Test Engineer
Referenznummer Nr.809
Personal details
Nationality: Italian, german
Date of birth: 1974
Education
1994 – 1996 Analyst programmer, postgraduate degree
1989 – 1994 Technical Commercial High school degree in Milan, Italy.
Training
Avaloq Certified Professional in 2011
ISTQB Foundation course in software testing in 2008
DiversifEye network traffic simulator in 2007
Oracle administration 8i training in 2000
SQL development
Object oriented development in Powerbuilder environment
Analyst Developer Object Oriented in Client Server environments in 1999
IBM Rational ClearQuest administration (defect tracking system) in 2000
IBM Rational ClearCase Fundamentals and Administration (software tool for revision control, configuration management of source code) in 2000
Professional experience Highlights
Industries : financial, banking, insurance, telecom, quality audit, pharmaceutical
Roles:
Quality assurance (manual and automated testing)
Test project coordination
Software analyst and developer (programming and scripting languages)
System administrator (Windows server, client, network, security)
Technical support second level
Languages
Italian – Native
German – Fluent, good
English – Excellent
Employment summary
March 2011 Present : Test Engineer in Zurich
– Responsable for the Avaloq ‘Payment and Settlement’ domain test
– Write test cases for functional test
– Execute functional tests
– Write scripts for automated functional tests using Avaloq scripts and Oracle PL/Sql
– Write scripts for automated integration tests using Avaloq scripts and Oracle PL/Sql
– Monitor and resolve integration and regression tests execution
– Report and track bugs
– Interact with engineering and support teams to ensure the quality of the QA cycle
– Follow the complete QA cycle until verification of fixes
June 2008 February : Test Project Coordinator/ Specialist QA Analyst in Zurich
Preparation and coordination tasks:
– Plan of test preparation and test execution phases, allocate resources to projects when Im coordinator
– Review stakeholders documents (scope, design)
– Identify project risks, prepare test design and test specification documents
– Prepare test cases for integration and functional testing, prepare testdata, scripts, testflows
Execution and coordination tasks:
– Coordinate the test team for the projects where I’m test coordinator
– Execute tests, track, document and report ongoing test twice a week
– Report and track defects, follow open defects and issues
– Monitor and assest risk during ongoing test, take mitigation actions if needed
– Reorganize test resources, prioritise
– Interact with with project stakeholders to ensure the quality of the QA cycle
Project end tasks:
– Follow the complete QA cycle until verification of fixes and retest on production shadow test environment before rollout to production
– Sign off the projects to production
– Write testreports
– Define and add key tests to the regression baseline
– systems involved : windows, unix, java, webapplications, GUI, databases, middlewares, datawarehouse systems, networks
Additional tasks :
– manage production defects and support for the assigned functional area
– prepare analysis for defect prevention
– partecipate to bi-monthly QA meetings, IT meetings, project meetings
– HP Quality Center data analyst (SQL data analysis to extract statistical data and control test execution, defect management times, team performance, cycle times etc)
August 2007 – April 2008, QA Analyst in Dublin
– Prepare the test plan and test design based on project stakeholders documents and meetings
– Setup test environments to reproduce the production and use production data
– Write test cases for system testing – functional and not functional
– Write load test procedures using python
– Write regression testing suites using python to simulate high volumes of transaction and create automatic multilevel result reports (high level, detailed level, microlevel, detailed logs for problem identification)
– Execute test cases (test phase)
– Report and track bugs, create defect reports including description of the problem, steps to recreate the problem, logs, screenshots, analysis of the issue
– Interact with engineering and support teams to ensure the quality of the QA cycle
– Follow the complete QA cycle until verification of fixes
– Sign off the project to production
February 2006 – February 2007, Foreign exchange automated trading system developer and QA for an italian Bank investor in Dublin
– Code using C metaquotes language (Metatrader) based on functional specifications
– Test the application and release for UAT testing (traders)
The application contains the following features:
– Automated or manual trading for short term trading style for major forex pairs
– Graphical interface with indicators (included in the platform)
– Description of the market conditions, trend, entry, stop, limit points
– Money management and alert features
March 2005 October 2005, QA Engineer in Dublin
– Setup of the test environment, Install of the BlackBerry (BB) clients on Windows client OSs, installation of BB PDAs
– Installation and configuration of the mail Domino mail server (basic setup) and the BB server (basic setup needed for testing porpouses)
– Perform functional testing for BB PDAs and BB clients
– Report bugs, and follow all the cycle until verification of the fixes
– Interact with engineering group in US
January 2004 January 2005, Network Administrator in Milan
– Installation and maintenance of Windows 2003 server in an AD environment
– Maintenance of emails on Lotus Domino server and Lotus Notes (basic duties for Lotus Domino)
– Installation and Maintenance of clients and PDAs (Windows 2000, Xp, CE)
– Installation and Maintenance of network printers
– Users support, circa 70 between the 3 italian branches, to ensure the business continuation
– Train the users (Windows OSs, Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, printers, IT safety behaviours, etc)
– Backups to ensure data integrity
– Network Firewall configuration and logs check for intrusion detection
– Data security schama implementation and maintenance to ensure the integrity and privacy of data (AV, antispams, desktop firewalls, etc)
– Installation and Maintenance of the phisical network (Vlans, hubs, switches, cabling, ups)
– Cisco routers basic Maintenance
– Deal with vendors for hardware and software orders
May 2001 November, 2003 Network Administrator and users support engineer in Milan
– Installation and maintenance of Windows 2000 server in a basic AD environment
– Maintenance of emails on Lotus Domino server and Lotus Notes
– Installation and Maintenance of clients (Windows 2000, Xp, 98)
– Installation and Maintenance of network printers
– Users support, circa 40 to ensure the business continuation
April 2000 December 2000 Second level Technical support Engineer for ‘Rational Software’ in Amsterdam
– Provide ClearQuest technical support (presale and postsale) for Rational’s customers, in English, Italian, and German
– Provide timing solutions to customer’s problems and enquiries
– Ensure the full satisfaction of all support requests
– Interact with engineering in US
April 1999 March 2000 Microsoft network administrator and field service engineer in Milan
– Installation and maintenance of Windows NT server
– Installation and Maintenance of clients (Windows 2000, 95, 98)
– Installation and Maintenance of network printers
– Installation and Maintenance of the phisical network (hubs, switches, cabling, ups)
– Users support, circa 50 to ensure the business continuation
– Field service for CSC’s customers on the italian territory(Installation and mainenance of and ERP product , Geac Smartstream)
July 1996 March 1999 PowerBuilder Sybase Analyst / developer in Milan
– Preparation of the functional analysis and software proto types according to the customer’s needs
– Software development using Sybase PowerBuilder (OO technology)
– Database development using Sybase SQL adaptive server (storedprocedures, triggers etc)
– Follow up of all the development cycle to ensure complete customer satisfaction
– Training for software users
Branches: Finance, call centers, CRM, Farmacheutical, Insurance, document management
Additional information about me
– Im a teamplayer and hard worker person, which likes to learn and improve himself
– I like to be very precise and effective in my work
– In my free time I like to stay outdoor, go by bike, travel, meet friends, go to restaurants
