Test Engineering Specialist

• Oct 2022 - Present

Quality Assurance Engineer

• Nov 2020 - Oct 2022

As a Software QA Engineer, Rachida focusses on frontend and backend applications intended for Dutch housing coorporations. Her responsibilities involve but are not limited to analyzing requirements, identifying risks and the necessary mitigations for the in-house developed systems, specifying and running tests prior to product launches to ensure that the software meets or surpasses the expected quality and reliability levels. As a Software QA Engineer, Rachida focusses on frontend and backend applications intended for Dutch housing coorporations. Her responsibilities involve but are not limited to analyzing requirements, identifying risks and the necessary mitigations for the in-house developed systems, specifying and running tests prior to product launches to ensure that the software meets or surpasses the expected quality and reliability levels.

Senior Test Engineer via Sogeti

• Nov 2018 - Nov 2020

Rachida is deployed at International Card Services as an Agile Test Engineer . As a member of the scrum team of the valuesteam Grid Collections, she is involved in determining the quality of changes made in Back-end systems that facilitate the collection of late payments. Rachida is deployed at International Card Services as an Agile Test Engineer . As a member of the scrum team of the valuesteam Grid Collections, she is involved in determining the quality of changes made in Back-end systems that facilitate the collection of late payments.

Senior Agile Test Engineer

• Aug 2018 - Nov 2020

Unit Secretary Assurance

• Oct 2017 - Jul 2018

Management assistant to 3 Assurance partners. * Providing administrative support to both Directors and their teams. * Organizing and maintaining diaries, making appointments. * Preparing MT meetings. * Liaising with clients, suppliers and other staff. * Arranging flights and hotel accommodation. Management assistant to 3 Assurance partners. * Providing administrative support to both Directors and their teams. * Organizing and maintaining diaries, making appointments. * Preparing MT meetings. * Liaising with clients, suppliers and other staff. * Arranging flights and hotel accommodation.

Management Assistant to Global Director Tax & Global Director Internal Audit

• Apr 2014 - Sep 2017

Management Assistent to the Global Directors of Corporate Tax and Corporate Interal Audit. * Providing administrative support to both Directors and their teams. * Organizing and maintaining diaries, making appointments. * Preparing MT meetings and taking minutes. * Coordination of the new workplace migration. * Collecting and recording of all functional and non-functional requirements of the new team Sharepoint site as well as working with the supplier to ensure proper implementation. * Pilot user for Office 365 project as well as a new travel tool. * Handling and maintaining purchase orders as well as raising invoices. * Liaising with clients, suppliers and other staff. * Coordinating HR activities concerning onboarding and offboarding employees. * Arranging flights, hotel accommodation and visa. Show less

Management Assistant powered by Randstad

• Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

Management Assistant at Philips Consumer Lifestyle * Make sure that the Category Leader can work efficiently with the team in Bothell, USA. * Performing entirely independently, the full range of secretarial tasks which involve a very high level of responsibility. * Arranging, coordinating, and preparing larger meetings, conference calls, video-conferences. * Screening independently incoming calls, e-mail and correspondence and responding in a professional manner. * Handling details of a highly confidential and critical nature. * Liaising with various departments and levels in company. * Arranging complex and detailed travel plans and itineraries, compiling documents for travel-related meetings. * Preparing and submitting expense reports on a timely basis. Show less

Management Assistant, Dpt Communication & Information

• Aug 2013 - Oct 2013

This was a temporary secretarial job for approx. 2 months. The purpose of the unit C & I is conducting the Corporate staff duties in the field of internal and external communication and information. * Providing secretarial support to the C&I director and his team. * Organizing and maintaining diaries, making appointments. * Taking dictation and minutes. * Handling HR activities. * Devising and maintaining office systems, including invoice management, data management and filing. * Screening phone calls, enquiries and requests, and handling them when appropriate. * Carrying out preparatory work policies. * Performing all other common activities. Show less

Management Assistant ICT

• Mar 2010 - Jun 2013

Management Assistent to the ICT director and the MT of the ICT department. * Providing administrative support to the portfolio manager and his team of project managers. * Organizing and maintaining diaries, making appointments. * Co-writing a PID (Project Initiation Document) with regards to server virtualisation. * Involved in optimizing the purchase process in cooperation with ICT and Accounts Payable. * Devising and maintaining office systems, including data management and filing. * Screening phone calls, enquiries and requests, and handling them when appropriate. * Producing documents, reports and presentations. * Dealing with incoming email and post. * Liaising with clients, suppliers and other staff. * Coordinating HR activities concerning new joinees as well as properly filing relevant documents. Show less

Secretary

• Jun 2006 - Mar 2010

Deliver professional and secretarial support to the Partner and multiple (senior) managers • Manage demanding diaries, ensuring efficient scheduling of meetings, coordinating with all relevant parties to ensure the best possible use of time and resolving clashes/conflicts appropriately. • Exercise confidentiality, discretion and personal sensitivity in all aspects of the role. • Deal proactively with incoming correspondence/enquiries e.g. mail, fax, e-mail, responding as appropriate. • Ensuring production of high quality complex documents. • Take ownership of enquiries, resolving or escalating (or identifying alternative contacts) as appropriate. • Deliver professional and secretarial support to the HR Partner. • Coordinating HR activities concerning new joinees as well as properly filing relevant documents. • Manage and maintain key communication networks. • Anticipate and provide in an easily accessible way all relevant documents through understanding the nature of the work of the team. • Organise events and conferences or similar activities as appropriate to the role. • Demonstrate strong organisational skills, regularly act on own initiative, highlighting issues and suggesting possible solutions. • Anticipate and coordinate travel and meeting arrangements. • Provide support and coaching for others. • See and act on opportunities to enhance client service. Actively source and share knowledge with others. • Use the firm’s systems for raising bills and completing basic expense claims and for maintaining client information, etc. • Build network of strong working relationships both internally and externally. Show less

Department Secretary

• Jul 2005 - Jun 2006

I delivered professional and secretarial support to the Head of the Department: • Manage demanding diary management. • Coordinating symposia and lectures. • Coordinating the "editorial offices" of two scientific journals. • Editorial assistant of the annual report. • Deal proactively with incoming correspondence/enquiries e.g. mail, fax, e-mail, responding as appropriate. • Supporting the PhD students. • Producing several policy documents, delivering administrative support to publications and grant applications. • Arranging business trips. • Properly filing documents. • Copying, distributing and archiving of documents, dealing with internal and external correspondence. • Answering phones, handling incoming and outgoing mail. Show less

Scripting & data processing

• Aug 2002 - Jun 2005

Writing scripts for telephone and Internet Investigations. Processing of the data in data tables. • Scripting questionnaires for telephone and Internet Investigations. • Processing the data in tables and graphs. • Creating and archiving projects, monitoring of ongoing projects as well as updating documentation. • Taking minutes. • Writing and updating manuals. • Maintaining internal and external customer contacts via E-mail and phone. • Organizing meetings scheduling work. Show less

Cobol programmer

• Jun 2001 - Aug 2002

Conducting analysis and programming activities for a distribution system. • Making both batch and online software. Also creating the JCL. • Processing the data in tables and graphs. • Creating and archiving projects as well as updating documentation. • Work schedule, writing and updating manuals. • Tracking the progress of ongoing projects. • Maintaining internal and external customer contacts via E-mail and phone. Conducting analysis and programming activities for a distribution system. • Making both batch and online software. Also creating the JCL. • Processing the data in tables and graphs. • Creating and archiving projects as well as updating documentation. • Work schedule, writing and updating manuals. • Tracking the progress of ongoing projects. • Maintaining internal and external customer contacts via E-mail and phone.

Java Programmer

• Jun 2000 - Jun 2001

Conducting analysis and programming activities for a system. • During this project I played an active role in several phases. • Responsible for setting up the workplace (both hardware as well as software) • Setting up the project, documenting the progress of the project and providing weekly reports to the project manager, • Taking minutes at work meetings, making task scheduling for the team. • Participating in the technical design and giving feedback on the work of technical designer. • Programming the application. • Organizing a course for several users. Show less

Helpdesk administrator

• Mar 2000 - Jun 2000

• Collecting and recording of all functional and non-functional requirements as well as working with the programmer to ensure proper implementation. • Supporting users of a software package used by travel agencies. • Organizing a course for a small group of users. • Collecting and recording of all functional and non-functional requirements as well as working with the programmer to ensure proper implementation. • Supporting users of a software package used by travel agencies. • Organizing a course for a small group of users.

Junior Programmer (Cobol)

• Sep 1998 - Mar 2000

• During this period I was responsible for conducting analysis and programming activities for several systems at an insurance company. • Programming changes including Millennium (Y2K) and Euro adjustments. • Processing the data regarding performance times in graphs. • Also I was responsible for mapping several custom systems. • Documenting data for the functional and technical designs as well as all test cases. • During this period I was responsible for conducting analysis and programming activities for several systems at an insurance company. • Programming changes including Millennium (Y2K) and Euro adjustments. • Processing the data regarding performance times in graphs. • Also I was responsible for mapping several custom systems. • Documenting data for the functional and technical designs as well as all test cases.