SUMMARY:

• Over 14 yrs experience in the information technology industry as QA automation and performance Lead and consultant with extensive knowledge of testing methodologies, specializing in HP tools Quick Test Pro(QTP), LoadRunner, HP Quality Center/TestDirector, SAP Testing and specialization in SAP Banking, SAP MM, Confidential, Confidential IM and worked in US, India and UK.
• Strong expertise in all phases of software testing and management, defining requirements, planning testing process, test automation & execution, analyzing and reporting results, tracking and managing defects with special focus on agile methodologies .
• Worked as Automation Lead for IBM for the Client Confidential in Dallas. Lead the automation team working on automation of Customer Care & Billing(CC&B) and other applications like ODM and coordinated with the Client and provided directions for all the automation and performance projects.
• Working as Onsite Automation/Tools Lead for Confidential for the Client Confidential & Confidential in NJ. Lead and provided directions for the Confidential SAP project on automation and test management tools, streamlined and implemented the Process and coordinated with the Client and different vendors.
• Worked as Automation Lead and Performance Test Specialist for Confidential for the Clients Confidential . Lead the Automation of Confidential projects and worked on performance testing of Confidential Tacton Product Configurator. For Confidential ’s lead the OMAR/OPTIMA projects as Onsite Lead.
• Worked as an Automation Test Specialist for Confidential for the Client Confidential in Swindon, UK on automation of SAP Banking and different applications like OLB, Portrait, EWM,SAP BP and ChapsSwift.
• Worked as BAT Test Lead for Confidential for the Client Confidential in Bangalore for Confidential .
• Worked as Sr. Associate QA, L1 for Confidential , for the Clients Confidential and New Market International. Worked on Performance Testing and functional testing/Automation of B2B/B2C application Confidential Athena, B2B application Confidential 2.0 and as Testing coordinator and involved in coordination of testing activities of Confidential application for Confidential .
• Worked as Associate Systems Engineer at the Client site of Confidential Software in Houston, Texas. Worked on Infrastructure management/Remote monitoring tool Confidential .
• Worked as software testing - consultant for Confidential and developer in Confidential .

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing tools: QTP, LoadRunner, Mercury Quality Center (MQC), Test Director Jmeter, WinRunner, IBM Rational ClearQuest, Vantive client Webstress tool, Clarify CRM, WinCVS, Homer tool, vbscript, HP Diagnostics.

Programming language: C, C++, VB 5.0,Lotus Notes.

RDBMS: Sybase, MS Access 97/2000,SQL

Operating System: Win XP, Win NT, Win 2k, UNIX (all flavors)

Applications: Aspen IMOS, NextGen, SAP, Confidential, OLB,Portrait, ChapSwift PBM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Automation Lead

Confidential, Dallas TX

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to lead and provide direction to the team, manage schedules, dependencies, provide management consulting to client IT and Business Executives to determine their business and technical issues related to automation and performance testing and recommend solutions.
• Responsible to lead the team working on automation of Customer Care & Billing(CC&B) and other applications like ODM and coordinate with the Client for all the automation and performance projects. It includes Regression and web services automation of various areas of the respective applications like customer configuration, revenue management and Field Activity in both SIT and UAT Environments.
• Build the automation team and worked with the various teams for the respective projects to identify automation needs and responsible for Estimation, Automation Planning, Framework, Design and guide the team in scripting using QTP 11.0 and VBScript.
• Lead and guide the team on automation for System Integration testing, Regression testing and UAT testing on different environments like SIT and UAT.
• Responsible for managing and defining the process for automation and streamlining the scripts and the automation suite.
• Lead and guide the team for performance testing, performance planning and scripting using Loadrunner.
• Creation and review of Estimation, Automation Test Plan, Test Strategy and related artifacts for the various QA activities with the Client, Onsite/Offshore management and Team Members.
• Estimate, Develop and execute project test plans, and manage schedules and resource allocation and allocation of assignments/automation testing tasks.
• Manage, review work in progress, track the progress of the tasks and communicate and update project status.
• Schedule and attend daily TouchPoint meetings, prepare weekly status reports and provide status of the project to the Client.
• Automation planning and management, Defect Tracking, Reporting and Verification through HP ALM and preparation of execution reports from HP ALM.
• Identify the dependencies and risks involved in each feature/project and provide a mitigation plan.
• Understanding the customer requirements and deliverables to exactly meet the requirements for Confidential by utilizing in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience to deliver solutions.

Onsite Automation/Tools Lead

Confidential, New Jersey US

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to lead and provide direction to the teams, manage schedules, dependencies, provide management consulting to client IT and Business Executives to determine their business and technical issues related to test management tool HPQC, automation and performance testing and recommend solutions.
• Responsible for managing, streamlining and implementing the HPQC Confidential CTPS process, administered Quality Center and managed around 650 people on Confidential project and supported them. Involved in Project creation, customization, User role management and Work flow management.
• Responsible to Lead the Automation team and responsible for Automation and Performance, Framework, Design, Planning and Scripting using QTP and VBScript and performance planning and scripting using Loadrunner for all Confidential projects.
• Responsible for planning and automation of functional regression and volumetric automation of the respective Project Portals as well as all the applications using QTP 10.0 for the various Process areas.
• Lead and guide on automation and test management tools for Technical Acceptance Testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, System testing, Business Simulation and UAT testing on different environments like Pre QA, QA and PRD.
• Helped build the automation team and worked with the various process teams for the respective projects to identify automation needs and guide the team in scripting using QTP and VBScript.
• Planning and scripting, Creation and review of Estimation, Automation Test Plan, Test Strategy and related artifacts for the various QA activities with the Client, Onsite/Offshore management and Team Members.
• Manage schedules and allocation of testing tasks, review work in progress, track the progress of the tasks and communicate and update project status. Attend meetings and provide status to the Client.
• Test planning and management, Defect Tracking, Reporting and Verification through HPQC and preparation of status reports and dashboards.
• Identify the dependencies and risks involved in each feature/project and provide a mitigation plan.
• Understanding the customer requirements and deliverables to exactly meet the requirements for Confidential & Confidential by utilizing in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience to deliver solutions.
• Assuring quality in the deliverables by doing regression and end to end system testing for the various activities in Confidential project.
• Work with users closely to resolve the critical issues at the Client site, understand the project requirements and provide implementation support.

Onsite Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to lead the team working on OMAR/OPTIMA Mainframes batch and UI and coordinated with the Client and different Vendors. Regression testing, System testing, Integration testing, End to End testing and UAT testing on different environments like BIZ, PRD, FIX and NRT was done.
• Responsible for Creation and review of Estimation, Plan, Test Strategy and related artifacts for the various QA activities with the Client, Onsite/Offshore management and Team Members.
• Guiding the team in creating the test cases and scenarios.
• Managing schedules and resource allocation and allocation of assignments and testing tasks.
• Reviewing work in progress, tracking the progress of the tasks and communicating and updating project status. Attending meetings, preparing weekly status reports and providing status of the project to the Client.
• Guiding the team on defect Tracking, Reporting and Verification through bug tracker and helped analyze QC.

Automation Lead

Confidential Automation

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to lead the Automation team of 22 people working on around 18 projects in different CoE’s and responsible for Estimation, Automation Planning, Framework, Design and Scripting using QTP and VBScript for all Confidential projects.
• Responsible for planning and automation for regression and E2E automation of the respective Project Portals as well as all the applications Alpha, NRx, TMW, ESD, UVWeb, Autofax, ect in both SI and QA Environments using QTP 11.0.
• Helped build the automation team and worked with the various scrum teams for the respective projects to identify automation needs and guide the team in scripting using QTP and VBScript.
• Creation and review of Estimation, Automation Test Plan, Test Strategy and related artifacts for the various QA activities with the Client, Onsite/Offshore management and Team Members.
• Estimate, Develop and execute project test plans, and manage schedules and resource allocation and allocation of assignments/automation testing tasks.
• Tracking the progress of the tasks performed from offshore and updating the progress of the tasks in PMF of PEGA tool.
• Preparing weekly status reports and provide status of the project to the Client.
• Automation planning and management, Defect Tracking, Reporting and Verification through QC and Rational Clear Quest.
• Identify the dependencies and risks involved in each feature/project and provide a mitigation plan.
• Understanding the customer requirements and deliverables to exactly meet the requirements for Confidential by utilizing in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience to deliver solutions.

Performance Test Specialist

Confidential, Bangalore India

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Performance Estimation, Planning, scripting, execution and analysis using Loadrunner 9.5.
• Lead the efforts of the team in preparation for Performance and Load testing and coordinated with the onsite team.
• Recording, Scripting, parameterization and execution of the scripts were done.
• Created the Test Scenarios, executed and generated the reports and created performance test reports using LoadRunner 9.5.

Test Automation Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in scripting and automation of the different interfaces and applications like Online Banking(OLB), Portrait, ChapSwift, EWM, SAP ect for Voyager using QTP 10.0 and QC 10.0
• Involved in estimation and preparation of automation plan and framework for scripts and working on ATF Framework of Confidential .
• Reviewing and analyzing automation suites and resolving issues and monitoring performance.
• Analyzing the tasks to be completed, assigning resources to task, and advising resources on the development of the technical solutions.
• Worked on Test Plan and Progress, Automation Framework and technical guide, Master Script, Driver scripts, Library files, datasheets and resource files and developed coding guidelines.
• Reviewed SAP Core Banking scripts in preparation for SAP banking automation using QTP and worked on scripts for SAP BP and DM.
• Proficient on SAP Navigation and transaction codes and worked on library scripts to create BP, assign roles ect and automate SAP GUI.
• Reviewed knowledge base on architecture, applications and processes involved in the complex SAP Banking implementation project and also attended IBM SAP Core Banking.

BAT Test Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Test Planning phase, reviewing BAT Detailed Test plan and Master Test Plan.
• Leading the efforts of the team in preparation for BAT Testing, Test script allocation, reviewing test conditions and scripts, coordinating with the onsite team and assigning tasks

Consultant QA

Confidential, St Louis MO

Responsibilities:

• Lead the efforts of the team in functional testing, black box testing, regression testing, device testing and automation.
• Involved in preparation of plan, functional, regression and performance testing of Confidential IM.
• Performed device testing monitored and certified devices.
• Planned and executed systems monitoring tasks and participated in meetings with the business analysts and technical teams for enterprise and infrastructure monitoring.
• Involved in Performance testing of the application using simulators and emulators.
• Test plan preparation and creation and management of test cases for manual and automated testing and updating on a day to day basis and preparation of dash boards.
• Executing test cases, documenting test results, identifying defects and communicating to developers.
• Validating data by writing and executing SQL queries and navigating databases.
• Involved in estimation and preparation of automation plan for Confidential IM.
• Involved in tools evaluation and preparation of plan for functional and performance testing using QTP and Loadrunner.

Consultant Automation

Confidential, Chicago IL

Responsibilities:

• Designed and created the data migration automation suite using QTP and was involved in Data migration, cutover and implementation of PhysOps solution for integrated oil supply and trading for BP.
• Involved in scripting and integration automation of different systems Aspen IMOS, NextGen and SAP using QTP 9.0, vbscripting and add ons for Java and SAP.
• Involved in estimation and preparation of automation plan and framework for integration scripts.
• Leading the efforts of the team in data migration automation and loading data throughout the UAT, CutOver and GO-LIVE phases. Created tool and script execution documents and trained the team.
• Involved in Performance and Technical testing of the application.
• Involved in integration testing of Aspen IMOS, NextGen and SAP. Executed the integration scripts and involved in web services testing and troubleshooting the XML, CSL message flows between various systems GOIL and TIBCO.
• Involved in tools evaluation and preparation of plan for technical and performance testing.
• Designing and Creation of reusable automation scripts, parameterization and execution of the scripts for UAT, CutOver and GO-LIVE were done.
• Configured and executed the scripts on the various environments like integration environment, tech environment, UAT, CutOver and Production.
• Created and managed test plans and test lab in Quality center.
• Implemented an agile client delivery process, including automation testing.
• Performed parameterization and data driven testing(DDT) using excel sheets and database in QTP as well as connected to external databases.
• Validating data by writing and executing SQL queries, navigating databases using OpsPortal, data analysis and statistical modeling using Excel were performed.
• Installed and customized QTP on 13 machines, troubleshoot issues encountered and performed data migration execution simultaneously on all 13 machines and monitored them.
• Performance Testing - Load testing, stress testing and soak testing of the application using Loadrunner and JMeter was done with both screen based and integration based scenarios.
• Worked on GHTester to publish and monitor messages for integration and performance testing. Identifying and resolving issues by analyzing, modifying and republishing JMS, XML and CSL messages.

Sr. Associate L1

Confidential, Bangalore India

Responsibilities:

• Involved in LR scripting and performance testing along with teams from IBM and SAIC creating a complete platform for performance testing.
• Worked as an independent consultant for performance testing and coordinated with multiple vendors.
• Involved in preparation of estimation, capacity matrix, testing plan and details, capacity plan and performance strategy docs and conducted assessments and data modeling using excel.
• Recording, scripting, introducing dynamic navigation, parameterization and execution of the scripts were done.
• Extensive advanced programming of LoadRunner VuGen scripts for dynamic navigation.
• Creating the Test Scenarios, executing and generating reports using MQC and LoadRunner 8.1.
• Performance Testing - Load testing, stress testing and soak testing of the application using LoadRunner.
• Worked on agile methodology for automation and performance.
• Installed, customized and administered Quality Center, LoadRunner and QTP. Troubleshoot issues encountered, evaluate and perform upgrades of the tools in the Mercury suite.
• Leveraging my experience in functional testing using QTP and building automation solutions using Quality center.
• Involved in preparation of Automation plan and framework and lead the effort to enhance and extend automation framework to products tested manually.

Associate QA

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Been part of a team of 36 members as testing coordinator and involved in coordination of testing activities with the team in Delhi.
• Involved in preparation of test cases and docs and execution of the test cases.
• Involved in functional testing, freeform testing and sniff testing.
• Validated the data entered by raising SQL Queries against the database
• Involved in back-end testing using SQL queries and sub queries
• Involved in performance testing, load testing and stress testing of the application.
• Recording and tracking of defects using clarify.

Associate QA

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Performance Testing - Load testing, stress testing and soak testing of the application using LoadRunner.
• Involved in preparation of capacity plan and performance strategy docs.
• Introduced agile methodology for the performance testing cycles.
• Recording, scripting, parameterization and execution of the scripts were done.
• Created the Test Scenarios, executed and generated the reports and created performance test reports using MQC and LoadRunner.
• Monitor resources to identify performance bottlenecks, analyze test results and report findings and metrics to the client.
• Studied application performance and maximum scalability, critical parameters such as number of users, response times, hits per seconds, number of transactions processed and throuput.
• Involved in functional testing of the application, free form testing, sniff testing, regression testing.
• Involved in reviewing the Business Requirement document and design documents.
• Involved in preparing the status reports and defect status reports.

Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Test plan preparation and creation and management of test cases for manual and automated testing and updating on a day to day basis.
• Executing tests, documenting test results, identifying bugs and communicating to developers.
• Automating tests using Winrunner.
• Development and testing of websites.
• Defined and executed test cases and test scenarios for different types of testing like function testing, load testing, stress testing and regression testing as per the functionalities
• Set up and maintained the testing environment for multiple releases of the software.
• Experience working on Financial Equity trading and business knowledge on derivatives and futures and options.
• Worked on large scale web based financial derivatives and securities trading portal, icicidirect.com, placing quotes and buying and selling stocks.

Associate Systems Engineer

Confidential, Houston

Responsibilities:

• Installation and configuration of Confidential Agent and Knowledge modules.
• Test cases preparation, Executing tests, Documenting Test Results, Identifying discrepancies and communicating to development team by raising vantives.
• Installation and configuration of various servers like Netscape, Microsoft IIS Web Servers, apache server, POP, chat server and Imail Servers, creation of SSL Web Servers ECT.
• Creation of Test Plans and Test Cases and updating the same on a day- to-day basis using Test Director.
• Used Vantive client for reporting the bugs, writing modification requests for bugs in the product and help developers to track the problem and resolve the issues.
• Defined and executed test cases and test scenarios for different types of testing like function testing, load testing, stress testing and regression testing as per the functionalities and used Microsoft Web Application stress tool (Homer tool) and Loadrunner.
• In addition, I have gained some administrative level of experience with applications on NT 4.0 and WIN 2K Systems.
• The testing experience involved Manual and using automated tools of both Client/Server and Internet Applications in different types of Testing (Functional, Regression etc.)
• Testing was also done on I18N version of the software and thus on Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

Trainee

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Studying and modifying the existing software for the HR, Library and Leave up gradation respectively and add new features to it.
• Coding of the above software using Lotus Notes and tested the same.