Zakria Riaz Dar
Saltsjöbaden
Summary
A passionate and methodical QA engineer with experience in both manual and automated testing with optimal test strategies. Helping teams produce exceptional products by offering in-depth quality assurance support. Open and clear communicator with good multitasking skills, organized nature and great attention to detail.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QA Automation Engineer
Nshift AB
08.2022 - Current
- Established clear communication channels between developers and the QA team, fostering a collaborative work environment that prioritized problem-solving.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced environment.
- Supported agile development methodologies by participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning sessions, and retrospectives.
- Increased team efficiency by training and mentoring junior QA engineers in automation tools and best practices.
- Evaluated software usability through exploratory testing techniques, identifying areas for enhancement from the end-user perspective.
- Contributed to team's agile work environment by facilitating a digital Way of working workshop resulting in new DoR and DoD.
QA Tester/Scrum Master
Polismyndigheten
03.2021 - 07.2022
- Worked as QA Tester and Scrum Master in a team that maintains both internal and external websites of Police.
- Responsible for test strategy, test planning/design, test case development, and execution.
- Introduced new agile testing strategy to capture business feedback at an early stage to deliver the best quality product.
- Developed automated regression tests using Selenium Webdriver/C# for various product areas as per determined risk assessment.
- Performed various types of tests like System, Acceptance, End-to-End, Risk-based, Load, and Security testing.
- As Scrum master held all Scrum activities; Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Retrospective, Sprint Demo and strived for continuous improvement of meeting structure, team culture, and work routines.
QA Engineer/Deployment Manager
Netigate AB
06.2018 - 02.2021
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to evaluate software features, functions, and test requirements.
- Developed test strategy, test plans, and suggested improvements to achieve better and smoother usability, functionality, and performance.
- Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient, and successful manual test cases for the entire team.
- Developed test scripts in Selenium and Katalon Studio to handle automatic testing of various functions and product areas.
- Performed various types of tests; System, Acceptance, End-to-End, Functional, Risk-based, Load/Stress, and Security testing.
- Worked with two Scrum teams and actively participated in all team activities eg, Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, Retro, Backlog Grooming, and Sprint demo.
- Prepared and presented Sprint demo in front of the whole company at the end of each sprint.
- Managed CI/CD with TeamCity/Octopus and MS Azure as well.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
Freelance Tester
Self-employeed
02.2015 - 05.2018
- Worked on a variety of short-term testing assignments involving functional and exploratory testing of web pages and mobile apps.
- Performed different types of testing for example functional testing, Performance testing, and end-to-end testing.
- After testing the application, reported back with a bug report, test report/feedback using a questionnaire or descriptive report.
System Tester
Sveriges Television (SVTi)
03.2014 - 11.2014
- Started as a QA intern and then worked as a System tester on a project. As an intern, worked with test automation in Selenium Webdriver with Java.
- Later joined a team and was responsible for test planning, development of test cases, test execution, error reporting, and management of CI/CD in an agile environment.
- Developed automated regression tests with Selenium and Java for various web pages of svt.se.
- Performed functional, acceptance, smoke, exploratory, regression, and usability testing for various web pages of SVT.
- Participated in various team activities and collaborated with developers and product owners to ensure efficient and productive testing.
Education
Certifierad Agil Tester (CAT) - Software Testing
Agile Academy/Future Games
Stockholm, Sweden06.2014
Master of Science - Engineering And Managment of Information Systems
The Royal Institute of Technology(KTH)
Stockholm, Sweden02.2013
Master of Science - Computer Science
Hamdard University
Pakistan09.2002
Skills
- ISTQB-certified
- Test Plans and Test Methodologies
- Test automation
- Security/Penetration Testing
- Programming Languages: Java, C#, Python
- MS Playwright
- Selenium WebDriver
- TeamCity
- Octopus
- MS-Azure
- Jenkins
- Jmeter
- Postman
- OWASP ZAP
- EpiServer / Optimizely
- Katalon Studio
Certification
- ISTQB, 12/2018, Foundation level Agile Tester
- ISTQB, 12/2014, Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
Languages
English, Swedish, Urdu
Native language
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 05/17/78
- Nationality: Sweden, Pakistan
References
References can be furnished on request.
Timeline
QA Automation Engineer
Nshift AB
08.2022 - Current
QA Tester/Scrum Master
Polismyndigheten
03.2021 - 07.2022
QA Engineer/Deployment Manager
Netigate AB
06.2018 - 02.2021
Freelance Tester
Self-employeed
02.2015 - 05.2018
System Tester
Sveriges Television (SVTi)
03.2014 - 11.2014
Certifierad Agil Tester (CAT) - Software Testing
Agile Academy/Future Games
Master of Science - Engineering And Managment of Information Systems
The Royal Institute of Technology(KTH)
Master of Science - Computer Science
Hamdard University
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