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Hakiim Ibn Hakiim

@hakiimibnhakiim

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I am a Senior QA engineer leading manual and automation testing for financial systems.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior QA role where I can lead testing for critical financial systems, integrate automation/CI-CD, mentor teams, and improve processes in collaborative Agile environments.

I am a quality assurance professional with deep experience in financial and regulatory systems. I led 2 manual SIT and UAT testing teams for high-risk financial systems (Bank of England, FCA), uncovering 50+ critical defects pre-production and reducing regression testing time by 35%.

I combine hands-on manual and exploratory testing with automation integration using Selenium, Cucumber and CI/CD, and I have practical cloud and ETL testing experience (AWS Glue, Lambda, S3, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift). I have managed 8-12 testers across concurrent projects, created test strategies, and used tools like Jira, Confluence, Xray and HP ALM.

I mentor and train teams—having mentored 12 junior testers and improved team defect-detection rates by 40%—and I focus on process standardization, stakeholder collaboration, and delivering reliable, compliant software in both Agile and Waterfall environments.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Associate Analyst

Current

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Jan 2017 - Present (8 years 8 months)

Led manual SIT and UAT testing across Bank of England and FCA engagements, uncovering 50+ critical defects pre-production and reducing regression testing time by 35%. Managed 8–12 testers across 3 projects, mentoring 12 juniors to improve defect detection by 40% and cut defect resolution time by 50%.