About
Leveraging 15+ years of experience as a passionate Test Manager and Lead Software Engineer in Test, Umer Mujtaba excels in managing performance engineering, automation testing, and site reliability engineering across diverse sectors including technology, finance, and telecommunications. He possesses a proven track record of leading high-performing teams and delivering scalable, high-impact testing solutions for complex enterprise applications and critical cloud migrations. Umer is adept at driving quality engineering best practices, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring robust application performance through strategic test design and advanced monitoring tools.
Umer Mujtaba
Lead Software Engineer in Test (Manager)
Sydney, AU.Work
Mastercard
|Lead Software Engineer in Test (Manager)
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Summary
Led and mentored a high-performing Test Engineering team, spearheading performance engineering, automation, and SRE functions for Mastercard's global payment gateway.
Highlights
Managed and mentored a test engineering team, fostering quality engineering best practices and driving team growth within a critical payment gateway environment.
Spearheaded Performance Engineering, Automation Testing, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) functions for Mastercard's payment gateway across multiple regions, ensuring high availability and performance.
Optimized testing frameworks and methodologies for high-volume transaction processing, enhancing system reliability and efficiency.
Implemented robust automation solutions utilizing Playwright, Selenium, Postman, Insomnia, and Cypress, significantly improving test coverage and release velocity.
Monitored and analyzed application performance using Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk, and Grafana, proactively identifying and resolving critical issues.
National Australia Bank (NAB)
|Senior Analyst Engineer
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Summary
Delivered critical automation and performance testing solutions, providing strategic insights to executive leadership and enhancing DevOps CI/CD processes for enterprise applications.
Highlights
Delivered comprehensive automation and performance testing solutions, presenting key findings and recommendations to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
Developed advanced test strategies, workload modeling, and infrastructure automation, including chaos engineering, to enhance system resilience and stability.
Implemented scripting and mocking for frontend applications, microservices, and JMS systems, improving testing efficiency and accuracy.
Enhanced DevOps CI/CD processes by integrating automated performance tests and Ansible scripts, reducing deployment risks and accelerating release cycles.
Managed automation testing utilizing UFT, Selenium, Cypress, and Cucumber following TDD/BDD methodologies, ensuring robust test coverage.
Executed performance testing using Performance Center, JMeter, and Gatling, identifying bottlenecks and optimizing application performance across multiple tiers.
Contributed significantly to the NAB Trade and MLC (NAB Wealth) DC Exit Project, ensuring successful migration and operational stability.
Equifax
|Lead Performance Tester
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Summary
Led performance engineering and testing initiatives for a critical cloud migration to Microsoft Azure, designing and executing comprehensive strategies for enterprise applications.
Highlights
Led performance engineering and testing initiatives for the strategic cloud migration to Microsoft Azure, ensuring seamless transition and optimal system performance.
Designed and executed comprehensive performance testing strategies for enterprise applications, identifying and mitigating critical performance bottlenecks.
Coordinated cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment and successful achievement of migration objectives and issue resolution.
Qantas
|Performance Test Lead
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Summary
Directed performance testing and capacity planning for the migration of a legacy flight planning application to AWS, developing robust test strategies and managing testing teams.
Highlights
Led performance testing and capacity planning for the migration of a legacy flight planning application to AWS, ensuring system stability and scalability post-migration.
Developed comprehensive performance test strategies, workload modeling, scripting, and stubbing for frontend applications, microservices, and JMS systems using JMeter, AppDynamics, Splunk, and Datadog.
Collaborated effectively with architects on AWS server sizing and capacity planning decisions, optimizing infrastructure costs and performance.
Managed testing teams and coordinated deliverables, ensuring timely and high-quality project execution.
Super Choice
|Senior Performance Engineer
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Summary
Led performance testing and capacity planning for microservices and web portals during a single touch payroll migration to AWS, ensuring system readiness and optimal performance.
Highlights
Led performance testing and capacity planning for critical microservices and web portals during the single touch payroll migration to AWS with Right Scale, ensuring system stability.
Analyzed JVM Performance Metrics and managed cloud server monitoring using various tools, optimizing application performance and resource utilization.
NCS (formerly Access HQ)
|Technical Test Consultant
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Summary
Provided expert technical test consulting services to various NSW Government departments, driving performance and automation testing strategies for key sector projects.
Highlights
Delivered high-impact consulting services to NSW Department of Education, Finance, Transport, State Plus, and Justice, enhancing their testing capabilities.
Drove the development and execution of performance and automation testing strategies for critical sector projects, ensuring robust system delivery.
Telenor
|Global IT Services Specialist
Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Summary
Led development, operations, and testing services for Telenor Group companies across multiple regions, overseeing mobile financial service operations and testing.
Highlights
Led development, operations, and testing services for Telenor Group companies and subsidiaries, contributing to global service delivery.
Managed critical services for Telenor Sweden, Norway, Finland, Montenegro, and Pakistan, ensuring operational excellence across diverse markets.
Oversaw testing and operations for Telenor Bank's mobile financial service, maintaining high standards of reliability and security.
Education
UNSW Sydney (AGSM)
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Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Business Administration
University of Engineering and Technology (UET)
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Bachelor of Engineering
Information Technology
Certificates
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
Issued By
Amazon Web Services
ISTQB (Foundation and Manager)
Issued By
ISTQB
ITIL
Issued By
ITIL
AppDynamics Power User
Issued By
AppDynamics
Skills
Cloud Platforms
AWS, Azure, Google, PCF.
Databases
Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Hadoop.
Technologies
REST/SOAP API, SAP, CITRIX, MQ/JMS, Kafka, Spring.
Performance Testing
LoadRunner, JMeter, Gatling, Neo-load, Locust, Silk Performer, K6.
Test Automation
Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, UFT, Insomnia, SOAPUI, TOSCA, Postman, Cucumber.
Monitoring & APM
Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch, New Relic.
DevOps & CI/CD
Jenkins, Bamboo, GitLab, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker.
Programming Languages
Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Scala, Groovy, .NET, C/C++.