A highly motivated and competent Senior Test Analyst with over 10 years experience in the Telecommunications, Digital Web and Mobile arena.

Senior Test Analyst @ • Integration and Functional testing of a mobile wallet product (V.me), working in an agile environment. • Creating BDD (Cucumber) tests based on user stories and existing manual test scripts, then working alongside the development team to automate the tests. • Pair Programming to create JUnit and Contract tests for in-sprint testing. • Integration testing of components including Web Services, DB2 database, Ab Initio, UNIX, and Oracle/MySQL. • Using tools including DB Visualizer, PuTTy, IBM Websphere, WinSCP and Splunk. • Automation testing using BDD tools including Cucumber, Gherkin, Selenium Web driver within a continuous integration environment. • Mobile automation device testing on iOS and Android using both devices and simulators Xcode, Android SDK) with Appium. – implemented with Sauce labs cloud solution. • Managing and reporting on defects (QC11 and JIRA) and responsible for test metrics, test planning, regression and smoke/sanity testing. From July 2013 to Present (2 years 6 months) Senior Test Analyst @ • Agile/Scrum based project working on brand new o2 Connect application – utilising VoIP technology to make calls over Wi-Fi. • System and Integration testing of the application with Network platforms, Billing, SMS, Voice & Performance. • End to End customer experience testing of the App for iPhone, iPad, Android (Samsung S2/S3), and Windows 7. • Creation of test plans/test scripts from HLD documents/specs into Quality Centre 10 and JIRA – responsible for requirements coverage against test cases. • Defect manager for all defects raised on the project and responsible for daily triage call/defect reviews including a daily defect report end of each day. • Working directly with product owners/business analysts to align the product for customer experience testing. From August 2012 to August 2013 (1 year 1 month) Test Consultant / Test Lead @ • Agile/Scrum based online/digital projects incorporating the testing of Web, SAP ISU/CRM, Siebel and Oracle based systems. • End to End testing phase of upgrade to British Gas online site using Adobe CQ5 – experience in using both Author and Developer mode (component and system testing). • Functional and Integration testing of front end, Middleware (SOA) and database backend systems. • Automation testing using QTP, Quality Centre 10 and Selenium Webdriver. –also use of tools including Soap UI, Toad and Oracle/Siebel. • Working as a Test Lead for the onshore/offshore scrum teams and responsible for daily status updates, scrum meetings, daily stand-ups, defect triage meetings, escalations and tracking issues. • Liaising with Stakeholders, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Developers and Program Test Managers – collaborating and sharing information to assist test team for successful end to end testing delivery. • Responsible for reviewing high level requirements (HLR) and translating these to test scripts from user stories, using wireframes and designs. • Working closely with developers, analysts, product owners and scrum masters – use of Mingle Agile tool for daily tasks and user stories and tracking progress From September 2010 to July 2012 (1 year 11 months) Test Analyst @ • Working in an Agile/Scrum environment on testing Web based and Mobile platforms. • Back-End testing of components with FitNesse – creating test data based on fixtures in Java (working directly with developers). • Front-End and UI testing using Selenium IDE and RC to test web portals. • Experience of testing Widget and Portal applications on iPhone/iPad, Android, BlackBerry, Opera and S60 Nokia operating systems. • Testing web and walk portal, application from stores, including Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo weather, Music store with DRM (digital rights management) testing & News apps. • Responsible for creating Test Plans and Test labs in Mercury Quality Centre from analysing Business/User requirements. From September 2009 to September 2010 (1 year 1 month) Software Test Specialist @ • Creating and executing test scripts for Java handheld applications in Mercury Quality Centre. – Creating/using test tools for automated testing of applications. • Develop and execute regression, performance, capacity, GUI, integration and functional tests on production and prototype hardware and software applications. • Testing applications from app store including Facebook, eBay, Twitter, News, Music, BB messenger, BB enterprise email, customisation application for vendor specific content • Solid defect tracking experience from open to close status. • Excellent technical understanding and working knowledge of Mobile Networks (3G, HSPDA, GPRS, EDGE). Good exposure with Java handset applications development using Java IDE. From December 2008 to July 2009 (8 months) Slough, United KingdomSenior QA Engineer @ • Defining and executing test methodology/strategy and quality control for ANPR Software, Hardware and Mobile PDA solutions. • Analysing and capturing detailed information for test plans and test suits from business requirements – working with business sales and project managers. • Executing both manual and automated test scripts for applications in C#, Java, PHP, SQL, Web Services and Oracle environments – working directly with development team. • Implementing Bugzilla defect management system for defect tracking and reporting. • Responsible for Software and Hardware testing environments, Project Planning and Budgeting From November 2007 to November 2008 (1 year 1 month) Test Analyst @ • Test Analyst, defining and executing test scripts, from specifications for client, server and Mobile PDA/Tablet PC applications in C#, .NET, XML, IIS and SQL Server technologies for the e-government, housing and mobile working sector. • Solid experience writing and executing manual test cases from requirements based on regulatory specifications. • Good experience with SDLC, Waterfall, V-Model and Iterative testing/development. • Good experience with Functional, Non-Functional, System, Integration, Performance and UAT testing methods. • Defect management and reporting in HP Quality Centre, good defect tracking experience. From April 2004 to October 2007 (3 years 7 months)

MSc, Data Communications & Networks @ University of Hertfordshire From 2001 to 2002 Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering @ Kingston University From 1997 to 2001 Akbar Mughal is skilled in: System Testing, QTP, Test Strategy, Agile Methodologies, Agile Testing, Selenium WebDriver, Quality Center, Defect Tracking, Regression Testing, Test Planning, Manual Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Testing, Test Cases, Waterfall