غالب الهاشمي: NORTAL newsletter saying: Welcome, Ghalib

Ghalib, our new QA Consultant in Oman answered some traditional questions for the Meet & Greet section of the newsletter. Welcome, Ghalib!

How did you come to work at Nortal? And why Nortal?

One day, I visited the Knowledge Oasis, where the Nortal office is located, to meet some guys. During this visit, I heard positive news of Nortal from some guys who work in ITA (Information Technology Authority). I became curious to find the Nortal office and when I found it, I met the office manager Salma. I asked her for more details on Nortal and she gave me a web site address. Also, she advised me to apply for the positions that were listed online.

Then, I read more and more about the services Nortal is delivering in Oman, Qatar, Estonia and Serbia and I really liked the great work and I wanted to become a member of Nortal team. As I am Computer System and Network Engineer, I applied.

What do you do here?

I am a Junior QA Consultant and I am responsible for testing and discovering bugs. My task is to clearly define and localise any problems for the developers.

What drives you to work in this field?

As a software engineer, the QA is one of my dicpline. Quality assurance (QA) refers to the planned and systematic activities implemented in a quality system so that quality requirements for a product or service will be fulfilled. It has helped me be more creative in finding tricky ways to test the systems.

What’s your educational background?

I have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Networks and Systems Engineering from Sultan Qaboos University. I also concluded a 9-week-long training in Engineering Services MODES at Ministry of Defence which included maintaining network devices, monitoring network users and managing network security systems.