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Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Managing the IT risk framework; ensuring implementation of risk policies and guideline, organization wide risks and threats matrix along with risk appetite scoring and implementation of risk governance practices• Managing and coordinating all internal and external IT Audits across Nakheel IT i.e., ISO27001, ISO 9001, ITGC and Government Audits • Development and execution of Audit program for Nakheel IT Operations, Delivery and Development and Cybersecurity sections• Assisting Head of IT Governance in compliance activities for applicable standards and regulatory requirements; participation in various assurance assignments, testing of IS controls and walk through of processes• Plan and conduct project, functional and process audits and track and monitor corrective actions• Analyze, plan and monitor business process initiatives to facilitate process enhancements and digital transformations• Performing project assurance activities as part of PMO function and Governance reporting on quarterly basis• Responsible for in house training and conducting awareness sessions for new tools and technologies

Pakistan

Key Job Roles/ Responsibilities: Managed overall Quality Assurance & Control activities of projects mainly for USA and Middle east region to ensure overall integrity and quality of the projects-To manage change request process and ensure the compliance to policies and standards and to keep all stakeholders informed of the changes to the business requirements - Ensuring completeness of User stories in the sprints and managing the product backlog- Performing Project assurance activities as part of PMO function and reporting to top management- Hands on experience using RTC and Quality Centre on various projects including RTA (Road Transportation Authority Dubai) Project for Vehicle Defect Clearing System-Managed MEA projects based on Agile methodology with focus on SCRUM using Rational Team Concert- Reported on projects performance and quality KPIs to senior management-Creation of Test Strategies, Test Plans and test data to ensure the implementation ofverification of activities for SDLC-Perform Requirements Analysis, drafting User stories and establishing acceptance criteria, sprint planning and managing backlogs-Demos to clients, User Acceptance Testing sessions and Standup meetings - Performing day to day required activities, demos to clients and meetings

- Performed Enterprise & security risk assessment & monitored risk treatment for a large Managed Services contract in telecom sector- Information Security incidents management and reporting- Established Business Continuity Plan, conducted impact assessment and BCP testing- Performed project start-up reviews, risk assessment, health-check & audits- Conducted Gap analysis and established organizational processes for various clients in line with CMMI, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001.- Established process mapping with standards to check compliance and record deviations

Muscat Oman

- Understanding Security Quality Model 9126 wrst Security Attribute- Developing Understanding of Security in general and wrst to E Commerce Websites- To search and analyze open source available Diagnostic tools (Web Application Scanners) that can be used to evaluate the security of the websites- To carry out the testing and scanning of the websites to measure the security and check the presence of some security related vulnerabilities- Identifying and Understanding different vulnerabilities and analyzing the High Medium and low categories wrst international listing and databases available- Performing the localized research on Omani websites and comparing it with existing studies done already on the topic

T- To Plan, design and implement quality assurance activities for SDLC for USA based projects- Participated and performed reviews of projects’ deliverables from initiation to project closure- To participate in requirements clarification and elicitation meetings and to ensure change management process is followed- Devising Test strategies and defining the KPI’s; ensuring the implementation of Test Plans, Test case designing and execution- Performed and managed various types of testing techniques like, Sanity, Functional, Regression, Integration and User acceptance testing

- Involved extensively in Process Definition and Process Engineering activities. Also, responsible for carrying out Internal Audits against the standards ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and CMMi Level 3 and to facilitate and coordinate external audits execution- To help Technical Teams in defining their process flows and documenting the processes and identify the improvement opportunities and monitoring health in line with CMMi -L3, QMS and Information security- Conducted projects and programs risk assurance as a member of PMO and QA Department- Involved in core team for Gap Analysis, process definition and successful implementation of CMMi Level 3 appraisal activity, and part of teams attained and maintained CMMI Level 3, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications

Software Engineering, Project Management, Testing And Quality Assurance

Fsc, Pre- Medical (Physics, Chemistry And Biology)