Profile - Norbert Molnár 🧑🏼💻
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About 🎙
I am a Linguist and Software Test Engineer with a degree in Near Eastern Studies – Arabic and Islamic Studies, specializing in Modern Standard Arabic and the Egyptian dialect, from the University of Vienna and a degree in MAS Bank Management from the Corvinus University of Budapest. I have accumulated five years of professional experience across diverse industries in Serbia, Austria, Switzerland, and Oman. My background includes tourism, language teaching, interpretation, career counseling, and research in asylum, forced migration, and diplomacy at the United Nations before transitioning to IT to drive innovation.
As a Software Test Engineer, I possess a wide array of skills, and although my entry into the field was partly coincidental, I now cannot envision myself in any other profession. I accepted my first IT project as a Test Engineer in Zurich, and currently, I reside in Central Switzerland.
In my leisure time, I enjoy motorcycle tours in the Alps, hiking, and connecting with friends and family internationally. I am passionate about exploring the world and engaging in conversations with new people, as I believe everyone has valuable knowledge to share and deserves to be heard and understood.
Professional Activity 🤺
| 01/04/2022 – Present (Bern, Switzerland) |
HOUSE OF TEST GMBH |
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ICT Test Manager/Deputy Head of Testing: Program-level test management, enhancing testing efficiencies and quality. Developed and implemented comprehensive testing policies and processes, aligning with industry best practices. Created and continually improved test strategies, plans, and concepts to meet evolving project needs. Effectively coordinated and supervised testing / test case audit activities, ensuring timely and accurate outcomes. Designed and conducted workshops for software engineers, elevating their skills in software testing (Topics: Introduction to Software Testing, Static Analysis and Unit Testing). Represented client interests in regular negotiations with the supplier company, fostering strong professional relationships. Improved the coopoeration and test processes with the supplier company, ensuring more efficient software releases and timely delivieries. Initiated lessons learned workshops both internally and with the delivery company, to improve existing processes. Managed internal software architects and engineers and audit related activities during software releases |
| 01/11/2021 – 31/01/2022 (Vienna, Austria) |
EXPLEO GROUP AUSTRIA GMBH |
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QA Analyst: Performed interface tests and test automation using Postman, Tosca (API), and SQL queries; Completed ISTQB Foundation Level and ISTQB Advanced Test Automation trainings; Pursued the Java Core certification by JetBrains |
| 01/09/2019 – 31/10/2021 (Vienna, Austria) |
ACCENTURE GMBH (AUSTRIA) & ACCENTURE AG (SWITZERLAND) |
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Test Automation Engineering Associate: Conducted test automation (GUI, API) and manual testing; Assisted in test management, coordination, and defect reporting/analysis; Designed and created test cases, scenarios, and data; Participated in Performance Engineering and SDET practice groups; Mentored colleagues and completed multiple trainings |
| 06/2018 – 06/2018 (Vienna, Austria) |
MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT 11 – VIENNA CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE SERVICE |
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Interpreter: Provided Hungarian-German and German-Hungarian interpretation; Accompanied children and adolescents |
| 02/2018 – 04/2018 (Vienna, Austria) |
IOM-UN MIGRATION AGENCY (RESEARCH AND MIGRATION LAW UNIT) |
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Research Intern: Proofread, edited, and translated studies and Ad-Hoc queries; Conducted research and provided administrative support; Maintained IOM Vienna and Legal Library |
| 09/2016 – 01/2018 (Eisenstadt, Austria) |
BILDUNGSBERATUNG BURGENLAND |
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Vocational and Educational Counselor: Assisted young refugees with career guidance in Arabic, English, and German; Organized events and presentations/workshops for asylum seekers and refugees; Managed social media content in multiple languages |
| 09/2015 – 12/2015 (Birkat al-Mouz, Oman) |
UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA |
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Academic Peer Tutor: Taught languages, primarily German and English; Conducted conversational workshops in German |
Achievements 🎬
- I speak six human languages from three language families: Uralic, Indo-European, and Afro-Asiatic language families
- I have worked in five industries so far: ICT, language interpretation, research and migration law, education and career counselling
- I have conducted my studies in three different domains: Humanities and Social Sciences, Information Technology, Finance, and Business.
Education 📚
02/2023 – 01/2024 – Budapest, Hungary (remote)
| BANKING MANAGEMENT (MAS) - Corvinus University of Budapest
- Main subjects: Characteristics and Regulation of the Banking Market, Bank Operations and Digitalization, Interpretation of Bank Statements and Controlling, Payment Transactions and Innovations, Corporate and Retail Lending, Bank Management Project Task, Investment Services, Asset, and Liability Management in Banking, Risk Management, and Bank Simulation.
10/2018 – 06/2019 – Vienna, Austria
| SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT – New Austrian Coding School
- Programming: The following topics were taught and applied in three phases (basic training, specialization phase, project phase): Java 11 (object-oriented, abstraction, polymorphism, functional interfaces, streams, time), Linux, Git, GitHub, IntelliJ
- Specialization: Backend: Spring Framework, Boot, Web, Data (JPA, NoSQL), Cloud, Security, Microservices
- DevOps: Rancher, CircleCI, Docker
- Soft skills: application training, communication skills, team working skills
09/2015 – 12/2015 – Birkat al-Mouz, Oman
| ARABIC AND ISLAMIC STUDIES (STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM) – University of Nizwa
- Majors (in Arabic): Writing Skills, Omani Society, Standard Arabic, Islamic Civilization and Communication in Arabic
10/2013 – 07/2017 – Vienna, Austria
| NEAR EAST STUDIES (BA) – ARABIC AND ISLAMIC STUDIES – University of Vienna
- Majors: Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian Arabic
- Extension curricula: Slavic studies (focus on Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian) and EU institutions and decision-making
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2008 – 2012 – Subotica, Serbia
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE – Philological Grammar School for Talented Students “Kosztolányi Dezső”
- Focus on languages: Hungarian, Serbian, German, English, Latin, and French
What is important to me 💁
I am looking for something where:
Constant learning, experimenting, sharing and innovation is welcome
- I can write code
- Remote work is part of how we do amazing things together
- I can preferably choose or bring my own device (BYOD) to work efficiently
Company culture is important
- I would like to work in an open culture
- Transparency is essential
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Passionate, Fast Learner, Team Player |
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Problem Solver, Leadership |
| Tech Stack |
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Java |
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CSS, HTML, SQL, XPath, Scala, Gatling Framework, Spring Framework, RegEx |
| Tools |
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Confluence, IntelliJ/JetBrains, Jira, TestProject, JUnit |
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Docker/Docker-Compose, GitLab, GitHub, Git, Jenkins, Maven, Postman, Selenium, Appium, Tosca, X-Ray, UIPath, BrowserStack, Zephyr, CircleCI, Rancher, Swagger |
| Testing Skills |
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Agile Testing, Test Management |
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Black Box, Test Design, White Box, Test Automation |
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| Human Languages |
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Hungarian, English, German |
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Serbian/Bosnian/Croatian, Modern Standard Arabic |
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French |
Certificates and Testimonials 📝
15/11/2021 – 15/08/2022 | Java for Beginners by JetBrains Academy
- 100% of topics completed
- 100% of topics applied through completion of project phases
- Duration: 101 hours, 106 topics
- Projects implemented: 1
15/11/2021 – CURRENT | Java Core by JetBrains Academy
- 90% of topics completed
- 72% of topics applied through completion of project phases
- Duration: 200+ hours, 245 topics
- Projects implemented: 8
15/11/2021 – 17/08/2022 | Java Developer by JetBrains Academy
- 96% of topics completed
- 95% of topics applied through completion of project phases
- Duration: 200+ hours, 265 topics
- Projects implemented: 8
20/06/2022 – 05/08/2022 | Kotlin Basics by JetBrains Academy
- 96% of topics completed
- 99% of topics applied through completion of project phases
- Duration: 108+ hours, 170 topics
- Projects implemented: 7
20/06/2022 – CURRENT | Kotlin Developer by JetBrains Academy
- 72% of topics completed
- 84% of topics applied through completion of project phases
- Duration: 145+ hours, 290 topics
- Projects implemented: 8
01/06/2022 – 01/08/2022 | SQL Fundamentals by JetBrains Academy
- 100% of topics completed
- Duration: 8 hours, 30 topics
| 03/12/2021 |
ISTQB Foundation Level |
| 24/02/2021 |
TOSCA Automation Specialist Level 1 |
| 01/03/2021 |
TOSCA Automation Specialist Level 2 |
| 10/03/2021 |
UiPath RPA Developer Foundation Level 1 |
| 15/03/2021 |
TOSCA Test Design Specialist Level 1 |
| 17/03/2021 |
TOSCA Automation Engineer Level 1 |
| 23/03/2021 |
TOSCA Automation Specialist Level 2 |
| 20/01/2022 |
TOSCA Automation Specialist for API |
| 20/05/2022 |
Rapid Software Testing by House of Test GmbH |
