Rizwan Shaikh
Senior Software Quality Engineer at Red Hat
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Summary
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Top SchoolRizwan Shaikh is a Senior Software Quality Engineer with 11 years of experience in development, automation, and support, currently leading releases and QA efforts at Red Hat from Pune. He specializes in automation for FreeIPA, contributing integration tests and bug fixes for critical features like replica installation, ACME service, KRA setup, and backup/restore workflows. Comfortable in global Agile teams, he blends hands-on backend and QA engineering with release leadership and a strong ownership mindset. His background spans technical support through senior QA roles, giving him deep operational insight into production behavior and error handling. Notably, his open-source contributions to the widely used FreeIPA project demonstrate practical impact on security infrastructure and access-rights correctness. He holds a distinction in Computer Engineering and brings a pragmatic, team-oriented approach to delivering reliable, secure systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Computer Engineering, First class, Diploma, Computer Engineering, First class at Government Polytechnic, MurtizapurBachelorâs Degree, Computer Engineering, Distinction, Bachelorâs Degree, Computer Engineering, Distinction at SSBT's College of Engineering and Technology, Jalgaon
English, Urdu, Hindi
Github Skills (8)
freeipa10
python10
integration-testing10
testing10
re-store9
backup9
security8
acme8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
freeipa/freeipa
Nov 2017 - Oct 2022
Mirror of FreeIPA, an integrated security information management solution
Role in this project:
Backend & QA Engineer
Backend & QA EngineerContributions:86 reviews, 169 commits, 121 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Mohammad Rizwan Yusuf primarily contributed to testing and fixing bugs within the FreeIPA project. His work included adding integration tests for replica installation, ACME service, and various other functionalities such as the KRA install and backup/restore procedures. He also focused on ensuring the correct behavior of the system, addressing issues related to file ownership, access rights, and error handling.
policyactive-directory-integrationpampythonfreeipa
mrizwan93/test
Aug 2016 - Mar 2021
test repo for practice
Contributions:3 PRs, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 7 months
reactnodejstest-repojest
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