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Khaled G.KG

Khaled G.

QA Architect | CI/CD | Test Industrialization

€900/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Khaled

QA Automation Architect specialized in quality industrialization and delivery cycle reliability.

I work on demanding environments to secure production deployments, improve system stability, and make delivery pipelines more reliable and controlled.

Currently positioned in sensitive banking contexts (LCL), with strong challenges in terms of quality, compliance, and service continuity.

My role involves structuring effective test systems integrated into CI/CD to detect issues earlier, reduce production anomalies, and streamline release cycles.

Specifically, this allows:
• Limiting post-deployment incidents
• Stabilizing deliveries
• Improving visibility on the actual product quality
• Reducing corrective feedback and associated costs

I also contribute to team maturity development by introducing sustainable practices around automation, test strategy, and campaign organization.

Experience built in various business environments, with the ability to adapt quickly to diverse functional contexts.

Positioning:
An architect role focused on delivery efficiency, reliability, and performance.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Crédit Agricole,
    Senior QA Lead Technico-Functional Engineer | ISTQB Certified
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    June 2023 - February 2025 (1 year and 9 months)
    Vannes, France
    MISSIONS:

    • Structure test plans in Jira XRay, in accordance with the overall test strategy.
    • Break down Epics into test plans and test scenarios (User Stories), defining and managing the necessary datasets.
    • Lead training and awareness sessions on the behavioral approach (BDD) within each squad, to promote consistent adoption and continuous skill development.
    • Participate in the review of User Stories with functional and technical teams, to ensure clarity of acceptance criteria.
    • Communicate test progress and results during follow-up meetings (Go/NoGo, Post ME).
    • Implement and coordinate the execution of specific test campaigns for each product solution (API, Web), in manual and automated modes.
    • Automate API tests with Python, including an automatic results upload mechanism to Jira XRay via CURL calls (GitLab pipelines).
    • Develop an automation Framework in JavaScript (Postman), generate HTML reports (Newman), and maintain living documentation in Jira.
    • Implement Web test automation using Selenium WebDriver (Java) to ensure complete coverage of user interfaces.
    • Set up continuous integration (GitLab CI) for automated test execution and results tracking.
    • Use Docker to centralize and standardize test execution (manual or automatic), continuously verifying test pipeline logs.
    • Perform manual tests to validate APIs and user interfaces, according to defined specifications.
    • Manage and update test repositories and datasets to optimize test campaign execution.
    • Analyze and track detected anomalies reported via Jira XRAY.
    • Generate and analyze coverage reports (integrated into Jira XRay) for precise quality steering.
    Postman Python Playwright Xray Atlassian JIRA
  • SNCF Connect,
    Senior QA Engineer / ISTQB Certified
    July 2022 - June 2023 (11 months)
    La Défense, France
    MISSIONS:

    • Participate in the review of needs/requirements (User Story) with project stakeholders.
    • Implement test plans under XRAY, in accordance with the test strategy.
    • Write test scenarios.
    • Execute tests in manual and automated modes.
    • Perform functional and integration tests, performance tests, web tests, mobile tests.
    • Use Kotlin and Cucumber for mobile test automation.
    • Use Playwright with Gherkin (BDD) for web test automation, to ensure complete coverage of functional scenarios.
    • Migrate web automation from Cypress to Playwright, integrating Gherkin for scenario writing.
    • Structure and automate web service tests by creating collections with Postman.
    • Participate in setting up the automation strategy (methodology and best practices).
    • Manage anomalies: identify, analyze, and report anomalies to development teams.
    • Communicate test activities through test campaign reports.
    • Ensure end-to-end test campaign coordination by effectively orchestrating test teams.
    • Share and promote best testing practices.
    • Maintain the test repository.
    • Create datasets to ensure smooth test execution.
    • Plan schedules with the technical QA team for daily improvement and analysis.
    • Manage test assets and define the test strategy with the squads.
    • Add new test cases and update existing ones for automated test review.
    • Execute manual tests (web, Android and iOS application tests) to validate candidate versions.
    • Manage CI/CD pipelines and merge requests (Git, SVN).
  • ACCOR,
    QA Lead Engineer / ISTQB Certified
    October 2020 - June 2022 (1 year and 8 months)
    92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
    MISSIONS:

    • Develop test plans using XRAY in accordance with the established test strategy.
    • Support Product Owners and business teams in defining needs and acceptance criteria.
    • Manage test assets and define the test strategy in collaboration with the squads.
    • Add new test cases or update existing ones.
    • Execute manual tests (back-office, end-to-end API, web) for validating candidate versions, with writing a test report.
    • Ensure migration quality by supervising and validating data transfer to AWS cloud, covering APIs, batch programs, and web applications.
    • Establish and maintain updated test documentation for traceability.
    • Collaborate closely with development teams to optimize test cycles.
    • Participate in agile retrospectives to discuss test process improvements.
    • Analyze, dissect, and formulate recommendations on user stories during testing phases.
    • Design, execute, and track the progress of manual and automated test plans following migration to AWS cloud.
    • Plan test campaigns in conjunction with sprints.
    • Write reports on test execution and developed test plans.
    • Validate delivered bug fixes.
    • Report technical and functional anomalies to development teams.
    • Use Oracle language, SQL to search for or create datasets.
    • Develop, maintain, and improve test automation Frameworks for APIs.
    • Automate non-regression tests using JavaScript on Postman.
    • Design collections within Postman to standardize and automate web service tests.
    • Write acceptance test reports.

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Education

  • Master 2 Programming and Secure Software
    Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
    2014
    Master 2 Programmation et Logiciels Sûrs,
  • Computer Science Bachelor's Degree
    Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
    2012
    Licence informatique,

Certifications

  • ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)
    ISTQB
    2017
    ISTQB

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