Rizwan Jafri

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Rizwan Jafri

@rizwanjafri

Dedicated software test engineer with 15+ years of experience

What I'm looking for

Seeking a challenging role that leverages my expertise in software testing, automation, and team leadership to drive process improvements and contribute to the growth of a dynamic organization.

Senior Software Test Engineer with 16+ years in QA, 8+ in test automation, around 4 years as QA Lead and strong expertise across functional, performance and security testing. Experienced in building automation frameworks, CI/CD, and leading teams of up to 20.

Skilled across finance, healthcare, retail, media, and more, with a focus on quality, leadership, and innovation.

Actively using GenAI (Cursor, Copilot, Playwright MCP, LLMs) for test planning, execution and automated test scripting. Enhancing my knowledge of agentic AI and use of Agents in software testing.

Certifications include: ISTQB Foundation Level, ISTQB Agile Tester, ISTQB Advanced Level – Test Management

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

CS

Sr. SQA Analyst (Team Lead)

Contour Software

Jan 2020 - Aug 2021 (1 year 7 months)

Restructured SQA department, managed team of 4, developed automated testing framework from scratch, and implemented SE processes to acquire ISO certification.

C++JMeter Cypress TFS TestRail Bugzilla

SE

Quality Assurance Team Lead

Sendoso

Jan 2019 - Jan 2020 (1 year)

Established SQA department from scratch, managed team of 12, and developed automated testing framework from scratch.

Selenium Java TestNG Cucumber Maven Git Jenkins Gitlab Jira Confluence

CL

Sr/Pr Software Test Engineer

Confiz Limited

Jan 2015 - Jan 2019 (4 years)

Developed automated testing framework from scratch, managed team of 6 STEs, and led the STE community of 20.

Selenium Java TestNG Cucumber Maven Git Jenkins Gitlab Jira Confluence

PO

Sr. SQA Engineer

PolyVista

Feb 2014 - Jan 2015 (11 months)

Executed STLC, contributed in process improvement, and performed performance testing and security testing on a project.

C++JMeter Cypress TFS TestRail Bugzilla

UL

Lecturer CS & IT

University of the Punjab (Lahore)

Jan 2013 - Feb 2014 (1 year 1 month)

Taught 5 subjects, contributed in curriculum design, and participated in acquiring CMMI Level 2 certification.

Software Engineering

EL

Sr. QA Engineer

EHR Systems Limited

Sep 2011 - Jan 2013 (1 year 4 months)

Executed STLC, performed gray box testing, and participated in acquiring CMMI Level 3 certification.

C++JMeter Cypress TFS TestRail Bugzilla

KI

SQA Engineer

Kabot Intl

Jul 2010 - Sep 2011 (1 year 2 months)

Executed STLC, performed gray box testing, EDI testing (HL-7), and participated in acquiring CCHIT and Meaningful Use certifications.

SS

SQA Engineer

Softech Systems

May 2008 - Jul 2010 (2 years 2 months)

Executed STLC, testing reports, and led in-house community of 20 STEs for 3 quarters.

Selenium Java TestNG Cucumber Maven Git Jenkins Gitlab Jira Confluence

IT

SQA Engineer/Team Lead

ITW

Jan 2007 - May 2008 (1 year 4 months)

Executed STLC, managed team of 3, and testing reports.

C++JMeter Cypress TFS TestRail Bugzilla

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

GitLab

Jenkins

Gmail

Jira

Bugzilla

Java

ZAP

TestNG

Zap

SQL

LoadRunner

TestRail

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