Description

Quality Engineering Lead with 10+ years delivering end-to-end QA strategy and automation across enterprise, government and aviation platforms.

Proven expert in driving quality transformations through precision test strategy, leadership and modern automation frameworks. I lead from the front architecting scalable test ecosystems with Cypress and Playwright.

From complex enterprise systems to high impact digital platforms, I combine speed and quality to deliver reliable releases in Agile environments.

Languages

English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Dubai City (up to 50km)

Emirates Group (AE)
Senior QA Engineer
AVIATION AND AEROSPACE
January 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Deliver end-to-end testing for a Tier-1 airport operations platform, coordinating inbound and outbound interface validation across multiple dependent systems.
Design, implement, and maintain UI and API automation frameworks, integrating automated tests into CI pipelines to support continuous delivery.
Apply AI-assisted tools to accelerate QA deliverables, automate repetitive tasks, and ensure consistent quality across test activities.
Lead defect triage with business stakeholders and external vendors to drive timely resolution and release readiness.
Act as SME for assigned test streams, owning QA activities from requirements refinement through UAT to go-live.
AGILE Airport Operational Database automation QA testing
Department of Government Enablement - (TAMM)
QA Lead
PUBLIC SECTOR
August 2022 - December 2024 (2 years and 4 months)
Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Strategic Leadership: Spearheaded automation strategies, ensuring seamless digital transformation for Abu Dhabi government services.
Cutting-Edge Automation: Developed robust test automation frameworks using Python, Playwright, Cypress, and Postman for front-end and API validation.
QA Excellence: Established a QA Center of Excellence, setting standards for end-to-end testing and process optimization.
Microservices & Agile Mastery: Led testing for critical microservice migrations, feature enhancements, and high-impact releases using Agile SCRUM methodologies.
Data-Driven Insights: Designed dynamic JIRA dashboards for real-time tracking, enhancing test management efficiency.
Mentorship & Innovation: Trained and mentored quality engineers, fostering skill development and innovation in automation.
Reliability & Performance: Strengthened quality control processes to ensure uninterrupted government service availability.
IT Strategy QA Manager Performance Testing automation
CGI Group
Team Lead
DIGITAL AND IT
January 2022 - July 2022 (6 months)
London, UK
• Managed and presented stakeholder reports for company directors in the utilities sector.
• Collaborated with the test manager to manage team deliverables and resourcing.
• Conducted early assessments of Change Requests (CR) and ensured timely responses.
• Reviewed Statements of Work (SoW) to extract scope and prepare estimations.
• Compiled and verified team timesheets against assigned project task codes.
• Implemented AGILE principles to enhance team autonomy and quality of deliverables.
• Reviewed Smart Energy Code (SEC) changes with DCC to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Produced test records including test plans, requirements traceability, test scenarios, test cases, and defect reports.
• Maintained a thorough understanding of functional and non-functional system requirements and
specifications.
• Utilized test management tools such as HP ALM, JIRA, and Confluence.
• Contributed to test preparation, execution, and defect management processes and standards.
• Obtained business and partner sign-off through sector-agreed standards and processes.
QA testing IT Project Management Project Management