Hafeez Mohamed
Mississauga,ON
Summary
Overall 12 + Years of experience in the area of Software Testing (Manual and Automation) with a solid understanding of Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution and Defect Reporting & Tracking.
Involved in various stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC). Expertise in understanding and Analyzing Test Requirements, Tracking Changes and Maintenance of Test Requirements.
Experience in Insurance & Healthcare Domains. Worked on Automation & Manual testing projects which includes Functional, Regression, IVR/Chat, API and UAT testing Exposure to defect management tools like HP ALM, Rally and JIRA
Worked as offshore QA Team lead where managed12 members team
Currently working as Onshore QA Lead and handled 2 scrum teams Experience in Agile Methodology and tracking the user stories status through JIRA tool
Worked on Test Plan development, Testing Effort Estimation, Test Case design & Execution, Metrics collection and Status Reporting.
Client interfacing/consulting skills.
Able to work collaboratively with developers, testers, and other team members in developing/testing complex projects and in the overall enhancement of software product quality.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Onshore QA Team Lead
Cognizant Technology Solutions Private ltd.
09.2022 - Current
- Taking ownership for 2 scrum teams
- Handling 4 members team, assigning the daily task, preparing the testing team daily status report & weekly status report, participating in Client meetings
- Participating Defect triage call with DEV team and triaging the defects and tracking it till closure
- Coordinating with onshore and offshore resources to resolve the issues/conflict
- Performing test execution on SIT and Regression phases
- Participating in daily status calls to discuss on the proceedings and challenges faced
- Reviewing the test design and test results which is shared by the team and then providing SIT sign-off
- Taking care of sprint level testing during SIT phase and then supported during UAT phase
- Sending weekly status reports to Clients
- Demoing the release features to client partners
- Facilitated KT sessions to peers
- Mentored junior QA analysts to develop their skills and contribute more effectively to the team.
- Managed resources effectively, ensuring optimal team performance and productivity.
- Led a team of QA professionals to ensure timely delivery of high-quality software releases.
Offshore QA Team Lead
Cognizant Technology Solutions Private ltd.
09.2018 - 09.2022
- Managed 16 members team, assigning the daily task, preparing the testing team daily status report & weekly status report, participating in Client meetings
- Participating Defect triage call with DEV team and triaging the defects and tracking it till closure
- Coordinating with onshore and offshore resources to resolve the issues
- Participating in daily status calls to discuss on the proceedings and challenges faced
- Reviewing the test design and test results which is shared by the team and then providing SIT sign-off
- Taking care of sprint level testing during SIT phase and then supported during UAT phase
- Preparing monthly metrics report and shared to Clients
- Maintaining documents and records of testing process, such as defect reports, test results, test plans, etc
- Facilitated KT sessions to peers
Offshore senior QA
Cognizant Technology Solutions Private Ltd
09.2014 - 07.2016
- Managed 3 members team, assigning the daily task, preparing the testing team daily status report & weekly status report, participating in Client meetings
- Participating Defect triage call with DEV team and triaging the defects and tracking it till closure
- Coordinating with onshore and offshore resources to resolve the issues
- Participating in daily status calls to discuss on the proceedings and challenges faced
- Reviewing the test design and test results which is shared by the team and then providing SIT sign-off
- Taking care of sprint level testing during SIT phase and then supported during UAT phase
- Preparing monthly metrics report and shared to Clients
- Maintaining documents and records of testing process, such as defect reports, test results, test plans, etc
- Mentored junior QA analysts to develop their skills and contribute more effectively to the team.
- Managed resources effectively, ensuring optimal team performance and productivity.
- Led a team of QA professionals to ensure timely delivery of high-quality software releases.
Offshore QA Tester
Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
04.2013 - 09.2014
- Executing test scripts and analyze results
- Involved in SIT and Regression testing (Waterfall model)
- Participating Defect triage calls with DEV
- Participated in daily status calls to discuss on the proceedings and challenges faced
- Involved in SIT and Regression testing (Waterfall model)
Education
Bachelor of Computer Applications -
Bharathidasan University
Skills
- DB2 Database Management
- Toad
- HP ALM
- Rally
- Jira
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Functional Testing
- Automation Testing
- IVR Testing
- Chat Testing
- Regression Testing
- UAT
- Selenium
- Cucumber BDD
- JAVA
Languages
Hindi
Limited Working
Tamil
Native or Bilingual
Urdu
Limited Working
English
Full Professional
Certification
INS21 - Auto Insurance External certification
Timeline
Onshore QA Team Lead
Cognizant Technology Solutions Private ltd.
09.2022 - Current
Offshore QA Team Lead
Cognizant Technology Solutions Private ltd.
09.2018 - 09.2022
Offshore senior QA
Cognizant Technology Solutions Private Ltd
09.2014 - 07.2016
Offshore QA Tester
Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
04.2013 - 09.2014
Bachelor of Computer Applications -
Bharathidasan University
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