Summary:

• Expert in writing, analyzing and executing test cases, test scenarios test scripts and the usage of various tools for bug tracking Rational Clear Quest, HP Quality Center/ALM and generating Daily, Weekly and Monthly reports.
• Using test tools such as HP Load Runner 9.52 and 11.52 , ALM, Quality Center, Performance center 11, QTP, HP performance manager, Site scope.
• Expertise in maintaining Test Matrix and Requirement Tractability Metrics RTM .
• Extensively created SQL scripts for test data seeding and database validation
• Extensive Experience in working on Manual Testing Methodologies like Black Box, White Box, Joint Application Development JAD , Agile-SCRUM, Waterfall Methodology and Spiral Methodology.
• Proficiency in working on different databases like Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2
• Proficient with Performance Monitoring Capacity Planning Tools HP Site Scope, WILY Introscope, HP Performance Manager
• Skillful in software specification analysis, writing test plan, test objectives, test strategy and traceability test environment. Excellent analytical skills for understanding the business requirements, business rules/processes, Solutions Approach and detailed design of the application.
• Managing multiple projects, participating in SQA review of projects and client interaction.
• Strong aptitude in implementing Performance Standards and Testing Methodologies for Large Enterprise GUI and Web Applications using Use Case Documents, Functional Specifications and Business Requirements.
• Exposure to various programming environments such as JAVA, .Net framework, across different operating systems like Windows and various flavors of UNIX.
• Actively participated in all the stages of Software Development Life Cycle SDLC , QA Life Cycle and Testing Life cycle. Highly Proficient with the Manual Testing and automated testing.
• Performed System Testing including Functional, User Acceptance, End to End, UAT Regression and also performed automation and Performance Testing using software-testing tools such as QuickTestPro, Load Runner and test management tools like Quality Center, Test Director,
• 11 years of Quality Assurance experience and working as a lead with strong expertise in Performance/Load Stress Testing using HP Performance Center/Load Runner, Qtp Quality center with various Domain experience: Telecom, Banking Health Care.
• Experience in Performance Testing using several protocols like Web HTTP/HTML, Web Services, Citrix and Database applications and Client/Server- browser-based Environments.
• Worked extensively with Load Runner 9.52/11.52. Created Scenarios, Ran tests with IP Spoofing with process and multithreaded environments, analyzed and generated performance test reports.
• Monitoring system resources using VM Stat, I/O Stat commands and collecting the metrics like CPU utilization, memory use, Disks I/O rates, transfers, read/write ratios and Paging space and paging rates etc.
• Hands on Monitoring the Resource usage of Web Servers, App Servers, Database Server using different types of monitoring tools during Performance testing.
• Excellent Documentation, Management and Presentation skills for the QA Project Team including Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Case Specs, Test Requirement, Test Case Matrix, Test Reports and Defect Reports.
• Ability to work independently or as a team member with excellent written and verbal communication skills

TOOLS TECHNOLOGIES:

Certifications:

HP0-M48: HP Load Runner 11 Software Certification

HP0-M49: HP Virtual User Generator Certification

OCA: Oracle Certified Associate

Professional Experience:

Confidential

Performance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on different modules within Kp.org and served as a Performance Analyst.
• Prepared Vugen scripts using Load Runner for health checks.
• Designed HP Load Runner with Virtual User Generator for HTML/HTTP Web Protocols.
• Created and executed Load Runner scenarios with Failover conditions, high volume, Network latency, etc.
• Used HP Service Manager to raise Service requests and tickets.
• Responsible for reviewing and verifying that performance requirements are documented and stated in measurable terms, Includes reviewing Architecture design, software design, and non functional requirements documents.
• Responsible for giving feedback to the development team with possible improvements and discovered Performance issues/bottlenecks.
• Involved in capturing data from production using BSM and Foglight tools and analyze them bottlenecks found in Splunk tool.
• Executed Load Runner scenarios based on complex business scenarios with different monitors for Stress testing, Scalability testing, Failover testing, and Load testing.
• Responsible for creating the performance test plan, managing performance test scheduling and logistics, after reviewing and verifying performance requirements. Includes analysis, reporting and presenting performance test results to stakeholders.
• Involved in creating and maintaining of the projects using HP Performance Center 9.52/11.52
• Analyzed Load Test Runs resource utilization Processor, Network, Disk I/O, and Memory .
• Responsible for publishing daily and weekly status reports when needed.
• Involved in communicating the performance testing process and status to project team members and the test manager to ensure timelines and quality are met.
• Responsible for performance measurement strategies to observe application and infrastructure performance across diverse hardware, operating systems, application servers, and databases, includes Client Experience.
• Monitoring, transaction tracing with diagnostic tools Foglight, HP BSM Splunk to detect, isolate, and resolve performance issues throughout the technology stack.
• Created Performance test report at the end of each release and provided it to the management.

Environment: Load Runner9.52/11.52, , Windows server 2003/XP, Quality Center, Oracle, SQL Server, web services, UNIX, MS Office Tools, Java, HTML, DHTML, Web logic 10.x, ALM, Wily, HP Performance Center.

Confidential

Sr. Performance Test Engineer/Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked on different applications within Verizon and served as a Performance Test engineer for several Projects.
• Mentored, trained teammates/team on using different applications and understanding the testing requirements.
• Designed HP Load Runner with Virtual User Generator for HTML/HTTP Web Protocols.
• Involved in creating and maintaining of the projects using HP Performance Center 9.52/11.52
• Responsible for creating the performance test plan, managing performance test scheduling and logistics, after reviewing and verifying performance requirements. Includes analysis, reporting and presenting performance test results to stakeholders.
• Executed Load Runner scenarios based on complex business scenarios with different monitors for Stress testing, Scalability testing, Failover testing, and Load testing.
• Involved in the evaluation of Functional Performance testing tools and contributed to the evaluation report.
• Responsible for giving feedback to the development team with possible improvements and discovered Performance issues/bottlenecks.
• Responsible for reviewing and verifying that performance requirements are documented and stated in measurable terms, Includes reviewing Architecture design, software design, and non functional requirements documents.
• Analyzed the load test results including transactions by drilling down, merged graphs overlay graphs, correlate graphs , cross result graphs and auto correlating measurements and thus focusing on behavior patterns and identifying problematic elements using the Load Runner Analysis tool and SOASTA.
• Used RTC and Quality Center/ALM to raise defects and track defects.
• Used HP Service Manager to raise Service requests and tickets.
• Created and executed Load Runner scenarios with Failover conditions, high volume, Network latency, etc.
• Analyzed Load Test Runs resource utilization Processor, Network, Disk I/O, and Memory .
• Responsible for publishing daily and weekly status reports when needed.
• Involved in communicating the performance testing process and status to project team members and the test manager to ensure timelines and quality are met.
• Responsible for performance measurement strategies to observe application and infrastructure performance across diverse hardware, operating systems, application servers, and databases, includes Client Experience.
• Monitoring, transaction tracing with diagnostic tools Wily, Sitescope, HP Performance Manager, Perfmon to detect, isolate, and resolve performance issues throughout the technology stack.
• Created Performance test report at the end of each release and provided it to the management.

Environment: Load Runner9.52/11.52, , Windows server 2003/XP, Quality Center, Oracle, SQL Server, web services, UNIX, MS Office Tools, Java, HTML, DHTML, Web logic 10.x, ALM, Wily, HP Performance Center.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated with offshore team on developing test planning, scripts, scenarios, execution, and results analysis.
• Worked with App team and developer to select Use Cases to gather performance tests requirements and SLA for verities of java based financial applications.
• Gathered, consolidated requirements for generating performance goals and test plans.
• Developed test scripts in VuGen using Web/http Web Service. Enhanced the scripts by adding checkpoints, functions in C Language, transactions, created parameters, and performed manual correlation to develop robust scripts.
• Used Performance Center to manage and execute the performance test.
• Ran Load, Stress, Soak, and Fail over test for verities of security applications.
• Worked with DBA, Sys Admin, and development team to tune database and application performance.
• Used HP Quality Center to track any performance defects.
• Gathered server monitoring stats and database usages to analyze the overall performance of the application.
• Prepared and published detail Test Report for app team and upper management.
• Attended strategy and planning meeting with management and Application team on regular basis.
• Discussed current test status or over all progress and suggested the strategy to finish the test on time.

Confidential

Sr. Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with App team and developer to select Use Cases to gather performance tests requirements and SLA for verities of java based financial applications.
• Gathered, consolidated requirements for generating performance goals and test plans.
• Developed test scripts in VuGen using Web/http Web Service. Enhanced the scripts by adding checkpoints, functions in C Language, transactions, created parameters, and performed manual correlation to develop robust scripts.
• Used Performance Center to manage and execute the performance test.
• Ran Load, Stress, Soak, and Fail over test for verities of security applications.
• Worked with DBA, Sys Admin, and development team to tune database and application performance.
• Used HP Quality Center to track any performance defects.
• Gathered server monitoring stats and database usages to analyze the overall performance of the application.
• Prepared and published detail Test Report for app team and upper management.
• Attended strategy and planning meeting with management and Application team on regular basis.
• Discussed current test status or over all progress and suggested the strategy to finish the test on time.

Environment: Load Runner9.52/11.52, Web logic Application Server 11.x, Maven 3.x, JDK 1.6, Spring 3.0, Hibernate, Oracle 11G, SQL, JQuery, Crucible, JIRA, Mockito 1.9.5, ALM, Wily, HP Performance Manager.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with App team and developer to select Use Cases to gather performance tests requirements and SLA for verities of java based financial applications.
• Gathered, consolidated requirements for generating performance goals and test plans.
• Developed test scripts in VuGen using Web/http Web Service. Enhanced the scripts by adding checkpoints, functions in C Language, transactions, created parameters, and performed manual correlation to develop robust scripts.
• Used Performance Center to manage and execute the performance test.
• Ran Load, Stress, Soak, and Fail over test for verities of security applications.
• Worked with DBA, Sys Admin, and development team to tune database and application performance.
• Used HP Quality Center to track any performance defects.
• Gathered server monitoring stats and database usages to analyze the overall performance of the application.
• Prepared and published detail Test Report for app team and upper management.
• Attended strategy and planning meeting with management and Application team on regular basis.
• Discussed current test status or over all progress and suggested the strategy to finish the test on time.

Environment: Load Runner9.52/11.52, Weblogic Application Server 11.x, Maven 3.x, JDK 1.6, Spring 3.0, Hibernate, Oracle 11G, SQL, Crucible, JIRA, Mockito 1.9.5ALM, Wily, HP Performance Manager.

Confidential

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Project preparation, its times lines, early prediction of the risks, risk assessment and risk mitigation.
• Tool licensing, installation and configuration.
• System testing, functional testing and regression testing.
• Develop scripts in Vugen and Run the scripts from HP performance center.
• Logging defects in Quality center.
• Assigning and reviewing tasks to team members.
• Deriving test planning and test strategy from requirements.
• effort estimation.
• Understanding the system architecture and identifying load injection points and set up appropriate monitoring tools
• Written correlation functions to capture dynamic content of the application.
• Design and development of test scenarios.
• Baseline test for 100 Vusers.
• Run Load for 600 users and 800 users for stress test.
• Closely working with BA, Functional, ABAP and Basis on issue resolution.
• Capturing each component level metrics Network, Web, APP and Database .
• Tuning recommendations provided by Tcodes ST03N, STAD and Oracle AWR reports.
• Documenting the results.
• Defect tracking in Quality center if differs from SLA.
• Determination of bench mark for batch jobs and its execution.

Environment: Mainframes, HP performance center, Unix, SAP APO, ECC- SD, HR, Java, web, Oracle, Site scope and Diagnostics.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated with the stakeholders, different teams and define performance NFR's
• Involved in preparing Test Methodology, Performance Test approach, Test cases and Effort estimation
• Implemented Proof of Concept PoC to research new protocols
• Assisted in project planning, scheduling, budgeting and tracking activities.
• Understood the system architecture and identify appropriate monitoring tools.
• Setup performance monitoring tools and processes.
• Created realistic workload scenarios for Load and Stress tests.
• Performance Test script Generation and execution
• Monitored the Servers to identify bottlenecks and providing tuning recommendations
• Analyzed load test results compile analysis into reports, and present findings to project teams
• Retested and Final Performance Report Presentation

Environment: Windows XP/2000, .Net, SQL Server, C and DotNet, MS SQL, HP LoadRunner 9.5, HP Sitescope

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Participated in writing Performance Test Plan and Test Scripts HTTP HTML // Click Script Protocol , software documentation from business, technical and functional requirement.
• Creation of Performance Test Data and scenarios based on the real user experience
• Monitoring of Web Server//Application server Database Server
• Reporting of issues found during the load testing
• Bench Mark testing for the application based on performance testing results
• Prediction of expected results in Load testing and analysis of final output
• Regeneration of old Load runner scripts written in the different protocol
• Defining generic Correlation rules manual correlation
• Scheduling of all the Load Tests, Analysis of results monitoring of all the middleware and network components using Performance Center
• Created and documented the Performance Test Designs for each functional area mentioned in Test Plans.
• 24/7 Support for the Volume Testing
• Performed Volume, Performance, Load and Stress testing using Load Runner.
• Reviewed the Performance Test Designs with QA team members and technical analysts.
• Developed Performance test cases and verified actual results with expected results.
• Performed Integration, System, and Functional testing Under Peak Load as per requirements.
• Designing the Performance Test Architecture and the Scenarios
• Utilized process-based Performance test management system Performance Center for organizing test requirement's documents and test plans.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Test Cases and Test Scripts and executed them for testing functional specifications according to the use cases.
• During testing life cycle, performed different types of testing like system testing, Integration testing and Regression testing
• Designed Automation Test cases ie E2E scenarios
• Designing and Defining Automation Suit and prepared Library, Utility functions for Regression.
• Reviewing Automating the test cases and follow the quality standards.
• Involved in giving KT to new resources in Automation QTP
• Given training to Off Shore testers in Automation Both QTP and Load Runner
• Prediction of expected results in Load testing and analysis of final output
• Bench Mark testing for the application based on performance testing results
• Reporting of issues found during the load testing
• Creation of Performance Test Data and scenarios based on the real user experience
• Reporting the bugs in Clear Quest.
• Tracking the Status Reports in Quality Center.
• Performed Load Test for RMS set of applications using Performance Center tool.
• Regeneration of old Load runner scripts written in the different protocol
• Defining generic Correlation rules manual correlation
• Scheduling of all the Load Tests, Analysis of results monitoring of all the middleware and network components using Performance Center
• Created and documented the Performance Test Designs for each functional area mentioned in Test Plans.
• Performed Volume, Performance, Load and Stress testing using Load Runner.
• Reviewed the Performance Test Designs with QA team members and technical analysts.
• Developed Performance test cases and verified actual results with expected results.
• Performed Integration, System, and Functional testing Under Peak Load as per requirements.
• Designing the Performance Test Architecture and the Scenarios
• Utilized process-based Performance test management system Performance Center for organizing test requirement's documents and test plans.

Environment: Load Runner9.52/11.52, , Windows server 2003/XP, Quality Center, Oracle, SQL Server, web services, UNIX, MS Office Tools, Java, HTML, DHTML, Web logic 10.x, ALM, Wily, HP Performance Manager.

Confidential

Performance test engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed the Test Cases, Test Scripts and the Bugs Reported by the Team Using Quality Center 9.0.
• Regression testing using Keyword Driven Framework.
• Carried out positive and negative testing
• Carried out GUI Testing using QTP 9.2.
• Created Utility functions to enhance test scripts.
• Creation of Performance Test Data and scenarios based on the real user experience
• Reporting of issues found during the load testing
• Regeneration of old Load runner scripts written in the different protocol
• Defining generic Correlation rules manual correlation
• Scheduling of all the Load Tests, Analysis of results monitoring of all the middleware and network components using Performance Center
• Created and documented the Performance Test Designs for each functional area mentioned in Test Plans.
• Performed Volume, Performance, Load and Stress testing using Load Runner.
• Reviewed the Performance Test Designs with QA team members and technical analysts.
• Developed Performance test cases and verified actual results with expected results.
• Performed Integration, System, and Functional testing Under Peak Load as per requirements.
• Designing the Performance Test Architecture and the Scenarios
• Utilized process-based Performance test management system Performance Center for organizing test requirement's documents and test plans.
• Prepared Test Cases and Test Scripts and executed them for testing functional specifications according to the use cases.

Environment: Java, JDBC, JSP, JavaScript, Oracle 9i, Windows 2000, Load Runner, QTP 9.2 Quality Center 9.0

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated with the stakeholders, different teams and define performance NFR's
• Involved in preparing Test Methodology, Performance Test approach, Test cases and Effort estimation
• Implemented Proof of Concept PoC to research new protocols
• Assisted in project planning, scheduling, budgeting and tracking activities.
• Understood the system architecture and identify appropriate monitoring tools.
• Setup performance monitoring tools and processes.
• Created realistic workload scenarios for Load and Stress tests.
• Performance Test script Generation and execution
• Monitored the Servers to identify bottlenecks and providing tuning recommendations
• Defining generic Correlation rules manual correlation.
• Regeneration of old Load runner scripts written in the different protocol.
• Prediction of expected results in Load testing and analysis of final output.
• Reporting of issues found during the load testing.
• Creation of Performance Test Data and scenarios based on the real user experience.
• Retested and Final Performance Report Presentation
• Analyzed load test results compile analysis into reports, and present findings to project teams
• Scheduling of all the Load Tests, Analysis of results monitoring of all the middleware and network components using Performance Center.
• Created and documented the Performance Test Designs for each functional area mentioned in Test Plans.
• Performed Volume, Performance, Load and Stress testing using Load Runner.
• Study the requirements and identify the test scenarios
• Preparation of test cases using functional specification
• Execution of test cases and test report preparation
• Installation testing on Client environment

Environment: Centura Team Developer, Java Script, Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, Windows 2000/NT, Load runner, QTP 8.2 QC.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Creation of Performance Test Data and scenarios based on the real user experience.
• Reporting of issues found during the load testing.
• Prediction of expected results in Load testing and analysis of final output.
• Regeneration of old Load runner scripts written in the different protocol.
• Defining generic Correlation rules manual correlation.
• Scheduling of all the Load Tests, Analysis of results monitoring of all the middleware and network components using Performance Center.
• Created and documented the Performance Test Designs for each functional area mentioned in Test Plans.
• 24/7 Support for the Volume Testing.
• Performed Volume, Performance, Load and Stress testing using Load Runner.
• Study the requirements and identify the test scenarios.
• Preparation of test cases using functional specification.
• Execution of test cases and test report preparation.
• Defect logging and tracking.
• Installation testing on Client environment.
• Communicating the issues with development team.

Environment: Centura Team Developer, Java Script, Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, Windows 2000/NT, Load runner, QTP 8.2 QC

Confidential

Performance test engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reporting of issues found during the load testing.
• Prediction of expected results in Load testing and analysis of final output.
• Regeneration of old Load runner scripts written in the different protocol.
• Executed the scenario.
• Prepared interim report after executing each load test.
• Analyzed the result.
• Defining generic Correlation rules manual correlation.
• Scheduling of all the Load Tests, Analysis of results monitoring of all the middleware and network components using Performance Center.
• Created and documented the Performance Test Designs for each functional area mentioned in Test Plans.
• Preparation of test cases using functional specification.
• Execution of test cases and test report preparation.
• Defect logging and tracking.
• Installation testing on Client environment.
• Communicating the issues with development team.
• Identified the functional scenarios to do performance testing
• Built the environment for performance testing
• Prepared Test Plan - You can get about this from any where other wise post a question I will reply.
• Creation of Performance Test Data and scenarios based on the real user experience.
• Created the Test Script Vuser script , assuming that Test Data is ready.
• Created performance scenario in LR creating scenario in Controller .
• Conducted Performance smoke testing.
• Prepared final Performance Report.

Environment: Java, Swing, Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, Windows 98, Load runner, QTP QC