Summary
Overview
Work History
Certification
Agile & Delivery Experience
Career Direction
Accomplishment
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Sidra Rahman

Elmont

Summary

Scrum-Certified QA Automation Engineer with four years of experience at Morgan Stanley, coordinating cross-team delivery across enterprise applications. Experienced in tracking risks, managing dependencies, and supporting sprint execution between business, development, and QA teams. Regularly provide stakeholder status updates, and drive issue resolution to maintain release timelines. Improved release readiness by streamlining validation and sign-off processes, and coordinating the resolution of recurring issues across teams. Currently performing delivery coordination responsibilities and seeking to formally transition into a Scrum Master/Tech Delivery role.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Test Automation Engineer (Delivery Coordination)

Hisham Shoukathali
01.2025 - Current
  • Coordinated testing, development, and business teams to ensure on-time sprint deliverables.
  • Provided status updates, risks, and dependency tracking to senior stakeholders.
  • Managed cross-team dependencies for 3D, and document flows across environments.
  • Collaborated with product owners on scope clarification and acceptance criteria alignment.
  • Identified blockers early, and coordinated resolution across teams.
  • Supported sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release validation cycles.
  • Improved workflow efficiency by streamlining the validation and sign-off process.
  • Automated key validation scenarios to reduce manual verification effort and improve release turnaround time.

QA Test Engineer (Delivery Coordination)

Anshuman Behera
03.2022 - 12.2024
  • Coordinated multi-team testing efforts across global teams for enterprise releases.
  • Assisted in sprint planning and backlog prioritization with product and development teams.
  • Managed release validation and ensured readiness across environments.
  • Tracked project risks and escalated blockers to stakeholders.
  • Created dashboards and reports for leadership visibility.
  • Supported project handovers and mentored team members across teams.
  • Ensured timely delivery across multiple, parallel initiatives.

Intern

Manoj Arora
08.2021 - 02.2022
  • Assisted with defect tracking and reporting.
  • Participated in team coordination and testing activities.
  • Learned enterprise delivery workflow and release processes.

Certification

Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) — Scrum.org, 2021

Agile & Delivery Experience

  • Coordinated daily communication between QA, development, and business teams to maintain sprint timelines
  • Participated in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release readiness validation
  • Tracked project risks, dependencies, and escalations across teams
  • Provided status reporting and updates to stakeholders and leadership
  • Supported defect triage and production validation activities
  • Ensured cross-team alignment for enterprise releases
  • Helped stabilize releases by identifying blockers and coordinating resolution

Career Direction

Actively pursuing Scrum Master / Tech Delivery opportunities within Morgan Stanley to formally own sprint execution, delivery coordination, and stakeholder communication across enterprise initiatives, with a long-term goal of growing into a Project Manager role leading large cross-functional programs, driving planning and execution strategy, and improving organizational delivery efficiency while supporting business and technology alignment.

Accomplishment

Quickly ramped up on automation from scratch and applied it to improve release validation efficiency and reduce manual effort. Helped stabilize releases by identifying recurring defects early and coordinating resolution with development and business teams. Established a structured validation and sign-off workflow that improved cross-team communication and release readiness, demonstrating strong adaptability and ownership during critical delivery cycles.

Timeline

Test Automation Engineer (Delivery Coordination)

Hisham Shoukathali
01.2025 - Current

QA Test Engineer (Delivery Coordination)

Anshuman Behera
03.2022 - 12.2024

Intern

Manoj Arora
08.2021 - 02.2022
Sidra Rahman