Graeme Oxley

Experience

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  BNFL

  Sept 1994 - Sept 1995

  Commissioning Technician

  Commissioning Technician on THORP for BNFL. Industrial work experience for a year as part of my degree course.• Radiological instrument commissioning/calibration• SCADA Integration (VME/PLC)

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  Schneider Electric

  Jan 1996 - Aug 1999

  Project R&D Engineer

  Projects Engineer in the MV Switchgear R&D domain for Schneider Electric. Responsible for the specification, development and testing of digital electronic devices to automate the power network. Developing power fault detection products and integration into the company’s existing product range. • Hardware/Software development/Testing• SCADA Integration (Talus/Sprite)• EMC Testing and certification.

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  パナソニック

  Aug 1999 - Jun 2006

  Senior Systems Test Engineer

  Senior System Test Engineer in Research and Development for Panasonic Mobile Communications Development of Europe (PMCDE). • Creating and using test methodologies and environments for the latest features of the next generation of mobile phones. • Testing standard 2G and 3G functions (Calls, SMS, UI). • Test feature lead performing delegation of tasks and developing and appraising team members. • Requirements Capture/Review.• Bluetooth Testing.• Video Streaming Testing.• WAP Testing.• Video Telephony Testing. • 2G and 3G Protocol Testing.• SIM Card Testing.• Handsets worked on:- GD30, GD35, GD50, GD70, GD90, GD93P(GPRS), GD67, X70, X700 VS3,VS7(3G). Show less

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  Vodafone

  Jun 2007 - Jan 2009

  Test Manager

  Acceptance Manager in the Multimedia Applications and Content Services (MACS) domain for Vodafone UK. Managing technical acceptance of multiple internal and external supplied and developed services and applications. • Owned Test Requirements specification, planning and management. • Accountable for all functional and non-functional testing activities. • Responsible for liaison and coordination of multiple third-party suppliers.• Running Onshore and Offshore Acceptance teams up to 7 people + 3rd parties.• Vodafone Live! Service Acceptance/Sign Off project included:-• Acceptance of Mobile TV Helix Streaming Servers.• Managed acceptance testing of new VF Live Handsets and Clients including Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Blackberry.• Managed acceptance of Mobile Advertising Yahoo.• Managed acceptance of MMS services.• Managed acceptance Vodafone Voice Mail Services.• Managed acceptance of Billing and enterprise solutions (M-Pay, MAF).• Managed acceptance Mobile Widgets platform on handsets and VF Live.• Managed acceptance post and pre-pay charging systems.• Managed acceptance of on device portal.• Member of Acceptance Team on "Make the Most of Now" VF Live upgrade. Show less

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  Capita

  Jan 2009 - Apr 2011

  Test Manager

  Test Manager within the Life and Pensions team. Migrating legacy Pension administration Systems from Prudential and Co-op to a Capita administered centralised system.• Line management of project test team 8+ People.• Management of the delivery of testing of systems in accordance with requirements.• Managing the production of test documentation, planning, execution and sign-off of testing.• Identification of risks and issues affecting the planning, execution and sign-off of the project testing.• Promotion continual professional development within team via regular Appraisals, objectives setting and training. Show less

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  HSBC

  Apr 2011 - Sept 2015

  Test Manager

  Test Manager for HSBC Global Payments Systems. Accountable for functional testing of all projects in a release. • Owned Test Requirements specification, planning and management for all releases.. • Accountable for all functional testing activities for each release. • Responsible for liaison and coordination of multiple third-party suppliers. • Direct line management of multiple concurrent project test teams, both local and offshore, with responsibility for 15 staff. • Managed production of project test documentation, status reports, project dashboards for communication with key stakeholders. • Risk assessment, management and mitigation. • Worked closely and built rapport with Program/Project Managers, BA’s, Environments Team and third-parties to drive on-time/on-budget/on-quality project goals, objectives and deliverables. Show less

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  Vocalink, a Mastercard company

  Nov 2015 - Apr 2016

  Principal Non Functional Test Engineer

  • Responsible for the Non Functional testing of multiple projects• Effective planning and line management of the NFT Team• Co-ordination with third party test tool suppliers • Automation framework and methodology definition and implementation• Working with program, project managers, analysis's, environments team • Management of risks and issues impacting testing • Reporting

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  Equiniti

  May 2016 - Apr 2019

  Test Manager

  May 2016 - Present Equiniti Digital: Test ManagerReporting to the Head of QA & Testing; Technical Test Manager supporting multiple business units and products. Focused on automation frameworks and performance testing.• Responsible for the Functional and Non-functional testing of multiple projects and products• Overseeing Digital Transformation including:o Migration to cloud based services in Azure (IAAS/SAAS) o Creation of automated test suits executed as Azure pipelines tasks (CI/CD)o GIT source control for Infrastructure as code (IAC) and all project artefacts o Docker containerisation of Selenium grid for distributed test execution (Parallel Testing)o Collaboration tooling. Setting up MS Teams/Yammer/0365 Use of Azure DevOpso Work Classification and constraints identification and mitigationo Setting up KPI's and Dashboards in Power BI• API Testing Restful & PDI• Co-ordination of performance & penetration testing• Project and capacity planning • Test environment management• Line management of project & BAU test teams, both onshore and offshore 12+ People• Co-ordination with third party test tool suppliers (TFS/VSO)• Definition and implementation of automation framework, methodologies (CUIT/Selenium)• Working with programme/project managers, BA’s, developers and environments team • Management of risks and issues impacting testing and project delivery • Providing regular reports/dashboards to programme/project management/stakeholders• Customer UAT support• Releases to existing customers and major on-boarding projects Show less

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  Qualitest

  May 2019 - now

  • Snr Architect

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Test Manager

    May 2019 - Apr 2022