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Quazi H Rashid

Quazi H Rashid

Springfield,VA

Summary

Results-driven QA professional with 17 years of experience in diverse technologies, seeking an Test Engineer, QA Engineer, or Automation Engineer role. Combining analytical expertise with development knowledge to deliver top-notch quality solutions and exceed expectations.

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17
17
years of professional experience
1
1

Top Secret SCI

SUMMARY

  • Established expertise in functioning independently, coordinating multiple tasks, and emphasizing critical path activities across various Scrum teams, diverse team sizes, organizations, and cultural frameworks.
  • Extensive experience in manual testing of web-based and client-server applications, with expertise in formulating test plans, crafting test cases, and executing testing processes. Skilled in various testing methodologies, including functional testing, system testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT), with a deep understanding of testing techniques.
  • Experienced in designing comprehensive test plans and test cases, facilitating extensive testing and validation efforts. Expertise in manual testing and test protocol execution, efficiently identifying defects and collaborating with development teams to address issues and promote quality advancements. Skilled in agile frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban, ATDD, BDD, TDD, and Continuous Integration (CI), with extensive testing across browser and platform variants.
  • Vast experience in formulating test automation scenarios using Gherkin, Cucumber, and Page Object Model (POM) Automation Frameworks. Expertise in establishing Data-Driven Frameworks, Keyword Driven, and Hybrid frameworks using Cucumber, Ruby, Selenium WebDriver, and Watir WebDriver. In-depth experience in automation testing with Quick Test Professional (QTP/UFT) and TestComplete, including development, maintenance, and execution of automation scripts.
  • Proficient in VB Scripting, Java Scripting, and Descriptive Programming for Web, Client-Server, and mainframe applications. Knowledgeable in version control tools, including GitHub,Git Lab, Bitbucket, SVN, Stash, Source Tree, and proficient in command-line execution.
  • Skilled at functioning independently, multitasking, and concentrating on critical path activities, ensuring efficient delivery of projects.


Work History

Test Engineer

The Pentagon
07.2024 - Current
  • Executed testing procedures within the Agile Scrum methodology, actively engaged in Sprint Planning sessions, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Demos, and Sprint Retrospectives to comprehend business and testing requirements while systematically organizing the testing process.
  • Collaborate with the Product Owners and the Business team to execute project plans for implementation initiatives. Serve as a Test Automation Engineer alongside the Operations team to carry out deployment strategies.
  • Possess experience with a diverse range of technological challenges and their corresponding solutions, leveraging this expertise to promote the implementation of best practices in coding, design, quality, and performance within the team.
  • Engage with the DevOps and Platform Engineering teams to design and implement a CI-CD pipeline for Selenium automation, encompassing automated test execution.
  • Developed detailed test plans, test scripts, and use case scenarios to facilitate the achievement of testing objectives.
  • Implemented automated testing solutions employing Selenium WebDriver, Watir WebDriver, and TestComplete automation tools as necessary.
  • Conduct functional testing, integration assessments, smoke testing, and regression analysis to verify compliance with business requirements.
  • Implemented a Continuous Delivery automated test framework using Jenkins, Chef, Maven and Nexus in Linux environment. Understanding the requirements, design documents by verifying the project Scope, and wrote test cases to cover all the requirements, coordinating with product owner and the project development team and finalized the test case documents
  • Designed test automation framework for DevOps nightly test automation for multiple applications by executing nightly automation Test for Build, Release and Deploy phases through various CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible & Cloud formation tools.
  • Created an automated testing framework that encompasses links, dynamic elements, data validation, data-driven approaches, error handling, test result reporting, and maintainable automation scripts.
  • Performed web services test (SOAP) & underlying protocols (HTTP/S, TCP/IP) using Soap-UI.
  • Reviewed, evaluated, and identified requirements for testability.
  • Tracked test reports and failures determined by root cause data trends.

QA Analyst/ Automation Engineer

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
03.2021 - 07.2024
  • Engaged in collaboration with Product Owners and business stakeholders to facilitate the execution of project plans and implementation efforts.
  • Gain insight into a diverse range of technological challenges and their corresponding solutions, utilizing this knowledge to promote the implementation of best practices concerning coding, design, quality, and performance within the team.
  • Executed testing protocols within the Agile Scrum methodology, engaged in Sprint Planning sessions, Daily Stand-up meetings, Sprint Demos, and Sprint retrospective meetings to gain insights into business and testing requirements while systematically planning the testing process.
  • Conduct thorough functional testing, integration testing, smoke testing, and regression testing to verify adherence to business requirements.
  • Developed an automated test framework for Continuous Delivery leveraging Jenkins, Chef, Maven, and Nexus within a Linux environment. Engaged in thorough analysis of requirements and design documentation by validating the project scope. Authored comprehensive test cases to encompass all specified requirements through collaboration with the product owner and the development team, culminating in the finalization of test case documentation.
  • Established automation framework tailored for DevOps, seamlessly integrating with CI/CD pipelines including Git, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, and CloudFormation, to facilitate the automation of nightly testing for numerous applications throughout the Build, Release, and Deploy stages.


  • Created an automated testing framework equipped with sophisticated capabilities such as dynamic element management, data validation, data-driven testing methodologies, robust error handling, and extensive test reporting, thereby ensuring a sustainable and efficient approach to test automation.
  • Performed Back-End Testing, database table manipulations of relational database systems by writing complex SQL queries [WinSQL].

Test Engineer

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency [NGA]
05.2020 - 03.2021
  • Analysis of the Software Design Document, Wire frames, Business Requirement, GUI specification, User Story to participate in developing test plan, Test Cases, test data and test scenarios.
  • Worked with DevOpps engineer to set up and maintained Continues Automation process using Jenkins.
  • Scheduled automated Smoke test and regression test run in Jenkins and Checked and verified cucumber report from Jenkins in daily basis.
  • Wrote automated test scenarios using Gherkin Syntax along with step definition code integrated with Watir/WebDriver.
  • Wrote pre condition and post condition code in hook file using Ruby scripting.
  • Executed Smoke, Functional, Regression and End-to-End test scenarios using tagging concept of cucumber.
  • Design data driven test using Excel and used Page Object concept using Page Object Model (POM) Automation Framework Ruby Gem.
  • Developed automated test using Selenium WebDriver, Watir WebDriver and Test Complete automation tools as required.
  • Developed Automation framework designs that includes links, dynamic elements, data validation, data driven, error handling, test result reporting and maintainable automated scripts.
  • Promote and deploy builds using Jenkins continuous integration deployment.
  • Used Rally for creating and maintaining defects.
  • Developed Custom Automation framework using TestComplete in development, maintenance and execution of automation scripts, (Data Driven and Page Object), Java Script and Descriptive Programming for Global Dossier application.
  • Executed Automated Regression test suite for maintenance purpose and analyze results, file bugs.
  • Performed Back-End Testing, database table manipulations of relational database systems by writing complex SQL queries.
  • Efficiently work on multiple projects at the same time and manual/automate Windows, Web and Mobile based applications.
  • Environment: Selenium WebDriver, Firefox, FileZilla, Internet Explorer, Windows 7, Java Script, JUNIT, Test-NG, Firebug, Fire-Path, X-path, XML, HTML, SQL, PL/SQL, SQL Developer, Maven, RQM, Jenkins, Ruby, RubyMine, Cucumber, Watir WebDriver, Rally, SQL, Jenkins, Rally, RQM, Clear Quest.

Test Engineer

United States Navy
02.2017 - 03.2020
  • Develop a strong understanding of the systems and TSYS environments that support the operation to effectively function as the liaison between the business partners and the technical areas.
  • Develop verification and validation test scenarios according to established requirements and manage test scenarios in ALM/Quality Center, maintaining linkage of test scenarios to ensure adequate requirements coverage.
  • Generated and implemented Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scripts, and conduct of quality assurance reviews and the development and execution of test plans and test scripts.
  • Involved in Manual and Automated testing of the Front-end and Back-end application.
  • Generated and implemented templates for Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Defect Log, Test Analysis Report (TAR), etc.
  • Written, executed Test cases, and documented defects in the ALM/Quality Center.
  • Created the traceability matrix and mapped requirements to Test Cases.
  • Created Automation traceability matrix and mapped Test Cases to Automation Script.
  • Tracked and reported defects into ALM/Quality Center and notified management with details.
  • Involved in backend testing by writing and executing SQL queries for SQL Server Management System.
  • Analysis, design, development, and ongoing maintenance of automated tests and automation architecture performed within the established automation development processes using QTP/ Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
  • Create and execute test scripts, cases, and scenarios that will validate system performance according to specifications.
  • Coordinate with other team members to ensure maximum coverage is obtained through automation.
  • Environment: ALM/Quality Center, HP Quick Test Professional (QTP)/Unified Functional Testing (UFT), SharePoint, Mainframe, SQL Server, Windows, .NET, Web logic, J2EE, UNIX, JAVA, Profile, VBScript, HTML, SoapUI, Agile, Version One, XML.

Test Engineer

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
02.2015 - 02.2017


  • Developed and implemented comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts for diverse applications, ensuring thorough testing and validation.
  • Conducted manual and automation testing on web-based and client-server enterprise applications, utilizing Quality Center for test management and ensuring seamless execution.


  • Reviewed, evaluated, and identified requirements for testability.
  • Assessed and interpreted new business requirements and initiatives, translating them into detailed business requirement specifications and articulating project objectives.
  • Performed advanced planning of automation needs, defining project objectives and preparing project plans to drive business system projects.
  • Loaded test cases into Quality Center, mapping each case to defects or new functionality to enhance traceability and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
  • Conducted smoke testing to verify minimum expected system behavior and performed thorough system testing, functional testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
  • Tracked test reports and failures determined by root cause data trends.
  • Developed data-driven tests using Excel and implemented the Page Object Model (POM) Automation Framework to drive testing efficiency.
  • Created a custom automation framework using Selenium, focusing on development, maintenance, and execution of automation scripts, employing data-driven and page object methodologies.

Sr. Software Test Engineer

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
09.2011 - 02.2015
  • Analyzed requirements by conducting walkthrough meetings. Involved in creation of Test plan and scenarios with business analysts, project manager and test supervisors.
  • Participated in creation of Test plan, Test strategy, critical scenarios and Test Scripts and schedule for testing.
  • Performed necessary requirements inspection, design inspection, Test plan and case creation, Test environment / data setup, testing and reporting during various phases of the Testing life cycle.
  • Conducted GUI, Functional, Front-end back end testing and reviewed pages for content problems, graphics problems and link verifications.
  • Created scripts for Regression, Security, GUI, Integration and Database testing.
  • Performed Smoke Testing to make sure all the Test Channels and Test Environment is working as desired.
  • Creating and executing SQL queries to validate test data using TOAD.
  • Performed back-end testing using SQL queries in Oracle database.
  • Created SQL scripts to test the stored procedures by sending different sets of input parameters.
  • Ran SQL queries to performed database validation according to the business logic.
  • Analysis, design, development, and ongoing maintenance of automated tests and automation architecture performed within the established automation development processes using QTP.
  • Written, executed Test cases, and documented defects in the Quality Center.
  • Worked directly with Business users performing User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
  • Interacted with Developers and management to identify and resolve technical issues.
  • Environment: Quality Center, QTP, SQL, Oracle, UNIX, Web Service, JAVA, HTML, XML, JSP, MS Office Suite, GUI, .NET, Share Point, TOAD, Agile.

QA Analyst

TSYS
04.2008 - 09.2011
  • Analyzed various requirements documents and Use Cases to prepare detailed System Test Plan.
  • Generated and implemented templates for Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Defect Log, Test Analysis Report (TAR), etc.
  • Performed Functional Testing, Regression Testing, and Integration testing, System testing, 508 Testing, User Accepting Testing (UAT) for each build of the applications.
  • Prepared traceability matrix to ensure the adequate coverage of the test cases.
  • Prepared required documentation for testing signoff by various parties as required by the project plans.
  • Debugged the test scripts, created batch tests, verified the test results and reported the defects using Quality Center/ALM.
  • Trained team members regarding the application so that newly joined team members can come up to the speed and start working.
  • Updated Test Plans and Test Cases periodically to manage changes in requirements.
  • Connected to database to Query the database using SQL for data verification and validation.
  • Performed back end testing on oracle database by writing and running SQL queries in TOAD.
  • Integrated Quick Test Professional and Quality Center and schedule the execution of QTP scripts from the Quality Center to perform regression and integration testing.
  • Tested and implemented 508 compliances using Screen Reader tool Hi-Software for ACC Verify and JAWS software to meet the customer requirements.
  • Participated in QA team meetings, daily Status meeting, weekly Release meeting, Defect Review meeting, Requirement Review meeting.
  • Developed relationships with the client and took ownership of multiple work streams.
  • Proactively managed the test data load and defect management processes after identifying that these two work streams were critical to the success of the project.
  • Environment: Quality Center, Oracle, SQL, Windows, .NET, Web logic, J2EE, UNIX, Clear case, clear quest, JAVA, VBScript, HTML, Iterative, XML, Serena Team Tracker, Agile.

Education

MS - Cyber Security

American Military university

Master of Business Administration - undefined

Capella University

BS - Computer Science

American Public University

Skills

Programming Languages:

  • Java
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • JavaScript
  • VB Script
  • Shell scripting
  • PowerShell

Database Skills:

  • PL/SQL
  • Database querying
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • MySQL
  • DB2
  • TOAD
  • MS Access

Web Technologies:

  • HTML
  • XML
  • Post Man
  • SOAPUI
  • Soap Sonar

Testing Tools:

  • HP ALM/Quality Center/Test Director
  • Rally
  • Quick Test Professional (QTP)/Unified Functional Testing (UFT)
  • Selenium WebDriver
  • Watir WebDriver
  • UiPath
  • Serenity
  • Cucumber

Agile Methodologies:

  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Safe
  • Iterative
  • Waterfall

CI/CD Tools:

  • Jenkins
  • Hudson
  • Bamboo

Testing Skills:

  • Test script development
  • Test scripts and diagnostics
  • Debugging
  • System verification
  • Gathering requirements
  • Automation tools

Certification

  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Certified Solutions Architect (AWS)
  • Certified SAFe Practitioner (SP)
  • Security plus (+)

Personal Information

Clearance Status: Top Secret /SCI

Timeline

Test Engineer

The Pentagon
07.2024 - Current

QA Analyst/ Automation Engineer

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
03.2021 - 07.2024

Test Engineer

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency [NGA]
05.2020 - 03.2021

Test Engineer

United States Navy
02.2017 - 03.2020

Test Engineer

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
02.2015 - 02.2017

Sr. Software Test Engineer

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
09.2011 - 02.2015

QA Analyst

TSYS
04.2008 - 09.2011

Master of Business Administration - undefined

Capella University

BS - Computer Science

American Public University

MS - Cyber Security

American Military university

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