Waqas Ahmad

Email: waqqas.ahmad@outlook.com
Cell: +923218636597
Career Summary:
14+ years of experience in the field of software quality assurance with strong QA knowledge. Hands on
experience with testing of web, mobile, desktop and embedded systems applications on multiple
domains (Real Estate, industrial automation, material handling tools and Smart power solution).

Professional Experience Classification:

Job Function Year of Experience
Associate Manager – Quality & Product Integrity (July 2021 – Continue)
Following are my responsibilities as an Associate Manager
o Actively participate in team evaluation process
o Work on issues root cause analysis methods (Pareto chart, Fishbone Analysis and
FMECA etc.)
o Work on resources backup plan
o Conduct standup meeting with team and discuss/resolve the technical/professional issues
o Review functional requirements (using Polarion), test planning (using Polarion and
Zephyr (JIRA)) and bugs management (Using JIRA)
o Attend defect triage meetings with client and development team for issues explanations
and reproduce steps

Sr. Software Quality Assurance Engineer Team Lead, Powersoft19 (Apr 2017 – June 2020)
Following were my responsibilities as a Sr. SQA Team Lead
o Coordination with multiple team leads and players for processes improvements
o Reviewing QA prepared artifacts
o Review functional requirements for impact analysis on system
o Perform functional and performance testing
o Test Planning (using Polarion), tasks management (Using PlayBook), bugs management
(Using JIRA) and documentations (using Polarion)
o Prepare test report for executives
o Attending/Conducting daily Standups with client and internal teams
o Sessions with client and development team for issues explanations and reproduce steps

Software Quality Assurance Engineer Team Lead, Powersoft19 (Apr 2011 – May 2017)
Following were my responsibilities as a SQA Team Lead
o Review the newly added/updated requirements for gap analysis
o Implementation and monitoring Scrum process model
o Prepare and identify test cases for Acceptance testing
o Perform functional and performance testing
o Test Planning (using Polarion), tasks management (Using PlayBook), bugs management
(Using JIRA) and documentations (using Polarion)
o Prepare test report for executives

Principle SQA Consultant, InsightIT (Apr 2015 – Apr 2017)

Following were my responsibilities as a SQA Consultant
o Coordination with client to review the change request using GoToMeeting and Skype
 o Identify the gap and impact for added/updated requirement on the system and testing
o Perform functional testing on Web, Database, Mobile Apps (both iOS and Android) and
third party tool (Salesforce CRM) integration testing
o Test Planning (using JAMA), tasks management (Using Trello), bugs management
(using JIRA) and documentations
o Prepare helping documents for client to present the added functionality
o Prepare test report for executives

Software Quality Assurance Engineer, Powersoft19 (Jan 2009 – Mar 2011)

Following were my responsibilities as a SQA Engineer
o Test coverage and preparation of test cases
o Perform functional and grey box testing
o Test Reports preparation and bugs reporting
o Bugs reporting using a tool
o Compliance of the product for EN-13849 standard

Software Test Engineer, Powersoft19 (Apr 2007 – Dec 2008)

Following were my responsibilities as a SQA Engineer
o Test Cases execution
o Perform functional testing
o Bugs reporting

Projects Worked on Summary

Web and Desktop Application – Smart power solution (Mar 2016 – Continue)
o A web and desktop application to completely view a power grid station and the towers
associated with it. It enables to monitor the current passing through grid station.
 Key responsibilities include:
 Analyze updated/new requirements
 Update /add test cases in Polarian
 Perform manual testing and adding result in Polarian
 Bug reporting in JIRA
 Coordination/Discussion with development team and client for new
features analysis and reported issues
 Planning on PlayBook

Web Application – E-commerce solution for chemical and ingredients distributor (Jan 2021 –
Continue)
o A web application that deliver the value-added services, next-generation digital tools,
technical assistance and specialized market expertise to help them anticipate, navigate
and leverage meaningful growth opportunities.
 Key responsibilities include:
 Perform functional testing
 Application backend testing by modifying the Admin site which was
running on Magento 2 platform
 Review and test the stories on JIRA which are assigned to QA
 Bug reporting in JIRA
 Attending and presenting the reported bugs in bug triage meeting
Web and Mobile Application – Real Estate solution for Australia (Apr 2015 – Apr 2017)
o A real estate mobile and web solution for Australia based client to view all the properties
available for rent or sale along with agent details associated with the property.
 Key responsibilities include:
 Review of queries from client and perform gap analysis
 Write/update test cases in MS Excel
 Perform testing using test cases and exploratory testing
 Bug reporting in JIRA
 Mobile apps (for both Android and iOS) testing using real latest devices
and operating systems and simulators
 Third party tool (Salesforce CRM) integration testing with application

Web Application - Devices Management and Monitoring Application (Aug 2013 – Feb 2016)
o A web application to view all the details of the Gas device, including Alarms, reporting,
configuring and managing.
 Key responsibilities include:
 Perform GAP analysis of the updated/new requirements in JAMA
 Update /add test cases in JAMA
 Perform manual testing and adding result in JAMA
 Bug reporting in JIRA
 Automation testing in UFT
 Functional testing of Mobile version using Android

Embedded Systems - Remote Control for Material Handling (Aug 2008 – Jul 2013)
o An embedded system based project that includes SIL-2 Level Systems with Dual CPU
Architecture products. The project also includes Dot Net based desktop tools for
products configuration.
 Key responsibilities include:
 Test Cases writing and review
 Functional (System & Integration) testing
 Code Reviews and Static Code Analysis
 Performing Black box and Grey box testing
 Bugs reporting in JIRA and Mantis
 Review the coverage of the automated test case
Web Application – Real Estate Application (Feb 2012 – May 2012)
o A web application that provides services to Landlords, Property Manager and Property
Management companies and others who rent or lease apartments.
 Key responsibilities include:
 Requirements review
 Perform functional testing
 Bug reporting in mantis
Web Application – Survey Conductor (Jun 2013 – Feb 2014)
o Survey Conductor is a web-based software company giving researchers, small and
enterprise company’s powerful tools to create online surveys, questionnaires and forms.
Allowing capture and analysis of virtually any type of data essential for business.
 Key responsibilities include:
 requirements review
 perform functional testing
 compatibility testing
 security testing
 bug reporting

Skills and Tools

Test automation HP Unified Functional testing, Selenium (using Eclipse), Katalon Studio
Web / Database SQL Server 2005
Security testing Webscarab, Wireshark
Issue Tracker JIRA, Mantis, MS Excel
Test Cases management Polarion, MS Excel, MS Word, Zephyr
Requirements management Polarion, MS Word, JIRA
Project management PlayBook, MS Office Applications
E-commerce Platform Magento

Programming Skills
o Java
o VB scripting

Qualification:

BS Computer Science 4-Years

Major: Software Engineering (2001-2005)
University of the Punjab

Certifications:
 Certified Scrum Master (International Scrum Institute)
 Certified Tester - ISTQB (CTFL)
 Certified in Software Quality Assurance - Brainbench
 Certified in Software Configuration Management - Brainbench
 Certified in Software Testing - Brainbench