Karim Ismail-Test Engineer
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Experience
Test Engineer
Ixtrac AG for Swica
- Building a framework for automated website testing
- Testing, regression testing
- Defect management
- Release management, UAT, agile testing
- Feature discussions with business
- Test management
Automation Test Engineer
SwissLife via Prostaff GmbH
- Automation of the Fiantec field service tool
- Designing, specifying, executing, and documenting software tests in automated testing
- Test case management and documentation
- Interface testing with SoapUI, REST API
- Capturing ADZ field service and Fiantec BA requirements for test management of new releases and converting them into tests
- Defect management and discussion with software developers
- Capturing requirements and building a test matrix, discussing and implementing with the business team lead
- E2E tests and UAT acceptance
- Recording Jira user stories and tests and bugs in Azure DevOps X-Ray
Test Manager
Tek System for Schweizerische Post
- Building processes in Confluence for the marketing team
- Introducing Confluence and testing for the non-IT team
HP Test Engineer
Swisslinx AG for Helsana
- Automating the Helsana website with Playwright and Azure DevOps
- Building the framework
- Test management in payment processing and reporting with business and team
- Creating and recording tests in X-Ray and Jira
- Reporting and defect discussions with IT team and development
- Interface testing
- Release preparation and release management
- Mobile testing with BrowserStack and JavaScript
- Regression tests and sanity tests in web frameworks
- Automated tests with BrowserStack
- Scrum, Adobe, AEM and Publisher for web portal
- Requirement engineering
Test Manager - Senior Test Engineer
Ixtrac AG for Worldline
- Developing the test concept and defining user stories and test cases
Test Manager/Test Engineer
Boxcon AG for Mirgos Bank
- Developing a unified test strategy for the bank's different teams
- Automating with BDD and Cucumber for various projects
- Mobile eBanking testing with BrowserStack and GUI tests
- Capturing user stories
- Defect management
- Creating templates for the Definition of Done and Definition of Ready for testing
- Optimizing processes in the various teams with a BDD approach
- Reporting and meetings to analyze testing in the various teams
Test Engineer
Buhl GmbH
- Testing mobile apps on iOS and Android with BrowserStack
- Creating reports to provide transparency on test progress and quality
- Preparing customer acceptance testing
- Regression, UAT, agile testing
- Assisting testers in identifying and writing good test cases
- Capturing and testing user stories
Test Engineer
Wavestone AG for ZKB
- Developing the Order Management System (OMS)
- Interface testing
- Setting up and analyzing servers and logs
- UAT and end-to-end tests and onboarding new partners to the OMS system
- Capturing user stories and retesting bugs
- Analyzing errors for OMS developments
- Ensuring production rollout of new customers
- Maintaining Confluence and tests in X-ray
- Planning test automation
TestManager/Test Engineer
SIX Payment Services AG
- Testing software and hardware of ATMs from various providers
- UAT and end-to-end tests and onboarding
- Verifying transactions in the backend
- Certification tests on different cards using the UL tool
- Interface tests and log analysis with Kibana, FOX, and SQL
- Writing and optimizing test cases
- Test management for the Argos project and the ATM-Futura project
- Test automation
- Testing payment transactions and cards in systems as well as maintenance and error analysis
- Release management
Consultant Testing
Qestit AG
- Test automation with Tosca, Selenium, Java
- Testing and regression
- Business analysis in various projects
- Requirement engineering
- Test management
- Working with Jira, Confluence, HP ALM, Tosca
- Experience in different agile teams (Allianz, A1, Viessmann, CIB)
Industry experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance, Insurance, and Transportation.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Business Intelligence, and Marketing.
Summary
I am an experienced automation test engineer with a bachelor's degree in engineering and extensive experience in test automation and test management in the insurance and financial services industry.
My strengths lie in developing test strategies, performing end-to-end tests, and optimizing processes to ensure software quality. I enjoy working in a team and apply my skills in Jira and X-Ray to create efficient test solutions.
Skills
- Test Case Management And Documentation
- Interface Testing With Soapui, Rest Api
- Capturing Field Service Adz And Fiantec Ba Requirements For Test Management Of New Releases And Converting Them Into Tests
- Defect Management And Discussions With Software Developers
- Automated Testing
- Team Player
- Capturing Requirements And Building A Requirements Test Matrix, Discussing With The Team Lead And Implementing
- E2e Tests And Uat Acceptance
- Recording Jira User Stories, Tests And Bugs In Azure Devops
- X-Ray
- Spiral Model
Languages
Education
Cairo University
Bachelor of Engineering · Engineering · Cairo, Egypt
Deutsche Schule in Kairo
High School Diploma · Cairo, Egypt
Certifications & licenses
Swiss Post via Tek System
Tosca Certificate
Statistics
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Karim is based in Schwerzenbach, Switzerland.
Karim speaks the following languages: Arabic (Native), German (Advanced).
Karim has at least 11 years of experience. During this time, Karim has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 10 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 1 month. Note that Karim may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Karim would be well-suited for roles such as: Test Engineer, Automation Test Engineer, Test Manager.
Karim's most recent position is Test Engineer at Ixtrac AG for Swica.
In recent years, Karim has worked for Ixtrac AG for Swica, SwissLife via Prostaff GmbH, Tek System for Schweizerische Post, Swisslinx AG for Helsana, and Ixtrac AG for Worldline.
Karim is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Professional Services, and Banking and Finance. Karim also has some experience in Insurance and Transportation.
Karim is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Quality Assurance, and Business Intelligence. Karim also has some experience in Marketing.
Karim has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Insurance, and Information Technology.
Karim has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Quality Assurance, and Marketing.
Karim holds a Bachelor in Engineering from Cairo University.
Karim has 2 certificates. These include: ISTQB Foundation Level Certificate and Tosca Certificate.
The availability of Karim needs to be confirmed.
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