About

Jawad Cheema is a highly experienced QA and DevOps consultant and trainer with over 10 years of experience in software testing, test automation, DevOps, and Agile coaching. He is a certified Test Automation Engineer and has extensive experience with multiple free/open-source test automation frameworks. Jawad has a passion for continuous learning, digital transformation, and STEM education. He is currently exploring the oil and gas sector. Jawad's project management skills are exceptional, and he has extensive experience in project planning, estimation, POC, execution, and reporting. He is also skilled in close cross-team collaboration for project success, client communication and coordination through email, live chat, voice and video calls, and international travels and visits. Jawad is a versatile professional with experience in remote and on-site work, individual and team efforts, V-model, and Agile models. He has worked on quarterly and daily releases and has a vast set of tools, both commercial and open-source, and multiple scripting languages. He is skilled in performing manual and automated testing, functional, security, and performance testing. Jawad's technical skills are impressive, and he has experience in setting up CD pipeline in Gitlab for whole projects, application containerization and build processes for different application frameworks, setting up application Kubernetes deployments and helm charts, and setting up and maintaining infrastructure through Terraform. He is also skilled in deploying and managing applications/infrastructure on cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and DO. Jawad's expertise also includes web/mobile/desktop/API quality assurance, embedded systems quality assurance, safety standards compliance, web application vulnerability assessments and penetration testing, static and dynamic source code analysis, and fuzz testing and security assessment of embedded systems. Jawad is a quick learner and a team player who loves close collaborations and knowledge sharing. He applies agile practices in work, processes, business models, and life. Jawad completed his MS in Computer Sciences and BS in Telecommunication, focusing on software engineering, test automation frameworks and success factors, hybrid cloud solutions, private cloud setup, malware detection techniques with a focus on behavioral detection for Android Devices, network security, and reliable sensor networks. He is currently a visiting faculty member at the Information Technology University and has previously worked as an Engineering Manager (QA and DevOps) at Love, Bonito and as Co-Founder and Knowledge Seeker at Questra Digital. Jawad's relevant experience in the industry is 9.02 years.