Tajamal Mustafa
Summary
Having worked as a Software Tester for over 10 years, I always strive to improve my knowledge and abilities. My goal throughout my career has always been to become an integral part of a team that contributes to an organization's growth and success. As a accomplished Senior QA dedicated to quality in every phase of the development process. Lifelong learner focused on emerging technologies. I excel at adopting new solutions to achieve maximum efficiency. Distinguished by an advanced and strategic approach to ensuring product quality and brand protection through well-defined processes and identification of risk. I am highly capable of translating high-level, ambitious business goals into working software solutions through exceptional team leadership and collaboration.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Quality Assurance Tester
Hearst Magazines
09.2022 - Current
- 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.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
- Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
- Help built automated cypress test scripts to regression testing of the full application.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance to junior testers.
- Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient and successful manual test cases for multiple teams and projects.
SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTER
Bestow
04.2022 - 06.2022
- Led development team in creating new UAT environment with stable code for all testing which reduced re-testing, improved identification of root cause of defects, and accelerated debugging efforts
- Reduced defects by approx. 50% by strategically implementing differentiating quality checks after feature deployment
- Created team alignment on projects through regular communications and modeling of best practices
- Lead for QA Management and project team status reporting on testing results, quality, and product readiness
- Streamlined testing efforts across all projects through the development of a detailed roadmap
- Accelerated testing process reducing overall time to market costs in collaboration with CTO
- Imported requirements and created test cases for new features and bug fixes on web applications using TestRail
- Improved testing documentation by creating test case and test result repositories
QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
BANKJOY
06.2021 - 01.2022
- Senior QA Engineer and project leader for highly successful conversion from waterfall to agile methodology
- Developed and led rigorous Scrum ceremonies including Sprint planning, daily stand-ups, review, and retrospectives
- Improved identification of bugs by 40%, reduced QA backlog and reliability of test results through implementation of BrowserStack, Test Rail and Xray, and Katalon Studio
- Manually tested web and mobile app features
- Ensured stability and functionality of features through regression testing
- Executed functional, acceptance, exploratory, end-to-end, cross-browser, and cross-platform testing
QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
JELLYFISH RESTON
09.2018 - 06.2021
- Led QA team in improved project test documentation and reporting by overseeing conversion to TestRail
- Accelerated testing process and reduced staffing resources required for long-term projects by implementing Ghost Inspector to automate smoke test and regression testing
- Managed testing process including Smoke, Functional, System, Regression and Performance testing. Tested user stories based on acceptance criteria
- Trained new QA team members and provided guidance and oversight
- Assured sophisticated professional appearance of application through detailed GUI testing
- Created and executed automated regression test scripts using Ghost Inspector
- Collaborated with Developers, Product Owner, UI Designer and Scrum Master in grooming user stories
- Maintained central repository, determining readiness of applications by combing Planning, Execution and Defect Tracking
SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTER
SAP PUBLIC SERVICES, INC
01.2016 - 07.2018
- Collaborated with Business Analyst and Scrum Master to enhance user stories with better acceptance criteria from the business requirement document, reducing QA engineer time and resources
- Planned and performed functional, regression, end-to-end, GUI, exploratory, performance, cross-browser, and acceptance testing in partnership with Business Analysts
- Developed and executed test cases and test suites and maintained test documentation between build releases
- Assisted team in automating cross-browser testing using Selenium and Webdriver to meet tight project deadlines
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - INFORMATION SYSTEMS EXPECTED
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GLOBAL CAMPUS
11.2024
Skills
- Certified Scrum Master
- Automation: Ghost Inspector, Katalon Studios, Selenium IDE, Selenium Webdriver, Tosca, Cypress, Playwright
- Programming Languages: HTML, SQL, Java
- Testing: TestRail, Xray, Jira,JAWS,Postman,Load Runner, Salesforce,
- Manual testing: test plans,strategy,release planning
- Creating and executing test cases
- OperatingSystems:Windows10,MACOSX,UNIX,Android
- Agile Best Practices
- Collaboration: Confluence,Jira
- Data Analysis: Tableau
- Development Methodologies: Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC),Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC),Bug Life cycle (BLC),Agile,Waterfall
- Cross-Platform Testing
- Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
- Manual Test Case Preparation
- Scrum Methodology
Timeline
Senior Quality Assurance Tester
Hearst Magazines
09.2022 - Current
SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTER
Bestow
04.2022 - 06.2022
QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
BANKJOY
06.2021 - 01.2022
QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
JELLYFISH RESTON
09.2018 - 06.2021
SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTER
SAP PUBLIC SERVICES, INC
01.2016 - 07.2018
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - INFORMATION SYSTEMS EXPECTED
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GLOBAL CAMPUS
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