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Mohammed Abu-Rugaya

Senior Test Manager

Mohammed Abu-Rugaya
Mechernich, Germany

Experience

Jul 2023 - Present
2 years 8 months
Germany

Test Management and Test Environment Management Consultant

BITMARCK Holding GmbH

  • Communication with IT admins and test environment setup
  • Ensuring availability of the health insurers' test environments
  • Tracking and monitoring of releases and system updates for the electronic patient record and the core systems 21c and NG
  • Informing health insurers about the status and provisioning of test environments
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022
9 months
Germany

Test Manager CRT, BRT, LRT, E2E, IRT

Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG

  • Setup, structuring, and coordination of the entire test management process for the fiber network implementation in the context of Deutsche Telekom AG
  • Collaboration with external partners in the end-to-end test phase
  • Conducting status meetings with business and DTAG, acting as SPOC
  • Defect and incident management
  • Conceptualization, planning, organization, resource management, coordination, reporting
  • Tools: MS Office, Jira, Confluence, Teams, SALCUS, GIS, SOM, COM, eCare, webShop
Oct 2021 - Mar 2022
6 months
Germany

Test Manager Stream Lead (Mortgage Financing, Emergency Staffing)

Deutsche Bank AG

  • Setup and structure of the test case creation process until test start
  • Taking over test management
  • Tools: MS Office, HP-ALM
Apr 2021 - Aug 2021
5 months
Germany

Test Manager / Interface Manager

umlaut Energy GmbH

  • Standardization of the existing IT test concept
  • Test coordination and interface management
  • Reporting
  • Tools: MS Office, Jira User Stories, Jira Confluence
Feb 2021 - Present
5 years 1 month
Germany

Business Analyst, Process Consultant, Developer, and Automation Specialist

Volkswagen Financial Services – Digital Solutions GmbH

  • Standardization of IT test concepts
  • Creation of a market study to evaluate an automation tool
  • Creation of a milestone plan for the development process
  • Setup and development of new test and automation processes
  • Structuring of the overall test process
  • Rebuilding test plans in Microfocus-ALM
  • Automating test plan creation and test cases in Microfocus-ALM
  • Automating test set creation in Microfocus-ALM
  • Development of a wizard for automated workflows
  • Recommendation for data transfer from Microfocus-ALM to XRay via Atlassian Jira
  • Tools: MS Office, Microfocus-ALM, Atlassian Jira, XRay
  • Development: VBA
Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
3 months
Germany

Test Manager Sales & Services

Deutsche Bank AG

  • Planning and design of the organizational test specification according to ISO 29119

  • Creating a test concept and test schedule

  • Planning the infrastructure for the test environment

  • Coordinating and ordering test data

  • Coordinating the decommissioning or migration of various systems

  • Tools: MS Office, Jira User Stories, Jira Confluence, HP-ALM

  • Development: Java

Feb 2019 - Apr 2020
1 year 3 months
Germany

Test Manager Risk & Regulations

Santander Consumer Technology Services GmbH

  • Leading several parallel subprojects in Risk & Regulations (Capital Tools, Segmentation 5, Obligation 5, Obligation 16, etc.)

  • Designing a test strategy according to ISO 29119 with business and IT

  • Cycle planning with project management

  • Planning load and performance tests

  • Planning and coordinating test case creation according to ISO 29119

  • Data collection and documentation of the test design specification

  • Test automation for mass tests and regression tests

  • Moderating test status meetings

  • Monitoring and controlling test execution and performance tests

  • SOAP web service tests, defect and incident creation, test case qualification, review of test evidence

  • Tools: MS Office, GIT, ServiceNow, Remedy ITSM, Jira User Stories, Jira Confluence, HP-ALM, Jenkins, HP-LoadRunner, HP-UFT

  • Development: C#, Java, JSP

Jul 2018 - Jan 2019
7 months
Germany

Global Test Manager (SCRUM)

Deutsche Bank AG – Wealth Management

  • Implementation, customization, and rollout of the Salesforce CRM and sales platform in Germany, Switzerland, and India

  • Designing a global test strategy according to ISO 29119

  • Analyzing structural requirements of the subprojects

  • Coordinating with business, project management, Scrum masters, and environment managers

  • Documenting functional requirements and user stories

  • Creating a test plan for all test phases (system integration test, acceptance test, regression test, final rehearsal)

  • Risk analysis and escalation plan

  • Smoke tests and SOAP web service tests

  • Planning and monitoring load and performance tests

  • Data collection, test case planning, test automation (feasibility study, tool analysis, scripting)

  • Creating Jira dashboards and Confluence documentation

  • Test management reporting and governance reporting

  • Facilitating global status calls and workshops

  • Tools: ServiceNow, MS Office, Jira User Stories, Jira Confluence, GIT, HP-ALM, HP LoadRunner, HP UFT, Selenium

Nov 2017 - May 2018
7 months
Germany

Test Management Stream Lead

Fidelity Information Services GmbH

  • Test strategy according to ISO 29119 for connecting a bank to the Core24 core banking system

  • Analyzing bank interfaces, migration test cases, data collection for RESTful web services

  • Coordinating with migration, development, and architecture streams

  • Test case categorization and test case creation

  • Conducting smoke tests in a separate test environment

  • Creating a test plan for component test, system test, system integration test, acceptance test, final rehearsal

  • Management reporting, workshops, meeting facilitation

  • Tools: MS Office, GIT, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, HP-ALM, HP-LoadRunner

Apr 2017 - Nov 2017
8 months
Germany

SAP Test Manager - Business Simulations / Incident Manager

Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe GmbH

  • Planning, coordinating, and controlling the functional test preparations and resources

  • Managing technical and functional SAP and satellite system requirements

  • Coordinating SAP business simulations

  • Creating kick-off presentations and Kanban boards

  • Creating test plans in alignment with SAP stream leads and the cutover team

  • Creating test cases and test sets in HP-ALM

  • Incident and defect management (SAP CORE)

  • SAP Modules: ML, RTR-FI, RTR-CO, PTP, TRA, OTC, PD, MTC, PP

  • Tools: SAP Solution Manager, MS Office, HP-ALM

Jan 2017 - Mar 2017
3 months
Germany

Test Manager

SUMITS Deutschland GmbH

  • Definition of test plan and test strategy for SAP Solution Manager release change

  • Preparation of workshop materials, conducting workshops

  • Maintaining Kanban board, planning change requests and test cases

  • Test case analysis, test data definition, test coordination, creation of test cases

  • Incident and defect management, test status and change request reporting

  • Interfaces with subprojects and end customers

  • Tools: SAP Solution Manager, MS Office

Aug 2015 - Aug 2016
1 year 1 month
Germany

PMO Support / Test Manager

Fidelity Information Services KORDOBA, München

  • Project definition, creation of project and environment plans, project coordination and controlling

  • Leading test management (about 20 people): test strategy, test plan, LuP tests, incident management, test case analysis and creation for retail, corporate customer and securities management

  • Market study to evaluate a new test management system

  • Tools: HP-ALM, HP-LoadRunner, ASSYST, HOST, GIT, MS Office

Jan 2015 - Jul 2015
7 months
Germany

Test Manager / Functional Tester

Fidelity Information Services KORDOBA, München

  • Test coordination, test planning, execution and monitoring of load & performance tests

  • Module tests, system integration tests, user acceptance tests

  • Test case analysis, creation and execution

  • Daily test reporting, interface communication

  • Tools: ASSYST, HOST, GIT, MS Office

May 2012 - Jun 2014
2 years 2 months
Germany

Business Analyst / Test Management Support

Fiducia IT AG

  • Implementation of SEPA for Volksbanken: data and information gathering, data analysis from DWH

  • Requirements definition, technical documentation and validation

  • Test design, test case analysis, creation, execution, test reporting

  • Test planning and coordination (module test, system integration test, UAT)

  • Application: Agree BAP; Tools: Lotus Notes, MS Office, SQL Developer, TOAD, HOST, Java Webstart

Jul 2011 - May 2012
11 months
Germany

Business Analyst, Coach, Tester

Barclaycard

  • Implementation of a banking application for card business: information and data gathering, business design

  • Coaching team members

  • Test case creation, execution, test planning and coordination

  • Application: BANCOS; Tools: MS Office, Internet Explorer, Java Webstart, Jenkins

Oct 2010 - Jun 2011
9 months
Germany

Business Analyst, Tester

Postbank Systems AG

  • Data delivery: information and data collection, analysis of DWH data structures

  • Functional specification and validation

  • Test case creation, testing, test planning and coordination

  • Tools: SAP Solution Manager, MS Office, Toad, HOST, Internet Explorer

Aug 2010 - Sep 2010
2 months
Germany

Business Analyst / Developer

Commerzbank AG

  • Enhancement and customization of Active Excel accounting spreadsheets with SAP EC-CS integration

  • Module testing, interface testing, functionality and integration testing

  • Test concept creation, change/issue/release management

  • Tools: SQL-Developer, MS Office

May 2010 - Jul 2010
3 months
Germany

Business Analyst

UniCredit Leasing

  • Implementation of the advanced IRB approach (AIRBA)

  • Business analysis, requirements and functional documentation

  • Meeting facilitation and presentation creation

  • Tools: MS Office

Mar 2010 - May 2010
3 months
Germany

Business Analyst, Coach

UniCredit Leasing

  • Creation of an A-IRBA compliant IT guideline

  • Coaching of the business and IT teams

  • Tools: MS Office

Nov 2009 - Mar 2010
5 months
Germany

Business Analyst, Consultant

KfW

  • Further development of the liquidity plan: collecting data from the DWH with SAS Enterprise

  • Optimization and implementation of the liquidity and repayment plan

  • Preparation of cash flow analyses, business consulting for KfW and IPEX

  • Business process management and IT consulting

  • Tools: Lotus Notes, SAS Enterprise, HOST, MS Office

Jun 2009 - Nov 2009
6 months
Germany

Business Analyst / Developer / Consultant

Commerzbank AG

  • Development of a database-based reporting application for market risk data

  • Data aggregation and analysis with SQL and VBA

  • Ad-hoc analyses, sensitivity analyses, backtests and market risk analyses

  • Tools: MS Office

Apr 2009 - May 2009
2 months
Germany

Business Analyst, Developer

Steria Mummert Consulting AG

  • Development of an RFI framework in Excel for automated generation of question catalogs

  • Data collection and functional specification

  • Creation of presentations and facilitation of meetings

  • Tools: MS Office

Nov 2008 - Mar 2009
5 months
Germany

Business Analyst, Consultant

CACEIS Bank

  • Setting up a mass payment system: infrastructure planning and setup

  • Technical support for infrastructure

  • Development of HOST applications for the data feed

  • User administration and support in test management

  • Tools: HOST, Lotus Notes, MS Office

May 2008 - Oct 2008
6 months
Germany

Business Analyst, Developer

Postbank AG

  • Promotion and further development of the internal reporting system

  • Information and data gathering, functional specification

  • Further development of an interim solution in Access/SQL for reports

  • Development of administration, archiving and historization tools

  • Tools: MS Office

Feb 2008 - Apr 2008
3 months
Germany

Business Analyst, Developer

Dresdner Bank AG

  • Expansion of sales controlling reporting with automated processes

  • Information and data gathering, functional specification

  • Creation of presentations and facilitation of meetings

  • Conception of a handbook

  • Tools: Lotus Notes, Toad, SAS Enterprise, MS Office

Dec 2007 - Feb 2008
3 months
Germany

Test Manager / Tester

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)

  • Introduction of a web-based file management system

  • Test management, test coordination, test planning and execution

  • Creation of test concepts and test cases

  • Tools: HP-QC, MS Office

Jan 2006 - Dec 2007
2 years
Germany

Test Manager

WestLB AG

  • Development of an internal rating database

  • Test management, test coordination, test planning and execution

  • Creation of test concepts and test cases

  • Tools: MS Office

Jul 2004 - Jan 2006
1 year 7 months
Germany

Risk Analyst

WestLB AG

  • Development of an Access application for generating credit portfolios and reports

  • Business analysis and data gathering for the design of functional specifications

  • Focus on country, industry, and group concentrations

  • Tools: MS Office, SAS Enterprise

May 2002 - Jul 2004
2 years 3 months
Germany

Risk Analyst

WestLB AG

  • International user and application administration and support

  • Server and client administration (Windows, Linux, Oracle)

  • Ensuring functionality and data backup

  • Technical support and dedicated line management

  • Service areas: IT risk management, data management, user support, server and hardware support

  • Tools: SQL Developer, Oracle Designer, Oracle Administrator, MS Office

Feb 2002 - May 2002
4 months
Germany

Developer

WestAM – Asset Management Company Ltd.

  • Development of an Access application to extend internal asset reporting

  • Creation of test cases, test coordination, test planning and execution

  • Preparation of manuals

  • Tools: MS Office

Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Banking and Finance (21 years), Information Technology (3 years), Healthcare (2.5 years), Insurance (2.5 years), Telecommunication (0.5 years), and Energy (0.5 years).

Banking and Finance
Information Technology
Healthcare
Insurance
Telecommunication
Energy

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Quality Assurance (16.5 years), Information Technology (16 years), Business Intelligence (6.5 years), Project Management (3.5 years), Finance (3 years), and Customer Service (2 years).

Quality Assurance
Information Technology
Business Intelligence
Project Management
Finance
Customer Service

Languages

German
Native
English
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Where is Mohammed based?

Mohammed is based in Mechernich, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Mohammed speak?

Mohammed speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Mohammed have?

Mohammed has at least 22 years of experience. During this time, Mohammed has worked in at least 25 different roles and for 24 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 9 months. Note that Mohammed may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Mohammed be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Mohammed would be well-suited for roles such as: Test Management and Test Environment Management Consultant, Test Manager CRT, BRT, LRT, E2E, IRT, Test Manager Stream Lead (Mortgage Financing, Emergency Staffing).

What is Mohammed's latest experience?

Mohammed's most recent position is Test Management and Test Environment Management Consultant at BITMARCK Holding GmbH.

What companies has Mohammed worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Mohammed has worked for BITMARCK Holding GmbH, Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, Deutsche Bank AG, umlaut Energy GmbH, and Volkswagen Financial Services – Digital Solutions GmbH.

Which industries is Mohammed most experienced in?

Mohammed is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Information Technology (IT), and Healthcare. Mohammed also has some experience in Insurance, Telecommunication, and Metals and Mining.

Which business areas is Mohammed most experienced in?

Mohammed is most experienced in business areas like Quality Assurance (QA), Information Technology (IT), and Business Intelligence. Mohammed also has some experience in Project Management, Finance, and Customer Service.

Which industries has Mohammed worked in recently?

Mohammed has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Healthcare, and Insurance.

Which business areas has Mohammed worked in recently?

Mohammed has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Quality Assurance (QA), and Project Management.

What is the availability of Mohammed?

Mohammed is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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