Rahim Bhaloo

Background

About Rahim Bhaloo

I owe my success as a Quality Assurance Analyst to these key attributes: Focus on SOLUTIONS while keeping the big picture in mind. Solid UNDERSTANDING of user needs by listening to problems and asking the right questions. Drive to COLLABORATE with clients, engineers, business analysts, and vendors. These traits have come into play during my 10+ years working in quality assurance in the oil and gas and telecommunications industries in Calgary. My primary goal is to make systems and software work the way they are intended to, and I know that through thorough testing, in-depth analysis, and proper issue prioritization I can support teams in launching new projects. Software/IT quality assurance requires not only attention to detail, but willingness to partner with technical and non-technical staff, characteristics which I have displayed time and again. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS- Led projects for HR, payroll, and safety systems, identifying 300 new defects in the payroll software ahead of launch at head office in Dallas. Built report summarizing test progress and outstanding defects, providing a go-to information source for project managers. Acted in a senior project role for Shaw Communications’ STPNet 2.0 project, relying on relationships built with developers to overcome failing smoke tests. Recommended new testing procedures between project and sustainment teams, decreasing knowledge transfer time. SPECIALTIES- Testing: Smoke, Functional, Performance, Regression, Exploratory, Mobile Application - Defect Identification - Process Improvement - System Evaluation - Reporting and Communication - Vendor Relationship Building - Team Leadership TECHNICAL SKILLS- Selenium, SoapUI - Visual Studios, Visual Basic, Assembly - Java, C, C++, C#, Ruby - GPSSH, SQL, HTML, HP Quality Center, Mingle, JIRA