SUMMARY:

• Tester with over 7+ years of diversified experience in developing test strategy: comprising test plan, test scenarios, test scripts and test reports, automation testing for various Client/Server and Web based applications and services.
• Extensively involved in all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experienced in both manual and automated Testing.
• Experienced in System Testing, Integration Testing, Smoke Testing, Backend Testing, GUI Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Performance, Load, and Stress Testing.
• Specialized in test automation using Micro Focus Load Runner, Quick Test Professional, Win Runner, Web LOAD. Strong experience in defining business use cases and defining requirements.
• Highly experienced with Manual and Automation Testing
• Experienced in using Interactive automated Testing Tools like Load Runner, Quality Center.
• Experienced in developing and maintaining Test Plan, Test Evaluation Summary, Test Procedures, Test scripts, Test cases.
• Enhanced Vuser script in Load Runner for Parameterization, Transaction point, Rendezvous point and Correlation.
• Excellent Knowledge on Performance testing tool Load Runner.
• At ease in high stress environments requiring superior ability to effectively handle multi - task levels of responsibility.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Performance testing tool: Load Runner, Performance Center, Quality Center.

Languages: C and SQL

Monitoring tools: SiteScope, Wily Introscope, Google Analytics, Dynatrace

Load Runner Protocols: Web (HTTP\HTML), Web Services, WSDL, SAP Web, ODBC.

Browsers: Mozilla Fire Fox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer

Tools: MS Project and MS Excel: Operating SystemsMS-DOS Window variants, UNIX, LINUX

Methodologies: Agile and Waterfall.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Denver, CO

Performance Tester

Role & Responsibilities:

• Work with developer, client and business Analyst to understand the application and their goals for the application
• Design test cases and test plan for the Application
• Developed the Load Test scripts using the Load Runner Virtual User Generator (VUGen) and enhanced the scripts by including transactions, parameterize the constant values and correlating the dynamic values.
• Developed VUser scripts and enhanced the basic script by Parameterizing the constant values.
• Independently developed LoadRunner test scripts according to the test specifications/requirements
• Used various custom C functions to make the script more dynamic.
• Performed testing for No load, Medium Load and Full Load and analyzed the system response.
• Introduced rendezvous points in the script for stressing the application for specific transactions
• Baseline testing and Stress testing for the application to check the performance of the web logic server
• Conducted IP Spoofing using Load Runner Controller.
• Responsible for monitoring and analysis of performance monitoring tools results during and after performance testing.
• Monitored the metrics such as response times, throughput and server resources such as CPU utilized, Available Bytes and Process Bytes by using LoadRunner Monitors
• Monitor application transactions and quickly identify application bottlenecks using Hp diagnostics
• Performance testing to see system behavior of the system on certain load
• Using Load Runner analyzed the response times of various business transactions, modules login times under load, developed reports and graphs to present the test results.
• Used Ramp Up/Ramp Down, Rendezvous point, Start and End Transaction, Parameterization, Correlation features of Load Runner.
• Used Dynatrace to monitor app server, middleware, Database and other components to find bottleneck in both Application and Infrastructure level.

Confidential, Chicago IL

Performance Tester

Role & Responsibilities:

• Involved in writing Test Strategies, Test Plans and Test cases for different Web services.
• Involved extensively in Functional, Regression and Performance Testing.
• WinRunner was used to generate automated test scripts for functionality and GUI testing and modified the script.
• Performed regression testing for every modification in the application and new builds using WinRunner.
• Designed the test plan for Load/Stress testing.
• Developed LoadRunner scripts in Vugen for each application
• Created Vugen scripts for different Web Services.
• Set up LoadRunner environment for Controllers requirements, Load generator settings Analyzed system performance for both client and server based on different performance counters like Hits/sec, through put, Average Transaction time, Developed and parameterized Vugen script
• Interacted with end users for UAT and further modified the application based on user requirements
• Extensively worked with Build Processing Team.

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

Performance Tester

Role & Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Test Plan based on Business and functional specifications
• Analyzed Business Requirements, Screenshots, and Functional specification documents to prepare test cases.
• Created performance testing environment and installed all the necessary components of Load Runner on the different machines.
• Created various performance scripts using Load Runner Vugen.
• Created Load Runner graphs to analyze the results
• Executed performance testing using Load runner Controller.
• Used Auto Correlation, Parameterization and Content Check features.
• Enhanced the script with Check Points, Rendezvous Points and Transactions to check the performance of the application and added General Vuser Functions, Protocol Specific Functions and Standard C Functions to handle bottlenecks of the application.
• Analyzed Throughput Graph, Hits/Second graph, Transactions per second graph and Rendezvous graphs using LR Analysis tool.
• Communicated with development team to resolve defects as needed.
• Performed regression testing on enhanced build.
• Worked in Agile Scrum methodology for frequent software delivery.
• Implemented defect management, automated regression testing, performance testing, requirement review, code review, release management.
• Developed Test cases to test different scenarios including positive and negative testing.
• Responsible for enhancement of previously developed test cases.
• Conducted peer reviews for high-level test scenarios, test plan and test cases.
• Participated in Face to Face Communications with other members as a part of the Agile Methodology.
• Attended weekly defect report meetings and presented progress updates.
• Interacted with System Engineers thoroughly for collecting Requirements.
• Ability to work with multi-cultural teams across multiple time zones to accommodate offshore business hours.

Confidential, Salt Lake City, UT

Performance Tester

Role & Responsibilities:

• Used Ramp Up/Ramp Down, Rendezvous point, Start and End Transaction, Parameterization, Correlation features of Load Runner.
• Response time, Transactions per second are calculated by using load Runner.
• Wrote application specific functions using C language to add logic to load testing scripts.
• Skilled at converting raw data into meaningful charts and graphs that show the pertinent results of the test in graphical context.
• Closely worked with development team and guided them in finding and fixing the performance defects.
• Reviewed business requirements, proposed solution documents, system specifications and GUI design documents in order to create test cases.
• Integration, system and user acceptance testing of business portal used for login and management of accounts, as well as the extensive testing on the application itself.
• Analyzed the gaps between requirements and use cases and prepared a gap analysis document.
• Test plan walkthrough with the business analysts, developers, and Project Manager.
• Involved with sanity testing, post-deployment testing. A cursory check of the application when deployed to production.
• Performed regression testing of the entire application after all high severity defects were fixed to ensure that no new defects were introduced, and application is stable and robust.
• Defect Tracking and management using Rational ClearCase.
• Creating test cases in Rational Test Manager.