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Plymouth, United Kingdom

Trowbridge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

My role here was as a test analyst working in the UAT phase of the Wessex Water WAM 7/8 (a work scheduling system) implementation. Tasks included;• Writing and executing test scripts using Microsoft Test Manager,• Generating test incidents and work jobs in ClickSchedule Workspace web client and checking that jobs are created in ClickMobile,• Checking PDF job form layouts against business specifications,• Raising defects in conjunction with business SME and onsite development team,• Updating execution summary and defect reports used by team leads for MI and progress meetings.

Gloucester, United Kingdom

My role was as a Test Analyst working on a migration project to move TSB data across to Proteo, a banking system using by Sabadell. The project was run using Agile Scrum methodology. Tasks included;• Executing test scripts using an HP ALM based test tool and raising JIRA issues where required,• Participating in defect workshops with SMEs and offshore developers to facilitate resolution of issues held up by unclear requirements and test design,• Filling in for test leads at scrum sessions and daily progress calls when needed,• Testing scenarios for payments, loans processing, document production and account settlement,• Travelling to other sites to meet SMEs and business teams to gain knowledge on specific processes and then creating documentation and workshops for other test analysts,• Creating test data for staged scenarios and making execution plans to go with them.

Wilmslow

My role was as a Test Analyst working on an Agile project for marketing improvements to the Royal London Microsoft Dynamics CRM based solution. Royal London has a number of deficiencies in its understanding of the number and type of visitors to their website and we are helping enhance that through additional CRM activity recording and reporting. Tasks include;• Writing manual test scripts in Microsoft Test Manager and Gherkin feature files for use in Selenium automation scripts created by developers,• Using SOAPUI to test web services linking Royal London website and Dynamics CRM,• Defining test scenarios, writing test approach documentation and presenting same to stakeholders,• Executing tests across Royal London web pages, CRM and SAPIENS ALIS policy admin system,• Planning and managing testing tasks in Team Foundation Server

Taunton, United Kingdom

My role was as a Test Analyst working on a series of projects based around the Admiralty suite of software produced by UKHO. Projects were run in Agile Scrum format. Tasks included;• Assisting with the organisation of test activities in sprint planning,• Writing BDD user stories and scenarios using Cucumber/Gherkin, to create automation scripts for Android and iOS apps tested with Xamarin Test Cloud,• Writing and executing manual tests using Microsoft Test Manager and Visual Studio Team Services• Performing system testing and UAT against both web and desktop-based applications, raising bugs as necessary and liaising with developers to resolve,• Ensuring transactions are correctly reflected in SAP (FI-CO) General Ledger,• Using VMware to simulate multiple instances of various Windows versions for application testing.

Bath, United Kingdom

Working in partnership with Atos to provide test services for the Ministry of Defense in a major service management upgrade. Specific tasks including writing user stories, providing test assurance with third party suppliers and running defect tracking meetings.

My responsibilities include defining test scenarios, writing and executing manual test scripts in HP ALM, relaying defect details to developers, reporint progress to management and, on occasion, deputising for the test team leader. Current project is to test the transition of a Teradata savings data solution to an Oracle based BI database which feeds a SAP Business Objects universe. This includes using Toad to check test results and monitoring Unix batch jobs and logs.

Exeter, United Kingdom

Working on implementation of Auto-Enrolment for Friends Life client pension schemes. Role included, creating and executing manual tests for SIT, BAT, UAT and Regression test phases using HP Quality Center, accessing Friends Life legacy systems to verify integration testing, checking XML output and associated middleware processes where data is migrated to legacy life and pension management systems, verifying printed and emailed correspondence to confirm adherence to specification and liaising with offshore developers (TCS) to report and resolve defects.

Nationwide, Swindon

Responsibilities were performing test preparation, execution and defect tracking on a series of projects including business fraud protection and contact centre upgrades. Tasks included;• Creation of requirements, test conditions and scripts in HP Quality Center 10 from business documentation including Use Cases, functional specifications, high level designs and user journeys,• Executing manual tests and automated QTP scripts in system, integration, regression and UAT phases, logging defects in Quality Centre and then liaising with developers to pursue resolution,• Providing execution status and defect progress reports to management and project stakeholders,• Applying Risk Based Testing preparation to all fraud-based scenarios to ensure appropriate coverage,• Checking XML output from web services used to link NBS systems to 3rd party applications using SOAPUI,• Using SQL Server Management studio to run SQL queries and SSIS jobs to check test results.Specific projects included testing of a .NET in-house Employee Fraud solution, data migration and integration scenarios for Portrait CRM, testing off-the-shelf Maximise predictive dialler in a major telephony upgrade for Direct Sales Marketing and Collections including planning and executing UAT phases in call centre location and testing Actimize Risk Case Manager (RCM) as part of cheque and Online Banking fraud detection.

Bristol

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