Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center Expert in Switzerland
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Switzerland, who have recently used Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center
Ulysse Brice M.
Last position:
Agile Quality Engineer & Quality Master at Die Mobiliar
- Test strategy design
- Continuous defect tracking and documentation
- Test case creation and execution for performance and end-to-end tests as well as mass tests
- Responsibility for all test activities in the team
- Requirements and documentation analysis
- Agile testing based on stories, epics and features
- Test management and coordination
- Use of SAFe (PI planning, PI preparation, sprints, daily meetings, Kanban board, retrospective, review)
- Use of GitHub, Tortoise, Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, Splunk, Swagger UI, Tosca, Rocket.Chat, Visual Studio Code, Oracle SQL Developer
- SAFe framework and project abroad
Philipp S.
Last position:
Equity Portfolio Manager - Digital Wealth Management at Interactive Brokers LLC
- Solely responsible for two portfolios totaling USD 1 million with an average monthly performance of 2%
- Responsible for the investment strategy, specializing in US equities and ETFs (exchanges: NASDAQ and NYSE)
- Market, trend, data, and technical chart analysis
- Risk management – diversification, daily/weekly risk mitigation measures (rebalancing) to ensure optimal portfolio profitability
Reinhold S.
Last position:
Senior Software Developer at Hitachi Energy
- Support and further development of the Leegoo Builder
- Handling ad hoc requests
- Definition of rules/attributes and their rules
- Optimizing and managing SQL queries
Klaus S.
Last position:
Senior Financial Consultant and Project Manager at Start Up
- Establishment of a licensing model
- Preparation of investor documents (business plan, cash flow forecast, ROI, etc.)
- Marketing simulation of market development, market potential assessment, etc.
- Definition and implementation of KPIs to measure market entry
- Setting up project planning, project controlling, and business processes
Dariusz K.
Last position:
Business System Analyst at Zurich Insurance
Participating in a strategic enterprise project to introduce a centralized customer data platform ("Single Source of Truth") to eliminate redundant data storage and accelerate digital services
Analyzing and documenting business and system requirements for migrating large, heterogeneous data sets (ETL) and for continuous data synchronization between core systems and the new platform
Close collaboration with business units, data engineers and architects to gather and validate requirements, and to ensure data quality, consistency and regulatory compliance
Defining the migration strategy, specifying ETL processes and synchronization mechanisms, and documenting technical interfaces
Developing and executing test cases for migration and synchronization processes, and performing defect analysis to ensure data integrity and system stability
Technologies: SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure DevOps, Confluence, UML, RESTful Services, Swagger, Postman
Yuri G.
Last position:
Senior Security Devops Engineer at Swisscom
- Implementation and maintenance of highly critical IAM solutions for B2B clients (SSO, MFA, SAML/OIDC, Entra ID, PIM/PAM)
- Security administration of Linux systems (CentOS, Red Hat) in Docker and Kubernetes environments
- Migration from Docker Swarm to Kubernetes
- Infrastructure automation with Terraform
- Planning and execution of risk assessments, threat modeling, and compliance reports
- Development and management of B2B applications (Java, REST/SOAP, Angular) and CI/CD pipelines (Python, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab)
- Leading integration tests and UAT (Cucumber, Selenium, Katalon)
- Implementing monitoring and observability strategies with Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk
- Integrating SAST tools like Snyk and SonarQube
- Release management and project coordination according to Scrum and SAFe
- Mentoring and technical support of junior team members
Reto B.
Last position:
Managing Director at Atsoft GmbH
- Consulting in ICT, business processes, system architecture, web integration, client-server computing, cross-platform development, responsive web design, social media integration, GUI
- Custom and specialized solutions
- Applications for small and medium-sized enterprises
- Web services, web applications, portals, application extensions (add-ins, plug-ins)
- Database design, interface solutions
- Outsourcing in various industries
- Solutions for other software houses
- Project management and project support (software engineering, coding)
Beat Z.
Last position:
SAP Test Manager at E.ON Grid Solutions GmbH
- Responsible for IT integration test and user acceptance test for SAP S/4 Hana and BDO BO Customer Financials Management
- Led the test team (business testers and IT testers)
- Resource planning and control within the test team
- Created test concepts and test plans
- Performed test risk analysis
- Coordinated test execution and defect tracking
- Ensured test progress
- Generated and visualized reports
- Summarized test reports and reported to management
- Prepared and conducted user acceptance tests
- Managed SIGMA and JIRA/Confluence at project level
Christoph W.
Last position:
System Architect / System Engineer / Programmer at Deutsche Vermögensberatung (DVAG)
- Create requirements for the modularization of the promotion forecast.
- Set up and expand the various competitions for 2024.
- Customize and test the CICS dialog.
- Create various reports for the department using SQL.
- Implement and test new requirements in batch processes with IWS.
- Update documentation for the new requirements.
- Provide on-call support for daily and monthly production.
- Technologies used: SCRUM, Jira, Confluence, Windows 11, Unix, Enterprise Developer, z/OS, GIT, Mineral, Moped, IWS/TWS, JES, COBOL, CICS, DB2, SQL, Rocket, FortiClient, Citrix.
Andrew L.
Last position:
Service Manager - Testing at Takeda Pharmaceutical International AG
- Managing the Testing services for the Global IT Testing Centre of Excellence (TCoE) team, which is responsible for managing and supporting the Product & Project Testing Workstreams on various Regional Projects, especially in Pharmacovigilance, Digital Supply Chain, Clinical Practice and R&D, etc.
- Managing Client relationships, escalations and continuing to grow the project services globally, while also driving the testing efforts on Takeda’s AI, DevOps, Agile, and Digital projects.
- Led the implementation of a Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with GCP, GMP, and Swiss and EU regulations, resulting in a huge improvement in audit readiness.
- Overseeing projects for systems including ERP, EDGE, SAP ECC, SAP Transportation Management, S/4 HANA migration etc.
- Led an AI/ML PoC for AI implementation.
- Led a cross-functional team to ensure compliance with MDR, FDA regulatory guidelines and achieved successful project deliveries.
- Led and managed change management and communication for TCoE, keeping the Takeda organisation informed of change communication and practices, including presentations to various stakeholders.
- Ensuring TCoE outsource vendor resources adhere to regulatory, compliance and quality system standards and practices for GxP & non-GxP System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including aSDLC and TCoE Global Standards.
- Translated the product vision, strategy and requirements into backlog items, which were prioritised based on potential business impact and customer value.
Michael R.
Last position:
Doctor of Economics at University of St. Gall
- Awarded the degree of Doctor of Economics (Dr. oec.)
- Passed doctoral examination with the grade "good"
- Dissertation: Development of OR-based software systems – concepts for problem- and user-oriented design
Doris N.
Last position:
Expert Consultant at multiprovider gmbh/ASC GmbH/all for one Group
DWH development (backend) for SRG (2022)
Media: redesign of the HR data model to prepare migration to BW/4HANA
Support and training for HR and controlling reporting solutions
Technologies: SAP BW/4HANA, SAP BW on HANA 7.5, SAP HCM, SAP CO, SAP FI, IBCS, SAP Lumira Design Studio, Graphomate, SAP Fiori Launchpad
DWH development (frontend) for Constellium (2017)
Redesigned reporting according to IFRS 17 standard
Conceptualized and implemented improvements and automated migration programs
Project "Market & Audience Research": blueprint and implementation of BW on HANA data models and reporting based on SAP ERP and third-party data (extraction using CDS views)
Proof of concept reporting with SAC, Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
Proof of concept replacement of Broadcaster with BO Scheduling
Project "Adamant – Profitability Analysis": blueprint and implementation of BW on HANA data models and reporting with Design Studio using data from SAP CO-PA
Technologies: SAP BW 7.5, SAP BEX Analyzer, SAP BEx Broadcaster, SAP ABAP, SAP BCS, SAP HANA native, Mediapulse, R, REST-API, Confluence, MS Power BI, SAP SAC, SAP BO Design Studio, SAP BO Scheduling and Publications XI 3.0, SAP Lumira Design Studio
Thomas H.
Last position:
Sales Partner at SourceWeb Group
- Consulting and sales in cyber security
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Statistics of experts using Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
2.3 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Project Management
Top industries
Banking and Finance, Insurance, Information Technology
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
73%
Master's degree or higher
64%
Doctorate
9%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Switzerland are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Switzerland using Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Banking and Finance (62%)
- Insurance (54%)
- Information Technology (54%)
- Healthcare (46%)
- Manufacturing (46%)
- Government and Administration (46%)
- Telecommunication (46%)
- Professional Services (38%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What It Is
Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center is an application lifecycle and quality management suite for organising software requirements, test assets, defects and releases. It gives teams a shared record of quality activities across planning, execution and reporting. The product is also known as ALM or Quality Center, and is now associated with the OpenText product portfolio.
Core Workflows
The suite connects business requirements with manual tests, automated test runs, defect records and release milestones. Professionals configure projects, permissions, fields, workflows and traceability so teams can follow an issue from specification through validation. It is commonly used for regulated or high-control delivery processes.
- Define requirements and approval flows
- Design test plans and reusable test sets
- Record, triage and report defects
- Track releases, coverage and evidence
Ecosystem And Tools
Strong specialists understand the ALM / Quality Center project model, dashboards, reporting and administration settings. They may connect it with UFT, LeanFT, Selenium-based automation, service testing tools, CI pipelines and enterprise identity systems. Migration work can involve exports, APIs, database analysis and mapping to another quality platform.
When Expertise Helps
Companies bring in freelance expertise when a test repository needs structure, a release process lacks traceability or an existing instance requires cleanup. They also need support during upgrades, migrations, audit preparation and integrations with delivery tools. In Switzerland, remote collaboration can work well when documentation and workshop language are agreed early across distributed teams.
- Establish a usable test governance model
- Improve defect triage and reporting
- Prepare data for migration
- Connect quality activities with delivery pipelines
What Strong Professionals Bring
The best professionals combine product knowledge with practical quality management. They can translate business controls into fields, workflows, roles and reports without making the system difficult to use. They also understand test design, risk-based coverage, automation handoffs and the limits of legacy configurations.
Choosing The Right Specialist
Review evidence of comparable ALM or Quality Center environments, especially the project type, integrations and delivery constraints involved. Ask how the specialist handles permissions, data quality, workflow changes, reporting and user adoption. For Swiss teams, confirm availability for required on-site workshops and fluency in the languages used by stakeholders.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions that come up most around Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center.
Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center is used to manage requirements, test planning, test execution, defects and release traceability in one controlled environment. Companies often use it when quality evidence, approvals and audit-ready records matter.
ALM / Quality Center offers a structured quality model with dedicated requirements, test and defect areas. Jira is often more flexible for issue and agile workflow management, while newer quality platforms may provide a more modern interface or broader cloud integration. The right choice depends on governance, existing data and delivery methods.
A strong Quality Center specialist may also understand UFT, Selenium, CI pipelines, SQL, APIs, test automation and identity management. Knowledge of requirements engineering, release governance and regulated delivery is valuable when the system supports enterprise or controlled environments.
A capable Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center freelancer should have handled the specific work required, such as configuration, migration, integration, reporting or test governance. Depth in a comparable environment matters more than a generic product claim, so ask for examples of decisions, risks and deliverables.
ALM / Quality Center work can usually be delivered remotely when secure access, clear documentation and regular workshops are available. On-site sessions may still help with process discovery, stakeholder alignment or migration planning. Agree on access controls and working languages before the engagement starts.
Ask a Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center specialist to explain how they would structure requirements, test sets, defect workflows and reports for your context. A strong professional will discuss traceability, permissions, data quality, maintainability and user adoption rather than focusing only on configuration tasks.
Quality Center can remain suitable when an organisation depends on its established test data, controls, integrations and reporting. A specialist can assess whether configuration improvements, an upgrade, better integration or a planned migration is the safest path.
Before starting Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center work, clarify the instance structure, user roles, environments, integrations, data ownership and expected deliverables. Freelancers should also confirm whether the engagement covers administration, process design, migration, testing or stakeholder training.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center in their recent projects is 116 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 924 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center in their recent projects, 73% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 64% hold at least a Master's degree, and 9% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (62%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center in their recent projects are Banking and Finance (62%), Insurance (54%), and Information Technology (54%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Quality Assurance (85%), and Project Management (77%).
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