SUMMARY

• Over 6 years of experience in the IT industry with extensive skill sets as QA Analyst and performance test engineer .
• Proficient in Requirement Analysis, Test planning, Test case preparation, Manual and automated testing, Load/Performance/Stress & Volume testing, Data migration testing, Bug reporting and Defect tracking.
• Good knowledge in Software Testing and Documentation, Analysis of the Business Requirements Documents and the Functional Specification Documents.
• Strong experience in creating System and Performance Test Plans, developing and maintaining test cases/scripts, test procedures, and test matrices, analyzing bugs, interacting with development team in fixing bugs.
• Prepared testing templates for Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Defect Log, Test Case Checklist, various testing metrics, Bug reporting and Defect tracking.
• Documented test results and Managed Defect Tracking process, which included prioritizing bugs, assigning bugs, and retesting bug - fixes and closure.
• Experience with Regression testing, User acceptance testing(UAT), Functional testing, System testing, Smoke testing, Sanity testing, performance testing, Exploratory testing, browser compatibility testing.
• Experience on Automation tools like QTP/ UFT, Load Runner, Test Director/ Quality Center/ ALM, SOAP UI Pro.
• Hands on experience with data migration testing with ETL testing tools on both Windows and UNIX platforms.
• Experience with QTP - Object repository, Checkpoints, Actions, Functions, regular expressions, parameterization, transactions, Object spy, function library.
• Experience with HP Loadrunner VUGen, Controller and Analysis tools for performance testing and SAP Testing knowledge.
• Experience in Performance Testing using LoadRunner 11,11.5, and 12 and in QA Engineering.
• Excellent domain knowledge on Insurance, Healthcare, & E-Commerce Industries.
• Strong hands-on experience with the software development lifecycle (SDLC), the software testing lifecycle (STLC), and various QA methodologies Waterfall, Agile and Agile scrum.
• Strong analytical and trouble shooting skills.
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills, also a very good team player.
• Operations performed by software applications using Oracle 9g, 10g, and 11g.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Manual Testing
• Automation Testing
• Java/J2EE
• Desktop Applications
• Winxp
• Oracle application
• QC
• LoadRunner file Net
• SQL developer
• Quality center/ALM 11.0
• QTP
• MS Office
• Web services
• Windows XP
• XML
• HTML
• VB Script
• Web Services
• Windows
• Soap/HTML
• SQL
• XML/ MQ
• HTTP
• LDAP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Waltham, MA

Quality Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed performance testing including test plan development, test script design and execution, and test results and analysis reporting.
• Identified issues, logged them through Quality Center and revalidated those issues.
• Created and maintained Test Strategy Documentation, Test Plan, Test Report, Test Summary, and Automated Test Process Documentation and worked through them with the client and posted defects in Quality Center.
• Responsible for performance testing script development and analysis reporting for Hyperion Solutions applications as well as testing methodologies.
• Designed and implemented performance benchmarks to assure end-user performance criteria.
• Full testing capabilities with special emphasis on Performance/Stress Testing using tools such as such as LoadRunner and Quality Center.
• Prepared Load and Performance Test Plan, strategy and load test cases.
• Executed black box, Regression, Integration, Load, End-to-End, System and User acceptance test using QTP.
• Created automated test scripts using QuickTest Pro for Functional and Regression Testing.
• Reviewed manual testing methods and developed and executed automated scripts using Quick Test Pro.
• Performed Stress, Workload generation, Reliability test, and Configuration tests using LoadRunner.
• During the course of testing, identified and reported to the project team any functional issues uncovered.
• Created LoadRunner Scripts for the business functions identified for Performance/Load/Stress Testing
• Designed and built automated performance test scripts using LoadRunner.
• Analyzed the Test Requirements Specification and developing Test Strategy
• Created Performance Test Plan, Test Cases and Test data for identifying testing needs
• Designed and implemented performance benchmarks to assure end-user performance criteria.
• Prepared Batch and Performance Test Plan, strategy and load test cases.
• Created Test Plan for Data Architecture, Network, and Server Technology project.
• Performed Stress, Workload generation, Reliability test, and Configuration tests.
• Monitored CPU utilization, Network traffic, Database Operations, Disk I/O Utilization, Web Server, and Web logic Specific Parameters.
• Involved in Performance Analysis, documentation, code, and provided an assessment of potential performance bottlenecks.
• Monitored the system under test for areas of concern. This included, but is not limited to, CPU utilization, memory usage, network load.
• During the course of testing, identified and reported to the project team any functional issues uncovered and all the business transaction of the application. Defect tracking was done with the clarify online tool.
• Developed Test Scenarios/Test scope, estimates, timelines and overall test strategy
• Created Performance Test Scenarios, Creating the Load Profiled for Performance/Load/ Stress Testing
• Debugged the script and necessary error handling functions, executed script at the same time and observed the behavior of the system, prepared technical report.
• Monitored Application server, BD server, Web Server, and Window Resources and identify the bottlenecks during performance test.
• Provided a comprehensive final document which contained detailed statistical analysis of testing results, conclusions and guidance, and suggestions of ways performance may be improved.
• Executed the Tests, Monitoring the counters and analyzing the results.
• Involved in Reporting /Publishing the final Results.
• Reviewed the test cases developed and the test execution results.

Environment: LoadRunner 11.5, Performance Center, Quality Center, Quick Test Pro 11.5, Windows server, Unix, Java, Java script, HTML, Oracle, SQL, Web Logic, ASP.NET, Visual Basic

Confidential - Marlborough, MA

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business Requirements, Use Cases, Screen shots and developed Test Plan, and Test cases for complete end-to-end testing.
• Coordinated with developers to understand the flow of the application
• Configured LR components (VuGen, Controller, Load Generators, Analysis)
• Generated scripts for performance testing using Virtual User Generator
• Parameterized the scripts and enhanced them according to test cases.
• Created and executed Performance Tests and resolved issues.
• Developed Test Scripts for providers and prepared data for execution of test cases.
• Data validation from end to end
• Used performance monitor and Load Runner graphs to analyze the results.
• Used Controller to perform Load Tests and Stress Tests.
• Uploaded Scripts, Created Timeslots, Created Scenarios and Ran Various Tests (Baseline, Peak Hour, Stress, Duration, Shakeout and Load) in Performance Center 11.52.
• Analyzed Average Response time, TPS, Throughput for each scenario.
• Generate, analyze, and publish Load Runner test results and document the testing process.
• Interacted with developers to resolve performance issues
• Performed Baseline testing, Integration testing, Smoke, Scalability testing, and Re-testing once issues are closed.
• Used test summary report to track defects and report the test summary in weekly meetings.

Environment: Java/J2EE, Desktop Applications, Winxp, Oracle application, Load Runner, Performance center, file Net, SQL developer, Quality center11.0, QTP, MS Office, Web services, Windows XP, XML, HTML, VB Script, Web Services, Windows, Soap/HTML, SQL, XML/ MQ, HTTP, LDAP

Confidential, Boston, MA

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed Virtual user scripts using VuGen for various applications; VuGen scripts then further enhanced by performing Correlations, Data Parameterizations and Customization using LoadRuner 11.5.
• Designed Performance test scenarios and VuGen Scripts using LoadRunner 11.5, running Stress tests and analyzing the results as well as providing critical feedback.
• Executed performance testing using LoadRunner Controller and creating LoadRunner graphs to analyze the results.
• Used Rendezvous concept within LoadRunner 11.5 to generate peak loads onto various servers thereby stressing it and then measuring its performance.
• Created Vuser scripts for Load and Performance testing to verify server throughput capacity as well as to ensure that performance meets or exceeds previous performance benchmarks, using LoadRunner 11.
• Lead the performance tasting team
• Logging defects into the defect tracking tool Quality Center (QC ALM) following analysis of the root cause of the issue, and consulting with team lead before generating defect tickets.
• Identifying the business requirements and involved in Manual and Performance testing of the front-end application.
• Actively participated in QA team meetings and walkthroughs for weekly QA testing review meeting.
• Represented QA at weekly meetings with Development Team and client.
• Involved in the development of test procedures for various stages like Integration, System, Functional, Positive, Negative, Cross platform, Recovery, as well as Performance, Stress, Load/ Volume, and User Acceptance Testing.
• Worked with development shop to establish business processes to enhance efficiency of release procedures.
• Employed best practices for consistent use of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) practices and establishing the process with Project Manager and members of the QA Team
• Engaged with other members of team regularly to discuss/research and develop a coherent understanding of various software change orders.
• Defining the test engagement process for new application launches and maintenance releases.
• Preparing Test Plans that provide a detailed list of conditions under which the system will be tested.
• Tested the application compatibility with IE and Netscape browsers.
• Preparing various documents like Test Scenarios, Test Analysis Report, Defect Report and User Manuals using Quality Center, MS Word and MS Excel.
• Parameterizing various data in the application to use in functional/regression or performance testing.
• Executing manual test cases and verified results with expected results by using ALM.
• Analyzed the discrepancies, severity, tracking system and reporting through Quality Center.
• Analyzed software specifications and technical service description documents.

Confidential

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in different phases of Software Development Life Cycle.
• Involved in analyzing business requirements and functional specifications of the application.
• Involved in team discussions to understand the requirements.
• Wrote Test plan and developed Test cases based on technical specifications and business requirements.
• Created scripts and scenarios for automated testing new and enhanced products using QTP 9.0/10.5.
• Performed data integrity/back-end testing by executing SQL statements using TOAD and SQL Plus.
• Created and executed SQL queries to validate the data, and used data manipulation language. (DML) to update the data in the database and verify with front end that application handles the changes correctly.
• Involved in deciding which test cases to be automated and which test cases not to be automated.
• Performed Negative testing to find how the functions and variables perform when they encounters invalid and unexpected values.
• Used QTP extensively for Regression Testing.
• Conducted Functionality testing during various phases of the application using QTP.
• Inserted Check Points to check for the broken Links, Text, and standard properties of an Object using QTP.
• Created User Defined Functions in QTP, Called External functions in VB Script, used Recovery Scenario.
• Used Parameterization for using various data to test the application using QTP.
• Checked the data flow through the front end to backend and used SQL queries, to extract the data from the Database.
• Interacted with developers and business users to communicate and reproduce the defects.
• Performed Security Testing for unauthorized access of the application with Positive and negative testing
• Performed System testing and End to End testing.
• Used Quality Center extensively for test planning, bug tracking and reporting.
• Executed the test cases during weekly batch test and as new builds were rolled.
• Recorded the Test cases using Automation tool QTP and checked the functionality of the application for every release.

Environment: Quality Center 9.0/11.1, QTP 9.2/10.5, LoadRunner, Oracle 11g, .NET,HTML, XML, MS Excel, Windows XP/ 7, Linux, VB Script, SOAPUI, PL/SQL, SQL Developer

Confidential

QA Analyst/ Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and wrote detailed specification, Scenarios and test requirements.
• Involved in QA project planning, test design, test development, implementation of the test procedures for client server and web based applications.
• Develop detailed test plans from use cases and develop test cases for functional, integration, system testing, regression and user acceptance testing.
• Wrote VB scripts using QTP.
• Performed the data driven tests that deal with different sets of data.
• Prepared Test matrix's to reflect the number of test cases executed, number of bugs found in the application and number of bugs fixed by the developers.
• Track, review, analyze and compare defects using Quality Center.
• Analyzed the functional specifications and discuss and work with business analyst team to gather functionality details.
• Executed test cases developed by self or peer. Compare and analyzed actual to executed results and reported all deviations for resolution.
• Used Quality Center for Test Planning, Test Designing, Test Analysis, Test Execution, Defect Tracking and Test Evaluation.
• Developed SQL scripts for all the test cases to be tested manually and automated for functionality, integration, regression, performance and database testing, documented and analyzed test results from test deliverables.
• Interacted with the developers to sort out the issues and the defects.
• Monitor batch processes: Pending Proposal, Pending Payment, Enrolled account, Status update process and Program Removal.

Environment: Quality Center 9.0/11.1, QTP 9.0/9.5, LoadRunner 8.0, SOAPUI,.NET,HTML, XML, VB Script, MS Excel, Windows XP/ 7, Linux.