SUMMARY:

• Over 8 Years of diverse experience in Quality Assurance (Manual / Automated) testing with expertise in requirements gathering, analysis, design, application testing & Quality Assurance of Web based applications, Client Server and Mainframe applications.
• Expertise in Test Planning, Test Cases Design, Test Environment Setup, Test Data Setup, Defect Management, Configuration Management.
• Execution of automated test scripts using Mercury Tools (Test Director/Quality Center, LoadRunner, and QTP), Jmeter based on business/functional specifications.
• Proficient in different phases of testing like Sanity Testing, Functional Testing, GUI Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Performance Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Performed Black Box,OBIEE testing, Performance Testing,API Performance Testing, Regression, Disaster Recovery and Validation testing during the testing life cycle of the product release.
• Participated in Integration, System, Smoke and User Acceptance Testing.
• Prepared Test Plan, Effort Estimation and Regression Checklist.
• Prepared User Manuals for Projects/ Modules level.
• Specialized in performance testing applications using load - testing tools such as LoadRunner, Jmeter Performance Center, Wily Interscope.
• Expert in Automation testing Using QTP.
• Good experience as SOAP Web Services Tester.
• Great expertise in testing web services via SOAP, using the open source testing tool SoapUI.
• Extensive experience in using LoadRunner in Web and Web services
• Expertise in Test Management and Bug Tracking tools like Quality Center, Wily introscope, Test Director.
• Strong knowledge of using Single and Multiple protocols in Loadrunner Vugen like Web Http, WebSevices,Ajax Tru Client, SAP Gui,SAP Click and Script, Web Click and Script,Citrix ICA,ODBC,Flex and Oracle NCA.
• Expert in Leading QA Projects and mentoring Team Members
• Knowledge on Visio diagrams and Mainframe technology
• Effort estimation for undertaking new project and prepare reports for the same.
• Ability to identify root causes and derive corrective actions to meet short and long term business requirements using resourceful approaches.
• Exceptional ability to build productive relationships with business users, test teams, development teams and clients across functional and technical disciplines and thus generating accurate and detailed business requirements.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple deadlines and multiple projects effectively through a combination of business and technical skills.
• Strong business analysis skills and thorough understanding of software development life cycle.
• Strong ability to understand and document critical data through effective data collection, data analysis and data interpretation.
• Strong problem solving skills and very good time management skills.
• Ability to master new technologies quickly.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, UNIX, Windows XP,2003,2000,Vista, Windows NT and Linux

Languages: C, C++, VB Scripts, Shell Scripting

Databases: Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MS-ACCESS, MySQL

Web Related: DHTML, XML, HTML

Testing Tools: LoadRunner, Jmeter, Win Runner, Soap UI

Web / Application Servers: Apache, Tomcat, Web logic, Web Sphere, IIS

Methodologies: RUP, Agile, Performance Testing

Project Management /Analysis: MS Project, MS Visio, Clear Case, Clear Quest, Rational Requisite Pro and UML

Other: Performance Center, Site Scope, Wily Introscope, Quality Center, Sharepoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

QA Tester /Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Gathered the requirements and compiled them into Test Plan.
• Followed Agile Methodologies (scrum).
• Responsible for implementing LoadRunner, Performance center, Jmeter based infrastructure including: Architecting the load testing infrastructure, hardware & software integration with LoadRunner.
• Developed Loadrunner Scripts in Web (HTTP/HTML) and Web Services protocols.
• Prepared Test Cases, Vugen scripts, Load Test, Test Data, Execute test, validate results, Manage defects and report results
• Expert in creating Next Generation Usage Pattern Analysis from the Production Logs to generate Performance Load.
• Extensive backend knowledge Oracle 10g,11g, SAP, SOA,JAVA,J2EE,.Net Application Servers.
• Perform optimization; advising on overall BI infrastructure, ETL and BI (front-end) tools; performing BI reporting, SAP Fico Reporting.
• Gathering and finalizing of specs / defining business and functional requirements for BI reporting by conducting workshops, completing BI Report Specifications; guiding disposition of reports between ECC and BI. Setup QA Environment Installing Loadrunner, Jmeter,Silk Performer, QTP, Batch Processes.
• Developed test scripts using groovy for data driven testing of SOAP and REST Web service using SOAP UI.
• Consolidation of QA SAP, Seibel CRM,CMS projects under different LOB's to ensure resource planning, Designing the high-level SAP BI data model for new subject areas, including security require men, SAP, Seibel CRM Business Intelligence Warehouse (BW) SAP Integrated Planning (IP).
• Identified Real World Scenarios and Day in Life Performance Tests.
• Complex Usage Pattern Analysis
• Used Performance Center to define performance requirement like SLA in test.
• Created the load test scenarios using Load Runner Controller from scratch, which includes Creating the VuGen Scripts and Assigning Vuser for each script.
• Performance/ Load testing using HP ALM Performance center 12.1 & 12.5
• Interface with developers, project managers, and management in the development, execution and reporting of test automation results
• Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks during the development lifecycle
• Accurately produce regular project status reports to senior management to ensure on-time project launch.
• Performed Black Box, White Box, Performance testing, Regression, and Validation testing during the testing life cycle of the product release.
• Participated in Integration, System, Smoke and User Acceptance Testing.
• Wrote User Acceptance Test (UAT) Plans and User Acceptance Test Cases.
• Verify that new or upgraded applications meet specified performance requirements.
• Used to identify the queries which taking too long and optimize those queries to improve performance for degrading the performance by looking at the resources such as Available Bytes and Private Bytes.
• Good experience in using APM tool HP SiteScope, AppDynamics, in monitoring business transaction across all tiers (web/app/DB) of the applications. Adding DynaTrace headers to the VuGen scripts to monitor response times closely.
• Inserted GUI, bitmap and database checkpoints to check the functionality and data integrity.
• Involved in updating the whole Oracle based application on UNIX platform.
• Independently develop LoadRunner test scripts according to test specifications/ requirements.

Environment:: LoadRunner12.50,12.02, Jmeter3.1,PerformanceCenter12.0,SoapUI,HPSiteScope, AppDynamics, Web (http/html),VSTS, java, UNIX, Web Services, SQL.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Gathered the requirements and strategize a Test Plan, design scenario and execute test and reports and Results.
• Preparation of Business Process Flow Documents for the identified transactions.
• Developed all the Vuser Scripts using the Jmeter, Loadrunner 12.0 Vugen.
• Involved for setting up and executing of the test cases, and capture data related to performance testing.
• Developed scripts and scenarios for automated testing new and enhanced web based products using LoadRunner, Jmeter.
• Responsible Performance testing, debugging, executing, analyzing complex applications using HP LoadRunner and ALM HP Performance Center.
• Creating and modifying tested externally on a global location.
• Execution of scripts in Controller and Performance Center.
• Used Rendezvous point, Start and End Transaction, Parameterization, Correlation features inVirtual User Generator of LoadRunner.
• Enhanced script by inserting Checkpoints to check if Virtual users are accessing the correct page which they are supposed to be accessing.
• Help application team identify bottlenecks on Apache Tomcat servers.
• Performance measurements on different user load scenarios.
• Coordination with the application team to resolve the application issues.
• Performed performance stress/load test on web and windows based applications using LoadRunner.
• Developed Loadrunner Scripts in PeopleSoft Enterprises, Web, Web Services and Citrix protocols.
• Created a scenario with certain amount of Vusers giving ramp up, ramp down and run time in the controller of Performance center.
• Created Reports/Graphs using Load Runner analysis and Splunk tools.
• Perform the monitoring performance of the application and database servers during the test run using tools like AppDynamics and Wily.
• Good experience in using APM tool AppDynamics, Wily in monitoring business transaction across all tiers (web/app/DB) of the applications.
• Analyzing the results bases on benchmark and publishing the Analysis Report at the end of every performance Run.
• Closely working with performance management team in tuning the identified performance bottle necks and

Retesting the application till these are either eliminated or minimized.

Environment:: LoadRunner 12.0, Jmeter, Performance Center 11.5, AppDynamics, Wily, Splunk, Windows 7,Web (http/html), SharePoint, UNIX, Web Services, SQL.

Confidential

QA Tester/ Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Test Script on the basis of the functional Requirement Document and Scenario from the input from Architecture, Business Analyst and end User.
• Participate in discussions with the business to understand requirements related to Siebel and other applications.
• Actively involved in review meetings.
• Involved in System/Integration Testing, End-to-End Testing and Regression Testing using.
• Performed Regression testing as and when required to ensure the stability of the application.
• Worked with defect life cycle using Quality Center.
• Involved in creating framework, Object Repository and designing the test scripts using QTP.
• Executed the Test Cases, Performed Functional, System, Regression, Ad hoc Testing.
• Reporting of bugs after executing test cases, Defect Analysis and Tracking. QTP
• Performed regression testing after each modification of the application.
• Analyzed System Requirements Specifications and developed appropriate Test Plans and Test cases.
• Involved in conducting Verification, Benchmark test, stress tests, Fail over and volume tests against the application using LoadRunner/Performance Center.
• Developed Vuser scripts using Web (HTTP/HTML), Ajax (Click and Script), Web Services, Microsoft .Net, ODBC, Oracle NCA, PeopleSoft Enterprise protocols
• Documented requirements in the test plan module of the Quality Center.
• Involved in preparing Performance Test Workflow with QC.
• Worked on setting up the Monitors (DynaTrace) as part of performance test executions.
• Extensively used DynaTrace monitoring tool to capture the key server resources matrix and graphs.
• Responsible for carrying out Load testing during various phases of testing.
• Used Load Runner for stress testing the web server and fine-tuning of different web components.
• Generated Vuser scripts and created Scenarios for Load and Performance Testing with different host systems using Load Runner.
• Analyzing the application Garbage Collection logs from the serverusing IBM GC Analyzer tool and AppDynamics.
• Analyzing the task distribution diagram to calculate number of users, think time and pacing which reflects the session behavior.
• Setting up of Rendezvous policies for handling simultaneous users.
• Tested the Network, Transactions and issues related to Web Servers running on TCP/IP protocol using Load Runner.
• Created Reports/Graphs using Load Runner analysis tools. .
• Coordinated and managed offshore activities and assisted the offshore team in various business operations.

Environment:: Siebel 8, LoadRunner 12.0, Performance Center 11.5, DynaTrace, SiteScope, Perfmon, Windows 7, Sharepoint, UNIX, Web (HTTP/HTML),Web Services, Quality Center 9.0, SQL.

Confidential, Omaha, Nebraska

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with Business Analysts and Developers to gather Application Requirements and Business Processes in order to formulate the test plan.
• Developed scripts using LoadRunner by recording/playback and as well as by writing custom functions.
• Involved in test environment build and designed Load (capacity) model on the basis of current volume and projected percentage increase in volume.
• Developed VuGen test scripts in LoadRunner for Oracle forms and JSP pages using NCA and HTTP protocols.
• Used Virtual User Generator to generate VuGen Scripts for Web (Http/Html), .Net and Web Services protocol.
• Interacted directly with developers, project managers for the development, execution and reporting of all testing efforts.
• Actively took ownership of defects and coordinate with different groups from initial finding of defects to final resolution.
• Analyzed Load Runner on-line graphs and reports to identify network/client delays, CPU /memory usage, I/O delays, database locking and other issues at server level.
• Responsible for Performance Tuning Java Application.
• Performed both automatic and manual correlation using the options in LoadRunner.
• Analyzed system usage information such as task distribution diagram and load model to create effective test scenarios.
• Configured Web/Application/Database server monitoring setup using LoadRunner Controller.
• Used IP spoofing to generate and associate different IP addresses to Virtual Users to emulate real-time scenarios for load balancing issues.
• Activating / configuring monitors and adding desired performance counters into the Graphs.
• Performed SQL querying to validate the data in the back end data base, and also to check the data flow between different modules.
• Monitored the CPU, memory, and network utilizations on the UNIX server using Site Scope monitor.
• Analyzed results of Transactions Response time, Transaction under load, Transaction Summary by Vusers, Hit per Second and Throughput.
• Tested Custom Screens, Views and Applets in Siebel to suit the business requirements.
• Responsible for complete functional and regression testing, the Siebel application used to manage and maintain the leasing data in the company.
• Determined the source of bottlenecks by correlating the performance data with end-user loads and response times.

Environment: HP LoadRunner, HP QTP, Performance Center, JMeter,Sharepoint, Sitescope, C, VBScript, TSL, XML, HTML, MS Office, SQL, PL/SQL, WSDL, VTS, SOA, Crystal Reports, Web (HTTP/HTML), WebServices, XML Marker, WebSphere(WAS), IBM HTTP Server(IHS), Unix and Windows.

Confidential

Performance Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with the client to obtain the Business Requirements Specification.
• Implemented the SDLC for the development life cycle and followed the standards process in the application.
• Met with manager, developer groups to determine user requirements and goals. Drafted test strategies, test cases and test plan based on functional specifications.
• Analyzed the requirements and created the test plans and test cases.
• LoadRunner was used to generate Vuser script to simulate multiple client interactions and emulate the behavior of hundreds of real users between the browser and the web server.
• Customize Parameterization in DATA file using via LoadRunner to test the application with different sets of data.
• Inserted rendezvous points to create intense load on the server and thereby to measure server performance.
• Used various techniques like Ramp up, Ramp down, Transaction Point in Load Runner.
• Performed sanity and smoke testing on the application.
• Performed security testing manually to check whether the user gets required access privileges.
• WinRunner was used to perform functional testing process by capturing a business process into a script against the browser simulators.
• Data driven testing was used to play back tests against new versions of the application.
• Participated in meetings with other developers and testers on a regular basis to overcome the communication gap.
• Performed unit, integration, functional testing manually.
• Data- integrity testing and back-end testing was performed manually by creating and executing SQL statements.
• Conducted performance testing on the application using LoadRunner.
• Conducted Regression testing on different versions of the application.
• Usability testing was conducted manually.
• Negative and Positive testing was conducted manually.
• Used Test Director to report and track defects.

Environment: Windows 2000 Professional, Visual Studio .NET, Oracle 8i, Visual Basic .NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, XML, XSLT, HTML, JavaScript, Microsoft Visio 2000,HP LoadRunner, HP QTP, HP QC, HP PC 9.5, Microsoft Visual Source Safe.

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Functional Requirements and Use Cases to create Test Plan and Test Cases.
• Created new, modified and maintained test cases in Quality Center.
• Generated the Requirement Traceability Matrix in the Quality Center to ensure maximum test coverage.
• Executed test cases manually in Quality Center and automatically using Quick Test Pro for functional, regression and load testing of projects.
• Used Standard, Database, Accessibility checkpoints in Quick Test Pro to validate various aspects of the Application under Test.
• Used Descriptive Programming in Quick Test Pro to handle dynamic objects.
• Used Recovery Scenario Manger in QTP to handle exceptions.
• Performed Back-End testing to validate and verify the data by executing SQL queries such as Joins, Aggregate Functions, and Select statements.
• Prepared bug logging documents and reported defects using Clear Quest.
• Generated standard test and defect reports using Quality Center.

Environment: SQL server, Web Services, SOA, N-tier, Agile methodology, Quality Center 9.0, Clear Quest.