SUMMARY:

• Over 8+ years of Experience in the IT industry with emphasis on Quality Assurance.
• Excellent skills in Performance Testing, UAT, Manual Testing.
• Generating and implementing templates for Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Business Analysis, Gap Analysis, Test Defect Log, Test Case Checklist etc.
• Experienced in Automation of software testing process using HP Test suite (LoadRunner, and Quick Test Pro Excellent skills in testing web - based applications.
• Experience in Designing Test plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts and Test Procedures.
• Strong skills in performing System, Acceptance, Regression, Stress, Performance, Load, Functionality, Front End and Back End Testing.
• Experience in Backend Testing of the applications by executing SQL commands.
• Expertise in testing Performance, WebLoad, QA Load and Stress for Web and Client/Server Applications.
• Experience with Web and Application Servers.
• Experience in writing System test plans, defining test cases, developing and maintaining test scripts and Documenting all phases of QA process.
• Participated in requirements analysis reviews and working sessions to understand the requirements and system design.
• Experience in testing database applications.
• Experience in estimation of test effort and coordinate test schedule with overall project schedule.
• Experience in developing business based functional test scenarios.
• Excellent understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle and role of QA
• Experience in Front-end testing, System testing, Unit testing, Integration testing, Performance testing, Stress testing, Backend testing and Regression Testing of Web based and Client/Server applications.
• Solid analytical and trouble shooting skills.
• Performed Positive & Negative Testing
• Participated in end user requirement meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification Request issues
• Handled change requests and coordination to the development team for bug fixes
• Execution of the test scenarios and scripts and review of product functionality
• Performed End-to-End testing manually
• Effective co-ordination between development team and testing team
• Used LoadRunner performance monitor to analyze the performance/stress/load condition of the application.
• Created Scripts for the running of various Metrics using LoadRunner for performance testing
• Conducted testing on the servers using LoadRunner to establish the load capacity of the server.
• Defined requirements for large-scale LoadRunner performance tests of an application server.
• Performed Load Testing by generating Vusers using LoadRunner.
• Created automated test scripts using LoadRunner.
• Parameterized the data values using the .dat files in VUGen Scripts.
• Developed the Load Test scripts using the LoadRunner Virtual User Generator (VUGen) and enhanced the scripts by including transactions, parameterize the constant values and correlating the dynamic values.
• Enhanced the script to remove the wasted time in on-line graphs in the LoadRunner controller and in transaction response time graphs in LoadRunner analysis.
• Conducted testing on the servers using LoadRunner to establish the load capacity of the server.
• Conducted Load Test for multiple users connected by TCP/IP using LoadRunner.
• Excellent in communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Contributed to the completion of all projects on time.
• Ability to work in tight schedules and on different applications concurrently.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating system: Windows2000, 2007, Windows NT, AIX, UNIX

Databases: MS SQL Server, Oracle, LDAP, Access, Sybase, DB2

Languages: Java, JSP, Html, DHTML, Visual Basic, Oracle, C, C++, Java Script, SQL, XML, .Net, Com, Dcom, C #, ASP

Testing tool: LoadRunner (12, 11.5, 11, 9.5, 9.1, 8.0/7.5), Quick Test Pro (9.2/8.2/8.0), a WinRunner, Sprinter, HP UFT HP ALM

Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, RUP, Performance Engineering, CMM, TQM, Quality Assurance

ERP: Oracle Apps (HR, FI), People Soft HRMS, People Soft Finance Modules Siebel (sales)

Web/Application Servers: Apache 2.x, Tomcat 5.x, Weblogic 8.x,9.x, WebSphere 5.x, IIS5.x, 6.x, SAP ABAP, SAP BW, SAP MM, MQ Series, MTX IIS,LDAP, SNA server, SQL Servers, AS 400, IBM 6000, MQ series ( IBM and MS)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Performance Test Analyst

Confidential, Mellon, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Creating Test Plans which describes the features and functions to be tested
• Created manual and performance tests cases
• Created and managed system testing schedule
• Executing test cases manually in HP ALM (QC) to verify the expected results
• Generate the test script in LoadRunner Vuser, Enhanced by Parameterization, checkpoint, and correlation to test the new builds of the application.
• Used HP quality center to track, analyze and document defects
• Performed extensive User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Executed test cases under integration, user acceptance test environments.
• Prepared Test Data for Positive and Negative Testing used in Data Driven Test.
• Coordinated daily status call for technical and non-technical audiences on test progress.
• Create Test results and Sign offs to the business management and development team and get the approval for release.
• Used QuickTestPro and Sprinter to automatically capture and verify the properties of the application.
• Performed end-to-end testing on the release version of the software application.
• Worked on MS Office to create daily reports.
• Created various types of reports for Various User Levels. Created JavaScript, based projects.
• Coordinated daily status call for technical and non-technical audiences on test progress
• Accurately produce regular project status reports to senior management to ensure on-time project launch.

Environment: LoadRunner 12.02, MS Office, LR Monitors, HP Performance Center 11, Quality Center 11, HP UFT 11, Sprinter, Manual Testing.

Sr. Performance Test Analyst

Confidential, Jacksonville, Florida

Responsibilities:

• Gathering and analyzing user/business/clients requirements and developed System test plans.
• Interacting and coordinating with developers, project teams and business heads.
• Create Performance Test Strategies and Schedules for business releases.
• Performing execution of test cases manually to verify the expected results.
• Creating Test Plans which describes the features and functions to be tested
• Participated in end to end SDLC following Agile Methodology.
• Created and managed system testing schedule
• Created manual and automated tests
• Executing test cases manually to verify the expected results
• Used HP quality center to track, analyze and document defects
• Involved in developing Entry & Exit criteria and defined the pass and fail standards
• Involving in Web integration of the project where all the development was done in JSP, Java Beans etc.
• The Application was developed in Java, HTML, Java Script, C, C++ as the Backend.
• Called different external operating system functions from a VUGen script.
• Creating Load/Stress scenarios for performance testing using the LoadRunner Controller.
• Creating Vuser Scripts in LoadRunner by recording, incorporating Rendezvous Points.
• Created Scripts for the running of various Metrics using LoadRunner for performance testing.
• Tests on HP Performance Center.
• Generate the test script Enhanced LoadRunner Vuser scripts by Parameterization, checkpoint, and correlation to test the new builds of the application.
• Performed stress testing of each application to verify that the required load would have no negative performance effect. This was done through creating Scripts on LoadRunner and executing s using the Automated-testing tools LoadRunner
• Customization of LoadRunner to suite the requirements of the testing effort. As a Performance Engineer, was responsible for setting up the access privileges and creating user profiles.
• Identified bottlenecks using online monitors and analyzing graphs using LoadRunner.
• Writing Test cases to test the performance of the application using LoadRunner.
• Conducting different tests like Baseline test, Regression, Endurance test, Stress test by using Performance Center.
• Created various Scenarios to be run, used rendezvous points to create intense Virtual User load on the server, configured the scenarios before executing them in the LoadRunner.
• Enhanced LoadRunner scripts to test the new builds of the application.
• Conduct result analysis and interact with developers & business users to resolve bugs.
• Create Test results and Exit Reports to the business management and development team and get the approval for release.
• Coordinated daily status call for technical and non-technical audiences on test progress.
• Worked on MS Office to create daily reports.

Environment: LoadRunner 11, 11.5, Wily Introscope, Weblogic, MS Office, MS-Visio, AIX (Unix), Load Balancer, LR Monitors, HP Performance Center 11, Quality Center, Site Scope, TBED, FTBED

Sr. Performance Tester

Confidential, Skillman, New Jersey

Responsibilities:

• Executed test cases under integration, user acceptance test environments.
• Backend testing was done to verify and validate data.
• Data verification and data integration test was done using SQL queries.
• Worked with developers in resolving issues in test environment and defects while application under test.
• Wrote and executed scripts for load testing using the Virtual User Generator web & SAP protocol, created and run Controller scenarios to test the functionality under varying load.
• Wrote SQL quires for Database testing(End to End Testing)
• Used Virtual User Generator to generate VuGen Scripts for web & SAP protocol, Ensure that quality issues are appropriately identified, analyzed, documented, tracked and resolved in Quality Center.
• Defined transactions to measure server performance under load by creating rendezvous points to simulate heavy load on the server.
• Prepared Test Data for Positive and Negative Testing used in Data Driven Test.
• Involved in creating Scenarios for Load Testing using LoadRunner.
• Developed Test scripts for Data Driven testing using Win Runner.
• Created Vuser scripts to simulate client activities using Vuser Generator
• Created Load testing scenarios in LoadRunner Controller based on the use cases and business requirements.
• Inserted Transaction Points and Rendezvous Points to measure the performance of the application in LoadRunner.
• Involved in Performing Back-End Testing by writing SQL queries to extract the data from SQL database.
• Involved on Performance Monitoring and analyzed the R esponse time, Memory leaks, Hits/sec and Throughput graphs.
• Involved in Database Compatibility testing to make sure that the application is compatible when database is upgraded.
• Performed end-to-end testing on the release version of the software application.
• Performed extensive User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Created various types of reports for Various User Levels. Created JavaScript, based projects.
• Coordinated daily status call for technical and non-technical audiences on test progress
• Accurately produce regular project status reports to senior management to ensure on-time project launch.

Environment: LoadRunner 9.5.1/9.1, QTP 8.0, HP Performance Center 9.5.1, Quality Center 10.0, Java, Manual Testing, HTML, Oracle 9i, PL/SQL, UNIX and Windows NT, MS Office.

Sr. Performance Tester

Confidential, Manchester, New Jersey

Responsibilities:

• Gathered and analyzed user/business requirements and developed System test plans.
• Interacted with developers.
• Performed execution of test cases manually to verify the expected results.
• The Application was developed in Java, HTML, Java Script, Servlets, JSP and Oracle as the Backend.
• Involved in Web integration of the project where all the development was done in JSP, Java Beans etc.
• Performed database operations through EJB with Oracle as back end.
• Used QuickTest Pro checkpoints to automatically capture and verify properties such as the number of links.
• Called different external operating system functions from a VUGen script using DLL load function.
• Created Load/Stress scenarios for performance testing using the LoadRunner Controller.
• Creating Vuser Scripts in LoadRunner by recording, incorporating Rendezvous Points
• Created Scripts for the running of various Metrics using LoadRunner for performance testing.
• Involved in testing Web services and XML with tool called ‘SOAP UI’
• Enhanced LoadRunner Vuser scripts by Parameterization, checkpoint, and correlation to test the new builds of the application.
• Performed stress testing of each application to verify that the required load would have no negative performance effect. This was done through creating and executing different scripts on LoadRunner.
• Generated the test scripts using the Automated-testing tools LoadRunner
• Made rearranging action possible by enabling multi-protocol GUI while recording the script in LoadRunner.
• Customization of LoadRunner to suite the requirements of the testing effort. As a Performance Engineer, was responsible for setting up the access privileges and creating user profiles.
• Identified bottlenecks using online monitors and analyzing graphs using LoadRunner.
• Writing Test cases to test the performance of the application using LoadRunner.
• Conducted stress testing by using LoadRunner.
• Created various Scenarios to be run, used rendezvous points to create intense Virtual User load on the server, configured the scenarios before executing them in the LoadRunner.
• Enhanced LoadRunner scripts to test the new builds of the application.
• Created various Scenarios to be run, used rendezvous points to create intense Virtual User load on the server, configured the scenarios before executing them in the LoadRunner.
• Enhanced LoadRunner scripts to test the new builds of the application.
• Used QuickTestPro checkpoints to automatically capture and verify properties such as the number of links.
• Created and Configured non-standard objects to standard objects mapping them to Object Repository of QuickTestPro
• Responsible for performance testing of Web, Web Services (SOA), Siebel and PeopleSoft applications using HP LoadRunner
• Experienced in creating the test scripts using QTP.
• Oracle Table manipulation using SQL.
• Used SQL Queries to verify the data from the Oracle database checked the PL/SQL Packages developed as a part of Backend testing and Shell Scripts to facilitate batch testing in UNIX environment.
• Worked on MS Office to create daily reports.

Environment: LoadRunner 8.5/9.0, Wily Introscope, Weblogic, JAVA, Dynatrace, DB2, Team Quest Tool, Windows NT, MS Office, MS-Visio, AIX (Unix), Load Balancer, LR Monitors

Performance Tester

Confidential, King of Prussia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Involved in generating Vusers in LoadRunner for load and performance testing using LoadRunner.
• Created LoadRunner scenarios and scheduled the Virtual Users to generate realistic load on the server using LoadRunner.
• Designed performance test suites by creating VU test scripts, workload scenarios, setting transactions, rendezvous points and inserting them into suites using LoadRunner.
• Used LoadRunner monitors to measure the Transaction Response time, Network delay and Throughput.
• Generated Vuser scripts and Executed Performance Tests using LoadRunner
• Developing Vuser scripts and enhanced the basic script by Parameterzing the constant values using LoadRunner
• Collaborated with team to install and configure Wily Introscope
• Conducted memory leak testing for all the applications using LoadRunner and Wily Introscope
• Used Wily Introscope to monitor and collect metrics on production and test servers.
• Prepare the Huge data for the Parameterized values in the scripts for multiple scenarios
• According to business specification Customization of scripts by using LoadRunner
• Used Manual and Automated Correlation to Parameterize Dynamically changing Parameters
• Extensively used Web (Http/html), Webservices protocols in Loadrunner
• Conducted Performance testing by creating Virtual Users and Scenarios using LoadRunner
• Monitored system resources such as CPU Usage, % of Memory Occupied, VM Stat, I/O Stat using UNIX commands like top, vmstat, svmon and netstat.
• Monitored Net Statistics, Load Balance and network traffic in each of the JVM's
• Collecting the frequency of JVM Heap and GC Cleaned up in Web Sphere during test execution
• Involve in walkthroughs and meetings with Performance team to discuss related issues
• Participate defects meeting to discuss the bottlenecks and long running queries

Environment: LoadRunner, Quick Test Pro, SoapUI, Quality Center, Performance Center, Sitescope, Tivoli, J2EE, ASPJSP, Oracle, UNIX. WebSphere, Rational Robot, HP - Diagnostics

Software QA Tester

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing business requirement to create/edit demat accounts and verified the correctness of delivered software. DP secure software was developed by Infosys.
• Managed user acceptance sessions and coordinated with project team to ensure QA standards were enforced.
• Used Test director to track requirements, test cases and execution of test cases.
• Used LoadRunner for testing the performance throughput of application.
• Worked to build business relation to offer new banking schemes to high net worth business customer.
• Managed execution of delivery instruction slip & dematerialization of shares.
• Mentored new employees from different branches of northern region to understand the business.
• Responsible for managing and resolving customer queries
• Managed execution of trades.
• Involved in the financing for initial public offers for TCS, ONGC, Punjab National Bank &India Bulls etc.
• Involved in buying & selling of shares for branches in all over the India for six months.
• Analyzed emerging trends in the market & recommended management for product improvement and corporate procedures.

Environment: Oracle 9i, Sun Solaris 10.0, Apache, JAVA, HTML, SQL, PLSQL, Test Director