Raza Sohail
About Raza Sohail
Raza Sohail is a Software Quality Engineer specializing in exploration, test automation, and RPA, currently employed at Ciklum since 2019. He has a background in quality assurance and project management, with experience in optimizing test strategies and automating processes for various clients.
Work at Ciklum
Raza Sohail has been employed at Ciklum as a Software Quality Engineer since 2019. His role focuses on exploration, test automation, and robotic process automation (RPA). He actively facilitates requirement gathering, scrum meetings, and sprint retrospectives, providing support to clients from British, Scandinavian, and Australian markets. Raza has played a significant role in optimizing the test strategy and developing an automated testing framework for regression test cases, which integrates with the CI/CD pipeline to deliver daily results.
Education and Expertise
Raza Sohail holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), where he studied from 2015 to 2019. He also studied Quality Assurance, Project Management, and Agile Methodologies at the University of Indonesia. His education includes participation in seminars organized by AIESEC in 2016, focusing on various aspects of project management and quality assurance.
Background
Prior to his current position at Ciklum, Raza Sohail worked as an intern at Aiyin – Visualization Engineered from 2017 to 2019 in Islamabad. He also participated in a global exchange program with AIESEC in Indonesia for one month in 2016, gaining international experience in Jakarta, Tangerang, and Bali. This diverse background has contributed to his skills in software quality engineering and project management.
Certifications and Skills
Raza Sohail is certified in Automation Anywhere versions 11 and 2019, as well as IQ Bot. He has utilized these certifications to automate processes for a Ukrainian firm, specifically updating Salesforce records through RPA. His technical skills include contributions to the transition from a legacy codebase to a modern codebase and upgrading storage infrastructure from GCP Rackspace to AWS for a B2B product integrated with Salesforce and various third-party accounting APIs.
Achievements in Software Quality Engineering
Raza Sohail's contributions in software quality engineering were instrumental in winning the Cloud Excellence Awards 2021 for 'Best Cloud Finance Solution' for a client, surpassing IBM Cloud for Financial Services. His efforts in optimizing testing strategies and implementing automated frameworks have significantly impacted project outcomes and client satisfaction.