SUMMARY:

• 7+ years of work experience in the field of IT with focus on testing of web based and Client - Server applications. Strong expertise in Performance testing using LoadRunner and Jmeter. Extensive hands-on experience in software testing/QA activities.
• Hands on experience on Load testing, Stress testing, Soak testing.
• Highly proficient in Creating and Enhancing scripts using VuGen, executing scripts using Controller and analyzing Performance results using LoadRunner.
• Well versed in Recording scripts, Correlation, Parameterization and validations.
• Expertise in evaluating bottlenecks in scripts and fixing them.
• Exposure to third party Performance monitoring tools like Dynatrace.
• Highly experienced in documentation and generating business reports after monitoring the results.
• Proficient in designing Test Objectives and Test Cases.
• Extensive experience in both manual and automated testing of Web based and Client/Server.
• Good working experience in Agile Scrum, Waterfall and Iterative methodologies.
• Experience in analysis, design, implementation, execution, maintenance, support and documentation for system testing.
• Experience handling projects on both functional and non-functional testing.
• Hands on experience with functional, performance, stress, regression, user acceptance and integration/system testing.
• Highly involved in initial Kick-Off calls, planning, designing, executing, monitoring and creating reports.
• Experience in analyzing business requirements and preparing test cases.
• Developed multiple Load Runner scripts using various protocols like Web-HTTP/HTML, RDP, AJAX, etc.
• Exposure to all stages of Software Development Life Cycle and software Testing Life Cycle.
• Experience in automation tool QTP and Selenium web driver.
• Capable of successfully managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Full life cycle experience in Quality Assurance which includes various kinds of tests including Black Box System, Integration, Functional, Non-Functional, Data Migration, GUI, Regression, End to End, User Acceptance, Smoke Testing of both Client-Server and/or Web-Based applications.
• Extensively used defect tracking tool like Test Director, Bugzilla and JIRA for tracking and locking defects.
• Good Knowledge of programming languages like C, C++, Java, PL/SQL to debug and executing Load Runner scripts.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, UNIX, LINUX, Windows, MAC, IOS, Android, Windows Mobile

Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, HTML, CSS, SQL, Pl/SQL, .Net

Testing Tools: Win Runner, QTP/UFT, Load Runner, JMeter, Perfecto

Monitoring tools: Perfmon, Dynatrace, Introscope

Database tools: SQuirreL SQL, TOAD, SQL Database Studio, MySQL Workbench

Reporting tools: BlazeMeter, MeterPlus, QAPlus, MeterPlus

Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP/HTML, FTP, AJAX, Citrix, RESTFUL webservices

Database Tools: Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2, MS Access, TOAD

Webservies Tools: SOAP UI, TestMaker, HTTPMaster

Test Management/Defect Management Tools: Mercury Quality Center, Test Link, Test Director, Rational Clear Quest, HP ALM, Change Synergy, Product Studio, Bugzilla, Track

Microsoft Tools: MS office, Microsoft Visio, MS Project, SharePoint, Notepad++, Firebug

Office Tools: Microsoft Suite (One Note, Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Performance Tester

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Understand overall 3-tier application architecture by collaborating with application development team.
• Gathering Non-Functional Requirements from client and analyzing those requirements.
• Involved in created of Test Plan, which includes project scope, hardware or software requirements, detailed scenario, etc.
• Worked with business team in establishing benchmarks to use during deployment.
• Based on the gathered non-functional requirements developed VuGen scripts or validate against Performance SLA.
• Extensively used Load Runner for developing VUser Scripts
• Involved in performing load tests by generating multiple virtual users load to determine how the application would work during peak hour load.
• Performed stress tests to know the breaking point of the application and to take necessary steps to overcome crashing of the server.
• Define runtime settings and recording settings as per the client requirements.
• Enhanced scripts with parameterization, correlation, validations, etc.
• Execution of Load Runner scripts using HP Controller by defining ramp-up and ramp-down of virtual users in order to generate results of as that real time scenario.
• Worked on manual scenario to manage load test by specifying number of virtual users.
• Monitor the execution of scenarios continuously for any errors and fix them before they cause any kind of loss.
• Implemented transactions in VuGen scripts to find the time consumed for each transaction.
• Effectively used all the components of HP Performance and efficient in writing Load Runner functions.
• Created automated scripts by including timers for recording response times, and test checks for confirming the retrieval of the correct page.
• Worked with development and database administration team to evaluate the bottlenecks and work on how to handle them to improve the performance of the application.
• Monitor performance of the web, application and database server performance continuously using third party performance monitoring tools Dynatrace.
• Generate performance graphs, session reports, performance capacity reports and other related documentation required for validation and analysis using Load Runner analysis component.
• Monitor various machines during load tests and informing the corresponding teams in case of issues till the issues are been fixed by concerned team.

Environment: HP- Load Runner 12.5, Dynatrace, protocol: Web (http/html)), C++, Web Services, SQL Server.

Senior Performance Tester

Confidential, FL

Responsibilities:

• Involved in meetings conducted with clients to gather application, tool-based and other requirements in relate to our application.
• Design test plan/ test objectives as per business requirements.
• Involved in the project from initial kick-off calls to signoff.
• Efficiently worked with application team in developing the architecture of the application.
• Design and executed performance test plan and test cases.
• Identified business critical scenario’s which play a crucial role in knowing volume intensity and most DB activities.
• Worked with business team to establishing benchmarks to use during deployment.
• Involved in Load Testing of various modules and software application using Load Runner
• Created various number of Load testing scripts for Data seeding purposes.
• Developed scripts simulating virtual load using the Load Runner Virtual User Generator VuGen.
• Enhanced the scripts by including transactions for each Virtual User activity.
• Parameterize the values given by virtual user to run the script with different VUsers credentials.
• Used correlation in order to handle the dynamical values generated by server.
• Created customized LoadRunner VuGen scripts using C, C++ programming at API level with manual correlation, user defined functions, development libraries (classes and methods), and error handling.
• To evaluate whether all the servers are receiving equal amount of load distribution between webservers.
• Responsible for setting recording settings and run time settings before each run of the script.
• Used Performance center for scheduling and execution of load tests.
• Responsible for conducting smoke, load, stress, soak testing.
• Created high level test strategy documentation and detailed test requirements/results documents.
• Customized Loadrunner scripts in C language like String manipulation for the Loadrunner Scripts
• Used ramp-up and ramp-down in VUser simulation to generate real time scenario.
• Created test cases creation and enhanced them as and when required.
• Worked with database team and submission and processing of data requests.
• Installed SiteScope to monitor application’s performance.
• Used HP Quality center (QC) for defect management and test management.
• Used Perform to monitor CPU/Memory usage, page faults, average disk read queue length, etc.
• Maintained strong relationships with application developers and database team which helped in fixing the bottlenecks at early stages itself.
• Participated in regular meetings with developers for reviews and walk-throughs.
• Involved in defect tracking, reporting and coordination with various groups from initial finding of defects to final resolution.

Environment:Testing tools: HP-Load Runner, Quality Center, Web services, Java, J2EE, J2ME, IBM Websphere Application Server, Oracle, TOAD

Performance Tester

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Business requirement, Functional and Performance Specification documents.
• Prepared performance test scenarios using functional documents and technical documents.
• Development of Test Scripts and Monitoring methodologies.
• Assisted the team in creating test plans and discovering new test paths to improve the current test coverage.
• Executing Load Test scripts for different QA Environments and identifying memory leakages.
• Involved in the Manual/Automated Testing.
• Tested application in Citrix server using Citrix protocol and monitored Citrix server through PerfMon.
• Used Controller to Perform Load Test, Longevity test and Stress Test.
• The Average CPU usage, Response time and TPS are analyzed for each scenario.
• Enhanced and modified the scripts according to the test case scenarios.
• Coordinating with Off Shore on project issues and executions.
• Attended Defect Meetings and Status Meetings to resolve the bugs.

Environment:LoadRunner, Oracle, Agile, Test Director, QTP, Win runner, MS SQL Server, Unix, ASP, HTML, XML, TSQL, Java script

Performance Tester

Confidential, Dayton, OH

Responsibilities:

• Independently developed PerformanceCenter test scripts according to test specifications/requirements.
• Designed performance test suites by creating Web (GUI/HTTP/HTML), Web service and Click & Script test scripts, workload scenarios, setting transactions. Extensively used VUGen to create Load Test Scripts.
• Identify system/application bottlenecks and worked to facilitate the tuning of the application/environment in order to optimize capacity and improve performance of the application in order to handle peak workloads generated via Mercury Interactive LoadRunner tool to simulate activity.
• Created Vusers to emulate concurrent users, inserting Rendezvous points in the Vuser scripts and executed the Vuser Scripts in various scenarios which were both goal oriented and manual using Load Runner.
• Correlated and Parameterized test scripts to capture Dynamic data & input various test data as per business requirements.
• Using PerformanceCenter, execute multi-user performance tests, used online monitors, real-time output messages and other features of the LoadRunner Controller/Performance center.
• Analyze, interpret, and summarize meaningful and relevant results in a complete Performance Test Report.
• Develop and implement load and stress tests with Mercury PerformanceCenter and present performance statistics to application teams, and provide recommendations of how and where performance can be improved.
• Monitoring the various machines during load tests and informing the corresponding teams in case of issues.
• Created detailed test status reports, performance capacity reports, web trend analysis reports, and graphical charts for upper management using Load Runner analysis component.
• Root Cause Analysis & Bottleneck Analysis/Problem Isolation after Performance Testing using Wily Introscope.
• Expertise in Capacity Planning, Data Modeling and Root Cause Analysis
• Expertise in statistical and mathematical analysis and interpretation of data.
• Performs in-depth analysis to isolate points of failure in the application
• Assist in production of testing and capacity certification reports.
• Develop and implement load and stress tests with Mercury PerformanceCenter, and present performance statistics to application teams, and provide recommendations of how and where performance can be improved
• Monitor and administrate hardware capacity to ensure the necessary resources are available for all tests.
• Creating User Stories and setting up the E-mail alerts to respect focal to follow up the work items in TFS.
• Creating and executing test cases in Test Manager.
• Logging the bugs and tracking until it get closure in TFS.
• Generating Test execution Status and Bug status based on TFS statistics.
• Used Soap UI Pro to perform Web Service Performance test.

Environment: Windows XP, ORACLE, TOAD, Unix, Load Runner, QuickTest Pro, Quality Center, Microsoft Office Visio, C++, JIRA, SOAP UI, Blazemeter.

Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of system & functional requirements with the clients & team members.
• Involved in preparing Test Objectives and Test Case Creation.
• Involved on testing the new functionalities based on test cases and coordinated with development team in fixing the issues.
• Conducted GUI Testing, Smoke, functionality, System and Regression testing.
• Updating, Executing and Maintenance of manual scripts in Mercury Quality Center.
• Tracking and Locking of Defects through JIRA.
• Defects Management and Re-testing of defects.
• Participated in Review meetings with project team.
• Analysis of CRs with the client and Test Cases preparation for CRs.
• Tested critical bug fixes including critical fixes and coordinated with developers in release of bug fixes meeting tight timeline.
• Developing test scripts for the bugs found in exploratory testing.
• Generated Bug Reports and conducted Regression Testing for Recognize the changes.

Environment: J2EE, Windows XP, Agile, JIRA, Quality Center,SAP, HTML, SQL/PLSQL, Selenium, Microsoft Excel, MS Word, Internet Explorer, Microsoft outlook, PowerPoint and Visio

Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of system & functional requirements with the team members
• Involved in preparing Test Case Creation, Review and Execution.
• Analyzed and identified the Test Cases based on requirement document.
• Conducted GUI Testing, Localization Testing, smoke, functionality, system, database and regression testing.
• Tracking and Locking of Defects through Bugzilla.
• Defects Management and Re-testing of defects.
• Participated in Review meetings with project team.
• Developing Test Cases for the bugs found in exploratory testing.
• Involved in writing SQL queries for preparing test data.
• Generating test result reports after completion of test cycle execution on newly deployed build.
• Delivering of the Daily Status (DSR) and Weekly Status reports (WSR).
• Generated Bug Reports and conducted Regression Testing for Recognize the changes.

Environment: Agile, JIRA, Quality Center,BugZilla, TOAD, CSS, SQL/PLSQL, JMeter, Microsoft Visio, WorkBench.