Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Mr Nicolas Legeay

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Career Aim

To obtain a 6 month contract as “Senior Software Development Engineer in Test” in a dynamic and innovative company where I can use the full range of my testing and IT skills. I am available from the 17/10/2016.

Profile

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  Senior Software Development Engineer in Test with 9 year experience in Software Testing.
  

Specialist expertise in:

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  Test Automation with Selenium, Robotium, Appium, HP QTP and Odin Axe
  
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  Test Methodology with HP Quality Center and Model-Based Testing solution (Smartesting)
  
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  Requirements Management and Process Analysis/Modelling.
  

Technical Skills

IT Skills: MS Windows 8.1/10, MS Office, Linux Ubuntu

BPMN, UML, C++, Java, VB script, Web (PHP, JavaScript, CSS), XML (XSLT, XQuery, XPath), SQL,

Selenium 2.0, Appium, Robotium, HP QC, HP QuickTest Professional, Odin Technologies AXE

MS Visual Studio, Android Studio, Eclipse, Git SourceTree, Subversion, Toad, SoapUI

Functional Skills: Software Engineering Principles, Principles of Testing, Requirements Engineering, Test Management, Risk & Issue Management, Estimating, Project Planning

Employment History

TalkTalk TV, London May 2015 – Present

Senior Software Developer in Test 3 Months (Current)

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  Designed test strategies and test plans for HTML 5 player application.
  
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  Built a BDD test automation framework for HTML 5 Player app using WebdriverIO (Selenium 2.0 bindings for Node.js) and Cucumber.js.
  
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  Written and reviewed Gherkin feature files with Product Owner and Developers.
  
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  Mentored my colleagues and shared my experience during brown-bag sessions or technical presentations.
  

Project Description: This project is the validation of an HTML 5 Player application running on YouView Set-Top Box.

Project Size: 2 people during 6 months

Environment: WebStorm, WebdriverIO, JavaScript ES5, Node.js, Cucumber.js, VSO Build CI, BDD, Kanban, Git

Software Developer in Test 1 Year 1 Month

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  Designed test plans for transverse feature projects for TalkTalk TV and for Android tablet/phone applications.
  
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  Maintained and created Robotium end to end tests for Android tablet and phone.
  
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  Built a distributed BDD test automation framework for Mobile application combining Appium/Selenium, Cucumber-JVM, TestNG and Selenium-Grid.
  
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  Investigated live incidents in cooperation with customer service using Splunk.
  

Project Description: This project is the validation of an Android tablet and phone Video On Demand player application.

Project Size: 3 people during 13 months

Environment: Android Studio, Robotium, Java, Gradle, Jenkins CI, BDD, SCRUM, Git, Splunk
Blinkbox Movies, London September 2013 – April 2015

Software Developer in Test

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  Designed test plans for Android tablet and phone applications in Microsoft Test Manager.
  
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  Prepared and coordinated the test campaign for Chromecast on Web, Android and iOS tablets.
  
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  Automated Robotium end to end tests for Android tablet and phone video streaming player and Inside Secure.
  
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  Built a scalable test automation framework in Java based on Command Fluent API and Page Object Model.
  

Project Description: This project was the validation of two Video On Demand player applications for Android tablets and phones using manual tests and automated tests with Robotium.

Project Size: 3 people during 1 year and 8 months

Environment: Eclipse with ADT Plugin, Robotium, Java, BDD, JUnit, ANT, Jenkins CI, Agile Kanban, TFS, Fiddler

Steria UK September 2011 – September 2013

Major Assignments since joining Steria UK:

Steria UK, London 2 Months

Test Automation Consultant

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  Designed an innovative Keyword Driven Framework for HP ALM/QTP and Selenium/WebDriver
  
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  Designed 5 automated tests running on IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
  
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  Documented the Framework (User Guide, Business and Technical Presentations)
  
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  Presented to the Steria Test Automation community in the UK and in India
  

Project Description: This was an internal project to develop the Test Automation Capabilities

Project Size: 1 person during 2 months

Environment: HP ALM 11, HP QTP 11, Selenium 2.33.0 (with WebDriver), Eclipse, VB Script, Java, XPath, XHTML v1
Alliance Healthcare, Chessington 7 Months

Test Automation Lead

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  Prepared the Automation Approach
  
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  Coordinated the automation effort of the off-shore team and executed tests with off-shore team
  
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  Communicated the Progress Report and organised Progress meetings
  
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  Documented the Test Framework and provided support on HP QC/QTP
  

Project Description: This project was the validation of a logistic application coded in Java using HP QC/QTP.

Project Size: 3 people during 7 months

Environment: Java application, Citrix, HP QTP 10, HP QC 10, JIRA Defect Manager
Financial Services Authority, Canary Wharf 1 Month

Test Automation Consultant

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  Prepared the Test Automation Approach on the Financial and HR system of the FSA (Oracle e-Business Suite)
  
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  Organised Workshops with subject matter experts to define the business criticality and reusability of the tests.
  
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  Prepared Test Automation Approach on the “Register of the Regulated Firms and Individuals” (Web application)
  
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  Automated the end-to-end scenario for “Registration of a firm” and improved the Test Automation Framework.
  

Project Description: This project was the analysis of test automation scope on the FSA Financial and HR system and the automating of 45 manual tests on a web application using a QTP Test Automation Framework.

Project Size/Duration: 3 to 5 people during 3 months

Environment: Oracle e-Business Suite, Web portal, HP QTP 11 with Keyword Driven Framework
Royal Mail Group, Chesterfield 2.5 Months

Test Automation Consultant

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  Prepared the Automation Approach and organised Progress Meeting with the Customer
  
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  Analysed the testing scope on 5 SAP applications with subject matter experts
  
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  Implemented 20 QTP tests organised in scenarios on a SAP HR application
  
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  Documented the Test Framework and Methodology
  
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  Provided support for the infrastructure setup (Citrix, QC/QTP and SAP)
  

Project Description: This project was the automating of 350 tests on 5 SAP applications to address the risk of an infrastructure migration. QTP Tests were implemented on SAP Portal and Web Portal.

Project Size/Duration: Up to 4 people during 6 months

Environment: SAP GUI, Web portal, Citrix, HP QTP 11
The Co-operative Banking Group, Manchester 6 Months

Test Automation Engineer

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  Added the Odin Axe methodology to the Test Automation Framework for Web, Mainframe and SAP application
  
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  Prepared the Automation Approach (Scope definition, Workload estimation)
  
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  Implemented tests using Odin Axe and HP QTP on a Personal Banking website including mainframe interactions.
  
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  Implemented automated tests using Odin Axe and HP QTP on a Motor Insurance Quote website
  

Project Description: This project was the delivery of test automation for the Cooperative Banking Group projects.

Project Size: 3 to 4 people during 8 months

Environment: Dynamic Website, Terminal emulator for IBM 3270, SAP R/3, HP QTP 10, Odin Axe


Steria France October 2007 – August 2011

Major assignments at Steria France:

SFR (French mobile phone Company), Paris 13 Months

Senior Test Analyst

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  Created process models of the SFR IS with BPMN 2.0 (Business Process Modelling Notation)
  
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  Adapted the Steria Model Based Testing solution for Smartesting CertifyIt v5
  
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  Produced system tests for the SFR testing project from process models
  
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  Provided training to the MBT solution and promoted the solution at Steria France
  

Project Description: This project was the industrialisation of the SFR Testing Project

2 Awards won in 2010: "IE-Club Innovation Award 2010" and "2010 SFR Supplier Challenge"

Project Size: 4 to 6 people during 15 months

Environment: Smartesting CertifyIt v5, IBM RSM v7.5.4, Subversion, HP QC v9.2, UML 2.2, BPMN 2.0
APNF (French fixed number portability association), Paris 7 Months

Test Analyst

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  Prepared the test strategy of the central information system
  
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  Written TestPlan and Testlab in HP Quality Center
  
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  Managed QC project customization and administration
  
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  Validated the system in "stand-alone" and with the interfaces to the 14 telecom providers.
  

Project Description: This project was the validation of the central information system which manages the database of ported landline phone numbers in France

Project Size: 6 people during 7 month

Environment: UNIX Red Hat, Web Service, FTP, PostgreSQL, HP QC 9.2, SoapUI, Squirrel, Putty, Excel VBA, GPG4win
Education and Qualifications

2007 September: Master of Engineering in Computer Science

National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) of Lyon, France

2014 ISTQB - BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level

Languages

English (fluent), French (native speaker), German (good)