SUMMARY

• 11+ years of experience as a the Software Testing field as a QA Lead/Analyst with 5+ years of experience in Performance Testing and 6 years in Functional Automation & SOA Testing, SecurityTesting of the Web,Desktop Applications.
• Extensive experience in testing of Banking, Financial Services, Retail &Logistics, Insurance and business domain applications.
• Good experience in Load,Stress,Scalability, Endurance Testing of Web Applications using Load Runner and Performance Center.
• Designed the LoadRunner scripts by using Parameterization and Correlation concepts with http/html, Webservices, RTE, Truclient, AJAX, Click&Script protocols.
• Good experience in doing E - commerce ESB (Enterise Service Bus) webservices performance testing for ecommerce applications.
• Performance Testing has been done by changing the properties in the webservice execution group such as changing the instances in each layer of ESB(Enterprise Service Bus) in WMB(Websphere Message Broker).
• Created automated test scripts with JMeter and LoadRunnerVuGen.
• Have experience in monitoring the Message Broker Queues by seeing the Max Depth in the Queues, also noted the Puts and Gets in the queues.
• Good experience in Performance Testing with MQ using RFH Utilc tool.
• Good experience in Performance Testing of Mainframe application using RTE protocol.
• SOA testing has been conducted using tools WCF Storm and HP Loadrunner & SOAP UI.
• Tested XML messages request &response, puts& gets in the MQ.
• Involved in analysis of the Performance results and bottlenecks in the server.
• Performance testing done by setting up the latency using Shunra Tool.
• Extensive experience in Shunra Performance Suite such as Shunra Network Editor, ShunraVcat Client, Shunra Analyzer.
• Created Business Process, Test Plan using Shunra Network Editor.
• Have provided ShunraLatency Performance Test results with bandwidth value for each transaction.
• Server stats have been collected by running Perfmon for Windows servers and Vmstat, Nmon for Unix servers. Also used Site Scope 11.0 to monitor the servers.
• Coordinated with various cross functional teams.
• JVM heap size has been monitored, Analyzed Garbage Collection logs for the usage of JVM heap size.
• Good experience in running security scans and report preparation in Rational Appscan tool.
• Extensive experience in preparing Test Metrics and Test Effort Estimations.
• Well versed in Reviewing all Testing Artifacts and documents.
• Developed new scenarios by understanding the flow in the business.
• Designed and written Positive, Negative test cases for new requirements, enhancements and bug fixes.
• Experience in Test Effort Estimation, collecting metrics
• Prepared Defect Report, Test hierarchy document,Test summary document, Traceability document, QA Signoff document and raised showstopper issues
• Experience with full Project/QA Life cycle (SDLC) from Requirement analysis to User acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Have diverse experience in Software Testing and Quality Assurance, with expert level skills in strategic areas into Functional Testing, Integration/System Testing, Data base and Regression Testing having executed on both Client/Server and web based applications.
• Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle and Test Methodologies from project definition to postdeployment documentation such as planning, creating, executing, reporting, and tracking the defects.
• Experience in writing Test plans, defining Test cases, Test Scenarios, Developing and Maintaining Test Scripts based on business and functional requirements. Documented all phases of QA process.
• Having good experience in working Maintenance Releases and performed a Release Coordinator role.
• Experience in using Automation Tools: Quick Test Professional and Quality Center in Client/Server, Web, Windows, Touch Screen, and Database for the applications inRetail-IT POS, Banking, Financial Services,Logistics, and Handheld Devices.
• Good experience in RDBMS such SQL, MS Access.
• Experience in usingSQLusing TOAD.
• Experience in testing handheld devices Pocket PC - Intermec (WinCE), Motorola (Pocket PC 2003) with GPRS.
• Experience in MercuryQualityCenter - Design Test Steps, Requirement Mapping to Tests, Executing Tests Manually, Defect Logging, Defect Reporting
• Experienced in preparing the Test Execution Reports, Daily summary reports and Minutes of memorandum.
• Expertise in problem solving and Bug tracking Reports using Bug tracking Tools like Quality Center.
• Experienced on working Agile Methodology.
• Generated substantial customer satisfaction and goodwill by continuously meeting deliverables on time, exceeding targets and objectives for projects.
• A motivated, thorough, dependable and well-organized team player with good interpersonal skills.
• As a Sr.QA Lead experience in Strong project & people management capabilities, analytical skills, evaluation and high degree of initiative. Manage, direct and coordinate of all aspects of project - Estimation, Scoping, Planning, Scheduling tasks and milestones, Tracking & Monitoring.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Test Management Tools: Mercury Quality Center 10.0, JIRA, Clearquest,Fogbugz,Testdirector

Testing Tools: Performance Center,Loadrunner 11.52,Quick Test Pro 9.0, WinRunner7.0

Security Testiing Tools: Rational Appscan

Tools: Shunra,Site Scope,SOAP UI 4.5.1,WCF Storm,RFHUtilc

Languages: C, C++,SQL, VB,Java

Web Technology: HTML, XML

Database Tools: MS-Access, TOAD

Operating System: UNIX, Win98/NT/2000/Vista, Pocket PC 2003.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Boston MA

QA Lead

Environment: Java, SAP, Oracle, VB.NET, Datawarehouse,Unix

Responsibilities:

• Load,Stress, Scalability, Endurance Testing of Applications as per the client requirement
• Created scripts in Vugen and ran in both in Performance Center .
• Parameterized and correlated the scripts along with the checkpoints.
• Introduced latency between the servers and done the performance testing.
• Coordinating with Offshore Team from Onsite and managing the work
• Preparation of Performance Test Plan and Test Effort Estimations.
• Performed latency testing with various geographic store latencies..
• Collected server stats for analyzing the results.
• Responsible for configuring and executing a Database Test Plan using JMeter for testing data using the JDBC driver for Oracle.
• Monitored application transaction health in traditional, virtualized and cloud environments using HP Diagnostics software
• Monitoring the message queue manager for queue depths.
• Deeply involved in various webservices performance testing..
• Participated in the review and analysis of business requirement and software design documents.
• Performed a role of Release coordinator for production release in an application maintenance environment.
• Used HP Diagnostic for transactions from the end user through the back end.
• Developed a detailed performance report for the Maintenance releases and Worked on Turnover issues
• Involved in mapping the requirements to the test cases in Quality Center.
• Attended weekly status report meetings.
• Coordinating with clients on the work schedule.

Confidential, Texas

Sr.QA Analyst& Onsite Coordinator& QA Lead

Environment: Java, SAP, Oracle, VB.NET, Data warehouse, Unix

Responsibilities:

• Load, Stress, Capacity, Bandwidth Testing of Applications as per the client requirement
• Created scripts in Vugen and ran in both in Performance Center & controller.
• Parameterized and correlated the scripts.
• Automation of Web Applications using Data Driven Framework
• Coordinating with Offshore Team from Onsite and managing the work
• Preparation of Test Plan
• Prepared Test Metrics and Test Effort Estimations
• Analyzing new requirements and preparing Estimations
• Regression testing of various modules
• Test case design and execution for Enhancements and Bug Fixes and building new scenarios.
• Involved in analyzing the Functional specifications, Baseline requirements.
• Participated in the review and analysis of business requirement and software design documents.
• Performed a role of Release coordinator for production release in an application maintenance environment.
• Responsible for configuring and executing a Database Test Plan using JMeter for testing data using the JDBC driver for Oracle.
• Developed a detailed Test Plan for the Maintenance releases and Worked on Turnover issues
• Involved in mapping the requirements to the test cases in Quality Center.
• Attended weekly status report meetings.
• Coordinating with clients on the work schedule.

Confidential, Texas

Sr QA Engineer

Environment: UNIX, ATG, XP, Oracle,Dev 2K, Java, Unix, Oracle, Informatica

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed user requirements, design document and business rules.
• Designing Master Test Plans, Testcases& Requirement Traceability Matrix.
• Reviewing & Approving the Testcases and Test plans prepared by the team members.
• Developed Integration Test Plan for the QA & Production environment.
• Interacted with the Internal & external vendors to make sure that all the key integration points are functioning.
• Responsible for Integration and Regression testing - test scenario creation and execution.
• Verified database information by employing SQL queries for data accuracy and consistency.
• Used Toad to execute SQL Queries to validate the data in the Oracle databases.
• Involved in testing of the Prosidie, Verizon - Data feeds as per the staging of the build.
• Executed Test cases for the application.
• Performed traceability between Requirements and Testcases.
• Worked closely with development staff to resolve Bugs.
• JIRA is used for raising the Tickets/Issue logs.
• Attended status review meetings regularly among the Team.
• Attended the Walkthroughs with the Business Analysts, Technical Analysts and Developers
• Executing, analyzing, and verifying test results and worked with developers to resolve issues.
• Communicate project business issues to appropriate business leadership groups and lead resolution or escalation of issues as necessary.

Confidential, Washington DC

QA Lead

Environment: Pocket PC, Oracle, Blue Zone Mainframe, WinCE, Motorola, Intermec and RoHs,Windows XP,UNIX.

Responsibilities:

• Working with the PA manual test coordinator to ensure all team members have assignments via the Vendor Schedule to test the application.
• Involved in verifying the Pads like (XPAD, EPAD, and Intermec) in getting the proper components for builds, which are then ready to be used for testing.
• Verifying the devices (Motorola, Intermec) is properly connected to the Printers via Bluetooth, Infrared.
• Verifying the Bluetooth connection for generating an Astra Labels.
• Participating in the QA activities for various releases in the Project.
• Involved in designing the Test Input Data file for all the test sets available in QC to run the QTP Script over the check list.
• Given general Guidelines to the Team members on QTP Automation approach.
• Executing the QTP scripts, analyzing the results.
• Conducted regression testing for the subsequent versions of the application using QTP.
• Conducted Data Driven testing using parameterization in QTP to test the application with different set of data
• Testing of the different modules of the application on Motorola, Intermec and RoHs devices in different phases like Regression, End to End Testing.
• GPRS connectivity and messaging testing between the Dispatch Work Station (DWS) and Pad.
• Performed all verification and validation testing activities..
• Participate in definition of business requirement and design reviews to ensure that software is designed to facilitate testing.
• Documenting and reporting defects found during testing in Quality Center and managing it using PM Suite (Bug tracking Tool)
• Researching and answering clarifications in the QualityCenterclarifications project.

Confidential, Washington DC

Manual Tester

Environment: QualityCenter 8.2,PM Suite, Blue Zone Mainframe, Small Talk, Oracle 8i, TOAD, COSMOS

Responsibilities:

• Good experience in Load, Capacity, Stress Testing of Web Applications using Load Runner and Performance Center.
• Designed the Load Runner scripts by parameterization and correlation.
• Load testing done by setting the bandwidth of the system using Shunra Tool.
• Good Experience in preparation of Test Plan, Test Approach documents.
• Good experience in Automation of Web Applications using Data Driven Framework.
• Involved in updating and reframing the old test sets based on the new functionality changes.
• Involved in Logical Regrouping of the Test Sets in QualityCenter.
• Involved in peer review and updating of written test cases.
• Verifying the Fixed Plogs on Particular Build by referring the Plogs in the Development Build.
• Verifying the defects status in QualityCenter as per the Client comments and updating the same in QC (Open Status, Researching, Reopening the defects).
• Involved in QC Clean up activity for reviewing the Test cases as Final Reviewer, which are in Ready for Review Status and moving this test sets to Approved for Use.
• Involved in Identifying of the unused test cases in the Test Plan in Quality Center and prepared a consolidated doc to delete the test cases.
• Involved in documenting the project related decks like - Client Supplied hardware items and Cosmos/DWS/QC Outage.
• Understanding the COSMOS mainframe system and verify test results in backend Database.
• Attended weekly conference calls and the team meetings.

Confidential

Functional Tester

Environment: ASP, Javascript,Oracle, Unix,WindowsNT,Linux,Tcl/Tk,Visual Basic,VB.NET

Responsibilities:

• Developed positive and negative test data by reviewing requirements and test design documents
• Execution of the Test Cases based on the Vendor weekly schedule.
• Prepared Test Plan, Test Metrics, Test Effort Estimations.
• Maintaining various test matrixes such as Traceability and test coverage matrix.
• Testing of the different modules of the application on different Operating systems.
• Installation/Up gradation testing of product in Multi Platform.
• Reporting and managing bugs using Btrack (Bug tracking Tool)
• Involved in Functional and Regression testing.
• Involved in Onsite Coordination activities.
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing.
• Reviewing Test cases and coordinating in the overall test designing process.
• Attended status review meetings regularly among the Team.
• Timely interaction with clients on work schedule.