salim bouchali

Salim BOUCHALI
Montreal, QC | +1 514 247 1906 | sbouchali@gmail.com

Senior Functional Analyst | AI & Quality Assurance (AI‑Assisted)

PROFILE
Master’s degree in Information Technology with 15+ years of experience in IT, including 10+ years in Quality Assurance and solution validation across corporate and government environments. Currently working as a Senior Functional Analyst in critical financial and trading contexts, with growing hands‑on experience in applied AI (LLMs and agentic workflows) to accelerate analysis, documentation, requirements structuring, and process optimization.

EDUCATION
Master’s Degree – Web Science, Culture & Web Professions, Université de Marne‑la‑Vallée, France (2008–2010)
Quality Assurance Certification – FITEC, Paris, France (2010–2011)

CORE SKILLS
Functional analysis, use cases, acceptance criteria, documentation • QA strategy, functional & non‑functional testing, defect management • Jira, Confluence, Xray, HP QC, MTM, TestRail • Agile / Scrum • Applied AI: OpenAI, ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot, agentic AI • VS Code, Microsoft Office

LANGUAGES
French: Native | English: Professional working proficiency

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

National Bank of Canada (NBC) – Montreal, QC
Senior Functional Analyst | AI & Quality Assurance (AI‑Assisted)
Jan 2018 – Present
IT transformation within wealth management and trading platforms.

• Translate business needs into use cases, acceptance criteria, and functional scenarios

• Collaborate with business and IT teams in Agile (Scrum) delivery

• Validate solution quality and assess risks, impacts, and dependencies

• Contribute to test strategies and execute functional and non‑functional testing across the full lifecycle

• Use LLMs and agentic AI workflows to accelerate analysis and documentation

• Leverage VS Code and AI tools to prototype, optimize, and automate processes

Previous Experience (Summary)

• Vidéotron (2017) – QA Analyst: Mobile apps QA, usability testing, test planning

• CGI – City of Montreal (2016–2017) – QA Analyst: ERP interface testing, defect management

• CGI – Québec Ministry of Immigration (2016) – IT QA Analyst: Large‑scale digital program

• Orange / France Telecom (2012–2015) – IT QA Lead: Test strategy and QA leadership

• SFR & Bouygues Telecom – ALTEN (2011–2012) – QA Consultant / Analyst

• Early roles: IT Development Technician, Webmaster Assistant, IT Project Assistant