Ralf M. - Test Manager and Test Automation Engineer

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Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Experience

Feb 2019 - May 2025

6 years 4 months

Zofingen, Switzerland

Test Manager and Test Automation Engineer

Postfinance

Creation of test strategies, test reports, and acceptance recommendations
Defect management, coordination with stakeholders
Creation and execution of test cases on desktop and mobile
Automation of tests with a test framework (Cypress and Python)
Tools: HP ALM, Git, Python, Docker, Bitbucket, Bamboo, SoapUI, Postman, API testing, Jira, Confluence, Polarion, Ants, Cypress, Visual Basic

Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

1 year 1 month

Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

Tester and Test Manager for IPTV

Quickline AG

Creation and execution of test cases and test scenarios
Leading a team of testers to execute the test cases
Creation of test reports and acceptance recommendations
Defect management
Tools: Jira, Testrail, Confluence, Wireshark

Jun 2006 - Dec 2017

11 years 7 months

Bern, Switzerland

Test Manager

Swisscom AG

Creation of test concepts, test scenarios, and test cases
Leading a team of testers to execute the test cases
Supporting project management as deputy project lead in planning and execution
Creation of test strategies, test reports, and acceptance recommendations
Communication with stakeholders
Support in test automation using Python
Tools: HP ALM, Rally, Jira, Scrum, SAFe, HTML, Python, SoapUI, Powershell, Eclipse

Aug 2005 - Dec 2005

5 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Test Management Support and Test Automation

Vodafone Deutschland

Creation of a suite of automated tests
Leading a team of testers
Coordination of test execution

May 2005 - Jun 2005

2 months

London, United Kingdom

Gap Analyst

Vodafone UK

Creation of a gap analysis to identify required changes and localizations of the VFL Core Stack for an upgrade to Release 7
Planning and conducting workshops with subject matter experts

Aug 2004 - Mar 2005

8 months

Bern, Switzerland

Test Manager

Swisscom AG

Creating test concepts and test cases for an internet portal for mobile devices
Coordinating test execution
Creating test reports
Technologies: Vodafone Live! Core Stack, Mercury TestDirector

Mar 2004 - Jul 2004

5 months

London, United Kingdom

Helpdesk and Support and Gap Analyst

Vodafone UK

Helpdesk and support for all country subsidiaries during the installation of a mobile devices portal
Conducting a gap analysis for upgrading an existing installation at a Vodafone country subsidiary

Nov 2003 - Feb 2004

4 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Installation and Integration Engineer

Vodafone Deutschland

Installation and integration of the Vodafone Live! portal for mobile devices
Technologies: Vodafone Live! Core Stack, Unix, XML, HTML, PML

Mar 2003 - May 2003

3 months

Essen, Germany

Test Engineer

E-Plus

Executing regression and integration tests on the B-oo-levard billing system

Jun 2002 - Oct 2002

5 months

Eschborn, Germany

Implementation and Integration Consultant

Arcor

Creating a concept for implementing the Network Inventory System from Cramer Dimension, including data modeling, interface design for integration with existing IT systems, and database migration
Creating and delivering training for the tool users
Technologies: PL/SQL, Oracle DB, Cramer Dimension

Apr 1998 - Sep 2000

2 years 6 months

Software Developer

DATUS AG

Development of ISDN and ATM signaling software and gateways to X.25, Frame Relay and ISDN in C and C++
Technologies: C/C++, ISDN, X.25, Frame Relay, ATM

Apr 1995 - Mar 1998

3 years

Jülich, Germany

Scientific Associate

Forschungszentrum Jülich

Software development from design through implementation to testing, e.g. applications for microprocessor systems developed at ZEL in C for multiple industry partners
Support of the development and implementation of a process control system for Babcock Prozessautomation GmbH
Technologies: M68k Assembler, C, Java, Visual Basic, real-time UNIX OS LynxOS, Profibus