Mahfooz Rauf
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Lead SQA Engineer
BohraDevelopers
Summary
Summary
- As a Software Quality Assurance Professional, I possess the ability to work under pressure with substantial analysis, assessment, planning, problem solving, & carrying out expertise.
- Reviewing artifacts that support software designs & implementations.
- Documenting requirement specifications which don’t possess vulnerabilities & ambiguities.
- Evaluating system interfaces & requirements by developing teamwork with other team members & supervisors.
- Outlining & monitoring the performance of software & team resources.
- Defining & executing test plans & test cycle plans for software projects or products.
- Determining software to perform accurate & reliable functionality conforming to requirements.
- Building foundations for quality assurance standards supporting SDLC(s) including Waterfall, Iterative, Spiral & Agile Models.
- Recommending UI/UX design improvements & adopting corrective processes to aid software engineers through the development procedures.
- Generating reports to evaluate the quality of software programs to analyze & improve testing methodologies & for correctness & rightness of software programs.
- Creating & improving test methodologies & facilitating test data generation & testing or test cases execution.
- Good expertise in managing & assisting team colleagues & subordinates.
- Good expertise in DBMS, configuring tools, automation tools & hands experience in testing, auditing & reporting.
- Excellence in verbal & written communications.
Experience
Lead SQA Engineer - BohraDevelopers
2019 - Present
- Establishing work procedures & schedules for team colleagues & subordinates.
- Supervising & providing training to team colleagues & subordinates.
- Assigning tasks to team colleagues & keeping track of the daily work of team colleagues & subordinates & reporting progress to higher management.
- Communicating with business analyst & client for devising, reviewing & developing an understanding of requirements.
- Composing Test Plans & Cycle Plans for web-based applications.
- Composing & reviewing Test Cases for web-based applications using MySQL Database.
- Executing Test Cases for web-based applications & Back End Database using Squash Test Management Tool.
- Performing Compatibility Testing for the web-based application using different Browsers including IE, Chrome & Firefox.
- Executing Smoke, Functional & Regression Test Cases, also testing Back End Database of web-based applications for data compatibility & correctness.
- Performing Exploratory Testing for web-based application & reporting defects using Trello online tool for managing software applications supporting the Agile Model.
- Reporting Defects for web-based applications using Trello.
- Composing, typing, following, reviewing & sharing Requirement Traceability Matrix with the team, higher management & client.
- Composing, typing & sharing Release Notes for web-based applications with the client.
- Participating in Application Demo Meeting
Senior Software Quality Assurance & Automation Engineer - Bahria Enterprises Systems & Technology
2016 - 2017
- Supervising & providing training to team colleagues & subordinates.
- Assigning tasks to team colleagues & keeping track of the daily work of team colleagues & subordinates & reporting progress to higher management.
- Composing, typing & reviewing SRS along with client collaboration in meetings.
- Maintaining schedules & event calendars such as Requirements & Demo Meetings with Client & with the internal team.
- Scheduling & conducting interviews for SQA Engineers.
- Designing Test Plans & Cycle Plans for web-based applications.
- Configuring Microsoft TFS & MTM Test Management Tool.
- Sketching Mock-ups & Frameworks for web-based applications & sharing it with the client for approval.
- Composing & reviewing Test Cases for web-based application & Microsoft SQL Server Database.
- Executing Test Cases for web-based applications & Back End Database using MTM Test Management Tool.
- Performing Compatibility Testing for the web-based application using different Browsers including IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari & Opera.
- Executing Smoke, Functional & Regression Test Cases, also testing Back End Database of web-based applications for data compatibility & correctness.
- Performing Exploratory Testing for web-based application & reporting defects using MTM Test Management Tool for managing software applications supporting the Agile Model.
- Reporting Defects for the web-based application using MTM Test Management Tool.
- Participating in Application Demo Meetings with team & client.
- Configuring an environment for Automation Testing using Selenium RC Server with NUnit Framework utilizing C#.
- Devising testing data & automation testing scripts for the web-based application.
Senior Software Quality Assurance & Automation Engineer - CentricSource
2016 - 2016
- Composing, reviewing & executing Test Cases for web-based applications developed for multiple platforms including Linux, Android, iOS, iPhone, iPad & Windows Phones.
- Testing web-based applications for different Android, iOS, iPhone, iPad & Windows Phones with different resolutions using Chrome & Mobile Phone Emulator.
- Configuring Mentis Test Management & Defect Reporting Tool.
- Executing Smoke, Functional & Regression Test Cases for platforms as above using Mentis Test Management Tool.
- Composing & managing requirements for platforms as above & communicating reports & status of quality of applications using Base Camp for Project Management & Team Communication.
- Reporting defects using Mentis for platforms as above & for defects related to Back End Databases of same applications which include MySQL & MongoDB.
- Communicating with Clients to discuss, elaborate & plan requirements & functional specifications using Base Camp supporting Agile Model.
- Configuring Wamp Server, deploying web-based applications & setting up an environment for performing automation testing.
- Devising automation testing scripts & testing data for platforms as above using Selenium RC Server & PHP.
- Performing Black Box & Compatibility Testing for different Browser including IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari & Opera.
- Performing Alpha Testing using Virtual Machines for Application deployed in Client Environment.
- Sketching Mock-ups & Frameworks for new & existing screens of web-based applications.
Sr. SQA Engineer - Systems Limited
2015 - 2015
- Creating Manual Testing Scenarios & Composing, reviewing & executing Testing Scenarios & Test Cases for web-based applications.
- Creating Test Scenarios for Use Cases of web-based applications & for functional & regression testing of web-based applications.
- Communication with the Client for discussing & elaborating Functional Specifications.
- Exporting Smoke, Functional, Regression & Sanity Test Cases in Jira Test Management Tool.
- Performing Black Box, Manual, Smoke, Functional, Regression & Sanity Testing of web-based applications.
- Reporting & verifying Defects related to web-based applications using Microsoft Team Foundation & Jira Defect Reporting Tool.
Sr. SQA & Automation Engineer - Gaditek
2014 - 2015
- Sketching Mock-ups & Frameworks for web-based applications providing Cloud Computing & VPN Services & sharing it with the client for approval.
- Building foundations for quality assurance standards supporting Agile SDLC Model.
- Performing Black Box, Exploratory & Manual Testing of web-based & Android/iPhone Applications.
- Creating Automation Testing Scenarios for web-based applications providing Cloud Computing & VPN Services.
- Configuring Tortoise SVN Repository & environment for executing Automation Testing using Selenium Server & PHP Unit Framework.
- Devising & executing Automation Testing Scripts using Selenium Server & PHP Unit Framework to examine the results of executed automated Smoke, Functional, Regression & Sanity Test Cases for web-based applications providing Cloud Computing & VPN Services.
- Defect Reporting & Verification using Mentis Test & Defect Management Tool.
- Using Google Analytics & Web Master Tools for Performance Testing & Monitoring of web-based applications providing Cloud Hosting Platforms & VPN Services.
- Sketching Mock-ups & Frameworks for web-based applications & sharing it with the client for approval.
- Recommending UI/UX design improvements & adopting corrective processes to aid software engineers through the development procedures.
- Inspecting & recommending Dynamic Social & Business Contents & Blogs of the web-based application.
- Manual testing of web-based applications supporting all the latest versions of Magento, WordPress, Drupal & Laravel.
- Manual testing of VPN Services leaving web-based applications & Android, iOS, iPhone, iPad & Windows Phone platforms.
Sr. SQA Engineer - Matrix Systems Pvt Ltd.
2012 - 2014
- Participating in Project Periodic Review Meetings.
- Formally Reviewing & Inspecting of SRS, CRFs, FS & DS Artifacts & ERDs.
- Inspecting RTM & MQTR Documents.
- Composing, typing & following Test Plan & Test Cycle Plans to aim Modular, Integration, Regression, Release, Security, Performance, Load, Stress & Deployment Testing & sharing & distributing with the team & with the client.
- Composing, typing, reviewing & executing Functional, Modular, Integration, Regression, Release, Performance, Load, Stress & Deployment Test Cases.
- Preparing Automated Scripts for functional testing using Selenium.
- Preparing Automated Scripts for functional testing using QTP with VB Scripting.
- Managing Test Management & Defect Reporting Tools including HP Quality Center & Mercury Test Director.
- Auditing of Quality Assurance processes & practices.
- QA Resource Planning.
- Establishing work procedures & schedules for team colleagues & subordinates.
- Supervising & providing training to team colleagues & subordinates.
- Assigning tasks to team colleagues & keeping track of the daily work of team colleagues & subordinates & reporting progress to higher management.
- Scheduling & conducting interviews for SQA Engineers.
- Conducting Process Assurance, Measurement & Analysis Audits.
- Experience in Estimating & Planning Testing Efforts.
- Working as Lead in Project based on Windows, Linux & web-based platforms since October 2011.
- Working as a QA Engineer & Analyst in web-based & Mobile Platforms for Social Media Applications.
SQA Engineer - Matrix Systems Pvt Ltd.
2009 - 2011
- Participating in Requirement Gathering Phase & Meetings.
- Performing Formal Reviews & Inspections of SRS, CRFs, FS & DS Artifacts & ERDs.
- Inspecting RTM & MQTR Documents.
- Inspecting other artifacts related to Project including Project Plan & Risk Management Plan.
- Composing, typing & following Test Plan & Test Cycle Plan to aim Modular, Integration, Regression, Release, Security & Performance Testing.
- Composing & reviewing Performance Testing Plan & Test Cases for Application based on Linux.
- Composing, reviewing & executing Test Cases for ETL Database Services.
- Devising Test Data for Performance Testing of Application based on Linux.
- Executing Performance Test Cases for Application based on Linux & compiling results & organizing report to gauge the performance of the application based on Linux.
- Composing, reviewing & executing Smoke, Functional, Modular, Integration, Regression, Release, Security, Sanity, Performance, Load, Stress, Deployment & Non-Functional Test Cases.
- Composing & reviewing & executing Test Cases for desktop & web-based applications based on Windows & Linux using Microsoft SQL Server & Oracle Databases.
- Testing Back End Database of desktop & web-based applications, supporting Windows & Linux Platforms which rely on Microsoft SQL Server & Oracle, for data compatibility & correctness.
- Reporting Defects for failed Test Cases using Test Director & HP Quality Center.
- Generating test data as per the need of test specifications & testing environment in order to test desktop & web-based applications, supporting Windows & Linux Platforms.
- Preparing the environment for automation testing.
- Devising Automation Scripts for testing functional test cases automatically using QTP, Rational Robot & Selenium.
- Configuring & managing Test Management & Defect Reporting Tools.
- Working as Point Person in project based on Windows, Linux & web-based platforms since January 2011.
- Performing R&D on different Test management & automation testing tools & on different modules of project based on Windows, Linux & web-based platforms.
SQA Engineer - 10Pearls
2009 - 2009
- Participation in Requirement gathering phase & meetings.
- Developing & Executing Test Cases for Smoke, Functional, Integration, Regression & Sanity Testing.
- Managing Mentis Test & Defect Management tool.
- Reporting defects for failed Test Cases using Mentis Test Management Tool.
- Executing Performance Test Cases using HP Load runner Tool.
- Generating test data as per the need of test specifications & testing environment in order to test web-based applications supporting Windows Platform.
- Performing R&D on different Test management, performance & automation testing tools & on different modules of Projects.
Jr. SQA Engineer - Red Hot Development Company
2008 - 2009
- Composing & Executing Test Cases for Functional, Integration & Regression Testing.
- Reporting Defects for failed Test Cases using Mentis Test & Defect Management Tool.
- Generating test data as per the need of test specifications & testing environment for testing web-based application supporting Windows Platform.
- Performing R&D on different testing tools.
- Executing Test Cases for use-cases of web-based application using Microsoft SQL Server.
Internee SQA Engineer - Century21 Computer Systems
2007 - 2008
- Composing Functional Test Cases.
- Executing Functional Test Cases.
Honours And Awards
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