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M Rizwanur Rashid

@mrizwanurrashid

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Head of QA and test automation leader delivering secure, fast releases.

Australia

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead quality strategy in Agile teams—driving shift-left testing, modern CI/CD automation, and AI-augmented test workflows—so we ship secure, high-performance releases faster while mentoring engineers to raise engineering standards.

I’m a test automation and QA leader with 20+ years designing enterprise-grade test frameworks and leading high-performing QA teams across fintech, media, and SaaS.

I bring deep hands-on expertise across the full automation stack—Selenium, WebDriverIO, Playwright, Appium, and Node.js—and a track record of cutting manual testing effort by 80%+ while accelerating release cycles through CI/CD integration.

I champion shift-left testing, embedding quality early in the development lifecycle so QA becomes a competitive advantage, not a bottleneck. I also lead automation transformation efforts that improve coverage, reusability, and observability (e.g., video logs and screenshots).

Recently, I’ve applied AI-augmented testing strategies, integrating AI-assisted workflows (Claude API and Model Context Protocol) to automate test generation, defect triage, and release readiness analysis—elevating quality engineering beyond traditional automation. I thrive in fast-moving Agile environments where technical rigour and team leadership go hand in hand.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Head of Quality Assurance

Current

Trovio

Jun 2025 - Present (1 year)

Owned end-to-end QA strategy for blockchain product CorTenX, leading functional, integration, security, and performance testing. Implemented Playwright-based API/UI automation and integrated testing into GitLab CI/CD, and used Claude API with Model Context Protocol (MCP) for AI-assisted test generation and release readiness analysis to reduce manual QA overhead.

Quality Strategy Test Planning Playwright Gitlab CI API Testing AI assisted Testing Claude Model Context Protocol (MCP)Release Management

Automation Lead

Foxtel

Mar 2022 - Apr 2025 (3 years 1 month)

Led development of scalable web test automation frameworks for Kayo, Binge, and Hubbl using WebdriverIO and Playwright. Championed CI/CD with GitHub Actions, cross-browser testing with BrowserStack, and CTV automation with Suitest and Appium (including Tizen OS and Firestick), while embedding shift-left practices and maintaining Cypress/Jest suites with WebdriverIO observability.

WebdriverIO Playwright Postman GitHub Actions BrowserStack Suitest Appium Cypress Jest CI CD

QA Lead

Adform

Dec 2018 - Mar 2022 (3 years 3 months)

Led deployment testing of release artifacts using Kubernetes and Docker, and partnered with stakeholders to support release readiness. Rolled out release automation with JIRA (including CI/CD and PR metadata), built WebdriverIO + Cucumber UI automation, created Node.js-based integration test frameworks, and reduced manual GraphQL query verification by at least 80%.

Kubernetes Docker Jira WebdriverIO Cucumber Node GraphQL Testing JMeter REST API Testing

Senior Test Analyst

Nintex Software Sdn Bhd

Mar 2017 - Nov 2018 (1 year 8 months)

Built UI automation frameworks for Nintex Workflow (Office 365 SharePoint) using SpecFlow (BDD), Selenium, and C#/.NET, including automated post-deployment testing via GoCD and gulp. Delivered performance/load/stress testing with Visual Studio Load Testing and developed REST API testing frameworks to reduce manual testing effort.

SpecFlow Selenium C# .NET GoCD Gulp REST API Testing BDD Performance Testing Load Testing

Test Architect

Iconnect360 Sdn Bhd

Oct 2014 - Mar 2017 (2 years 5 months)

Developed a data-driven functional testing framework using Telerik Testing Framework with C#/.NET for a Silverlight product and built Selenium WebDriver automation for EzyPay. Automated parts of the billing process by downloading latest test artifacts from AWS using Python, improved execution efficiency by introducing scrum for release cycles, and reduced manual verification by implementing UI and

C# .NET Silverlight Selenium Webdriver AWS Python Scrum Test Management

Senior QA Engineer

Deriv

Jun 2013 - Oct 2014 (1 year 4 months)

Created automated testing frameworks using Perl scripts and Selenium WebDriver, including JavaScript testing support with JSLint, Nightwatch.js, and Karma. Collaborated with software engineers through code reviews in Bitbucket and supported customer operations by triaging issues and providing technical guidance.

Perl Selenium Webdriver Nightwatch.Js Karma Bitbucket Code Review Testing Frameworks

Senior QA & Test Engineer

Cimolutions Bangladesh Limited

Feb 2012 - May 2013 (1 year 3 months)

Built and rolled out QA processes, including implementing Git as version control in the Bangladesh office. Planned and executed automation using Ranorex with C#/.NET and Python, managed issues through Redmine, and coordinated client requirement gathering and after-sales support.

Bug management Ranorex C# .NET Python Scrum Test Planning Redmine Version Control Automation Testing Bug Management

QA Engineer

Softwarepeople

Jan 2011 - Jan 2012 (1 year)

Performed test planning, velocity estimation, and test task breakdown while acting as a liaison between stakeholders and developers. Spearheaded automated post-deployment testing using WatiN (C#/.NET) and Telerik Test Studio by building a UI automation framework.

WatiN C# .NET Acceptance Testing Test Planning Stakeholder Management