Sadia Malik
Senior Test Engineer
Experience
Senior Test Engineer
Eneco
- Projects: Sustainable Living (Salesforce), Virtual Power Plant (VPP – connected controllable assets to provide flexibility and support balance on the electricity grid)
- Built a Playwright automation framework from scratch (TypeScript): custom fixtures, env/config management, tagging, parallelization, retries, trace/video artifacts; integrated into Azure DevOps with ESLint & SonarCloud quality gates.
- Automated end-to-end CRM user journeys (Leads/Opportunities/Service flows) in Playwright; added REST API validations with Axios/Axios-Mock to ensure data integrity across microservices.
- Implemented telemetry, Kafka message processing, and REST API validation for VPP (Reqnroll/C#); instrumented Azure Application Insights along with Cosmos DB/MongoDB dashboards to debug flakiness and production issues.
- Performed load testing with JMeter and REST API automation with xUnit and RestAssured.net.
- Managed incidents, release notes, change management for go-live, live logs monitoring and defect investigations.
- Technologies: C#, Playwright (TypeScript), Azure DevOps, Reqnroll, RestAssured.net, JMeter, Cosmos DB, MongoDB, Azure Application Insights, Kafka.
Data Engineer Consultant
Bolders Consulting Group
- Built a cloud-based invoice management system on GCP; automated PDF ingestion and ETL.
- Dockerized microservices and deployed via GitLab CI/CD; added validation pipelines for structured/unstructured data.
- Automated test data generation with Python (NumPy, Pandas).
- Performed database querying and validation; data migration testing.
- Technologies: Selenium, SpecFlow, Cucumber.
Senior Test Engineer
Kamer van Koophandel
- Contributed to the design system team, building reusable components for the company website.
- Designed test scenarios covering both functional and visual quality of reusable UI components.
- Built component tests in Storybook; implemented visual regression testing with Chromatic and BackstopJS; ensured cross-browser coverage using BrowserStack.
- Automated accessibility checks with axe aligned to WCAG 2.1 AA; triaged and re-tested issues within CI pipelines.
- Maintained Cypress automation and SpecFlow suites; collaborated closely with frontend developers, designers, and accessibility specialists on states/variants and design tokens.
- Technologies: Java, C#, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Axe Dev Tool, BrowserStack, GitLab CI/CD, SpecFlow, Cypress, Docker, ALM, Kubernetes, ReactJS, QTP/UFT, Jira.
Digital Transformation Specialist (Testing)
European Parliament
- Supported the EP Translation Unit, managing five applications for translation and document management.
- Automated end-to-end testing for UI and backend systems using JMeter and RPT.
- Conducted API automation for synchronous/asynchronous SOAP and Swagger APIs, as well as JMS-based microservices.
- Developed UI automation with Selenium Driver using BDD with Java.
- Implemented error logging and performance monitoring using Elasticsearch.
- Introduced a release improvement process and a shift-left testing approach, improving delivery time by 30%, reducing bug leakage, and increasing automation reliability by eliminating test flakiness.
- Performed performance testing; identified bottlenecks in APIs and slow SQL queries, improving user experience by 5–10 seconds in key business workflows.
- Technologies: Selenium, SoapUI, Postman, Git, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Java, Jira, JSON, XML, JMS, Cosmos DB, SQL, Elasticsearch, QTP/UFT, ALM, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, Terraform.
Bolders Consulting Group
- Built and maintained automation frameworks with Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, and SpecFlow.
- Automated UI and REST API testing (Java, JavaScript, TypeScript) and integrated with CI/CD (GitLab, Docker).
- Performed functional, regression, performance, and accessibility testing; cross-browser testing using JMeter.
- Technologies: Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, S3.
Senior Software QA Engineer
Datasoft Limited
- Conducted functional, regression, performance, and integration testing.
- Executed test plans, test cases, and reports; managed full bug life cycle.
- Provided feedback on software usability and investigated customer-reported issues.
- Planned test schedules and performed web performance/load tests using Visual Studio Enterprise.
Quality Assurance Engineer / Tester
Netsol Technologies
- Worked on lease software for asset management, including contract assembly, payment plans, amortization schedules.
- Designed and executed JMeter performance test cases.
- Designed and executed Playwright UI and API automation test cases.
- Maintained automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver.
Software Developer/Quality Assurance Engineer
ZRG International
- Developed and tested call center solutions, including CRM, Back Office, and Admin modules.
- Designed and developed applications using VB.NET and C#.
- Conducted functional, performance, and usability testing.
- Worked on salary payroll and dashboards, generating reports using Crystal Reports and Access DB.
- Authored technical documents, including use case diagrams and ERDs.
Summary
Experienced Software Engineer & Test Automation Specialist with a proven track record delivering high-quality solutions across telecom, energy, government, and banking sectors. Expertise in test automation frameworks, cloud-based DevOps practices, and data-driven engineering. Skilled in functional, non-functional, UI, API, performance, and database testing, with strong hands-on experience in frontend/backend automation, cloud platforms, and distributed systems. Adept at leading teams, coordinating across stakeholders, and streamlining processes to ensure robust, scalable, and secure software delivery. Passionate about automation, cloud technologies, data engineering, and cybersecurity, with a focus on efficiency and continuous improvement.
Skills
Agile/scrum Methodology
Write Acceptance Criteria
Requirements Traceability Matrix (Rtm)
Release Management
Test Strategies And Coverages
Test Case Design
Test Data Preparation
Rest Assured And Web-services
Functional Testing
Integration Testing
Regression Testing
End To End Testing
User Acceptance Testing
Api Automation Testing
Performance Testing
Contract Based Testing
Defect Investigations
Incident Management
Configuration Management
Preparing Release Notes
Change Management For Go-live
Live Logs Monitoring
Risk Identification And Mitigation
Database Querying & Validation
Automating Test Data Generation
Data Migration Testing
Test Automation & Frameworks
Selenium
Specflow
Cucumber
Playwright
Restassured
Postman
Soapui
Cypress
Programming: Java, C#, Typescript, Javascript, Sql, Python, Bash, Powershell
Test Management: Alm, Qtp/uft, Jira, Confluence, Azure Wiki
Performance & Monitoring: Jmeter, Rpt, Loadrunner
Special Tools: Axe Dev Tool, Storybook, Browser Stack, Burp Suite, Netsparker
Cloud & Infrastructure: Microsoft Azure (Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, Cosmos Db, Application Insights)
Infrastructure As Code: Terraform
Devops & Containers: Azure Devops, Gitlab Ci/cd, Docker, Kubernetes
Gcp: Bigquery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions
Aws: S3 Bucket
Languages
Education
Hamdard University
BS Computer Science (HBO) · Computer Science · Pakistan
Certifications & licenses
ISTQB CTFL – Certified Tester Foundation Level
API Academy API Designer Test Manager & Big Data Tester
Certificate in Advance English
ISTQB CTAL-TM – Test Manager
Bank Al Habib, Pakistan
PMP Diploma – Pakistan Institute of Management
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