ASHIK ALI ABDUL AZIZ
Japanese Bilingual QA Engineer
Tokyo
Summary
JLPT N1-certified Japanese-English bilingual IT professional with over 5 years of experience in quality assurance, business analysis, and interpretation. Expertise in fostering effective interactions with customers and stakeholders, including requirements gathering, progress reporting, and product demonstrations. Hands-on proficiency in tools such as Jira, Teamcenter, and SharePoint. Certified in ISTQB Foundation and Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900), with specialized training in no-code test automation tools like Autify and mabl. Proven success in both onsite and offshore projects in Japan, skilled at bridging technical and business teams to deliver high-quality IT solutions.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
PLM Tester
FIDEL CONSULTING KK
06.2025 - Current
- Industry/Domain: IT Services– Life Sciences (PLM System QA)
- Project Overview: QA project for a Teamcenter-based PLM system used by a major life sciences company.
- Project Type: Operational Maintenance (QA)
- Responsibilities: Executed test cases on the Japanese Teamcenter system; reported bugs in JIRA; prepared test data; collaborated with teams for validation and reporting.
- Team Size: 7
- Work Location: Japan(Tokyo) - Remote
- Tools: Teamcenter, JIRA, SharePoint, MS365
Technical Interpreter and Translator
NEX-GEN CORPORATION
11.2022 - 04.2025
- Industry/Domain: IT Services – Aviation / Airport Operations (Communication & Infrastructure QA)
- Project Overview: Aircraft Management Software Quality Control Project
- Project Type: Operational Maintenance (QA)
- Responsibilities: Coordinated internal team and customer interpretation; provided consecutive and simultaneous interpretation; recorded meeting minutes.
- Team Size: 5
- Work Location: Japan(Tokyo) - Hybrid
- Tools: MS365, Google Sheets
Project Coordinator
NEX-GEN CORPORATION
04.2024 - 10.2024
- Industry/Domain: IT Services – Aviation / Airport Operations (Systems Integration & QA)
- Project Overview: Aircraft Management Software Quality Control Project
- Project Type: Operational Maintenance (QA)
- Responsibilities: Reported and confirmed project progress; translated test cases; coordinated internal team and customer interpretation.
- Team Size: 10
- Work Location: Japan(Tokyo) - Hybrid
- Tools: MS365, Google Sheets, Redmine
Technical Interpreter and Translator
NEX-GEN CORPORATION
02.2024 - 04.2024
- Industry/Domain: IT Services – Automotive Manufacturing
- Project Overview: AI Chat Assistant Implementation Project
- AI-based Website Development for Corporate Use
- Project Type: New Implementation (Agile development)
- Responsibilities: Coordinated offshore and onsite interpretation; provided consecutive and simultaneous interpretation; created glossaries and translated materials.
- Team Size: 10
- Work Location: Japan(Tokyo) - Remote
- Tools: Confluence, JIRA, MS365, Google Sheets
QA Lead
NEX-GEN CORPORATION
07.2023 - 02.2024
- Industry/Domain: IT Services – Insurance / Life Insurance (Sales Tool QA & Maintenance)
- Project Overview: Operational Maintenance of Sales Activity Management Tool using Salesforce. Customer Web Site for Individual and Corporate Insurance Subscription
- Project Type: Operational Maintenance (Agile development for additional development)
- Responsibilities: Created test plans; performed functional and integration testing; developed and executed test cases; prepared test result reports; managed work progress and assigned tasks to team members; summarized work reports as lead; coordinated with stakeholders.
- Team Size: 4
- Work Location: Japan(Tokyo) - Onsite
- Tools: Confluence, SharePoint, JIRA, MS365
Business Analyst
NEX-GEN CORPORATION
11.2022 - 06.2023
- Industry/Domain: IT Services – SaaS / Service Matching Platform
- Responsibilities: Gathered and analyzed requirements from Japanese customers; managed project progress; conducted meetings; prepared requirement documentation; managed daily scrum activities.
- Team Size: 10
- Work Location: Japan(Tokyo) - Hybrid
- Tools: MS365, Google Workspace
Business Analyst
NEXWARE TECHNOLOGIES
05.2022 - 06.2023
- Industry/Domain: IT Services – SaaS / Job Search Platform
- Responsibilities: Gathered and analyzed requirements from Japanese customers; communicated with clients and managed project progress; conducted functional testing; documented requirements; reported defects; tracked progress and managed daily scrums.
- Team Size: 6
- Work Location: Japan(Tokyo) - Hybrid
- Tools: MS365, Google Workspace, Chatwork
Business Analyst
NEXWARE TECHNOLOGIES
01.2022 - 06.2023
- Industry/Domain: IT Services – Real Estate / B2B 2D Floor Planning SaaS
- Responsibilities: Gathered and analyzed requirements from Japanese customers; managed project progress; prepared requirement documentation and tracked project status.
- Team Size: 10
- Work Location: Japan(Tokyo)
- Tools: MS365, Google Workspace
Business Analyst & QA Engineer
NEXWARE TECHNOLOGIES
02.2021 - 07.2022
- Industry/Domain: IT Services – SaaS / Service Matching Platform
- Responsibilities: Gathered and analyzed requirements; communicated with customers and managed project progress; created requirement documents and wireframes; executed regression, functional, integration, and E2E testing; created and ran test cases; reported and tracked defects.
- Team Size: 5
- Work Location: India
- Tools: MS365, Google Workspace, JIRA
QA Engineer
NEXWARE TECHNOLOGIES
11.2020 - 01.2021
- Industry/Domain: IT Services – SaaS / Food Delivery App (QA)
- Responsibilities: Executed regression, functional, and integration testing; created and executed test cases; reported and tracked defects to ensure software quality.
- Team Size: 10
- Work Location: India
- Tools: MS365, Google Workspace
QA Engineer
NEXWARE TECHNOLOGIES
10.2020 - 12.2020
- Industry/Domain: IT Services – Real Estate / SaaS Productivity Tool (QA)
- Responsibilities: Executed regression, functional, integration and E2E testing; created and executed test cases; reported and tracked defects to ensure application quality.
- Team Size: 4
- Work Location: India
- Tools: MS365, Google Workspace
Trainee Software Engineer / QA
NEXWARE TECHNOLOGIES
02.2020 - 10.2020
- Industry/Domain: IT Services – SaaS / Social Networking App (QA & Trainee Software Engineer)
- Responsibilities: Executed regression, functional, and integration testing; created and executed test cases; reported and tracked defects; learned Java, HTML, Spring Boot, and practiced Japanese.
- Team Size: 6
- Work Location: India
- Tools: Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs, Drive) / MS Excel
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
BSAR Crescent Institute of Science and Technology
Vandalur, Tamil Nadu03.2020
Higher Secondary Certificate - Branch of Computer Science
GGSMM Higher Secondary School
Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu04.2016
Secondary School Leaving Certificate - undefined
AMHS School
Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu04.2014
Skills
- Client relationship building
- Skilled in technical problem-solving
- Quality assurance and testing
- Business process improvement
- Project management tools proficiency
- Collaboration with diverse teams
- Business analysis expertise
- Fluent in Japanese and English communication
- Project management assistance
- Bilingual documentation in English and Japanese
Certification
- Japanese Language Proficiency Test JLPT N1 [Jul 2023]
- TOEIC Listening & Reading Test: Score 925 [Jun 2025]
- ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level [Jun 2025]
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) [Jul 2025]
- Autify: Test Automation Design Fundamentals [Jul 2025]
- Mabl: Test Automation Foundations [Aug 2025]
Languages
English: Fluent Level (TOEIC score 925)
Japanese: Fluent Level (JLPT N1 Certified)
Timeline
PLM Tester
FIDEL CONSULTING KK
06.2025 - Current
Project Coordinator
NEX-GEN CORPORATION
04.2024 - 10.2024
Technical Interpreter and Translator
NEX-GEN CORPORATION
02.2024 - 04.2024
QA Lead
NEX-GEN CORPORATION
07.2023 - 02.2024
Technical Interpreter and Translator
NEX-GEN CORPORATION
11.2022 - 04.2025
Business Analyst
NEX-GEN CORPORATION
11.2022 - 06.2023
Business Analyst
NEXWARE TECHNOLOGIES
05.2022 - 06.2023
Business Analyst
NEXWARE TECHNOLOGIES
01.2022 - 06.2023
Business Analyst & QA Engineer
NEXWARE TECHNOLOGIES
02.2021 - 07.2022
QA Engineer
NEXWARE TECHNOLOGIES
11.2020 - 01.2021
QA Engineer
NEXWARE TECHNOLOGIES
10.2020 - 12.2020
Trainee Software Engineer / QA
NEXWARE TECHNOLOGIES
02.2020 - 10.2020
Secondary School Leaving Certificate - undefined
AMHS School
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
BSAR Crescent Institute of Science and Technology
Higher Secondary Certificate - Branch of Computer Science
GGSMM Higher Secondary School