SUMMARY:

• Fifteen years of extensive hands - on experience in diversified fields of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle
• Co-ordinated and Executed Large End to End (E2E) Performance Projects
• 5 Plus years of Project Lead/ Performance Architect / Management exposure
• 10 Plus years of hands-on experience on Performance Test Automation using Load Runner
• 3 Plus years of hands-on experience on Functional Test Automation using QTP & QC
• 2 years of hands-on experience on Manual Testing
• Experience in Banking, Insurance, Healthcare and Travel domains
• Experience in Performance Engineering, Cloud Performance Testing
• Certified in Load Runner, QTP and Quality Center
• Working Knowledge of SQL, and Databases and analyzing AWR reports
• Exposure to DynaTrace, Fidler, Sitescope, Shunra, Agile testing
• Exposure to HP ALM Performance Center
• Exposure to Linux commands

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS:

• Project Planning, Project estimation, project control, risk management and issue tracking and management, quality management
• Making schedule and operational guidelines and directives for team members
• Review and inspect deliverables and provide working guidelines for team members
• Review and inspect deliverables and provide working guidelines
• Interviewing on the technical and other aspects, hiring, performance assessment, effort, and schedule management.
• Business process reengineering, customization of various applications / reports and implementation of selected business model
• Ensure tracking and reporting of program status to management team, create specification documents and design documents and manage/monitor jobs and programs.
• Interact with Business and Clients
• Gathering the performance requirements from Project Manager or Client
• Preparing and Implementing the Performance Test Plan
• Identifying the Bottlenecks and recommending Tuning options for various architectural components
• Experience in various performance/Load/Stress/Fail over, Memory Leak testing and Performance Analysis, reporting and high-level debugging/profiling
• Identifying the performance acceptance criteria
• Creating the Performance Testing Environment as per the Test Plan
• Configuration of Load Generator for Windows/ UNIX/ Linux Environment.
• Configuration of Load Runner for Monitoring Test bed.
• Identifying various Client-side metrics to be measured
• Identifying the Server-side metrics for Windows, Linux, Unix, ASP.NET, SQL Server, and Oracle, SAP, Siebel, mobile environment
• Developing, enhancing and debugging the scripts using LR-VuGen
• Creating and executing the Scenarios using Load Runner Controller
• Analyzing the results using the Analysis module and preparing the Performance Test Reports
• Review the team members’ work and progress of the project
• Imparting to various team members on QTP & Load Runner
• Exposure on HTTP/HTML/HTTPS, AJAX, JAVA, WEB SERVICES, ORACLE, MAINFRAME, SEIBEL, SAP WEB, SAP GUI, Mobile, CITRIX Protocols on Load Runner.
• Prepared Test automation architecture and Framework for Web, Windows applications, ORACLE APPS and Mainframe applications.
• Prepared the Test Plans for functional Automation.
• Implemented the Hybrid Framework and Keyword Framework for automating the applications using QTP tool
• Experience in gathering the Automation requirements.
• QTP Test script development and script reviews for Web, Windows applications, ORACLE APPS and Mainframe applications.
• Implementation of Database Testing using QTP.
• Implementation of the Error handling, Parameterization, and Synchronization in QTP scripts using VBScript.
• Implementation of check points & Recovery Scenarios in scripts.
• Development of libraries for Library Driven Framework and Test Data for Data Driven Framework .
• Business Process Testing on QTP and Quality Center on ORACLE Apps.
• Regression Testing using Risk Based Technique using Test Director and Quality Center.
• Performing automated QTP script maintenance and resolve issues if any.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating systems: Linux, Windows, Ubuntu

Testing tools: HP Load Runner, HP Site scope, APM Dynatrace, QTP, HP ALM

Languages: SQL, C, C++

Databases: SQL Server, Oracle

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Somerville, NJ

Performance Test Lead / Architect

Responsibilities:

• Gathering the performance requirements from Project Manager / Client.
• Identifying the performance acceptance criteria.
• Identifying the target load levels for key business scenarios.
• Identifying the metrics to be measured.
• Developing the Performance Test protocol
• Developing the test scripts using VuGen, Fidler.
• Enhancing the scripts using Checkpoints, Parameterization and Correlation.
• Reviewing the scripts prepared by the team members.
• Creating the scenarios for Load Tests using the scripts developed and the key business scenarios using Controller.
• Configuring the Run-Time settings & Run-Time monitors for scenarios.
• Creating the scenarios for Stress and Volume Tests as per the performance requirements.
• Configuring Load Generators
• Setting up environment and monitoring for Cloud based performance testing.
• Inject load from cloud services through Amazon
• Executing the performance tests and monitoring the server(s) performance- Web Server, Application and Database via APM tools, performance and Network monitoring tools
• Generating the load Runner reports based on the test executed.
• Analyzing the results for application performance at various user load
• Logging the defects in HP ALM for performance issues.
• Identifying the bottlenecks in the system and getting it fixed by appropriate teams.
• Performance Capacity Planning
• Presenting Results to Client, SQA, QSCV and business
• Developing the performance Test Summary report and Project closure

Environment: Windows XP/2003/7/10, LoadRunner 8/9/11/12, Performance Center 9.5/11/12,Drupal Server, MS SQL, Oracle 10 g, SharePoint, Java, SAP Applications, Citrix applications, Apache web server, MS IIS web server, Health Care web applications, mobile applications, JIRA, Quality Center & HP ALM.

Confidential, Somerville, NJ

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gathering the performance requirements from Project Manager / Development team.
• Identifying the performance acceptance criteria.
• Preparing Performance Test Plan.
• Identifying the Key business scenarios.
• Identifying the target load levels for key business scenarios.
• Identifying the metrics to be measured.
• Preparing the Call Flows for the identified scenarios.
• Creating the performance testing environment as per the Test Plan.
• Configuring the Run-Time settings for VuGen.
• Developing the test scripts using VuGen.
• Enhancing the scripts using Checkpoints, Parameterization and Correlation.
• Reviewing the scripts prepared by the team members.
• Debugging and updating the scripts.
• Creating the scenarios for Load Tests using the scripts developed and the key business scenarios using Controller.
• Configuring the Run-Time settings for scenarios.
• Configuring the Run-Time monitors as per requirements.
• Creating the scenarios for Stress and Volume Tests as per the performance requirements.
• Configuring Load Generator for WAN Emulation for Confidential .
• Running the scenarios and monitoring the run-time monitors.
• Analyzing the results using the Analysis module.
• Analyzing the web page diagnostics.
• Generating the reports based on the analysis of the results.
• Helping the team in identifying the bottlenecks in the system.

Environment: Windows XP/ 2003, Load runner 9.5, Drupal Server, Oracle 10 g, Apache web server, E-Commerce application, Quality Center.

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gathering the performance requirements from Project Manager / Development team.
• Identifying the performance acceptance criteria.
• Preparing Performance Test Plan.
• Identifying the Key business scenarios.
• Identifying the target load levels for key business scenarios.
• Identifying the metrics to be measured.
• Preparing the Call Flows for the identified scenarios.
• Creating the performance testing environment as per the Test Plan.
• Configuring the Run-Time settings for VuGen.
• Developing the test scripts using VuGen.
• Enhancing the scripts using Checkpoints, Parameterization and Correlation.
• Reviewing the scripts prepared by the team members.
• Debugging and updating the scripts.
• Creating the scenarios for Load Tests using the scripts developed and the key business scenarios using Controller.
• Configuring the Run-Time settings for scenarios.
• Configuring the Run-Time monitors as per requirements.
• Creating the scenarios for Stress and Volume Tests as per the performance requirements.
• Running the scenarios and monitoring the run-time monitors.
• Analyzing the results using the Analysis module.
• Analyzing the web page diagnostics.
• Generating the reports based on the analysis of the results.
• Helping the team in identifying the bottlenecks in the system.

Environment: Windows XP/ 2003, Load runner 9.5, HP Site Scope, MS SQL 2005, MS IIS Web server, Confidential application.

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gathering the Functional requirements from SAT (System Acceptance testing) Team.
• Identifying the Functional acceptance criteria.
• Identified the Automation requirements.
• Identified what is to be automated and what cannot be automated.
• Prepared the Test Plans for functional Automation and Performance Automation.
• Prepared Test automation architecture and Framework for Web and Mainframe applications.
• Implemented the complete automation suite from Build deployment to Test execution and Reporting.
• QTP Test script development and script reviews for Web and Mainframe applications.
• Implementation of Recovery scenarios.
• Implementation of Database Testing using QTP.
• Development of libraries for library driven framework.
• Development of Test Data for Data driven testing.
• Development of Test Data for Data driven testing.
• Creation / Modification of Object Repository.
• Execution of automated scripts and reporting.
• Performing QTP script maintenance and resolve issues if any.
• Configuration Management using MS VSS.
• Performance testing of functional stable travel domain web sites.
• Send the Test reports to the Test Manager and SAT (System Acceptance testing) Team.

Environment: Windows XP, Quick Test Professional, Test Director, CVS, IBM Mainframe application and the web application.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Application understanding.
• Test Strategy for the application.
• Writing Manual test cases using Test Director.
• Executing manual test cases using Test Director.
• Manual Regression Testing.
• Test Data creation using QTP.
• Defect logging and tracking them to closure.

Environment: Windows XP, Quick Test Professional, Test Director, CVS, IBM Mainframe application and the web application.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Insurance Functionality understanding.
• Creation of Performance Test Plan.
• Installed, customized and administered HP's Load Runner test tool.
• Performance Testing using Load runner 9.1.
• Used Functional QTP scripts in Load runner.
• Verified WinFrame server can handle expected client load before deployment.
• Wrote a script to schedule multiple load tests during off-peak hours.
• Concurrency Test for 1000 users.
• Successfully identified bottlenecks and functionality issues with the application when running under heavy load.

Environment: Windows XP, Load runner, Test Director, CVS, IBM Mainframe application and the web application.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Application understanding.
• Writing manual test cases using Test Director.
• Executing the test cases using Test Director.
• Defect logging and tracking them to closure

Environment: Windows XP, Test Director, CVS, IBM Mainframe application and the web application.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Regression Testing using QTP.
• Data Creation using QTP.

Environment: Windows XP, Quick Test Professional, Test Director, CVS, IBM Mainframe application.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Application understanding.
• Automation Framework designing
• Automation of the manual test cases using QTP and VB Script.
• Regression Testing using QTP.
• Defect logging and tracking them to closure
• Application understanding.
• Creation of Performance Test Plan.
• Performance testing using Load runner 8.1.
• VuGen Scripting and using Controller.
• Application and Web server Stress Testing.
• Load and stress tested a clustered Business Object's Web Intelligence deployment.
• Load and stress tested: Document Direct - a client server based mainframe reporting tool (Winsock).
• Load and stress tested: Online Financial Reporting System (Netscape HTTP Server, BEA WebLogic, JSP, Servlet, EJB).
• Load and stress tested: Online Product Reporting System (IBM HTTP Server, IBM WebSphere, JSP, Servlet, EJB).
• Identified configuration bottlenecks in the MS IIS and NT server and provided recommendations to overcome them.

Environment: Windows XP, VB .NET, JAVA, ORACLE 10g MS SQL, Load Runner, Team Foundation Server.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Application understanding.
• Performance Testing using Load runner 8.1.
• Creation of Performance Test Plan.
• Identified functionality and performance issues, including: deadlock conditions, database connectivity problems, and system crashes under load.
• Provided management and vendor with analysis reports and recommendations, which resulted in a redesign of the architecture.
• Concurrency Test for 1000 users.
• VuGen Scripting and using Controller.

Environment: Windows XP, VB .NET, ORACLE 10g, Load Runner, Team Foundation Server.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Studying the Business flow of the application.
• Preparing the Test Strategy.
• Writing Test Cases for the application.
• Executing the Test Cases for functional, integration and system testing
• Database testing for the application.
• Defect logging and tracking them to closure
• Regression testing.

Environment: VB.Net, C#, JavaScript as front end and SQL as backend, BTS (iTrack), QTP 9.0.