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Steffen Schwarz

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Steffen Schwarz
Igersheim, Germany

Experience

Mar 2023 - Present
2 years 11 months

Senior Tester

Deutsche Bundesbahn

  • Creation, automation, and execution of regression tests
  • Manual, automated, and load & performance testing
  • Use of Micro Focus Silk Central Test Management tool, AWS Workspace, Kubernetes, Postman, OPENLens, GitLab CI/CD, SharePoint, Confluence, Jira, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL, SAFe
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022
9 months

Senior Tester

Deutsche Bundesbank

  • Execution of regression and migration tests
  • Problem management, test case creation and execution
  • Use of SQS Test Professional, Box, Jira, Swift
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
4 months

Senior Functional Tester

ITZ-Bund via Accenture

  • Creation of a SOAPUI test suite for test automation of microservices
  • Provision and generation of test data for microservices tests
  • Creation of functional test cases and alignment of the test strategy
  • Use of SOAPUI, HP ALM, Jira, UC4, SQL Developer, PuTTY, WinSCP
Jan 2018 - Jul 2020
2 years 7 months

Senior Software Test Analyst / Agile Tester

Deutsche Telekom

  • Creating test cases in HPQC based on requirements in the agile process
  • Manual testing with SOAPUI, frontend and backend
  • Test coordination with Indian and Hungarian test and development teams
  • Setup and maintenance of test environments (test data provisioning and import)
  • Participation in sprint planning, review, refinement, and product owner presentations
  • Defect management and retesting with Jira
  • Execution of process tests and interaction with the business department (story reviews, problem management)
  • Use of SOAPUI, SOA Backplane, REST API, XML, WSDL, HPQC, Unix, Jira, Oracle 12c, SQL, SQL Developer, SharePoint, Confluence, CCOS Expert System (Java)
Mar 2016 - Oct 2017
1 year 8 months

Agile Senior Software Test Analyst / PL/SQL Tester

Witt-Gruppe Weiden i.d.Opf (Otto Group)

  • Analysis of user stories and derivation of test cases
  • Creation and review of test cases in Jira/Zephyr
  • Automation and execution of test cases (FRT, sprints)
  • Participation in daily sprint meetings and weekly analyses with architects and developers
  • Test lead for customer/customer booking/dunning domain
  • Reporting in test management and defect management with retesting
  • End-to-end as well as backend/frontend testing
  • Use of Jira, Zephyr, Oracle 12c, PL/SQL, Java, SharePoint, TOAD, Confluence
Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
4 months

LTE Engineer / IREG Test

T-Mobile Austria

  • LTE international roaming tests and troubleshooting to connect additional roaming partners
  • continuation of the project from 04/2015–11/2015
Apr 2015 - Nov 2015
8 months

LTE Engineer / IREG Test

Deutsche Telekom AG

  • Technical connection setup and system and end-to-end testing for new international LTE roaming operators
  • Conducting LTE roaming tests based on defined test protocols
  • Troubleshooting and tracing of end-to-end call flows (E-UTRAN, LTE, UMTS, GSM)
  • IP (Diameter) and SS7 protocol analysis
  • System and call flow analysis with documentation
  • Organization, coordination, and status reporting for DTAG key accounts
  • Use of Netscout, Daromo, Diameter, SS7, S6a, S8, MS Office, Citrix, NSN HLR, DNS, Wireshark, Polystar OSS, HSS, F5 DEA/DRA, Huawei MME, BMC Remedy, @vantage Commander NSN OAM Control Center V11, Huawei Operations
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
1 month

Test Manager

Deutsche Post IT Brief GmbH

  • Test management for shipment tracking portals for private and business customers
  • Quality assurance according to ISTQB, reviewing all requirements and deriving test scenarios
  • Development of acceptance criteria and test concept (environment, design methods, scope, metrics)
  • Creation of test cases in HP-ALM and execution of functional and technical tests
  • Smoke tests, integration tests, blackbox and exploratory tests
  • Testing web page functionalities on different browsers
  • Technical analysis of error states and error effects as well as defect tracking and retest
  • Test data provisioning and generation (XML events)
  • Automated test execution with TOSCA Testsuite
  • Use of Teradata DBMS, Java Servlets (Struts), SOAP, web services, MQ, Apache Tomcat, Git, HP-ALM, DASS
Oct 2013 - Dec 2014
1 year 3 months

Oracle Consultant / International IT Support

LIDL Stiftung & Co. KG

  • 2nd level support for international customers (Europe-wide store and country support)
  • Development of PL/SQL scripts and procedures, SQL queries and test case catalogs
  • Creation of specifications and change requests
  • Testing of DB packages and JavaScript web application GUI
  • Database optimizations and performance improvements
  • Use of Windows Server 2008, Oracle 11g, Jira, PL/SQL, SQL, LanDesk Service Desk, Omada Identity Suite, Grid Control, Nagios
Jan 2013 - Sep 2013
9 months

Software Tester

Syniverse Technologies

  • Mass regression testing and migration of RAEX rating in an agile environment
  • Comparison and verification of production tariffs with migrated XML-RAEX rating
  • Error analysis, creation of test CDRs and defect tracking
  • Test automation with shell and SQL scripts
  • Requirements analysis, test case creation and test planning
  • Creation of requirement matrix in HP QC ALM
  • Use of Sun Solaris, Oracle, Altova XML-Spy, RAEX, XML, XLS Transformation, TRAC, BMC Remedy, HP QC ALM, SWIFTALM, C++
Jan 2004 - Jan 2012
8 years 1 month

Test Manager / Software Tester

T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH

  • Test management and coordination in the Partner Billing project Carmen (CRM)
  • Creation of test concepts, test plans, and test case catalogs
  • Execution of system, integration, and end-to-end tests
  • Test automation with Shell script, Perl, and SQL at the server batch level
  • Load and performance tests with production loads and custom SQL/Script tools
  • Test environment coordination and defect management
  • Reporting to project management, development, and partner systems
  • Interface tests with SAP DWH, acceptance tests with business users
  • Test data generation and anonymization in ASN.1 format
  • Use of ClearCase, ClearQuest, ClearDDTS, CVS, Rational TestManager, Mercury TestDirector, HP QC, ASN.1, ORACLE Vx–V11.x, Java, C++, Bash, Perl, Unix, Solaris, HPUX, Linux, Compaq Tru64, Crystal Reports, Siemens IPSL Simulator
Sep 2001 - Dec 2003
2 years 4 months

Product Manager

T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH

  • Project coordination for interconnection rating and billing
  • Business analysis, system architecture design, and IT concept
  • Specification, feasibility studies, and project organization
  • Requirements analysis and operational change management
  • Coordination of development, QA, business users, and operations
  • Development of a monitoring revenue assurance tool in Perl
  • Creation of user and operations manuals
  • Use of MS Project, MS Office, Perl, Shell script, Oracle, SQL, Unix
May 2000 - Aug 2001
1 year 4 months

Software Tester

T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH

  • Execution of system and integration tests
  • Creation of test plans and test cases for the BAPSI interconnection billing system and ZTS central telephone check server
  • Use of Digital Unix Server, Oracle 8.1.7, C++, Java, Perl, Windows NT, Netscape iPlanet
Jan 1999 - Mar 2000
1 year 3 months

Second Level Support HP-UX / Oracle

Bayer

  • Support of approx. 120 HP-UX production servers with Oracle databases and applications
  • Installation of operating systems, databases, and applications, applying updates and patches
  • Error analysis and troubleshooting as well as production support
  • Setup and administration of peripherals and database connections to IBM host systems
  • Use of HPUX, Oracle 8.x/9.x, Shell script, Perl, SQL
Jan 1998 - Dec 1998
1 year

Test Environment Manager

Postbank Data

  • Administration and support of the test lab for telebanking call center database
  • Coordination of test systems, filesystem maintenance, user and crash management
  • Setup and documentation of test and development environments
  • Installation and administration of Oracle (V7.3.x, V8.0x), EMC, and CORBA servers (Visigenic Visbroker)
  • Automation of live data import and delivery of installation packages
  • Use of HP 9000, HPUX, SQL, Shell script, CORBA, Oracle, EMC
Jan 1996 - Dec 1997
2 years

Test Manager

EBBINGHAUS-TEAM GmbH

  • Design and development of various projects: home worker management, inventory management system, agricultural and fruit growing management, print and transaction server, financial accounting, warehouse management, program generator and data dictionary
  • Use of 4GL Powerflex/Btrieve on Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95/NT, Novell 3.11–4.1
Jan 1995 - Dec 1995
1 year

Diploma Thesis

Westernacher EDV-Beratung GmbH

  • PUZ project for ABB: creating and modeling the database, programming data access with embedded SQL
  • Conversion of a personnel and time tracking system from COBOL-ISAM/MS-DOS to embedded SQL on Oracle RDBMS V7/AIX for IBM RISC System 6000
  • Migration of COBOL sources from DOS to IBM-AIX 4.2, installation of AIX and Oracle
Jan 1991 - Dec 1993
3 years

Development

EBBINGHAUS-TEAM GmbH

  • Design and development at EBBINGHAUS-TEAM GmbH, Würzburg (development of DWH and data dictionary with Powerflex 4GL, file transfer on IBM System/36 and Novell NetWare)

Skills

  • Hardware: Hp 9000 Cluster, Compac Dec-alpha, Ibm Risc 6000, Ibm As400, Ibm S/36, Dec, Sun Fire, Windows Server 20xx

  • Operating Systems: Solaris, Hp Unix, Linux, Windows Server, Dec Tru64, Hpux, Aix, Sunos, Irix, Xenix, Windows Desktop, Os400

  • Programming Languages: Shell Scripting Bash, Ksh, Sed, Awk, Perl, Sql, Pl-sql, Embedded Sql, Powerflex 4gl, Cobol, Pascal, Rpg Iii, C, Javascript, Python, Assembly

  • Databases: Oracle V6.x-v12.x, Isam, 4gl Powerflex/btrieve, Access, Dbase, Mysql

  • Networks / Dc Systems: Tcp/ip, Novell Netware 3.11-4.1, Sql-net, Ms And Windows Networks

  • Desktop Tools/standards: Ms Office, Powerpoint, Erwin, Ms Project, Toad, Oracle Sql Developer, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Putty, Cygwin, Winscp, Sharepoint, Confluence

  • Test Tools: Jira, Zephyr, Hp Quality Center (Hpqc), Hpqc Alm (V11), Rational Clearcase, Clearquest, Cleardts, Trac, Test Manager, Mercury Testdirector, Rational Rose, Jmeter, Swiftalm (Defect/test Management), Tosca, Siemens Ipsl Simulator, Soap Ui

  • Special Knowledge: Xml-rpc, Nagios, Edifact, Groupwise, Intec-interconnect V7.1 (Certified), Taptestingtool, Tapir, Asn.1, Etl, Bmc Remedy, Grid Control, Landesk Service Desk, Omada Identity Suite, Bmc Patrol, Tomcat, Firebug, Itsm, Mobile Testing, Altova Xmlspy, Xml, Xls Transformation

  • Telecommunications: Ireg, Tadig, Raex, Trac, Gsm Roaming And Interconnection Billing & Rating Systems, Gsm, Gprs, Umts, Lte, Mms, Sms, Wrix, Wlan, Tap, Ict V7.x, Billing, Lte Testing, M2m, E-utran, @Vantage Commander Nsn Oam Control Center V11, Huawei Operations

  • Development Methods: V-model, Waterfall Model, Agile Software Development, Scrum, Safe

  • Domain Focus: Crm, Telecommunications, Rating & Billing

  • Technical Focus: Unix, Sql, Oracle

  • Quality Assurance Focus: Test Management According To Istqb, V-model, Waterfall Model, Agile Software Testing, Test Case Catalog Creation, Test Execution, Test Automation, Test Coordination, Performance And Load Testing, Functional And Integration Testing, System Testing, Black Box Testing, Exploratory Testing, Equivalence Class Analysis, Regression Testing, Acceptance Testing (Uat), Problem Analysis, Defect Tracking

  • Business Analysis: Requirements Management, Business Concept, System Design, It Concept

  • Product Management: Coordination Of Quality Assurance, Development, And Operations, Change Management

  • Operations: Application Monitoring, Maintenance, Production System Support, Administration And Support Of Unix And Database Systems (Oracle)

  • Support: Second/third Level Support For Oracle/unix Applications

Languages

German
Native
English
Intermediate
Spanish
Intermediate
French
Elementary

Education

Oct 1988 - Oct 1995

University of Applied Sciences Würzburg

Diploma in Computer Science (FH), Business · Computer Science, Business · Würzburg, Germany

Oct 1986 - Jun 1987

Technical Secondary School Bad Mergentheim

Technical College Entrance Qualification · Business Administration · Bad Mergentheim, Germany

Sep 1980 - Jul 1983

Commercial Vocational School Bad Mergentheim

Office Clerk · Office Administration · Bad Mergentheim, Germany

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Certifications & licenses

INTEC-Interconnect V7.1

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