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Vitalii Kopach

Lviv,Ukraine

Summary

Experienced Integration Manager with a strong background in API integrations for payment solutions, eager to contribute to an exciting fintech project in the billing platform domain. With over 3 years of experience in leading IT companies, I have successfully managed complex API integrations, ensuring seamless payment flows and compliance with business and technical requirements. Proven abilities in diagnosing and resolving technical problems in a timely manner. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills with a customer-centric approach.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work history

Integration Project Manager

NDA
07.2024 - Current

1. Planning and Managing Integration Projects:

• Developing detailed project plans, including timelines, resources, budgets, and key milestones;

• Prioritizing integration tasks based on business needs and technical requirements;

• Continuously monitoring project progress and updating stakeholders.

2. Coordination of Teams and Resources:

• Managing interdisciplinary teams (developers, analysts, testers) to execute integration tasks;

• Establishing communication between technical and business teams to align requirements;

• Optimizing resource allocation and ensuring timely task completion within set deadlines.

3. Requirement Definition and Documentation:

• Gathering and analyzing business requirements for integration solutions;

• Creating technical documentation for system integration (APIs, data, interfaces);

• Implementing documentation processes to ensure transparency and control at all stages.

4. Technical Integration and Quality Control:

• Coordinating the development and testing of integration solutions;

• Ensuring system compatibility and timely resolution of technical issues;

• Participating in the implementation of automated tests to detect defects at early stages.

5. Risk Management:

• Identifying potential risks that may impact successful integration;

• Developing risk mitigation plans and responding promptly to issues;

• Forecasting possible delays and implementing corrective actions.

6. Ensuring Effective Communication:

• Organizing regular status meetings with teams and stakeholders to discuss progress, blockers, and plans;

• Preparing reports on task completion, adherence to deadlines, and integration quality;

• Ensuring a transparent communication process at all levels of the company.

7. Implementing Integration Standards:

• Applying best practices in integration management: API architecture, ETL processes, middleware solutions;

• Establishing integration standards to ensure scalability and security;

• Optimizing processes to reduce time and resource costs for integration.

8. Post-Project Support and Optimization:

• Monitoring integration solutions after implementation to detect errors or inefficiencies;

• Continuously optimizing processes based on collected data;

• Providing support to users and other teams in understanding and utilizing integrated systems.

L1/L2 Technical Support Engineer (Part-time)

REW Technology
02.2024 - Current
  • First point of contact in case of an incident or issue
  • Gathering information about the incident, describing a ticket, and doing incident triage
  • Incident Management and issue escalation
  • Responding to incidents promptly, following established procedures and effectively communicating with stakeholders
  • Working towards minimizing downtime and impact on end-users
  • Timely escalating incident to the next level of support (L3) when it needs in-depth technical knowledge for resolution
  • Gathering and providing necessary incident details before escalation
  • Proactive application and infrastructure monitoring
  • Logs analyzing
  • Setting up Alerts for further tracking and monitoring
  • Maintaining comprehensive documentation for configurations, troubleshooting steps, and support procedures
  • Setting up support procedures
  • Creating internal tutorials
  • UAT and smoke testing
  • Solving support tickets according to the SLA
  • Writing simple SQL queries during the investigation process
  • Working with PHP-based application in Azure Cloud Environment
  • Working with Linux CLI, SFTP, SHH.
  • Developed expertise in variety of technical disiplines including cloud services and network management.
  • Communicated complicated concepts to customers with varying levels of technical understanding in non-patronising manner.
  • Investigated and diagnosed customer's technical and product queries.
  • Anticipated and prevented issues with technical infrastructure to minimise downtime.
  • Completed investigations to check on reported errors, reproduce problems and trace faults.
  • Monitored application performance and infrastructure health, implementing automated alerts for potential issues.
  • Monitored system performance using recognised and agreed criteria.
  • Writing automation scripts for testing purposes.
  • Working with Azure cloud environment and Azure DevOps
  • Working with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Monitoring and troubleshooting build failures or deployment issues in pipelines.
  • Integration of code repository Azure Repos into the pipeline for continuous integration.
  • Generating and interpreting reports on pipeline performance, deployments, and code quality metrics.
  • Monitor work items, sprint progress, and build/release statuses to ensure timelines are met.


L2 Technical Support

NDA
10.2023 - 07.2024

• Provide technical assistance for payment gateway integration issues, including API errors, transaction failures, and connectivity problems.

• Diagnose and resolve escalated technical issues related to payment processing, merchant accounts, and transaction flows.

• Collaborate with L3 teams for complex issue resolution and root cause analysis.

• Monitor payment transactions and system logs to detect and proactively resolve issues, ensuring minimal downtime for clients.

• Track and report recurring issues or patterns, suggesting improvements to prevent future incidents.

• Assist clients in implementing, testing, and troubleshooting payment gateway integration via APIs, SDKs, and plugins.

• Provide detailed technical guidance to merchants on payment setup, security compliance (e.g., PCI-DSS), and best practices.

• Create and maintain internal and external documentation, including FAQs, troubleshooting guides, and technical support manuals.

• Update and expand knowledge base articles to improve the efficiency of support operations.

• Manage and resolve escalated technical tickets from L1 support, adhering to defined SLAs.

• Escalate critical incidents to appropriate teams, ensuring timely resolution and communication with stakeholders.

• Support integration testing of new payment methods, gateway services, and updates, working closely with development and QA teams.

• Validate the correct implementation of payment features in live environments, ensuring functionality and compliance.

• Provide training sessions and support for clients on using payment gateway systems and resolving common issues.

• Serve as a point of contact for client inquiries related to integration performance, feature requests, and troubleshooting.

• Work with account managers, developers, and operations teams to ensure smooth integration and functionality for gambling industry clients.

• Contribute to technical discussions for improving payment flow, system reliability, and client satisfaction.


QA/Technical Support Engineer

Upqode
04.2022 - 10.2023
  • Managing support tickets
  • Upselling web design and development services, SEO services, web speed performance
  • Updating external client knowledge base and internal documentation
  • Installation, modification, and repairing WordPress themes
  • Tracking computer system issues through resolution, within agreed time limits
  • Testing the custom projects based on our themes on different platforms
  • Maintaining the daily performance of Shopify Apps
  • Maintaining the daily performance of WordPress Themes and plugins
  • Submitting test tasks for fixes
  • Product documentation writing
  • Beta/Alpha/Regression testing of Web applications
  • Cooperation with developers and other units
  • Mentoring new support team member.

L1 Customer Support

Simply contact
05.2021 - 04.2022
  • Customer support representative in the outsourcing/offshoring industry
  • Dealing with prioritization of reported incidents
  • Reporting and escalating internal and external incidents
  • Informing the clients about any issues which impact the site/products performance
  • Managing support tickets
  • Working with Zendesk
  • Working with Jira.

Education

Bachelor's Degree - Applied Linguistics

National University Lviv Polytechnic
06-2023

Skills

    🔹 API and Payment Integration

    RESTful and SOAP API Integration

    API Authentication (OAuth, HMAC, Signature Generation)

    API Debugging and Troubleshooting

    API Documentation Analysis and Implementation

    Postman for API Testing and Automation

    XML, JSON, Webhooks

    🔹 Payment Industry Knowledge

    Payment Gateway Integration and Troubleshooting

    Payment Flow Analysis and Optimization

    PCI-DSS Compliance and Security Standards

    Regional Payment Solutions (Different Countries and Regulations)

    Transaction Processing and Reconciliation

    🔹 Technical Skills

    Linux/Unix Administration and Command Line (Bash, Shell)

    SQL (Queries for Data Extraction and Analysis)

    Networking Protocols (HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP, DNS, OSI Model)

    Secure Data Transmission (SSL, TLS, VPN, SFTP, SSH)

    System Monitoring and Log Analysis (Kibana, Grafana, Dynatrace)

    Middleware Solutions and API Gateways

    🔹 DevOps and CI/CD

    Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD)

    Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repositories, Monitoring)

    Docker and Containerization

    Version Control (Git)

    🔹 Project Management and Collaboration

    Jira, Confluence, Zendesk

    Agile and Scrum Methodologies

    Cross-Team Collaboration (Developers, QA, Business Teams)

    Technical Documentation Writing

    Incident and Risk Management

    🔹 Soft Skills and Communication

    English: Advanced (for communication with international partners)

    Strong Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills

    Clear Documentation and Reporting

    Ability to Work in Fast-Paced Fintech Environments


Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
German
Intermediate

Timeline

Integration Project Manager

NDA
07.2024 - Current

L1/L2 Technical Support Engineer (Part-time)

REW Technology
02.2024 - Current

L2 Technical Support

NDA
10.2023 - 07.2024

QA/Technical Support Engineer

Upqode
04.2022 - 10.2023

L1 Customer Support

Simply contact
05.2021 - 04.2022

Bachelor's Degree - Applied Linguistics

National University Lviv Polytechnic
Vitalii Kopach