Test Specialist at IBM India (2022-05 – Present)
Delivering QA leadership and program management across successive Fortune 500 client engagements, spanning banking, energy, and procurement domains
Scrum master and QA Individual Contributor at Cencora(AmerisourceBergen) (2023-11 – Present)
- Serve as Scrum Master for cross-functional Agile teams, facilitating Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and backlog refinement to ensure predictable sprint delivery and continuous improvement.
- Lead end-to-end testing activities as an Individual Contributor for SaaS-based Azure DevOps services and React-based enterprise applications, performing functional, integration, and database validation using Databricks and MySQL.
- Spearheaded the migration of Agile project management processes from Azure DevOps (Scrum) to Jira and qTest (Kanban), defining workflows, coordinating stakeholders, and enabling a seamless transition with minimal delivery impact.
- Evaluated and led multiple Proof of Concepts (POCs) for TestRigor GenAI, assessing AI-driven test automation capabilities, presenting findings to stakeholders, and recommending strategies to improve testing efficiency and release quality.
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners, developers, business stakeholders, and QA teams to manage sprint priorities, resolve impediments, mitigate risks, and deliver high-quality software solutions aligned with business objectives.
Scrum master and QA Lead at SAP Ariba Guided Buying (2023-12 – 2025-10)
- Served as Scrum Master and QA Lead for a Fortune 500 SAP Ariba Guided Buying program, facilitating Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release planning to ensure successful Agile delivery in Azure DevOps and Jira.
- Partnered with Product Owners, developers, QA teams, and business stakeholders to remove impediments, manage risks and dependencies, and drive continuous improvement across cross-functional teams.
- Led end-to-end quality governance, UAT coordination, defect management, and delivery readiness, ensuring high-quality releases and adherence to project timelines and SLAs.
- Tracked Agile delivery metrics, sprint progress, team capacity, and project health using Jira, Confluence, and Azure DevOps, providing executive status reports and actionable insights to leadership.
- Coached and mentored QA engineers and Agile teams on Scrum best practices while evaluating AI-driven testing and automation solutions to improve delivery efficiency and team productivity.
UAT Manager at British Petroleum (2023-02 – 2023-09)
- Led end-to-end UAT governance for enterprise Power BI transformation projects, defining acceptance criteria, test strategy, business readiness, and go-live approvals.
- Served as Scrum Master for Agile delivery teams by facilitating sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Coordinated Product Owners, business users, development, and QA teams to validate sprint deliverables, remove impediments, and ensure UAT completion timely.
- Managed UAT defects, risks, dependencies, and release readiness while providing regular status updates and executive reports to leadership.
- Drove continuous improvement by streamlining UAT processes, improving stakeholder collaboration, and ensuring successful production deployments.
Test Specialist at FIS (2022-05 – 2022-12)
- Supported delivery of a modern retail banking transformation under the SAFe framework.
- Participated in PI planning, sprint ceremonies, release readiness, and cross-functional coordination.
- Performed API validation and SQL verification to support successful production release
Senior Software Engineer at Kualitatem Gulf Pvt Ltd (2021-05 – 2022-05)
- Led QA delivery for enterprise banking applications supporting multiple project releases.
- Managed test planning, stakeholder communication, UAT readiness, and production sign-offs.
- Maintained requirements traceability and supported automation initiatives for regression testing.
Senior Software Engineer at Qualitrix Technologies (2019-02 – 2021-05)
- Established QA governance processes and delivery standards for an industrial monitoring platform.
- Led sprint planning, effort estimation, onboarding, and release testing activities.
- Presented delivery updates to clients and ensured project readiness before deployment.
Software Engineer at MFX Infotech (2016-06 – 2019-01)
- Lead end-to-end delivery for quality governance for an Egyptian bank, CIB involving migration and development to Siebel CRM.
- Established UAT governance and worked with internation stakeholders on-site in Cairo, Egypt for one year.
- Actively participated in release planning, issue tracking, requirement clarification, and deployment readiness.
System Engineer at Magna Infotech (2015-06 – 2015-12)
- Supported project delivery for the DHL SSP Portal through business scenario validation and regression planning.
- Collaborated with client teams to track delivery milestones and maintain traceability documentation.
Assistant System Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services (2013-03 – 2014-11)
- Supported banking application releases through functional validation, defect management, and stakeholder collaboration.
- Worked within distributed Agile teams to deliver quality releases on schedule.
