SUMMARY

• Over7years of experience in Information Technology with expertise in Software quality assurance in performing Manual and Automated testingof desktop and webapplications.
• Experience in gathering and analyzing the business requirements, functional requirements and technical documentation for entire QA Test cycle.
• Extensive experience with automation tools: Quality Center, QTP, Loadrunner.
• Expertise in designing and developing Test plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, Test Reports for both manual and automated Testing.
• Well versed with various Testing Techniques, Testing Levels, Testing Types, and QA Work Products.
• Extensive experience using Loadrunner for Performance Testing, Stress Testing, Longevity Testing, Volume Testing and Capacity Testing.
• Experience in Monitoring tools like HP Sitescope, CA Wily Introscope.
• Extensive experience in Functional, Regression, Integration, System, User Acceptance and Load Testing.
• Expertise in analyzing the test results, reporting defects, tracking Defect Life Cycle and provide suggestions to development teams.
• Expertise at performing Database testing of back - end tables and data manipulation using SQL Queries.
• Worked closely with development and Technical Support teams to ensure high quality software.
• Well-versed with all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Test Life Cycle (STLC).
• Played a key role in timely delivery of the product.
• Proven ability to work effectively in both independent and team.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and communication skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automation Tools: Loadrunner, QTP, Quality Center, Bugzilla

Web Technologies: HTML, Asp.Net, XML, JavaScript and VB Script

Languages: C, C++, C#.Net

Databases: SQL Server, MS Access

Tools: & Utilities: MS-Office, Outlook Express, VSS

Applications: Windows/Desktop, Web, Web Services, Client/Server

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements from various stakeholders and prepared the requirement documents for the load testing.
• Used VUGen for generating Vuser scripts, replaying and debugging.
• Worked on manual and auto correlations for dynamically changing values of server data.
• Worked on validating the scripts by parameterization of various values like domain names, input test data values, etc.
• Uploaded Scripts, Created Scenarios and Ran Load Tests in ALM Performance Center 11.5.
• Extensively used ALM for running various Load, Stress and Longevity tests.
• Used Loadrunner Analysis for generating various graphs, analyzing and validating the results.
• Used Loadrunner graphs, Sitescope monitors to analyze the results.
• Involved in interacting between other teams and Performance team for getting the required data based on data requirement for conducting performance testing.
• The Average CPU usage, Response time, TPS are analyzed for each scenario.
• Used Quality Center for tracing Requirement, Testing and Defect Coverage.
• Organized walkthroughs and inspections with the Business people, Business analyst and developers to decide the Scope of testing and Testability of Requirements.
• Effectively communicated the Defects with the developers and helped them in fixing the issues.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing on behalf of End Users at client’s environment.
• Collaborated with project teams & conducted knowledge sharing sessions and training to end users.

Environment: HP ALM 11.5, Loadrunner 11/11.5, Sitescope, Quality Center, SQL Server, J2EE, Windows XP, MS Office

Confidential, New Jersey

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Worked with business analysts to understand the business requirements.
• Simulated the real user behavior by using Loadrunner 9.5 web protocol and created Vuser scripts.
• Parameterized the scripts to run the script for multiple users.
• Enhanced the scripts by adding checkpoints, functions, transactions, rendezvous points.
• Created various scenarios in Loadrunner controller for performing Load, Stress, Longevity testing.
• Changed the runtime settings like Think time, browser emulation, preferences to simulate various scenarios.
• Analyzed Throughput Graph, Hits/Second graph, Transactions per second graph and Rendezvous graphs and Sitescope monitors using LR Analysis tool.
• Analyzed the results in Analysis session of Loadrunner to find the bottlenecks.
• Prepared the performance test report after every load test explaining the progress before and after making the changes and prepared the comprehensive report at the end of the testing.
• Use SQL Queries for Data validation/Backend testing.
• Followed-up with business and development teams on urgent defects.
• Defect tracking and reporting using Quality Center.
• Prepared weekly and monthly status reports.

Environment: Loadrunner 9.5, Quality Center 10.0, ASP.Net, C# .Net, SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2010, Telerik, XML, Web Services, Crystal Reports, Stored procedures, Windows Server 2003

Confidential

Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with business analysts to understand the business requirements.
• Involved in creating test requirements, test plan and test cases using Test Management Tool Quality Center.
• Involved in Functional Testing, Integration Testing, GUI testing, System testing and Performance testing.
• Developed Test Scripts for Regression and Smoke Testing using QTP.
• Used a Hybrid Automation framework to make the scripts reusable and flexible.
• Used Descriptive programming to design tests, due to constantly changing object properties.
• Conducted Data driven testing using QTP and Parameterized the scripts using MS excel.
• Integrated QTP with QC to execute the Test Scripts.
• Used Check Points, Output Values, Synchronization and Regular Expressions extensively in QTP.
• Extensively Involved in Performance testing.
• Generated scripts and handled Correlation as well as parameterization using Loadrunner VUGen, executing scenarios using Controller and analysis of results using Loadrunner Analysis.
• Modified/Enhanced the Scripts by adding checkpoints, functions, transactions, and rendezvous points.
• Analyzed Throughput Graph, Hits/Second graph, Transactions per second graph and Rendezvous graphs using LR Analysis tool.
• Defect tracking and reporting using Quality Center.
• Regularly interacted with Developers to discuss various problems and issues.
• Prepared weekly and monthly status reports.

Environment: Loadrunner 9.5, QTP 9.5, QC 9.5, C#.net, ASP.net 3.0, SQL Server 2005, Stored Procedures, Web Services .

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed business requirement documents and technical specifications.
• Developed test cases manually to meet the business requirements for different modules.
• Developed test cases by using black box techniques like BVA, ECP and decision tables.
• Performed System Testing, User Acceptance and End to End testing on the application.
• Executed Test cases manually on the application.
• Performed database testing using SQL, executed various DDL and DML statements.
• Defect tracking and reporting using Bugzilla.
• Worked with development team to ensure testing issues are resolved on the basis of using defect reports.
• Prepared weekly and monthly status reports.
• Attended daily status calls, interacted with team members for various QA related activities per test plan and project timelines.

Environment: Bugzilla, C#.Net, ASP.net, SQL Server 2005

Confidential, Virginia

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed business requirement documents and technical specifications.
• Developed test cases manually to meet the business requirements for different modules.
• Developed test cases by using black box techniques like BVA, ECP and decision tables.
• Performed System Testing, User Acceptance and End to End testing on the application.
• Executed Test cases manually on the application.
• Performed database testing using SQL, executed various DDL and DML statements.
• Defect tracking and reporting using Bugzilla.
• Worked with development team to ensure testing issues are resolved on the basis of using defect reports.
• Prepared weekly and monthly status reports.
• Attended daily status calls, interacted with team members for various QA related activities per test plan and project timelines.

Environment: PHP, Unix, C++, PL/SQL, Oracle 9i, Bugzilla.