Rashid Muhammad
About Rashid Muhammad
Rashid Muhammad is a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer with extensive experience in automation testing and software development. He has worked for several companies, including Equifax and Zinkworks, and is currently pursuing a postgraduate degree in Computer Science at Technological University Dublin.
Work at Zinkworks
Rashid Muhammad has been employed at Zinkworks as a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer since 2022. In this role, he focuses on ensuring the quality of software products through automated testing processes. His responsibilities include developing Jenkins pipelines to support Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CICD) architecture. He also designs and tests REST APIs to facilitate data interaction with Kafka streaming containers.
Previous Experience in Quality Assurance
Prior to his current position, Rashid Muhammad worked at several organizations in quality assurance roles. He was a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer at Equifax from 2019 to 2021, and at Travelport from 2017 to 2019, both in County Dublin, Ireland. He also served as a QA Automation Engineer at EML for five months in 2021 in Trim, County Meath, Ireland. His experience includes utilizing automation testing frameworks such as Cucumber Karate and JBehave for REST APIs.
Education and Expertise
Rashid Muhammad holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Information Technology from Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte (Riga Technical University), which he completed from 2013 to 2016. He participated in the Erasmus exchange program in 2015 for 11 months at Hagenberg Campus - FH Upper Austria, where he furthered his studies in Computer Science. Currently, he is pursuing a Postgraduate Degree in Computer Science at Technological University Dublin, which he began in 2022.
Technical Skills and Contributions
Rashid Muhammad possesses a range of technical skills relevant to his role as a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer. He creates Docker containers using Maven archetype for microservices related to REST APIs. Additionally, he collaborates with both external and internal development teams to ensure effective end-to-end project execution. His expertise in automation testing and CI/CD practices enhances the efficiency of software development processes.
Early Career and Internships
Rashid Muhammad began his career with an internship at SIA Eptron in Riga, Latvia, from 2015 to 2016. He also participated in a Boot Camp focused on Robotic Process Automation at Accenture for one month in 2016. These early experiences laid the foundation for his subsequent roles in quality assurance and automation engineering.