SABOOR AHMED

Areas Handled: CI/CD Management, Mobile, IoT, and Automotive Platforms, Processors, Project Scope & Objectives, Requirements Gathering, Project Planning, Project Documentation, Technical Team Collaboration, Risk & Issue Management, Project Execution, Stakeholder Communication, Departmental Coordination, Quality Assurance, Project Closure, Customer Expectations

 Led a team of 5 members in CI/CD management across multiple Mobile, IoT, and Automotive platforms projects.
 Managed 15+ Qualcomm processors in low, mid, and premium-tier projects across various platforms.
 Achieved 100% delivery success for all projects within the estimated time and scope, ensuring customer satisfaction.
 Demonstrated exceptional organizational skills, excelled under pressure, initiated action, and consistently met deadlines.
 Resolved issues throughout the CI/CD pipeline effectively; worked with Jenkins to enable CI/CD.

 Initiated project scope/objective development, managed scope changes & negotiated milestone estimates with stakeholders.
 Gathered requirements and defined project scope based on user needs; provided project details to the development team and stakeholders for assigned feature/functionality; estimated deliverable arrival times based on previous project experience.
 Identified stakeholders, allocated team resources, assessed team bandwidth for current project using prior projects’ insights.
 Developed a detailed project plan to track progress until commercialization; generated requirement documents and related artifacts to guide program and feature development; created maintained comprehensive project documentation; collaborated with technical leads to devise project execution strategies.
 Established effective bug reporting and operations processes across multiple teams to ensure end-to-end product certification.
 Translated customer and platform needs into roadmaps and functional/technical requirements.
 Maintained communication with key stakeholders, providing regular project progress updates & implementing changes.
 Validated project functionality with the technical team to ensure project performance.
 Facilitated coordination between departments to ensure smooth project execution.
 Actively participated in design reviews and technical discussions to uphold quality standards.
 Identified potential risks & issues impacting project timelines or deliverables; monitored and resolved project risks and issues.
 Maintained accurate documentation of project activities, technical change processes, and outcomes.
 Delivered products, projects, customer success; ensured compliance of all technical changes as per quality standards and industry best practices; tracked and coordinated fixes for identified issues with respective teams.
 Documented project performance; commended teams for successfully meeting customer expectations & completing projects

 Led a 3-member Continuous Integration Team; gathered technical leaders/product owners/project analysts’ requirements.
 Collaborated with External/Internal teams for task completion; attained 100% high-quality delivery without escalations.
 Managed project interdependencies, critical path, milestones, and deliverables for successful implementation and rollout.
 Maintained and improved current build procedures for software development projects.
 Designed and actively participated in implementing Continuous Integration systems for both Windows and Android.
 Oversaw the initial triage of build, deployment, and testing errors or failures; worked as a team lead across Auto, IoT, and Mobile platforms as needed; provided bug-free solutions within allocated time frames.
 Gained hands-on experience with HLOS Continuous Integration, Jenkins Build jobs, Docker containers.
 Contributed to Python migration from py2 to py3 across multiple product lines, showcasing skills in the CI/CD pipeline process.
 Fostered positive working relationships with stakeholders to coordinate work activities in an effective manner.

 Executed daily Trustzone software build releases and configurations across many projects, including Mobile, IoT & Automotive.
 Managed code branching and merging; conducted build cycles and testing processes for over 5 projects on a weekly basis.
 Automated regression bisecting & intermediate driver testing; gave input to tech leads for process/procedural improvements; contributed to design/implementation of automation tasks; documented all build & release process-related procedures.
 Utilized JIRA ticketing system, PRISM, ORBIT, and other bug tracking systems; tracked/resolved issues & bugs in Sconscript.
 Showcased hands-on experience in Perforce, Git, Orbit, Package Warehouse, Axiom, and Jira.
 Analyzed & resolved compilation/deployment errors related to code development, branching, merging & source code building.

 Integrated, built, and released Qualcomm Trustzone code for the Mobile project.
 Established and maintained multiple customer-specific code branches in Perforce to accommodate requested features.
 Unit tested each build; collaborated with tech/product teams to ensure timely integration of fixes for customer releases.
 Performed initial code compilation for all software development projects; utilized ability to load software images onto mobile devices through JTAG and initiating device operation in user mode besides identifying and resolving build failures.