Talal Ahmed
Quality Assurance Engineer
Summary
Quality expert with success reviewing features and assessing functionality to identify common and complex software problems. Special experience in All types of Manual software illustrated throughout career accomplishments.
Collaborates with cross-functional team members to enhance software package quality.
Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
2
2
Languages
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Sr: Quality Assurance Engineer
International Clients
- Prepare and execute test plans for different websites, iOS and Android apps and desktop apps.
- Perform QA / testing and report bugs on regular basis.
- Used Redmine, FogBugz, Jira, Trello and many other tools for issue reporting, tracking, and milestones management.
- Used Slack, Hipchat, email, and Skype for team communication.
- Work directly with the Project Manager and the development team leads to determine the QA efforts and QA testing tasks.
- Perform cross-browser, multi-gadget, and responsiveness testing and log all bugs and also communicate issues directly with the developers.
- Follow up with the developers about the progress of the issues and tasks assigned to them.
- Keep track of all bugs, tasks, change requests, and improvements posted in Jira, and make sure that the tickets status is correctly updated all the times.
- Develop release notes for new features, fixes, and changes in each release pushed to live.
- Estimate QA/Testing time and sizing effort for assigned projects.
- Participate in the documentation of Functional Requirement Specifications and Use Cases.
- Perform reviews and inspections at different phases of SDLC.
- Develop Test Plans and Test Case documents for internal and user acceptance testing.
- Review test cases and test results executed by QA team.
- Assume ownership for the quality assurance aspects of all projects from inception to delivery.
- QA testing for software releases in Alpha, Beta & Live system environments.
- Perform functional, non-functional, back box, UAT, regression, security, and performance testing of desktop, web, and mobile applications..
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Met tight deadlines to satisfy client demands and project timelines.
- Ensured timely delivery of high-quality products through effective coordination with cross-functional teams.
- Maximized team productivity through continuous improvement initiatives and implementation of best practices in QA methodologies.
- Participated in agile development practices such as sprint planning meetings and daily stand-ups, contributing valuable input from a QA perspective throughout the project life cycle.
- Reduced defect rates by designing and executing comprehensive test plans and test cases.
- Managed bug tracking systems, ensuring timely resolution of reported issues and maintaining clear communication with stakeholders.
- Collaborated closely with development teams to improve software functionality and stability.
Education
Graduate Degree - Information Technology
SALU Khairpur
01.2013 - 12.2017
Diploma in Information Technology (D.I.T) -
Sistech Sukkur
01.2012 - 12.2013
Skills
API Testing Experience
Test Plan Development
Mobile Application Testing
Automated testing
Agile Methodology Understanding
Database Testing
Software Development Lifecycle
User Acceptance Testing
Quality processes
Cross-Functional Team Collaboration
Quality Assurance Strategy
Usability Testing
Data Validation
Functional Testing Know-how
Cross-browser testing
Test Planning
Manual Testing
Web and Mobile Application QA
Defect Tracking and Reporting
Manual test case preparation
Software Development Tools: JIRA, Confluence
Scrum Methodology
Test Plans and Test Methodologies
Software Compatibility Testing
Bug Tracking and Resolution
Defect monitoring
Attention to Detail
Cross-platform testing
White Box Testing
Teamwork and Collaboration
Timeline
Graduate Degree - Information Technology
SALU Khairpur
01.2013 - 12.2017
Diploma in Information Technology (D.I.T) -
Sistech Sukkur
01.2012 - 12.2013
Sr: Quality Assurance Engineer
International Clients
Languages
Urdu, Hindi
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
Professional Highlights
Experienced Quality Assurance Engineer with proven record of productivity, quality and integrity. Over 8 years of progressive experience in diverse domains like E-Commerce, E-Business, Finance, Games, Mobile, Telecom and Social Media offering services in the areas of Quality Assurance, Software Testing, Technical Writing, and Support. Worked for US-based companies like Ocus. Ezoom and ScrollCapital. Able to work collaboratively to resolve problems and achieve organizational objectives. Experienced in all stages of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC). Experienced in preparing, developing, and maintaining QA Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts by analyzing Test Results, Defect Report, and Submission of QA Status. Experienced in preparing Defect Report and Test Tracking Report using Asana, Jira, Trello, TestLodge, Zephyr, TestRail.
References
Available upon request.
Skillsummary
Jira, TestLodge, Zephyr, TestRail etc, Jira, Redmine, Trello, Mantis, Basecamp, Asana, Wrike, FogBugz, Azure etc, Windows 11/10/8/7 and Mac OS X, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, Slack, TFS, Google Analytics, Firebug, Github, TestFlight, VMWare, Crashlytics, Segment.com, Fabric.com, Hubspot, Oro CRM
Professional Highlights
Experienced Quality Assurance Engineer with proven record of productivity, quality and integrity. Over 8 years of progressive experience in diverse domains like E-Commerce, E-Business, Finance, Games, Mobile, Telecom and Social Media offering services in the areas of Quality Assurance, Software Testing, Technical Writing, and Support. Worked for US-based companies like Ocus. Ezoom and ScrollCapital. Able to work collaboratively to resolve problems and achieve organizational objectives. Experienced in all stages of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC). Experienced in preparing, developing, and maintaining QA Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts by analyzing Test Results, Defect Report, and Submission of QA Status. Experienced in preparing Defect Report and Test Tracking Report using Asana, Jira, Trello, TestLodge, Zephyr, TestRail.
References
Available upon request.