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Iqra Kanwal

Backend Engineer at National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA)

Doha, Qatar

Work Experience

  • Backend Engineer

    National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA)

    Feb 2025 - Present -4 months

    Qatar

    • Job Details:Developed internal and intranet portals for NCSA, utilizing Liferay CMS and Spring frameworks to deliver secure, high-performance solutions for government operations. Integrated Microsoft Azure, MySQL, and Elasticsearch to optimize backend data storage, retrieval, and search functionalities. Optimized performance of existing APIs by refactoring code, improving data structures, and implementing caching. Developed secure backend systems for company onboarding and profile management using Spring Boot, Java, and RESTful APIs.
  • Senior Software Engineer

    Code District

    Feb 2024 - Jan 2025 -11 months

    Pakistan

    • Job Details:Designed and maintained a scalable educational platform with an integrated online IDE for hardware simulations. Engineered advanced features to enhance platform usability and boost user engagement. Implemented OAuth2-based authentication using Google APIs. Cut deployment time by 40% and improved system reliability by migrating the build system from Ant to Maven and containerizing environments using Docker.
  • Software Engineer

    i2c Inc.

    Jul 2020 - Jan 2024 -3 yrs, 6 months

    Pakistan

    • Job Details:Developed new features using Java 8, Spring Boot, Struts, JSPs, Servlets, and SQL. Collaborated with a team of quality consultants to automate modules, resulting in a 25% reduction in manual testing time.
  • Intern

    Techlogix Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.

    Jun 2019 - Aug 2019 -2 months

    Pakistan

    • Job Details:Worked on frontend development using Angular. Designed an online grocery store app.
  • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree in Software Project Management

      National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

      Jan 2022 - Jan 2024 - 2 yr

    • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering

      University Of Engineering And Technology

      Jan 2016 - Jan 2020 - 4 yr

    Skills

    • JavaScript
    • Spring MVC
    • Spring Boot
    • jQuery
    • JSP
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Maven
    • Docker
    • MySQL
    • PostgreSQL
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    Languages

    • English

      Fluent
    • Urdu

      Fluent
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