positions as a Principal Engineer at Ixia Network Visibility Solutions, a Senior Software Test Engineer at Lenovo, and a Software Test Specialist at IBM. Earlier in their career, they worked as a Senior Testing Engineer at Tellabs and held multiple roles at Luxoft, including Tech-Lead and Senior SQA Engineer. Overall, Corneliu has a strong background in software testing and quality assurance, with expertise in automation and big data testing.

Corneliu Hitel completed a Higher Diploma in Software Development from Dublin City University from 2017 to 2019. Corneliu also obtained a Bachelor's degree in Networks and Software in Telecommunications from the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest from 2001 to 2006. Corneliu holds additional certifications such as CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator from The Linux Foundation (obtained in August 2021), LFS211: Linux Networking and Administration from The Linux Foundation (obtained in 2020), and PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) from the Project Management Institute (obtained in September 2019).

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  • Principal QA Engineer - Big Data Test Automation

    November, 2021 - present