SUMMARY:

• Over 6 (Six) years of Software Quality Assurance (QA) experience working with Client/Server and Web applications. Experience with Performance testing and Functional testing using tools like; HP LoadRunner, JMeter and Performance Center.
• Solid understanding in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and QA Methodologies.
• Experience in analysis of Software Requirement Specifications, use cases, and development of Test Plans and Test Scripts. Demonstrated strong understanding of various SDLC processes, QA lifecycle and methodology with expertise in using market leading performance testing tools.
• Expert in Black Box, Smoke, Functional, Positive, Negative, Integration, System, Regression, UAT, and Automation Testing. Demonstrated experience in Performance Testing of web applications and Experience working with agile/scrum team.
• Possess excellent skills in Manual Testing along with skills in Automation Testing using Quick Test Professional (QTP), SoapUI and Mercury Quality Center
• Hands on experience with using performance testing tools such as JMeter, Blazemeter, HP Loadrunner. Hands - on Multiple Protocols such as; (Web HTTP/HTML, Web Services, Soap/Rest API, Java Vuser, Ajax TrueClient, Mobile Trueclient and Citrix.
• Extensively involved in Performance, Load and Stress Testing and Mobile Performance Testing.
• Experienced with Dynatrace AppMon for application performance diagnostics profiling, bottleneck identification and root cause analysis.
• Good working knowledge of distributed systems, web infrastructure and protocols, network architectures and distributed transaction processing.
• A solid experience with front end performance testing tools such as HttpWatch, Firebug or Fiddler and Experience working with json/regular expressions and experience with Web UI and API/Web service. Expertise in Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), and working experience in writing complex queries. Experience with iOS and Android for functional and Mobile Performance Testing.
• Experience in Agile Software development methodology and process. Strong communicator and skillful in working closely with customers to identify and resolve problems. Ability to effectively communicate and escalate issues to team leads, managers and executives on technical and business issues relating to performance. Experienced in Insurance, health, Banking and Retail Life Cycle Process. Good analytical skills and programming knowledge.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software Testing Tools: HP Load Runner, JMeter, Fiddler, BlazeMeter, Mercury Interactive Quick Test Professional, Win Runner, ALM Performance Center, PVCS Tracker, Rational Test Suite, TOAD, Putty, JIRA and TFS.

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, UNIX, Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP

Databases: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access, My SQL

Language: Oracle, SQL, C++, Java, JSON,.net, Xml API's, HTML, CSS, DHTML

Web Technologies: Fiddler, Firebug, Http watch and Experience in technologies: Java, J2EE, PageSpeed Insights and Google Webpagetest

Servers: Tomcat, JBoss, J2EE, IBM WebSphere, Apache Http server, VMWare, WebLogic, J2EE, Ftp Pro, IIS

Profiling / APM Tools: DynaTrace Client, HP SiteScope, Standard Set, .Net, JConsole,JVM and Site 24x7.

Others: Microsoft Office, MobiTest, Device Anywhere, HttpWatch, Firebug, TFS, VMware, Fiddler, PerfAnalyzer, SharePoint, Junit, JSON Viewer, GIT, Wily Introscope, Beanshell, Jenkins &Taurus.

Mobile Technologies: Mobitest.me, Device Anywhere, SeeTest Automation and MobiReady.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Performance Test Engineer

• Collaborating in multiple projects with DBA, Leads, and managers and identifying Performance bottleneck issues and Gathering baseline performance metrics and compare against test metrics. Analysis of Test Results and Review with all the stakeholders.
• Creating Loadrunner scripts for patient medical info and Creating Loadrunner Web and AJAX TruClient scripts and scenarios for CMS, a shopping portal for Medicaid patients.
• Develop the Load Test scripts using the (VuGen) and enhance the scripts by including transactions, parameterize the constant values and correlating the dynamic values, rendezvous points and various LoadRunner functions including custom C functions such loop conditional, array and LR functions.
• Design, build, maintain the performance, and load test scripts using JMeter and HPLoadrunner. Writing and automating performance test scripts using JMeter and Loadrunner and using HTTP, REST, Mobile Trueclient, and SOAP protocols.
• Performing backend API test, Load volume 50k, 100k 300k and up to 500,000 concurrent hits and Designing the test scenarios using Performance Center 12.50/12.01 and setting up Scheduler to schedule the scenarios for user's Ramp up/Ramp down .
• Executing performance testing. Executing load, stress and endurance test on production grade hardware/VMs. Monitor and capture various performance statistics.
• Monitoring different graphs like transaction response time and analysis server performance. Understand and analyze the logs from multiple systems and tech stack and Identifying the root causes of the issue. Analyzing results to identify application bottleneck and analyzing Get, Post method, errors and warnings Using HttpWatch.
• Performing HTTP monitor and troubleshooting with HTTPWatch and Fiddler and making sure that performance Aetna site meets and exceeds the high standards.
• Analyzing Throughput Graph, Hits/Second graph, Transactions per second graph and Rendezvous graphs using LR Analysis tool.
• Building Performance test for web and Cloud based applications in Linux and Creating Load Test for Etna Web Service and Database application.
• Creating StepUp thread groups requests and run them using JMeter Plugins such as; Standard Set, Maven, Webdriver sampler and JDBC protocol.
• Writing and executing load, volume, and performance test for JAVA based platform using JMeter and uploaded scripts in BlazeMeter and sharing the report to appropriate team.
• Monitoring application and multi-web server metrics and analyze PerfMon Metrics. Analyze Memory Load, CPU, Thread, Response code and Network I/O Load for performance bottleneck issue triaging. Using Commands such as Top, Perfmon, Wget, Sir, Netstat and Vmstat . Build test automation for UI and WCF/REST Services and created reusable and shareable components Using JMeter in Linux platform .
• Identifying hotspots and isolate performance problems in Internet Explorer and Firefox using Dynatrace. Monitoring Response time in PurePath Dashboard using DynaTrace client for multiple business transactions and CPU Load.
• Working with Performance monitoring team for implement Dynatrace to monitor real time performance and using pure path technology. Analyzing the Highlight method and class that causing performance problem on Dynatrace Client.
• Involved in testing application on different mobile Platform such as iOS and Android devices using Mobitest app.
• Tested Web app, Native app using SeeTestAutomation for automated the mobile testing, uploaded and running Vugen scripts for multiple devices and sharing results.
• Performing integration testing between Web Client application and Android HTC/ iPhone devices and validating the test scenarios for Mobile Performance testing.
• Creating Test reports of test results and test metrics and Analysis of Test Results and Review with all the stakeholders. Conduct backend testing writing extensive SQL queries.
• Frequently communicating with developers to assist in clarification of technical issues.
• Participating and attending Daily Agile/Scrum meetings and weekly status meetings and Sending weekly report status to the manager.

Environment: LoadRunner, JMeter, BlazeMeter, DynaTrace Client, Agile/Scrum, IBM WebSphere, SQL, Java 8, WebLogic, JIRA, ETL, iOS 7, Mobile safari, Internet Explorer 10, Android 4.2, Selenium (WebDriver), API, JSON, MobiTest and SeeTest Automation .

Performance QA Analyst

• Worked with Business analyst’s team to prepare a detailed Business Requirement document and Collaborated with the development teams to translate the performance requirements into test cases. Conducted meetings with developers, application team, and business team to analyze the defects and evaluate the test executions.
• Involved in projects with client/server, standalone, and web applications. Performed regression testing for checking the flow of the application functionality and features.
• Design, build and execute performance test cases based on performance Non-Functional Requirements and Creating VUGen script, using manual and automated correlation and Parameterize test scripts to replicate real time load conditions.
• Performed Load & Performance tests for web-based apps in HP LoadRunner tool and Used LoadRunner for Web Service, SOA and Web testing by creating SOAP request from the validated WSDL file. Analyze results for Transaction, User and Error behavior Using LoadRunner Controller and Analysis tool.
• Uploaded Vugen scripts from share drive and configured scenario and set up the monitor to capture the performance of the applications servers, web and Database servers.
• Setting up the Test Scenario using Performance Center, executing the test runs, analyzing and reporting the results. Conduct Benchmark, Performance and Stress tests against component application and system.
• Responsible for setting up and maintaining Sitescope monitors in Performance Center and Analyzed various graphs generated including Database Monitors, Network Monitor graphs, User Graphs, Error Graphs, Transaction graphs and Web Server Resource Graphs.
• Coordinated with Network teams to identify the bottle necks and Worked closely with Network Support Team to diagnose and fix network and application performance.
• Uploaded and configured WSDL file to SoapUI and JMeter applications to test the web services application. Developed web services automated scripts from API document to verify RESTful web service calls using XML and JSON format.
• Used debugging proxy tools like Fiddler and Firebug /Firefox to identify system errors associated with defects. Performed Functional APi and performance testing of the web services using JMeter scripts and Selenium WebDriver plugins.
• Performing Test Data Management/Automation and Data Driven Testing Using JMeter with Jenkins and Taurus.
• Performed manual testing by implementing several test cases and documented the results using HP Quality Center. Performed GUI, Functionality, Integration, System, User Acceptance, and Backend testing of the application as a whole manually.
• Design and develop automation testing scripts and executed them to perform verification tests on application using Quick Test Pro. Performed Functional, Regression, Integration, and Data driven testing using HP Quick Test Pro.
• Performed querying the database using SQL to check for successful transactions and ensured that SQL Servers can support the volume and system usage.
• Writes/runs ad hoc queries/scripts for diagnostic purposes; Runs approved SQL scripts to update records. Responsible for Reviews and documentation for reporting the status to the project manager.

Environment: HP LoadRunner, JMeter, Quality Center, Performance Center, Web Sphere, .Net Webservices, JProbe, XML,Oracle, Oracle EBusiness Suite, Business Objects, SQL server, Power Shell, Fiddler, Firebug, Selenium WebDriver, SoapUi, Windows XP, Lotus Notes, and UNIX.

Performance & Functional Test Analyst

• Worked with Project Manager, dev team and Senior Functional tester and analyzed project requirements and specifications, provides test estimates and oversees test plans.
• Executed testing including Functional Testing, Regression Testing, System, and Integration Testing. Developed LoadRunner Scripts. Created Single User, Base Line, and Soak test scenarios. Random pacing between iterations was introduced to get the desired transactions per hour. Launched the Controller with specified number of Vusers Schedule, Creating manual scenario configuration, configured runtime settings based on scenario.
• Generated and Created VuGen/Vuser scripts using Vuser Generator and Created Scenarios in LoadRunner Controller. Used ramp-up and ramp-down to simulate real-time scenarios.
• Parameterized the Vuser scripts by replacing fixed values with parameters and Optimized the Vuser scripts by correlating the statements for Database queries
• Analyzed the load test results including transactions by drilling down, merged graphs (overlay graphs, correlate graphs), cross result graphs and identifying problematic elements using the LoadRunner Analysis tool.
• Using HP Diagnostics to identify the root-cause of the transaction that caused the slowness in the system. Monitoring application and server utilization, response time, availability, performance and traffic flow by using HP SiteScope.
• Managed and organized requirements, test plan, test lab, defects, and other test management activities using Quality Center. Performed back-end testing to ensure that the user data was updated in database using SQL queries. Provides test execution results and reviewed them with the project team. Used parameterization and used various checkpoints like text checkpoint, standard Checkpoints, table checkpoints, and database checkpoints in QTP. Responsible for creation of Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Execution, and Test Reporting using Quality Center.
• Tested Mobile app s behavior under various interruptions: battery strength (full/medium/low), incoming calls, SMS, video calls with Device anywhere and tested cross browsing using Mobitest.me app.

QA Analyst:

Responsibilities:

• Associated with team members in development and Developed test plans based on test strategy. Perform manual testing by implementing several test cases and documented the results using Quality Center
• Perform GUI, Functionality, Integration, System, User Acceptance, Performance and Backend testing of the application as a whole manually.
• Involved creating Vugen script and helped my lead for load testing using Vugen.
• Design and develop automation testing scripts and executed them to perform verification tests on application using Quick Test Pro
• Perform Functional, Regression, Integration, and Data driven testing using Mercury Interactive Quick Test Pro. Perform querying the database using SQL to check for successful transactions.
• Used Quality Center (QC) for test documentation management and defect management. Attended Daily Scrum Meetings provided QA Status