PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 7 years of diverse experience in the field of Information technology with emphasis on Software. Quality Assurance and testing of web based and client server applications. Background includes concepts, requirements, analysis, design, implementation testing and maintenance of complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) projects.
• Experienced in defining testing methodologies, designing test plans and test cases, verifying and validating wed based e - commerce applications and documentation based on standards for software development.
• Experienced in manual testing and automated testing using Test Suite like QTP, Quality Center.
• Good experience creating Test strategy, Test Scripts, Test cases and Traceability Matrix.
• Proficient in working with VuGen, Performance Center, LoadRunner, WinRunner, Quick Test Pro, Site Scope, JIRA, Test Director and Quality Center.
• Experience in configuring and using Sitescope Performance Monitor to monitor and analyze the performance of the server by generating various reports from CPU utilization, Memory Usage to load average etc.
• Extensive experience in Analyzing Software Requirement Specifications and involved in development of Test Plans, Test Cases and executing them.
• Very good at interactive skill tools such as Test director and rational suite including Rational Rose, Clear Quest, IPP, Clear Case and Requisite Pro.
• Experience in writing Technical Documentation and performing Analysis, Black Box Testing, Functionality Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Performance Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), End-to-End Testing, Load Testing, and Database Testing using SQL.
• Experience in working with Defect tracking systems like Quality Center, Rational Clear Quest, Clarify and other internal tools.
• Good Knowledge in Analysis of Problem Severity, Defect tracking system and Defect reporting system.
• Strong ability to allocate tasks, prioritize, track and report statuses at relevant project and team meetings.
• Good work experience as a Project Co-coordinator and performed all QA management activities to ensure QA milestones are achieved.
• Manual Testing experience of web application, client-server, network, multimedia, and Database projects on Windows and UNIX operating systems.
• Proficient in Oracle, PL/SQL & SQL queries, Oracle database and Unix/Windows operating systems.
• Extensive experience in Testing Java, ASP. Net, VB.Net & Mainframe based applications.
• Experience in developing business based functional test scenarios.
• Strong Knowledge of UNIX commands and SUN Solaris.
• Experience in writing SQL queries and executed procedures to perform back end testing for the expected results.
• Ability to work under strict deadlines and solid troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to set and achieve goals, work well independently or in team, skills in identifying problems and meeting goals.
• Excellent communication and logical skills, leadership qualities, systematic approach and has the ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Performance Tools: LoadRunner 9.2/8.0,Performance center

Functional Tools: Quick Test Pro 9.5/9.2

Bug Tracking Tools: Quality Center 10.0/ 9.2, Test Director 7.2

Operating Systems: MS: DOS, Windows 2000/NT, XP/Vista/7 and UNIX

Database Language: SQL, PL/SQLProgramming Language

Unix Shell Scripting: RDBMS

Oracle 11i, MS SQL Server 2000/7, MS Access 2000/97: Browsers

IE 7.0/8.0, Fire fox 2.0/3.0: Protocols

TCP/IP, HTTP/HTML, HTTPSApplication Servers: BEA Web Logic, Sun Java system application server, IBM Web Sphere

Web Servers: Microsoft IIS, Apache, Sun Java system Web Server

Other Tools: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS projects

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Salem, NH

Performance Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Prepared test plans, test cases, test scripts and system specifications according to FRS (Functional requirements specification), Business requirements, SOP’s and system requirements.
• Written High level scripts Using LoadRunner Virtual User generator and executed the tests using performance center.
• Parameterized Unique and dynamic content in the application scripts for real time emulation. Data was queried from Data base and input data for data driven tests were kept in excel files
• Analyzed results Using Load Runner Analysis tool and reported the bottlenecks for various scenarios. Created various check points. Inserted calls to data tables at different levels in the script.
• Added performance measurements for UNIX, Oracle, Web Logic server in Load Runner controller and monitored online transaction response times, Web hits, TCP IP Connections, Throughput, CPU, Memory, Heap sizes, Various Http requests etc. Monitored Oracle database V$ session and system table stats.
• Establish an initial baseline for all the business transactions included for this release.
• Establish a performance baseline for various hardware configurations against which to measure future changes, tuning to the system configuration (hardware and software).
• Compare Performance testing results with benchmark and check for high CPU utilization, memory leaks and other performance degradation factors.
• Worked with Quality Center for executing test cases, reporting defects and reviewing test plans.
• Used Site Scope Performance monitors and LoadRunner graphs to analyze the results.
• Tested back end database using SQL and modified existing UNIX and SQL Scripts.
• Prepared Summary Reports of each protocol after Testing.
• Issues were reported to Development Lead through MS Office and Clear Quest.

Environment: Loadrunner, J2EE, JSP, Java Script, VB, VBscript, .NET, Weblogic, Quality Center, Oracle 11g, Clear quest, TestDirector, Performance center.

Confidential, CA

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead QA Efforts in the proper testing of the PruLifeTM application (order/quote application).
• Developed Test cases as per functional and business requirements.
• Automated test cases for GUI, Functional, Boundary, Security and Regression.
• Conducted Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions involving the user community to identify, analyze and formalize requirements and establish working relationships with business functions and solution delivery teams.
• Extensively used Load Runner VuGen for generating the automated test scripts.
• Created Load/Stress scenarios for performance testing using the Load Runner Controller.
• Used the Load runner Agent and Controller end-to-end Load runner.
• Load Test execution, online monitoring and Performance analysis of the load test.
• Analyzed various graphs, making interpretations and recommendations post the load test reports using Load Runner Analysis.
• Involved in Generating, Analyzing and interpreting the reports post the performance test execution
• Performed Manual Testing prior to automate testing on the application.
• Part of the team involving test plan analysis, go/no-go decisions based on the results.
• Involved in the End-To-End testing and responsible for the Quality Assurance of this application to complete in record time.
• Reported software mismatches (from the test planning), to the development team using Test Director.
• Resolved defects in testing for software issues with client applications.
• Contributed to the product documentation, including online help. Also, built macros and created data graphs / charts in MS Excel.
• Directed the testing team to execute the designed test scenarios via multiple stages of testing (i.e. System, Integration, Performance, and Regression).
• Actively involved in build deployments in QA environment.
• Communicated the various testing issues with Project Manager, Developers and Client members during the status and review sessions.
• Acted as a liaison between business units and IT development teams on complex issues.

Environment: Quality Center, Load Runner, MS Visio, Rational Rose, RUP, MS Project, Oracle 10g.

Confidential, OH

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed requirements document, Interface Control Documents and Design documents.
• Conducted Functionality testing using QTP during the various phases of the product development.
• Created the automated tests for QTP, Developed User Defined functions and used data driven testing and database accessing techniques to support scripts.
• Developed and executed Test scripts for Regression testingusing QTP.
• Involved in writing and implementing the Test plan, Test cases, Test Procedures, Test sets using Design document and functional specs with TestDirector.
• Developed and executed the QTP Automation Scripts for Regression Testing.
• Involved in Performance Testing of application on different platforms using LoadRunner.
• Generated of Management Reports and Status Reports Using Excel.
• Analyzed of the load test results and Preparation and submission of Load test results Identified and addressed performance issues decisively.
• Conducted test kickoff, test planning, execution and defect resolution meetings.
• Involved in execution of test cases and report defects using Mercury Quality Center.
• Coordinated with different teams in formulating test plan, test strategy, test cases, timeline, and Scope of Testing.
• Conducted Positive & Negative testing, User Interface & Acceptance testing at various phases of development and test cycles.
• Tracked all defects in Test Directorand discussed with development team in the meetings.
• Developed the SQL queries and executed the queries using the SQL server.
• Executed manual Test cases and tracking defects using Mercury Quality Centre.

Environment: Test Director, Windows XP, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, VB Script, IIS, ASP.

Confidential, Thousand Oaks, CA

Test Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in preparation of Test plans, Created test cases and responsible for executing the Test Scripts.
• Responsible for designing, developing test plans test cases and executing test scripts.
• Developed test plan and generated manual test cases in Quality Center by reviewing and decomposing business requirements and use case documents.
• Created numerous test scenarios for generating policy kits for different Healthcare plans and business criteria for different states.
• Performed integration testing of Underwriting Desktop, Policy Fulfillment and IO Portal applications developed in Java.
• Actively involved in system testing, integration testing, and regression testing and user acceptance testing when new features and functionality were added at different stages of the project.
• Developed automation scripts using QTP to create large volumes of data in sys80, a terminal emulator application.
• Created automation test scripts for accounts creation, entering decision and rider criteria, retrieving case information and payment procedures using QTP.
• Developed reusable actions and functions in QTP to enhance script usage and maintenance.
• Created, organized and maintained large volumes of test data throughout the entire duration of the project.
• Acted as a go to person for providing test data for all combinations of scenarios and criteria. Provided test data to developers for unit testing and to business users for UAT testing before production deployment.
• Automated scenario creations and validating list of kit materials against expected kit contents using QTP and MS Excel.
• Developed reusable automation scripts for the multi-step process of policy fulfillment kit creation and analyzing kit materials.
• Created Performance Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Evaluation documents for specified test purposes and scenarios.
• Created various performance scripts using Load Runner Vugen.
• Executed performance testing using Load runner Controller.
• Created Load Runner graphs to analyze the results.
• Identified and reported defects in Quality Center and involved in retesting the defects.
• Worked with business analysts and developers in resolving the issues.
• Used Keyword driven automation framework for generating and executing test cases.
• Attended daily stand up meetings to discuss issues and provide project status update to project manager and project sponsors.
• Provided testing estimates to team lead when required.

Environment: C++, QTP, Clear Case, Clear Quest, SQL Navigator, HP, shell scripting in UNIX/LINUX environment Windows XP, Lotus Notes, MS-Word, MS-Excel.

Confidential

QA tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in designing and developing test plans based on functional and Technical Software Requirement specifications.
• Developed Test plans and executed Test Cases manually for the modules.
• Performed functional testing, integration testing, and validation testing on application with Manual testing process.
• Undergone through Regression, Assembly and Functional testing.
• Involved in testing the functionality and usability of the system from end user perspective.
• Developed several components of the product using MySQL, HTML.
• Used Test Director to keep track of bugs and test cases.
• Performed manual testing.
• Conducted Functionality Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Investigated software bugs and interacted with the developers to resolve those.
• Participated in weekly QA meetings and Bug review meetings with the Dev and QA teams.

Environment: Web logic Application server, Windows 2000, Oracle database 8.x, J2EE, JavaScript, XML, Test Director, Quick Test Pro, Load Runner, Microsoft Exchange server.

Confidential

QA Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed user business requirements, functional specs and assisted QA Team lead in writing the Test Plan.
• Involving in functional, system and user acceptance testing.
• Wrote Detail Test cases for automation and used WinRunner to automate.
• Used Test Director for Test Management and Maintained the Test Cases and Test Scripts.
• Executed test cases and documented bugs found during the process of testing.
• Tracked extensive IT testing issues of the whole project resulting from test execution and categorized according to severity of the problem.
• Involved in tracking defects, preparing bug profile and send them to the team lead.
• Wrote SQL Queries to extract data from the Tables.
• Tested application at module level and system level for the quality of the software.
• Wrote the documentation and updated the same as on when the functionality changes.

Environment: Test Director, UNIX, SQL Server, Power Builder, Windows NT, MS-Excel.