SUMMARY

• A technology driven software professional with 9 years of IT experience with focus on Quality Assurance and Software Testing of web based and Client - Server applications.
• Experience in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Experience in analyzing business specification documents, developing test plans, defining test cases, developing and automating test scripts.
• Excellent experience of Quality Assurance methodologies like Waterfall, V-Model, RAD, Agile Methodology.
• Strong Experience in Smoke, Exploratory, Functional, Regression, Performance and User Acceptance testing for the highly structural and complex systems.
• Excellent experience with HP LoadRunner tool for testing and monitoring and analyzed results using HP LoadRunner Analysis tool.
• Proficient in manual and automated Testing Tools such as HP Quick Test Professional (QTP), HP Load Runner, HP Performance Center, SOAP UI, HP Quality Center (QC).
• Experienced on all Quality Center modules like Requirements, Test for Defect Tracking, organizing, managing, planning and executing the Test scripts.
• Extensive experience in working in multiple projects concurrently.
• Experience in Load Runner with Salesforce & TIBCO middleware.
• Expertise in Test Case/Test Procedure Design, developing Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM), Test Tool Usage, Test Case Execution, Defect Management and Defect Tracking, creating Test Scripts, reviewing Log files and Reports for delivering utmost Quality product.
• Professional Core Competencies include Development, Integration and QA testing, eLearning and multimedia courses design; Project planning; Effort estimation; Tracking Milestones; Quality; Reviews; Delivery.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Platforms: Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7, Unix

Environment: MS .NET Framework 3.5/2.0/1.1, MS VISUAL STUDIO 2008/2005

Programming/Scripting Languages: C,VB Script, JavaScript, XML, HTML, SQL, Flash Action Scripting 1 & 2, JSP, Shell script

RDBMS: SQL Server 2005/08, Oracle, Toad, MS Access

Testing Tools: Quick Test Professional (QTP), Selenium, Quality Center (QC), HP Sitescope, Test Director, Performance Center, Load Runner, SOAP UI, Dyna trace

Miscellaneous: MS Office, Web Services, Salesforce, TIBCO

Version Control Tools: Visual SourceSafe (VSS), SharePoint

Project management: Microsoft Project, PC2/PS7

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Sunnyvale, CA

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Participated in project requirements, design meetings and prepared project specification and Scope document.
• Gathered user requirements and designed the Test Scenarios, Test plans, Test cases and Test scripts and executed them based on business and technical requirements.
• Responsible performance testing, debugging, executing, analyzing complex applications using HP LoadRunner and ALM HP Performance Center.
• Extensively recorded, correlated and parameterized the Vuser scripts using LoadRunner VuGen with Web HTTP/HTML, Oracle NCA, Web Services protocols.
• Coordinated with Development, QA and support teams as needed for Performance Test preparation and execution.
• In-depth knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and QA testing.
• Developed Performance Test Data depends on the Test Scenarios as per the functionality of the application.
• Performed Volume, Performance, Load and Stress testing using Load Runner and tested the TIBCO messaging servers, B2B applications and Salesforce applications using TIBCO.
• Created number of LoadRunner scripts for applications including TIBCO, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Customer Data Hub and Salesforce.
• Involved in performing volume testing based on the production volumes and cycles.
• Responsible for execution of load tests using ALM Performance Center.
• Performed Extensive Correlation and Parameterization in a variety of environments for the recorded scripts in order to handle varying and dynamic variables. Used Parameterization of the VuGen scripts to ensure the caching does not happen and emulate real time conditions.
• Used LoadRunner Analysis tool to view Load test results and drill down to identify potential bottlenecks.
• Excellent experience with HP LoadRunner tool for testing and monitoring and analyzed results using HP LoadRunner Analysis tool.
• Analysis of cross results, cross scenarios, overlay graphs and merging different graphs.
• Interaction with the development and testing teams to ensure the overall quality of the software.

Environment: HP LoadRunner, HP ALM Performance Center, HP Quality Center, HP Quick Test Professional, Java J2EE, JMS, Web Services, Salesforce, TIBCO, Oracle, DB2.

Confidential, New York, NY

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements, system requirements, Data mapping requirement specifications interacting with client, developers and QA team.
• Prepared detailed Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Cases, Test Script and executed them to ensure the business requirements are satisfied.
• Participated in Integration & status meeting, mentor QA resources and create Test metrics.
• Performed all aspects of verification, validation including Functional testing, Unit Testing, System testing, Regression testing, structural testing, Performance, load and Back-End testing manually.
• Responsible for creating test scripts using LoadRunner using various protocols like WEB HTTP/HTML, Web Services.
• Responsible for creating Load Test scenarios based on the load testing scripts that are to be loaded using Web based and Java based Protocol Vuser scripts.
• Involved in monitoring test execution and system resource monitoring of different host machines.
• Monitored the Available bytes graphs that would give an idea as to the Memory leak if any present in the system.
• Responsible for the generation of the LoadRunner Analysis files based on the LoadRunner results file generated by the load test.
• Involved in Database testing by writing SQL queries for back-end testing.
• Testing downstream Web Services using SOAP UI.
• Generated detailed test status reports, performance/capacity reports, web trend analysis reports, and graphical charts for upper management.
• Responsible for preparing Daily and Weekly Test Summary Reports.
• Reporting detailed software defects and defect trending.

Environment: HP LoadRunner, HP Performance Center, HP Quick Test Professional, HP Quality Center, Java J2EE, SQL, Oracle/DB2, SOAP UI.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for preparing Test Suits, Test Plan and Test cases for functional, Regression, System and Load testing.
• Conducted various kinds of Benchmark testing, Baseline testing, Volume testing, Batch testing etc.
• Participated in weekly meetings to update the process flow charts.
• Performed Installation Test by deploying the Application on the Application Servers built.
• Developed all the Vuser Scripts using the LoadRunner Vugen.
• Responsible for creating Load Test scenarios based on the load testing scripts that are to be loaded.
• Responsible for identifying the counters that needs to be added onto the scenario for data collection from analysis perspective.
• Monitored the Available bytes graphs that would give an idea as to the Memory leak if any present in the system.
• Involved in setting up the test data for the individual modules for the load test.
• Responsible for Load Testing Co-ordination with various other projects involved in load testing activity.
• Responsible for the generation of the LoadRunner Analysis files based on the LoadRunner results file generated by the load test.
• Analyzed the Performance bottlenecks using LoadRunner Analysis.
• Participated in the Stress Analysis based on the Performance Metrics
• Executed Load scenarios with different Load options to check the impact of the application on the network & servers.
• Executed SQL queries to check the data table updates after test execution.
• Observed the Performance of the application by creating Virtual users and filtered and monitored various performance graphs using Load Runner.
• Used Quality Center for Bug Reporting, Tracking and Documentation.

Environment: Loadrunner, Performance Center, Quick Test Professional, Quality Center, Java J2EE, .Net, SQL.

Confidential

QA Analyst / Tester

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for preparing test plan and test cases for functional and regression testing.
• Manually test each and every module of the application and verify against expected results.
• Performed smoke testing of the application manually after each build.
• Performed rigorous manual testing before a release.
• Manually tested the application for IE browser.
• Responsible for supporting UAT of the applications by providing users with test data, test cases and scenarios, and guiding them during the testing process.
• Coordinating with business teams to review and resolve defects.
• Participated in meetings to identify new structures and modification of existing structures as and when necessary for the application under test.
• Developed defect reports and test progress reports on a weekly basis for senior management.

Environment: Java, J2EE, .NET, ASP, HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Coral Draw, Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop.

Confidential

Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed Flash-based components and customized Flash panel plug-ins to support computer-based training development.
• Involved in business development meeting, developing ideas and strategies for future business opportunities, both flash and non-flash based.
• Created new and edited existing web content via HTML, CSS, Flash, JavaScript, etc.
• Create dynamic HTML pages with JavaScript and CSS for Intranet software products.
• ELearning courseware creation and development.
• Integrated audio and video streaming in the eLearning courses using Flash Action Script.
• Collaborated with a team to maintain smooth front and back-end web integration.
• Handled the tasks of programming and animation of various Flash-based modules.
• Worked on Action script programming and upgraded the versions as and when required.
• Perform successive quality checks on eLearning courses.
• Perform quality check on the eLearning courseware materials, multimedia presentations, CBT and WBTs.
• Participated in daily standup and weekly status meetings to discuss the task completed, deliverables, dependencies and goals of the projects.

Environment: Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Sonic Foundry Sound Forge.