I am a Senior Test Engineer and QA leader with 13+ years of experience driving testing excellence across cloud-hosted, service-based platforms. I design automated frameworks, embed quality into CI/CD pipelines, and represent QA at a strategic level within Agile Scrum teams. I am known for mentoring engineers, improving team testing maturity, and building the kind of release confidence that lets organisations ship faster and smarter. I mentor junior QA engineers and collaborate with Product Owners and Developers to refine requirements and acceptance criteria, optimising frameworks and reducing go-live times. I have implemented automated security and non-functional testing to improve remediation efficiency and have driven release readiness in AWS-hosted staging environments.

Hafeez Alli-Owe

I am a Senior Test Engineer and QA leader with 13+ years of experience driving testing excellence across cloud-hosted, service-based platforms. I design automated frameworks, embed quality into CI/CD pipelines, and represent QA at a strategic level within Agile Scrum teams. I am known for mentoring engineers, improving team testing maturity, and building the kind of release confidence that lets organisations ship faster and smarter. I mentor junior QA engineers and collaborate with Product Owners and Developers to refine requirements and acceptance criteria, optimising frameworks and reducing go-live times. I have implemented automated security and non-functional testing to improve remediation efficiency and have driven release readiness in AWS-hosted staging environments.

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I am a Senior Test Engineer and QA leader with 13+ years of experience driving testing excellence across cloud-hosted, service-based platforms. I design automated frameworks, embed quality into CI/CD pipelines, and represent QA at a strategic level within Agile Scrum teams. I am known for mentoring engineers, improving team testing maturity, and building the kind of release confidence that lets organisations ship faster and smarter.

I mentor junior QA engineers and collaborate with Product Owners and Developers to refine requirements and acceptance criteria, optimising frameworks and reducing go-live times. I have implemented automated security and non-functional testing to improve remediation efficiency and have driven release readiness in AWS-hosted staging environments.

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Language

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Work Experience

Senior QA Engineer at Techspace Consultancy
March 1, 2024 - Present
Own, maintain, and evolve automated testing frameworks using Cypress with TypeScript, ensuring scalable regression coverage. Drive automated regression packs across sprints, perform exploratory/manual testing for high-risk scenarios, and optimise automation pipelines in Azure DevOps and TeamCity to support rapid, stable releases. Identify and communicate automation-related quality risks with mitigation plans. Collaborate with Product Owners and Developers to refine requirements and acceptance criteria. Implement automated security and non-functional testing (Nessus, Qualys, SonarQube) to improve remediation efficiency. Execute tests in AWS-hosted staging environments before deployments; reduce manual testing effort and improve release confidence.
QA Engineer (MV/SC Clearance) at Metropolitan Police
February 1, 2019 - December 1, 2023
Led non-functional and performance testing to validate stability, scalability, and release readiness. Served as QA representative within Scrum teams influencing acceptance criteria and testability. Produced and maintained test plans, test cases, execution evidence, and defect reports; developed manual and automated regression suites using Selenium, SpecFlow, NUnit, and Playwright. Integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (AWS DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions). Performed API/UI/backend testing using Postman and SQL validation. Led fault investigations and root-cause analysis, mentoring junior QA engineers and communicating quality risks to stakeholders.
QA Analyst at VCCP Partnerships
April 1, 2014 - December 1, 2018
Planned/executed functional, regression, and integration testing for web-based and data-driven systems. Validated backend processing using SQL and ensured data integrity across systems. Produced QA reports supporting release sign-offs; reviewed requirements and flagged quality risks and edge cases related to data handling.
QA Analyst at Ogilvy & Mather
October 1, 2011 - April 1, 2014
Executed manual functional and regression testing across web and mobile apps; performed user-journey validation, exploratory testing, and usability testing. Reported issues and supported releases in fast-paced, cross-functional delivery environments.
QA Analyst at Digital Jigsaw
April 1, 2011 - October 1, 2011
Carried out functional, regression, usability, and backend testing across mobile and web platforms. Conducted SQL-based data validation and root-cause analysis of failures. Supported rapid release cycles and build verification testing.

Education

BA (Hons) Business and IT at University of Greenwich, London
January 11, 2030 - May 18, 2026

Qualifications

ISTQB Foundation Level (ISEB Certified)
January 11, 2030 - May 18, 2026
AWS Cloud Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - May 18, 2026

Industry Experience

Professional Services, Government, Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment