Mohamed Adam
Ottawa,ON
Summary
IT Post Graduate Certification Security Clearance Enhanced Languages English Profile Mr. Adam is a Quality Assurance professional with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. Mr. Adam is currently completing a contract with NRC as a Test Team Lead responsible for validating Sonar a Contribution Agreement Website serving SME’s. Introduced Quality Assurance process and change control process, to the National Research Council grants and Contribution system, going from tracking on MS. Excel to cloud based Azure DevOps integrated testing process. Extensive experience in both the public sector as well as working with Enterprise level ecommerce application such as the of Best Buy.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Assurance Analyst Consultant
National Research Council Of Canada, NRC
03.2016 - Current
- Tested every aspect of Sonar360 -Dynamics 2016, 365- SAS cloud-based application, and it's predecessor Sonar legacy .NET system.
- Tested every aspect of CanExport Grants and Contribution Management website built on Power Apps Portal technology.
- Lead NRC –IRAP (Industrial Research Assistance Program) Grants and Contribution system NET/C# web Application
- Assisted business users in defining UAT (User Acceptance Testing) test cases and plans; Maintained UAT test cases and test results.
- Managed deployment of multiple test branch releases in continuous integration managed by DevOps.
- Performed thorough Dynamics 365 Business Process Flow manual testing to ensure all conditional branching logic is executed as expected
- Utilizing Visual Studio and VSTS / Azure DevOps to gauge and manage Progress, following all agile principles.
- Created and designed effective test plans, test scenarios and test cases, bugs using Visual Studio and Cloud base Azure DevOps .
- Managed Azure DevOps release pipelines deployments and provided approval for continuous integration of releases for Sonar and Sonar360 releases, targeting multiple environments simultaneously with multiple application versions.
- Created advanced SQL scripts to validate client issues and defects.
- Validated integration with SAP 12 Goods movement module via SAP ECC 6.0 Web services.
- Tested SAP BO BI (Business Intelligence) reports and ensured data accuracy.
Performance Test Analyst/Tester
Canada Revenue Agency, CRA
12.2015 - 02.2016
- Developed effective Load Runner JavaScript based performance test, supporting key CRA programs
- Created and designed test scenarios and test cases to emulate application problems or processes that occur regularly to end users throughout day-to-day operations
- Provided meticulous performance test reports for management and stakeholder.
- Evaluated data sets from multiple test implementations to determine and account for standard variance in test results.
- Tailored testing procedures to obtain data most relevant to understanding underlying causes of production limitations.
QA Analyst/Tester
Employment And Social Development Canada.
08.2014 - 01.2016
- Executed HP LoadRunner JavaScript based automated performance scripts.
- Developed and implemented quality assurance methods for testing enhancement completeness and corrections
- Developed and maintained quality assurance procedure documentation.
- Liaised with development team while monitoring performance script execution, providing clear dependable updates of performance results.
- Prepared status reports for management on all aspects of testing Progress.
- Created and designed test scenarios and test cases to emulate application problems or processes that occur regularly to end users throughout day-to-day operations
- Uploaded meticulous performance test reports for management and stakeholder.
- Created and revised procedures, checklists and job aids to reduce errors.
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst/Tester
Provance IT Asset Management
08.2013 - 08.2014
- Tested all functionality of Provance IT Asset Management application which is an add-on to Microsoft Service Manager, and integration to MS Configuration Manager CMDB, and web portal written in .NET.
- Performed change requests, tracked and document testing progress and reported upon testing activities, including testing results, test case coverage, required resources,
- Developed and executed functional automated test scripts using DevOps, Microsoft Visual Studio Test 2013.
- Developed and implemented quality assurance methods for testing enhancement completeness and corrections of defects.
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
- Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.
QA Tester
BlackBerry Limited
12.2012 - 05.2013
- Tested Blackberry 10 mobile based applications and interoperability with 3rd party web services.
- Analyzed Use Cases and requirements and developed test scripts, and ensuring excellent functional coverage
- Ran test scenarios and test cases written in Groovy to emulate application problems or processes that occur regularly to end users throughout day-to-day operations
- Documented clear and concise defects, providing required supporting information
- Participated and effectively contributed to daily meetings reporting on test results, Issues and risks
- Developed test plans and business scenarios based on use cases and requirements to identify potential problems and recommend solutions or changes needed to resolve them
- Tested Blackberry Protect web portal which delivers remote administration commands via Cloud to Blackberry mobile devices
- Provided advice and recommendations on quality assurance and change control process.
- Logged clear defects against mobile devices on both Blackberry BBOS operating system, and Blackberry 10 platforms
Quality Assurance Analyst
BoterExam.com
08.2011 - 12.2012
- Successfully verified migration of BoaterExam web application and course content management backend, based on ASPX , SQL 2008
- Developed test plans and business scenarios based on use cases and requirements to identify potential problems and recommend solutions or changes needed to resolve them
- Effectively participated in defect Triage meetings by clearly providing test priority and severity in conjunction with development and project leadership
- Created and designed test scenarios and test cases to emulate application problems or processes that occur regularly to end users throughout day-to-day operations
- Interacted with various team such as support and customer service validate raised issues
- Provided extensive reporting on quality level and progress to management team
- Participated in developing and execution test cases based on functional specifications, as well as recording, analyzing, and reporting test results and software defects into MS TFS
- Reviewed and provided feedback on technical documentation, product requirements and specifications.
- Utilized MS Visio for database test flow, MS SharePoint documentation repository for data modeling requirements interpretation
- Mentored and coached team members on QA topics and strategies.
Quality Assurance Analyst
Cactus Commerce
10.2006 - 07.2010
- Assisted in all test efforts on Microsoft Commerce Server, .NET based enterprise web application for fortune 100 client Best Buy.
- Performed change requests, tracked and document testing progress and reported upon testing activities, including testing results, test case coverage, required resources, defects discovered and their status and performance base lines.
- Delivered test plans for end-to-end test strategy and execution for individual modules.
- Actively involved in validating, reviewing and tracing adherence to business requirements
- Responsible for creating all required test documentation ensuring proper testing infrastructure.
- Prepared status reports for management on all aspects of testing conducted including; achievements, discrepancies and failures
- Utilized MS SharePoint to review project documentation and create test process flows
- Mentored and coached team members on QA topics and strategies.
Education
B.A - Political Science
Carleton University
OttawaDiploma - Applied Information Technology
ITI Information Technology Institute
Skills
- Project 13
Timeline
Quality Assurance Analyst Consultant
National Research Council Of Canada, NRC
03.2016 - Current
Performance Test Analyst/Tester
Canada Revenue Agency, CRA
12.2015 - 02.2016
QA Analyst/Tester
Employment And Social Development Canada.
08.2014 - 01.2016
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst/Tester
Provance IT Asset Management
08.2013 - 08.2014
QA Tester
BlackBerry Limited
12.2012 - 05.2013
Quality Assurance Analyst
BoterExam.com
08.2011 - 12.2012
Quality Assurance Analyst
Cactus Commerce
10.2006 - 07.2010
B.A - Political Science
Carleton University
Diploma - Applied Information Technology
ITI Information Technology Institute
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