OBJECTIVE:

6 years of Performance Testing and Software Quality Assurance (QA) experience working with Client/Server and Web applications, seeking for a Performance Test Engineer/QA position to utilize diversified skills in Performance Testing and Manual Testing.

SUMMARY:

• Solid understanding in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Test Life Cycle (STLC).
• Expertise in Quality Assurance and software testing activities.
• Experience in analysis of Software Requirement Specifications, Use Cases and development of Test Plans, Test Scripts and Test Cases.
• Possess excellent skills in Manual Testing along with skills in Automation Testing using HP Quality Center ALM, Load Runner and Performance Center 11.5 and 12.2.
• Performed Load Testing by generating Vusers using LoadRunner.
• Good knowledge of how HP Robot upgrade tool works.
• Experience in Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), and expertise in writing complex queries.
• Expertise in Black Box, Smoke, Functional, Positive, Negative, Integration, System, Regression, UAT, and Performance Testing.
• Experience in writing test plans, defining test cases, developing and maintaining test scripts and Documenting all phases of QA process.
• Expertise to identify, assesses, and report defects using various defects tracking system.
• Proficient in risk analysis, requirement documents, hardware/software specifications.
• Possess excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical, problem solving, decision - making skills.
• Capability to adapt and learn new tools, techniques, and approaches
• Strong communicator and skillful in working closely with clients to identify and resolve issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and a good team player.
• Quick learner, with an ability to easily grasp and put into application new ideas, concepts, methods and technologies. Dedicated, innovative and self-motivated team player/builder

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software Testing Tools: HP Load Runner 11.5 and 12.2, Quality Center, PC, Rational Test Suite, ALM QC, Jmeter

Operating Systems: Windows, Windows NT, UNIX

Databases: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access

CM: Star Team, VSS, Quality Center ALM

App & Web Server Packages: Apache Tomcat 5.5, JBoss, IBM Websphere, IIS

Methodologies: Agile and Waterfall

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NY

Sr. Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Conduct system performance testing to ensure system reliability, capacity and scalability.
• Conduct smoke testing to show that the application performs as expected under normal conditions.
• Conduct stress testing to find out how the application perform under the worst condition, helping developers determine which component are more likely to fail first.
• Work with testing team to develop performance test plans and cases.
• Analyze test results and coordinate with development teams for bug fixes.
• Analyze root causes of performance issues and provide corrective actions.
• Designed scenarios for Performance Testing, generating scripts and handling Correlation as well as parameterization using Load runner VuGen, executed scenarios using Controller.
• Used web reg save param functions to correlate the scripts manually.
• Attend the daily stand up meeting and provide high level update about work done in previous date and work that would be carried out in today’s date.
• Co-ordinates with other scrum team members to make sure there is no delay in requirement gathering to carry out project work.
• Taking part in user story grooming session to understand the requirement better and provide the story points from testing side.

Environment: HP Load Runner 12.50, HP Performance Center 12.50, HP ALM, Apache, HTTP server, IBM Web Sphere, Oracle, SQL Developer, RESTful APIs, HP, SiteScope, Windows.

Confidential, NJ

Sr. Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Created defect tickets and assigned them to appropriate developers to resolve
• Developed automated test scripts using VuGen to define scenarios and procedures to test the performance of the application using JMeter.
• Validated and run test on JMeter
• Conducts performance testing of the application by running various JMeter scripts in order to determine the maximum number of users that can log into the application at a given time by using JMeter.
• Utilize JMeter to conduct stress testing of the application in order to determine the yield point of the application by subjecting it to heavy loads.
• Analyze JMeter test result involved in preparing test plan and test cases based on the analysis of the business requirements.
• Customize Parameterization in DATA file using JMeter CSV Data Set config element to test the application with different sets of data.
• Insert synchronizing timer to create intense load on the server and thereby to measure server performance.
• Use various techniques like Ramp up, Ramp down, Transaction Point in JMeter.
• Performs Smoke Testing, Functional Testing, System Integration testing, Regression testing, Database Testing, and Black Box testing at various phases of the development and test cycles.
• Analyze requirements, Use Cases, functional design and detail design documents.
• Responsible for developing Test plan based on Functional Specification and Technical Specification of the application.
• Develops and execute test cases and verify actual results with expected results
• Work as a team member in requirements mapping and preparing a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Involved in developing the test cases, test data and test scripts.
• Planned, designed, developed and executed Test Cases with Quality Center.
• Used Quality Center for requirements management, planning, scheduling, running tests, defect tracking and manage the defects and executing the test cases.
• Worked closely with developers, Business Analyst, Architects and Project Manager to understand Portal Project.
• Performs reviews of Audit checklists prepared by SQA to fit in the testing environment.
• Prepared standard checklists and templates required for CMMI compliance QA processes for project.
• Involved in the team meetings with representatives from Development, Database Management, Configuration Management, and Requirements Management to identify and correct defects.

Confidential, Manhattan NJ

Sr. Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute software test plans, including component testing, integration testing, systems testing, regression testing, performance testing, and stress testing.
• Maintain documentation of test results.
• Monitor schedules and test resources to keep commitments, identifies risks and opportunities, and tracks effort estimates and actuals.
• Participate in the design of the software to advise of common errors and high-risk areas, suggests designs that facilitate testing, and looks for opportunities to automate.
• Assist with the implementation of QC policies and procedures.
• Assist with complying to CMMI and ISO 9001:2000 standards.
• Create test documentation, such as test cases and test scripts for each project assigned.
• Create and maintain a Requirements Traceability Matrix

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Independently develop LoadRunner test scripts according to test specifications/requirements.
• Developed baseline scenarios, scripts and measurements.
• Used Load Runner to execute multi-user performance tests, used online monitors, real-time output messages and of the features of the Load Runner Controller
• Involved in analyzing the Business Requirements Documents and Functional Design Documents.
• Developed Test Plan, Test cases and Test Scripts.
• Involved in writing and implementation of Test cases for various modules using Rational suite
• Involved in Functional, Regression, Integration, System Testing and User Acceptance testing.
• Manual testing for checking the flow of the application Functionality, Positive and Negative testing
• Developed complex SQL queries to perform back-end testing in MS SQL Server RDBMS
• Interacted with developers and other QA Engineers to address quality problems.
• Tracked and Reported software defects and interacted with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Experience with Defect Reporting, Tracking and Resolution capabilities.
• Reviewed and analyzed user requirements, participated in Verification, Validation and acceptance testing for developed software.
• Performed Defect Reporting and Tracking using Test Director