Tacio Degrazia

👤 About Me

Passionate Test Automation Engineer and SDET with over a decade of experience focused on helping teams ship better software, faster. I specialize in building robust, full-stack test automation frameworks and seamlessly integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.

My motivation comes from seeing a well-designed test catch a critical issue early, and I am dedicated to using that mindset to advance both product quality and business goals.

10+Years in Test Automation

5+Global Companies Served

4Languages Spoken

30%Deployment Time Reduction

💡Strong advocate for Shift-Left approach — embedding quality from earliest stages

🎯Passionate about mentoring team members on automation best practices

🌍Fluent in English, Italian and Portuguese; actively learning Mandarin Chinese

🔍Continuously learning DevOps, cloud security and performance engineering

📋 Personal Information

Full NameTacio Degrazia

Age40

NationalityBrazilian-Italian

LocationHaikou, Hainan, China

Phone+86 190 6860 7592

Emailtacio.degrazia@gmail.com

LanguagesEnglish (Fluent), Italian (Native), Portuguese (Native), Mandarin (Learning)

Visa StatusFamily Visa · Open to remote opportunities and relocation

🛠️ Technical Expertise

Test Automation and Frameworks

CypressSeleniumK6Spock/GroovyPytestRobot FrameworkPostman

Programming and Scripting

PythonJavaScriptGroovyShell Scripting

CI/CD and DevOps

JenkinsArgoCDAWS CodeSuiteCircleCIDockerKubernetes (EKS)Argo Workflows

Platforms and Tools

AWSLinuxJiraXraySalesforceGit

Testing Specialties

Functional TestingAPI TestingPerformance/Load TestingSecurity TestingEnd-to-End TestingTest Strategy

🚀 Professional Experience

Senior SDET

Vodafone Remote, Italy | Dec 2024 – Present

Architected end-to-end test automation strategies within ArgoCD and AWS CI/CD pipelines for 5G core network applications, reducing deployment times by 30%
Championed quality for containerized applications on AWS EKS, implementing automated testing cycles that contributed to 90% uptime for production services
Established automated security testing gates, reducing critical vulnerabilities by 50% through proactive scanning of containers and VMs

Test Automation Engineer

Next Remote, Italy | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

Led test automation for critical payment system migration to Java, optimizing test workflows to achieve a 50% reduction in pipeline execution time
Designed and built comprehensive automation framework with Groovy/Spock, expanding test coverage for Mastercard and Visa payment logic

Test Automation Engineer

CGM Remote, Italy | Feb 2023 – Jan 2024

Developed and maintained full-stack automated test suites using Cypress (UI) and Postman (API), ensuring end-to-end quality for new features
Integrated automated tests directly into Jenkins pipelines, enabling continuous testing and early bug detection in cloud environments

Software Engineer (Quality and DevOps)

One Concern Remote, Brazil | Oct 2021 – Jan 2023

Built comprehensive automated testing frameworks across the stack (Cypress, Selenium, Pytest) to prevent regressions
Utilized K6 for load testing, pinpointing bottlenecks to achieve 200% improvement in application response times
Architected quality gates within Argo-workflows to enforce checks and accelerate reliable production releases

Additional roles at Nestle, IBM, J and J, Dotz — details available upon request

📚 Education and Certifications