René M.-Senior Test Automation Engineer / Developer
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Experience
Senior Test Automation Engineer / Architect
Vorwerk
- Designed and executed automated test suites for cooking appliances using SQUISH and Robot Framework
- Developed the architectural design and core library components supporting SQUISH-based test automation
Senior Test Automation Engineer / Developer
ARRI
Designed and implemented test automation for professional cameras, including manual testing
Implemented tools using Python/Qt and QML
Customized Robot Framework using Java
Defined and managed CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and Jenkins
Python, Robot Framework, Qt, QML, PySide6, JIRA, Jenkins, Pytest, GitLab, Scrum, Squish, Docker, Scrum, Report Portal, Poetry, Groovy, MS Office
Senior Test Automation Engineer / Developer
Canon
Designed and implemented test automation for Device Controller, including manual testing
Implemented Python packages and customized Robot Framework
Defined and managed Azure DevOps pipelines
Conducted REST API testing, including manual testing
Defined and updated Azure Test Plans
Created and updated Power BI dashboards for Azure Test Plans
Python, Robot Framework, Azure DevOps, GitLab, Scrum, Page Object Model
Senior Test Automation Engineer / Architect
Siemens
Designed and implemented test automation for UI and REST APIs using Microfocus UFT/ALM QC, Postman/Newman and Docker, including manual testing
Defined and managed CI/CD pipelines using HP ALM and Jenkins
Conducted manual testing
VB, Git, Scrum, Docker, Docker Compose, Jenkins, Postman/Newman, Microfocus UFT, ALM QC, Playwright, MS Office
Senior Test Automation Engineer / Architect
Itera
Designed and implemented test automation for UI, REST API and end-to-end testing using BDD, including manual QC testing
Defined and managed CI/CD pipelines
Typescript, Playwright, BDD, Gherkin, Cucumber, GitHub, JIRA, Zephyr, Scrum, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, MS Office
Python Developer
EWE
Python development for Energy Trading Platform
Unit test implementation using Pytest, Cypress
Python, Flask, AWS, JIRA, Confluence, Kubernetes, GitLab, Scrum, Pytest, Poetry, Tox, Cypress, MS Office
Senior Test Automation Engineer
Applause
Designed and implemented test automation for Web portal using Selenium
Designed and implemented test automation for Android/iOS app using Appium
Extended and developed Test Framework
Conducted manual testing
Python, Appium/Selenium, Confluence, Page Object Model, Zephyr, X Ray, Git, Scrum, JIRA, Kibana, Browserstack, MS Office
Senior Developer
Nexus Schweiz AG
WPF app development (Front/Backend)
Conducted manual testing
Visual Studio, C#, WPF, MSSQL, SVN, MVMM, Crystal Report, MS Office
Senior Test Automation Architect / Engineer
Vodafone
Developed and customized test framework for GIGA TV Box
Defined (BDD) and developed test cases and scenario
Set up and maintained Jenkins CI/CD Pipeline
Conducted manual testing
Storm Test, Python, JIRA, Jenkins, Behave, Gherkin, Cucumber, Page Object Model, Git, Scrum, AWS, Google Open CV, MS Office
Senior Test Automation Architect
SWM
Automated REST API testing with SOAP UI/Ready API
Implemented tests (E2E) for Android/iOS app with Appium
Executed tests on AWS Device Farm with TestNG
Conducted load testing with JMeter
Manual testing included
Java, Groovy, VBA, Soap UI, Ready API, JMeter, Appium/Selenium, JIRA, Jenkins, AWS Device farm, Confluence, X Ray, Git, Scrum, JMeter, MS Office
Senior Test Automation Architect
Knorr Bremse
Defined and developed E2E tests in Python using Test Complete
Defined Jenkins CI pipeline
Conducted load and manual testing
Implemented a custom message decoder (Front End/Back end)
Python, Test Complete, JIRA, Jenkins, Confluence, Svn, Scrum, MS Office
Senior Application Developer / Architect
Infineon Technologies
Customized DITA Open Toolkit with plugins using XSLT, ANT, Maven, Java, CSS, JavaScript)
Developed and extended a web application for the Patent Department in ASP.NET (Frontend/Backend)
Developed a custom web application for incident reporting using J2EE, Frontend/Backend, CSS, JSP, JavaScript, SOAP, Angular
Deployed, installed, and maintained the Innovation Portal (YIP)/ Incident Report / Patent Portal
XML, Visual Studio 2015, Eclipse, IntelliJ, J2EE, SQL, MySQL, Oracle, VBA Tomcat, ISS, MS Excel, Open XML SDK, SOAP, Kerberos, SSL, LDAP, JSP, Spring, C#, VB.NET, XSLFO, Ant, DITA Open Toolkit, JIRA, Maven, Git, Bootstrap, Angular, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, Agile, Scrum, Jenkins, HP ALM, Git, Scrum, MS Office
Test Automation Architect
Intel Mobile Communication (now Apple)
Developed a test automation framework to test mobile devices
Extended and enhanced test automation features
Deployed, installed, and maintained the test automation framework
Supported test case development and execution
Conducted analysis and integration/manual testing
HARTS platform, XML, Perl, Java, Python, CMW500, Groovy, Scrum, MS Office
Senior Test Automation Architect
Nokia Siemens Network
Designed and implemented test automation with Robot Framework (E2E)
Developed custom extensions for Robot Framework
Coordinated test activities and deployed the test automation solution
Defined and executed test scenarios, FU/Integration Tests
Conducted load testing (LastTest) to ensure performance and reliability
Conducted manual testing
Robot Framework, SNMP, MIB, XML, Python, Java, HP ALM, Jenkins, MatLab, Lab view, Scrum, MS Office
System Engineer / Test Automation Architect
Siemens PSE
Designed and implemented test automation with Robot Framework
Developed custom extensions for Robot Framework
Coordinated test activities and deployed the test automation solution
Defined and executed test scenarios
Conducted FU/integration/manual testing
Robot Framework, SNMP, MIB, XML, Python, Java, HP Quality Center, MS Office
Architect / Application Developer
Siemens PSE
Led a team of software developers, overseeing project status reporting, time and resource planning
Designed and implemented encoder/decoder systems and defined message formats
Performed functional, integration, and end-to-end testing, including manual testing
Created test definitions and specifications
Developed and managed ClearCase structure; managed client builds and deployment processes
Conducted load, performance, and manual testing
Java, LDAP, Eclipse, Clear Case, Linux, Yaml, ASN.1, MS Project, Spring, Ant, SQL, Greenplum Database, MS Office
System Engineer / Test Automation Architect
Siemens PSE
Designed and implemented test automation with Robot Framework
Developed a custom extension for Robot Framework
Coordinated test activities and deployed a test automation solution
Defined and executed test scenarios
Conducted FU/integration/manual testing
Robot Framework, SNMP, MIB, XML, Python, Java, HP Quality Center, MS Office
Business Analyst / Senior Test Automation Architect
Plaut Slovakia
Analyzed business processes at Slovak Post for automatic post operations
FU/Integration Testing, E2E Testing, Test Definition
Automated tests with Fest Framework in Java, including manual tests
UML, Eclipse, Enterprise Architect, Request Tracking, Tortoise, Java, Fest Framework, Confluence Wiki, MS Project, RUP, MS Office
Test Automation Specialist / Developer
Nokia Siemens Network
UMTS L1 Automation Testing of Chanel Card
Customized the testing automation framework in Perl, including manual tests
Perl, Clear Case, Windows XP, MatLab, MS Office
Application Developer / Test Automation Specialist
Siemens AG
Defined tests for FU (Functional Unit) for the RAN (Radio Access Network) part
Automated FU application tests in Perl, including manual tests
Designed and implemented the PM/Alarm Interface in C++
Red Hat LINUX, Clear Case, DSET Q3 agent toolkit, XML, Perl, Tcl/Tk, Visual Basic, Solid DB, C++, Omni Tracker, MatLab, MS Office
Project-Group Leader / Architect / Developer
Siemens PSE
Led a team of software developers, overseeing project status reporting, time and resource planning
Coordinated activities between the Software Development Group and System Integration Testing (SIT)
Supported SIT in Lisbon/Portugal and APS production
Implemented TL1 interface (Security and Communication part) according to Bellcore standards; ported from pSOS to Linux
Developed web and command line interface (CLI) of TL1 GNE (Gateway Network Element) using Perl and PHP
Designed and maintained for "Document parser" (compiler) using Flex and Bison, porting to Linux
Defined ClearCase structure and managed server/client deployment
Red Hat LINUX, ANSI C++, Rational Rose, UML, Clear Case, DSET Q3 agent toolkit, Java, HTML, XML, PHP, Perl, JavaScript, FLEX and BISON, MS Office
Architect / Application Developer
Siemens AG
Designed and implemented the Performance Management Functional Unit (PM FU) for Q3 agent and client interfaces (TL1, SNMP) using C++; managed telegram handling (Telcat) over PCB (CAN) bus to/from specific cards
Architected and developed project-specific components for PM FU of Q3 agent, adhering to platform standards for all WDM/DWDM projects
Led the design process, including architecture, design patterns and UML modelling
Conducted offline testing and PCB (CAN bus) simulations
Supported System Integration Testing (SIT) and prepared the test environment
Conducted manual testing
Windows NT, LINUX, ANSI C++, Rational Rose, UML, Test Director, Clear Case, DSET Q3 agent toolkit, MS Office
Project Leader / Architect / Developer / Tester
SWH
Led a team of software developers, overseeing project status reporting, time and resource planning
Designed platform architecture and design patterns (UML) for SNMP agent (SNMP v1, SNMP v2)
Implemented the Performance Management Functional Unit (PM FU) of the SNMP agent (client side) using C++
Created Management Information Base (MIB) according to standards (RFCs)
Developed internal Telcat telegrams (via CAN bus) for communication between SNMP agent and Q3 agent for each functional unit (FU) of the SNMP agent
Defined ClearCase structure and managed client deployment
Supported System Integration Testing (SIT) and prepared the test environment
Conducted manual testing
Windows NT, pSOS, C++, Rational Rose, UML, Clear Case, Tcl/Tk, EMANATE SNMP agent Toolkit, Test Director, BASLib – Siemens Communication framework, MS Office
Architect / Application Developer
SWH
Designed architecture using UML for the Alarm Functional Unit (Alarm handling)
Implemented TL1 response/request handling (client side) and Q3 request/response handling (server side) for the Alarm Functional Unit
SUN – Solaris 2.6, C++, UML, Rational Rose, Sun C++ Workshop, Java, Vertel TNM Manager Development toolkit, Clear Case, MS Office
Project Leader / Architect / Developer / Tester
SWH
Led a team of software developers, overseeing project status reporting, time and resource planning
Designed platform architecture and design patterns (UML) for SNMP agent (SNMP v1, SNMP v2)
Implemented the Performance Management Functional Unit (PM FU) of the SNMP agent (client side) using C++
Created Management Information Base (MIB) according to standards (RFCs)
Developed internal Telcat telegrams (via CAN bus) for communication between SNMP agent and Q3 agent for each functional unit (FU) of the SNMP agent
Defined ClearCase structure and managed client deployment
Supported System Integration Testing (SIT) and prepared the test environment
Conducted manual testing
Windows NT, pSOS, C++, Rational Rose, UML, Clear Case, Tcl/Tk, EMANATE SNMP agent Toolkit, Test Director, BASLib – Siemens Communication framework, MS Office
Architect / Application Developer
ELAS
Responsible for Windows UI (GUI) and database design for Socialna Poistovna a.s. (Social Insurance Company)
System integration for customer Socialna Poistovna a.s. (Social Insurance Company)
Windows 95/NT, ORACLE, MS Visual C++, MS Visual Basic, ODBC, SQL, HTML, ASP, File NET API, WIN API 32, AIX, MS Office
Industry experience
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Experienced in Telecommunication, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Automotive, Energy, and Media and Entertainment.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development, and Project Management.
Summary
I am a Senior Test Automation Engineer, Developer and Architect with more than 25 years of experience in software development, test automation and system integration. I design and extend automation frameworks for web, mobile, UI, REST API and end-to-end testing using Python, Java, Robot Framework, Playwright, Selenium, Appium, Pytest and C++.
I build reliable CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, and work with Docker, AWS, Kubernetes and Agile/Scrum teams. My experience also includes manual, integration, performance and load testing, BDD with Gherkin and Cucumber, application architecture, and leading development and testing activities.
Skills
Domain Expertise
- Test Automation
- System Integration Testing
- System Integration
- Document Management System
- Telecommunication Network Management Systems
- Group/Team/Project Leadership
Programming Languages & Technologies
- Python
- Typescript/Javascript
- Java/J2ee
- C#
- Groovy
- Rest Api
- Sql
- Mysql
- Xml
- Xslt
- Xsl-Fo
- Xsd
- Vb/Vba/Vb.Net
- Asp.Net
- C/C++
- Json
- Yaml
- Html
- Css
- Mfc
- Bdd
- Tdd
- Cucumber
- Gherkin
Databases
- Mysql
- Postgress
- Mssql
- Oracle
- Access
- Greenplum
Protocols & Standards
- Asn.1
- Snmp
- Tcp/Ip
- Tl1
- Umts
- Otn
- Sonet/Sdh
- Dwdm
- Otn
- Xml
- Ldap
Tools & Frameworks
- Pycharm
- Vs Code
- Visual Studio
- Eclipse
- Intelij
- Jira
- Jenkins
- Xray
- Zephyr
- Gitlab
- Github
- Svn
- Hp Qc Alm
- Azure Devops
- Aws Device Farm
- Browserstack
- Docker
- Docker Compose
- Qt/Qml
- Dita Open Toolkit
- Poetry
- Tox
- Swagger
- Flask
- Nodejs
- Maven
- Ant
- Gradle
- Ms Office
System Integration & Testing
- Analysis
- System Integration
- System Integration Testing
- Test Automation (Appium, Selenium, Postman, Newman, Soap Ui, Robot Framework, Pytest, Test Complete, Squish, Behave, Playwright, Microfocus Uft, Ranorex)
Operating Systems
- Linux
- Unix
- Windows
- Sun Solaris
- Psos
- Ms-Dos
Software Design
- Oop/Ooa
- Uml
- Design Patterns
- Ipc
- Lexical And Syntactic Analysis (Flex, Bison)
Languages
Education
University of Zilina
Master's degree, Information and Communication Systems, Cybernetics/Automation · Information and Communication Systems · Žilina, Slovakia
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Frequently asked questions
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René is based in Bratislava, Slovakia and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
René speaks the following languages: Slovak (Native), German (Advanced), English (Advanced), Russian (Elementary).
René has at least 27 years of experience. During this time, René has worked in at least 16 different roles and for 19 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 1 month. Note that René may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, René would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Test Automation Engineer / Architect, Senior Test Automation Engineer / Developer, Python Developer.
René's most recent position is Senior Test Automation Engineer / Architect at Vorwerk.
In recent years, René has worked for Vorwerk, ARRI, Canon, Siemens, and Itera.
René is most experienced in industries like Telecommunication, Information Technology, and Manufacturing. René also has some experience in Automotive, Energy, and Media and Entertainment.
René is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Quality Assurance, and Product Development. René also has some experience in Project Management.
René has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Manufacturing, and Media and Entertainment.
René has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Quality Assurance.
René attended University of Zilina for Information and Communication Systems.
René is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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