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Senior
Registration: 21.05.2025

Nimra Baloch

Specialization: Test Architect
— Experienced QA Automation Engineer with a strong background in both manual and automated testing of mission-critical, containerized (Docker/Kubernetes) applications. — Skilled in a wide range of tools and frameworks across Web, Mobile, API, and Backend testing.
— Experienced QA Automation Engineer with a strong background in both manual and automated testing of mission-critical, containerized (Docker/Kubernetes) applications. — Skilled in a wide range of tools and frameworks across Web, Mobile, API, and Backend testing.

Skills

JavaScript
Python
Java
C#
Selenium
Cypress
Playwright
Robot Framework
Appium
Protractor
Cucumber
Puppeteer
JEST
Postman
Citrus Framework
REST API
Robot Framework
JMeter
LoadRunner
LoadComplete
Jenkins
Docker
Kubernetes
Git
Maven
Ansible
AWS
DynamoDB
GraphQL
Cognito
Shell scripting
JIRA
Bugzilla
JSON/XML
Salesforce CRM
MongoDB
Redis
Elasticsearch
Neo4j
SQL Server
MySQL
Agile methodologies
BDD

Work experience

Senior SQA & Test Automation Engineer
since 01.2023 - Till the present day |Elia Group
REST API, CI/CD, TFS, JMeter
● Automated Regression Test Suite Covering hundreds of cases using Robot Framework for both UI and Backend Rest APIs + CI/CD pipelines. ● Performance and Stress Test Automation using JMeter. ● Establishment of Benchmark and analysis of performance stats with team to improve application performance on an ongoing basing each sprint. ● Functional Testing, test results reporting, and application Issues logs in TFS system. ● Performing UATs, preparing sprint reviews and getting signoffs from end users OR market engineers. ● Currently working extensively on Grid and Power System Applications, including Energy Management Systems (EMS) products, with a focus on maintaining robust automation coverage for mission-critical infrastructure
Technical Test Engineer
03.2022 - 10.2022 |Momentum Investments
Oracle, AWS, ETL
● Automated regression scenarios to test financial investment data stored in Oracle and AWS Athena. ● Automated and Manual verification of financial transaction related information stored in Oracles DB and Pushed to AWS though daily ETL procedures. ● Q-Test cases management and execution and test coverage reports preparation.
Senior SQA Engineer
12.2021 - 03.2022 |Haud
API test, CI/CD, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Xray
● Automated user and backend API tests using robot framework. ● Created simplified CI/CD pipeline builds which executed Jenkins build steps on docker slaves, in order to remove the environment related dependencies. ● Deployment and verification of functionality of REST Services in Kubernetes infrastructure. ● Xray cases management and execution and test coverage reports preparation.
Distinguished Quality Assurance Engineer & Scrum Master
06.2014 - 12.2021 |Gfk
REST API, CI/CD, TFS, JMeter
● Automated integration tests for enterprise back-end applications/REST microservices using Selenium Grid, Allure Framework, Citrus, and Webdriver.io ● Managed and trained resources with latest technologies including Cypress, Protractor framework,Puppeteer, Citrus integration tool-set and JMeter along with Taurus + Blaze-meter Reporting. ● Created simplified CD/CI pipeline builds which executed Jenkins build steps on docker slaves, in order to remove the environment related dependencies. ● Deployment and verification of functionality of REST Services in Kubernetes infrastructure, Grafana, dynatrace and Cloud S3 reporting. Plus contributed to a module focusing on network recording and automatic analysis ● Scrum Master: Implement Project Management/Best Practices, keep all Parties on Track and Informed, Introduce Agile Engineering Practices (JIRA & TFS), Coach Team Members, Host Daily Stand-up Meetings, Assist the Product Owner With the Product Backlog, Remove Roadblocks, Teach Scrum Practices and Principles. Projects: 1. Automation Test Suite For Product Information System At Gfk. ● The comprehensive test-suite was designed as an initiative and using Selenium for Product information management system using page object model to better manage the cases. 2. Automated Back-End Rest Api Test Suite For Product Information System At Gfk. ● The comprehensive test-suite was designed as an initiative using Citrus for REST APIs of Product information management system. 3. Automated Performance Test Suite For Product Information System At Gfk. ● The comprehensive test-suite was designed for Performance tests for Back-end REST services using JMeter + Taurus along with resource utilization graphs in Garafana and performance metrics reports in Blaze-meter.
Principal Quality Assurance Engineer
04.2013 - 05.2014 |Creative Chaos
Selenium, Jira, Scrum
● I joined Creative Chaos as a Principal SQA Engineer and responsible of all the QA related activities including developing Test Plan, Test Strategy, Client Interactions, Support, Release Management and Testing. ● I have worked on Regression and PerformanceTest Automation too using Selenium Grid, Saucelabs, Allure Framework.
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
02.2011 - 07.2013 |Primatics Financial
Java, JUnit, Selenium
● In Primatics Financial, I joined as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer System Test team and started off with the test automation plan comprised of automated test framework and utilities development based on Java (JUnit). ● Presented successful mock-ups and several demonstrations to offshore and onshoreteams, Worked extensively for residential mortgage systems (Automated Test Suites for UI and Backend APIs). ● Moreover, I researched and recommended load test automation tool to company which we purchased and implemented as a load test process. ● Here my job responsibilities include leading the test automation team which is a vital element in System Test team. Project: Automation Test Suite For Financial Model Application At Primatics Financial. ● The comprehensive test-suite was designed as an initiative and using Selenium having 70 -80 % test coverage. ● Trained the team to automate the UI e2e tests and got awarded Brown Belt test automation accolade for it.
Quality Assurance Engineer
09.2010 - 01.2011 |Daedalus Corpus
Java, JUnit, Selenium
● In Corpus, I worked on the health care research application. ● The responsibilities included Smoke Test, Functional Tests, Regression Tests, Reporting and verification of bug Issues. ● Also, I worked on creation of modular test cases. ● Worked with client to resolve the issues and reporting of enhancements.
Software Engineer
08.2008 - 09.2010 |Mobile Complete
Android, Python, API, Git
● In Mobile Complete I got a chance to work on the world’s largest phone bank, DeviceAnywhere’s flagship product, DeviceAnywhere Test Center™ which provides instant remote access to more than 2000 real devices across live global networks in 7 countries.

Educational background

Software Engineering
Till 2010
Bahria University

Languages

EnglishAdvanced