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Zafar Khan

Mississauga

Summary

Experienced Professional with BS/MS degree, strong background in IT and 15 plus years of extensive experience from North America . Articulate and professional communication skills, including formal presentations and technical documentation. Productive in both team based and self-managed projects. Strong interest in exploring and learning new technologies.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Faculty Member, 01/2015 - Current

BU
ISLAMABAD
08.2015 - Current

• Formulated well-structured syllabus of course content to detail

learning goals and expected outcomes.

• Out of the box thinking to trouble-shoot and resolve the issues

• Writing complex SQL queries to select possible candidates for

MS and PhD program from the database

• Mentored and motivated students to increase class participation.

• Teaching students of graduate class about automation tools like

Selenium, Junit and various frameworks like Cucumber

• Enhanced and maintained websites and web-based applications

containing schedule, syllabus, assignments and links to relevant

sites Using JS/HTML/Java

• Applied data analytics (ClickHouse/SQL/MS Power BI) to increase

student enrolment in CS and Software Engineering program

Project/Tech Lead

TD Bank
Mississauga
03.2010 - 11.2014

• Automation Testing of Apps written in Java (Restful API/Spring

Framework)

• Produced thorough, accurate and timely reports of project

activities.

• Proposed, reviewed and approved modifications to project plans.

• Juggled multiple projects and tasks to ensure high quality and

timely delivery.

• Worked closely with team members to deliver project

requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines.

Sr. IT Consultant

IBM Canada
TORONTO
03.2009 - 02.2010

• Tested, maintained, and monitored computer programs and systems.

• Explored new technologies for productivity, security, and quality assurance.

• Reviewed and implemented change tickets for investment group.

• Managed 24x7 on-call support for John Hancock Inc.

• Monitored and maintained websites by analyzing Web Sphere log files.

Project Lead

Equitable Life of Canada
Waterloo
07.2008 - 11.2008

• Tested, maintained, and monitored computer programs and systems.

• Explored new technologies for productivity, security, and quality assurance.

• Reviewed and implemented change tickets for investment group.

• Managed 24x7 on-call support for John Hancock Inc.

• Monitored and maintained websites by analyzing Web Sphere log files.

Sr. QA Lead

Canadian Depository for Securities
Toronto
03.2008 - 07.2008

• Team Lead for Testing on Mainframe and Client Server platforms.

• Developed Test Cases/Scripts from Business Requirements.

• Provided estimates to PMs and Management for testing projects.

• Reviewed Test execution results with business users.

Sr IT Consultant

IBM, CCE Web Sphere Commerce Suite Services
Markham
06.2007 - 11.2007

• Led the QA team for Test case development for Common Commerce Engine.

• Coordinated Web-Based testing efforts for ibm.com website.

• Supervised End-to-End testing activities for client requirements.

• Mentored Automation Developers in creating test scripts.

QA Test Lead

CIBC, Global Deposits & Payments Technology Group/Wealth Management Systems
Toronto
06.2006 - 10.2007

• Led QA team in Testing Activities for Pre-Funded EFT Project.

• Managed Test resources for Main Frame Environment Testing.

• Trained and mentored new team members in testing tools and environment.

Project Lead

CIBC, Branch and Contact Center Technology-BCCT
Toronto
03.2006 - 06.2006

• Assisted QA Team in re-writing vendor supplied UAT test scripts. • Configured and customized SMART Staff Scheduling Application. • Executed and validated UAT Test plan for SMART Staff

Scheduling.

Tech Lead

Manulife Financial, Wealth Management Systems
Waterloo
04.2005 - 12.2005

• Analyzed, documented & executed Test Plans for Data

Conversion.

• Interacted with BA's, groups, and vendors for test plan execution.

• Mentored and trained new team members in the development

environment.

Lead Quality Management Analyst

IFDS
Toronto
09.2004 - 05.2005

• Prepared and Executed Test Plans for application changes.

• Executed test plans on iFast system for various projects.

• Assisted junior QM Analysts and contractors in understanding

the environment.

System Analyst

DrAppointment
Toronto
02.2003 - 03.2004

• Troubleshot and resolved problems with programs and systems.

• Analyzed and produced design documentation for the project.

• Migrated/debugged code from ASP to Java (J2EE).

Sr. System Analyst

Castek Software Factory
Toronto
06.2002 - 03.2003

• Analyzed defects and debugged application logic.

• Enhanced COBOL programs for Claims Processing System.

• Analyzed project documents to identify test plan requirements.

Software Engineer III

Sprint
Kansas City
10.1997 - 12.2001

• Developed Intranet web-based applications for Broadband

Switch Operations.

• Analyzed, reviewed, and rewrote programs for efficiency.

• Worked with internal department customers to obtain

requirements.

Intern

Red Jacket Electronics
Lenexa
08.1996 - 08.1998

• Tested and debugged communications software.

• Provided customer support and analyzed problems.

• Worked with the technical writing team to produce technical

manuals.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Networking & Client Server Programming

University of Missouri@ Columbia
USA
12.2003

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

University of Missouri@Columbia
USA
05.1997

Bachelor of Science - Mathmatics And Applied Physics

University of Punjab
Punjab
09.1992

Skills

    AGILE

    Object–Oriented Programming (Java/C)

    Root Cause Analysis/Troubleshooting

    Conflict Resolution

    Creative collaboration

    Automation Testing/Test Management

Certification

  • CSTE- Certified Software Test Engineer
  • ITIL v3 Certified
  • Installing and Configuring Enterprise Virtualization with VMware
  • Successfully Completed Data Analyst I Certification from EntryLevel (Oct 11 - Nov 22 2023)

Technical Summary & Skills

Languages: Java, C, C++, SQL,

Pascal, FORTRAN, PHP, Python

Operating Systems: Linux, UNIX,

Windows XP/2000/NT/7/8/10

Internet Protocols: HTTP, TCP/IP

and SOAP/XML

Web Technologies/ Tools/

Frameworks: J2EE

(Servlets/JSP/EJBs), Applets,

SOAP, Ajax, HTML, XML/XSL,

DHTML JavaScript, Bootstrap 3/4,

ASP/. NET,

CSS, Dreamweaver MX, REST,

React.js, WSAD, Django, Angular

JS, Node.js, TypeScript

Cloud Computing: VMware

(vCenter 5.0/ESX Host)

Test Management Tools: Test

Director, HP Mercury Quality

Center, JIRA

Functional/Performance Testing

Tools: JMeter, Selenium, FitNesse,

e-Tester, IBM Rational Functional /

Performance Tester, QTP 8.0, SOA

Test 9.2 by Parasoft, SOAPUI,

Cucumber, TestNG

Big Data/ DataTechnologies: Hadoop

(HDFS/MapReduce/YARN), Hive,

 PIG, ArcGIS (ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcScene, ArcGlobe)

Web Servers: Apache/Tomcat, MS

IIS

Object-Oriented Design: UML,

Design Patterns: MVC

(STRUTS/SPRING),

Relational Databases: Oracle, MS

SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL,

Sybase, MongoDB

Built/Test/Monitoring tools:

Jenkins, Nagios, Dockers,Maven

Timeline

Faculty Member, 01/2015 - Current

BU
08.2015 - Current

Project/Tech Lead

TD Bank
03.2010 - 11.2014

Sr. IT Consultant

IBM Canada
03.2009 - 02.2010

Project Lead

Equitable Life of Canada
07.2008 - 11.2008

Sr. QA Lead

Canadian Depository for Securities
03.2008 - 07.2008

Sr IT Consultant

IBM, CCE Web Sphere Commerce Suite Services
06.2007 - 11.2007

QA Test Lead

CIBC, Global Deposits & Payments Technology Group/Wealth Management Systems
06.2006 - 10.2007

Project Lead

CIBC, Branch and Contact Center Technology-BCCT
03.2006 - 06.2006

Tech Lead

Manulife Financial, Wealth Management Systems
04.2005 - 12.2005

Lead Quality Management Analyst

IFDS
09.2004 - 05.2005

System Analyst

DrAppointment
02.2003 - 03.2004

Sr. System Analyst

Castek Software Factory
06.2002 - 03.2003

Software Engineer III

Sprint
10.1997 - 12.2001

Intern

Red Jacket Electronics
08.1996 - 08.1998

Master of Science - Computer Networking & Client Server Programming

University of Missouri@ Columbia

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

University of Missouri@Columbia

Bachelor of Science - Mathmatics And Applied Physics

University of Punjab
  • CSTE- Certified Software Test Engineer
  • ITIL v3 Certified
  • Installing and Configuring Enterprise Virtualization with VMware
  • Successfully Completed Data Analyst I Certification from EntryLevel (Oct 11 - Nov 22 2023)
Zafar Khan