PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Almost 6 Years of experience in Quality Assurance (Functional/Performance) testing with expertise in requirements gathering, analysis, design, application testing & Quality Assurance of Web based applications.
• Expertise in Test Planning, Test Cases Design, Test Environment Setup, Test Data Setup, Defect Management, Configuration Management.
• Onsite (South Africa) experience in Performance Testing with Confidential .
• Certified in AIS - HP Performance Center v9 and Quick Test Professional 9.2
• Execution of automated test scripts using HP Tools (Quality Center, HP ALM, HP Performance Center) based on business/functional specifications.
• Proficient in different phases of testing like Functional Testing, Regression Testing, System Integration Testing, Performance Testing, Load Testing.
• Performed SIT, Performance Testing, and Regression during the testing life cycle of the product release.
• Prepared Test Plan, Effort Estimation and Regression Checklist.
• Specialized in performance testing applications using load-testing tools such as Load Runner, Performance Center, Wily Introscope, site scope.
• Extensive experience in using Load Runner in Web and Web services
• Expertise in Test Management and Bug Tracking tools like Quality Center, HP ALM.
• Strong knowledge of using Single and Multiple protocols in Load runner Vugen like Web Http, WebSevices, Ajax Tru Client.
• Knowledge on Visio diagrams.
• Experience in Web services testing using SOAP UI and Load Runner.
• Experience in Performance tuning of the application.
• Ability to identify root causes and derive corrective actions to meet short and long term business requirements using resourceful approaches.
• Strong business analysis skills and thorough understanding of software development life cycle.
• Strong problem solving skills and very good time management skills.
• Ability to master new technologies quickly.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: C, Java, Java Script, VB Script, XML, SQL

Testing Tools: Quality Center 10, Test Director 8.0/7.2, Load Runner 9.10, HP performance Center 11, HP ALM 11, HP Site Scope

Test Strategies: Performance testing, Performance Tuning, Integration, Interface, System, Regression, User-Acceptance.

Databases: ORACLE 11g/10g/9i/8i, SQL SERVER 2000/2005/2012

Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP

Browsers: Internet Explorer, Chrome and Mozilla Firefox

Applications: MS Office Suite, MS Visio, Toad 9.0, SOAP UI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Richfield, MN

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyze business requirements and identified the requirements for Performance Testing
• Executing Load Test, Stress Test and Endurance Test in Performance center.
• Responsible for Test Management, Performance and Functional test execution, Defect Tracking and Reporting. Prepared Test cases and Executed Test cases
• Design and execute Test Cases, Generate Test Scripts and Test scenarios using Vugen component.
• Used HP ALM for tracking defects, enhancement requests, assign work activities, and assess the real status of project throughout the life cycle

Environment: HP Performance Center 11, HP ALM 11

Confidential

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Performance Test Estimation based on NFR.
• Gathering Requirements and preparing the performance test plan.
• Identifying the Performance test Scope and scenarios.
• Creating Test Scripts in Load Runner VUgen.
• Conducting performance tests using the Load Runner Controller as well as HP Performance Center.
• Monitoring CPU utilization, Database performance etc. using site scope and preparing the preliminary reports.
• Also Involved in Performance tuning of the application.
• Experience in Web services testing using SOAP UI and Load runner.
• Experience in Topology creation using MS Visio.
• Used Quality Center 10.0 for versioning of VUgen scripts.
• Microsoft SharePoint is used for Requirements, reporting & tracking.
• Preparation of Daily and Weekly status Report.
• Creating the Defect Status Reports
• Attended the Project Audits.
• Managed the Defect Prevention team.
• Review and upload the test cases in QC.

Environment: HP Performance Center 11,HP ALM 11, Load Runner 9.10, Quality Center 10, MS Visio, SOAP UI, HP Sitescope

Confidential

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gather the requirement by going through the BRD and also by conducting discussions with client
• Performing proper recording settings to capture the script using HP load runner 9.10
• Execution of the test scripts using HP Load runner.
• Monitored performance counters like Page Faults/sec, Page Input/sec, Page Output/sec, Available Memory, Bytes Send/sec Bytes Received/sec etc.
• Report preparation in word document

Environment: Load Runner 9.10, Perfmon

Confidential

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with the client to obtain the Business Requirements Specification.
• Analyzed the requirements and created the test plans and test cases.
• LoadRunner was used to generate Vuser script to simulate multiple client interactions and emulate the behavior of hundreds of real users between the browser and the web server.
• Customize Parameterization in DATA file using via LoadRunner to test the application with different sets of data.
• Inserted rendezvous points to create intense load on the server and thereby to measure server performance.
• Used various techniques like Ramp up, Ramp down, Transaction Point in Load Runner.
• Report preparation in word document
• Used Rational Clear Quest for tracking defects.

Environment: Load Runner, Microsoft Excel, Rational clear quest, Microsoft SharePoint.

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design & Execution of Automation & Manual Test Cases.
• Design Data Driven Framework using VB Script, QTP9.2 and Microsoft Excel.
• Performed Assembly testing, Functional testing and Regression testing.
• Extensive use of Microsoft SharePoint for Requirements, Test Cases, reporting & tracking.
• Report and Retest Defects.
• Compile and distribute test metrics.
• Involved in Test Data setup to execute the test cases.

Environment: QTP9.2, MS Excel, MS SharePoint, Toad, MS-Office.

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed business process flow diagrams, use cases and screen mock ups.
• Tracked all the requirements using Quality Center.
• Created and Executed test cases, updated testing results and status.
• Participated in Walkthroughs and defect review meetings periodically.
• Performed User acceptance testing, functional testing, integration testing and system testing.
• Involved in Test Data setup to execute the test cases.
• Was involved in creation and maintaining Requirement Traceability Matrix

Environment: Quality Center, MS excel, MS SharePoint

Confidential

Java Developer

Responsibilities:

• Front End Development using Java Script, Ajax and JSP
• Developed an API to write XML documents from a database. Utilized XML and XSL Transformation for dynamic web-content and database connectivity.
• Analyzed the performance of system software code and wrote code to tune it.
• Performed usability testing for the application using JUnit Test.

Environment: Java, Java Script, JSP, Ajax, XML, SQL, Eclipse, Tomcat 5.0