Nisar Ahmed
Sr Manager - Quality Engineering @CDK Global
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WORK HISTORY
Sr Manager - Quality Engineering @CDK Global
Hyderabad, IN
EDUCATION
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Master's degree, Computer Science
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
MS, Computers
SKILLS
ABOUT NISAR AHMED
With over 19 years of experience in the software industry, I am a passionate, result-oriented Manager at CDK Global, a leading provider of software solutions for the automotive industry. I hold certifications in PMP, SAFe, CSM, Prince2, and ISTQB, and I have extensive knowledge and skills in agile methodologies, test automation, cloud development, and microservices testing.As a Leader I played the role of Scrum Master and delivered a critical project for the company.Passionate about Project Management, Agile deliveryLed multiple short term projects to deliver results.Actively involved in PI planning, tracking dependencies, risks and documenting features\\user stories. Lead a small scrum team to deliver the PI plan.As a Manager, QA I lead a team of 15+ SDETs, and I am responsible for establishing quality standards, driving test strategy, collecting and analyzing QA metrics, and mentoring and coaching team members. Spearheading Quality for a Product Line Modernization effort, built automation using Cypress\\Rest Assured and brought down the release cycle time by 70%. Establishing CI/CD(GitHub Actions) for API and UI code to promote changes across environments automatically. I have successfully established new teams and brought product ownership to India, and I have contributed to automation, QA thought leadership, and process improvements to build better quality software. Participated in Initiatives to Drive Quality Best practices across the Enterprise and create awareness about Quality beyond my Product group. I am hands-on with automation and scripting, and I have experience with various tools and technologies, such as Selenium, Cypress, QTP, Test Stack White, Protractor, C#, Java, JavaScript, VBScript, Load Runner, Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, and Jenkins, Github. I am passionate about software quality and customer satisfaction, and I strive to deliver high-quality products that meet the needs and expectations of the end-users. Currently Exploring AI enabled tools for Test Case generation and Test Automation.Expertise in non-Functional testing areas like:Performance Engineering\\TestingContract TestingLeveraging AI based tools in writing test cases, functional test automation etc.
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