Project Test
Resume:
Usha Palaparthi
(Test Analyst)
Current Location: Bellevue, WA
VISA Status: H1-B
Email ID: abkhy7@r.postjobfree.com
Contact #: 425-***-****/425-***-****
Summa ry:
• Over 6+ years of IT experience including working with Cognizant Technology
Solutions as a Software Test Engineer in Performance, Automation and Manual testing
of large mission critical applications for clients like Wells Fargo, Ameriprise, PR
Newswire and Ovations USA.
• Well experienced in Testing Web and client-Server applications using H P Load Runner
8.1/9.0
• Experience in Identifying and Creating Scenarios to Test the Application
• Extensive knowledge in generating Vuser scripts, developing scenarios for various types
of Loads, analyzing the results, generating final execution summary reports.
• Experience in Testing the Web applications using A pache JMeter, Bad boy tools
• Good experience in executing the scenarios using Performance Center 9.0
• Good Working experience in setting up the performance test environments
• Good working knowledge in using the VSTS tool for Performance Testing
• Experience in logging the defects using VSTF
• Experience in data driven tests and automating the tests using C#, ADO .Net and
VSTS
• Experience in automating the web tests using VSTS
• Good knowledge of various stages of SDLC & STLC
• Experience in using Perfmon for analyzing the performance of application and database
servers
• Well experienced in running the SQL profiler tool to identify the database bottlenecks
• Good in setting up monitors for database and application servers using Sitescope
• Good backend skills in creating SQL objects such as tables, stored procedures, views,
i ndexes, t r iggers, user defined functions using M S SQL Server 2005/2008
• Good inusing Automated Functional Testing tools like H P QTP 9.0
• Experience in creating the Test plans, Test designs for various application modules
• Experience in providing the testing effort estimations for various applications
• Good Experience in preparing the traversal flows for the performance Test Scenarios
• Good experience in gathering the Non functional requirements from the clients
• Good team player, strong interpersonal and communication skills combined with self-
motivation, initiative and the ability to think outside the box
Education & Certifications:
• Masters in Engg. Physics from National Institute of Technology, Warangal
• Cleared the external certification “Foundation level zero ISTQB”
Usha Palaparthi
(Test Analyst)
Current Location: Bellevue, WA
VISA Status: H1-B
Email ID: abkhy7@r.postjobfree.com
Contact #: 425-***-****/425-***-****
• Cleared the external certification “Sun Certified Java Professional”
• Cleared the Cognizant internal Performance Testing Level1 LRCPC
T ec h n i c a l S k i l ls:
Databases SQL Server 2005/2008, MS-Access 2000
HP Load Runner 9.0, 8.1, Microsoft VSTS 2008, Apache JMeter, Performance
Performance
Center, Open Source Badboy
Testing Tools
Languages C#,C, T-SQL, Embedded C, Assembly Language for PIC
M icrocontrollers
OS Win7/Windows Server 2008/Windows Server 2003, Windows NT, XP,
V ista
Web Servers I IS 6.0/7.0
O ther Tools TFS, QTP, SQL Profiler, Sitescope, Perfmon
Scripting HTM L
L anguages
Professional Experience:
Project 1: Candidate T racking System (April 2010- Present)
Wolverine Technical Staffing I nc
Role: QA Engineer
Project Description:
The Gemoora (Candidate Tracking System) is a project in Wolverine Technical Staffing Inc
w hich helps candidates in placements. The candidate Tracking System helps the recruiters
i n Wolverine Technical Staffing Inc to easily look for suitable candidates for a required
position from the database that is provided.
Job Responsibilities:
• Involved in preparation of Test Plan, Test Cases, Test Scripts, and Test Scenarios.
• Writ ten Test Cases and performed Manual Testing like Positive Testing and Negative
Testing .
Usha Palaparthi
(Test Analyst)
Current Location: Bellevue, WA
VISA Status: H1-B
Email ID: abkhy7@r.postjobfree.com
Contact #: 425-***-****/425-***-****
• Performing Functional, Integration, System, Regression and User Acceptance Testing
(UAT).
• Reviewing and updating the Test cases for requirements coverage and completeness.
• Working closely with Business Analysts to test the enhanced requirements.
• Tracked defects using Team Foundation Server.
• Maintaining test cases and test scripts to incorporate Bug Fixes and new enhancements
i n each release.
• Actively involved in automating the Regression Testing process of the application using
t he existing manual testing scenarios using C#, ADO.Net, VSTS
• Implemented the SQL automation from VSTS tool using ADO.net connections.
• Provided data to the business analysts during U AT.
• Involved in the internal meetings of the QA team and reviewing the ongoing testing
p rocess and updating the team with current status of testing.
• Attended Change Request meetings to document changes and implemented procedures
to test changes.
Tools Used : VSTS 2005/2008, SQL Server 2005/2008, C#
Project 2:
The Ha r tford I nsurance
Q uality Assurance Analyst Oct 2009
t o March 2010
T he Har tford is a leading provider of investment products – annuities, mutual funds,
college savings plans – as well as life insurance, group and employee benefits, automobile
and homeowners' insurance, and business insurance.
• Analysed project documents, software specifications and developed test plans
• Formulated test requirements, use cases / scenarios, test coverage metrics and test cases
• Conducted software testing (Smoke, Functional, Regression, System In tegration, UAT
testing, Database integrity, Performance tests)
• Identify defects / bugs and documented in the existing proprietary defect t racking
application
• Performed data driven-automated tests, wrote / modified test scripts and executed test
scripts;
Usha Palaparthi
(Test Analyst)
Current Location: Bellevue, WA
VISA Status: H1-B
Email ID: abkhy7@r.postjobfree.com
Contact #: 425-***-****/425-***-****
• Engaged in data seeding exercise establishing baseline data for individual test scripts
and applications Documented / published release notes, test results
• Conducted application, functional, defect walkthroughs to stake holders
• Represented testing team to the management with testing efforts, sizing and test
reports
• Coordinated offshore testing team
Environment: Q TP 9.0, LoadRunner 9.0, Windows 2003/XP
Organization: Cognizant Technology Solutions [May 2006 – Sep 2009] QA Tester
Project 3:
Title : Commercial Card Expense Reporting
Client : Wells Fargo
Operating System: Windows XP
Tools : Load Runner 9.1, Performance center 9.0
Period 8 months
Description :The Commercial Card Expense Reporting (CCER) product was established to
support Wells Fargo’s Commercial Card customers by allowing them to manage their
expense process through a web based interface. The product provides functionality for all
p layers in the process; cardholder, out of pocket user, approver, reconciler, program
administrator, card manager, and customer service officer. The CCER product is critical to
t he growth of the commercial card business as i t provides a differentiating factor in a
crowded competitive landscape.
R esponsibilities:
• Working at Client’s location for collecting and analysing the performance test
requirements
• Preparing the effort estimation and test plans
• Creating the Vuser Scripts in the Vugen
• Developing scenarios for Performance Test
• Setting up the test environment
• Executing the smoke tests for 10 users
Usha Palaparthi
(Test Analyst)
Current Location: Bellevue, WA
VISA Status: H1-B
Email ID: abkhy7@r.postjobfree.com
Contact #: 425-***-****/425-***-****
• Executing the tests in the controller for various loads
• Setting up the monitors and observing the counters of Application and Database
servers
• Analysing the results and identifying the bottlenecks
• Generating the execution summary reports and communicating it to the clients
Project 4:
Title : Documentation Collaboration Management
Client : Wells Fargo
Operating System : Windows XP
Tools : Load Runner 9.1, Performance Center 9.0
Period 3 months
D escription: DCM is a workflow and document management application in support of the
core business processes for Wholesale. DCM provides any time, any where access to digital
content in the DCM repository to authorized users. I t facilitates and enables information
sharing across the Wholesale enterprise and with our customers. DCM provides the ability
to create custom business workflows that can also involve document management features.
R esponsibilities:
• Working at Client’s location for collecting and analysing the performance test
requirements
• Preparing the effort estimation and test plans
• Creating the Vuser Scripts in the Vugen
• Developing scenarios for Performance Test
• Setting up the test environment
• Executing the smoke tests for 10 users
• Executing the tests in the controller for various loads
• Setting up the monitors and observing the counters of Application and Database
servers
• Analysing the results and identifying the bottlenecks
• Generating the execution summary reports and communicating it to the clien ts
Usha Palaparthi
(Test Analyst)
Current Location: Bellevue, WA
VISA Status: H1-B
Email ID: abkhy7@r.postjobfree.com
Contact #: 425-***-****/425-***-****
Project 5:
Title : ONP
Client : PR Newswire
Operating System : Windows XP
Tools : Load Runner 8.1
Period : 3 months
D escription:The primary website for PR Newswire is h t tp://www.prnewswire.com . T he
web site is based on some of the oldest software and hardware infrastructure in use at PR
Newswire. T hough the web site is still highly available, it is becoming increasingly difficult
to keep online due to the lack of external support from third party vendors. T he current
application design also limits PR Newswire’s ability to add additional web servers and
i mprove the performance of the site.
ONP phase 1 will deliver a new platform on to which PR Newswire will be able to migrate
or build news and marketing services as well as the functionality.
R esponsibilities:
• Gathering the Non functional Requirements from the clients
• Preparing the Test Plan for different modules in the application
• Developing simulation scripts using the HP In teractive Load Runner by identifying
business critical t ransactions.
• Executing Smoke tests to validate the scripts, environment and data.
• Executing test runs to find the scalability and response time of the identified
t ransactions.
• Analyzing the test results followed by preparing the preliminary report consisting of
t he response t ime and scalability point
• Preparing final executive summary report at the end of the engagement
Project 6:
Title : PRN USES
Client : PR Newswire
Usha Palaparthi
(Test Analyst)
Current Location: Bellevue, WA
VISA Status: H1-B
Email ID: abkhy7@r.postjobfree.com
Contact #: 425-***-****/425-***-****
Operating System: Windows XP
Tools : Load Runner 8.1, Cit r ix protocol
Period : 3 months
D escription : The PR Newswire proposed to redevelop their current US Editorial System
( USES). This system accepts client submissions from a variety of sources, reviews and edits
t hese submissions and finally passes these submissions to various distribution systems for
p ublication. These operations are effectively the core business of PR Newswire. Current
technology is based on Lotus Notes and other disparate platforms.
R esponsibilities:
• Gathering the Non functional Requirements from the clients
• Preparing the Test Plan for different modules in the application
• Developing simulation scripts using the HP In teractive Load Runner by identifying
business critical t ransactions.
• Executing Smoke tests to validate the scripts, environment and data.
• Executing test runs to find the scalability and response time of the identified
t ransactions.
• Analyzing the test results followed by preparing the preliminary report consisting of
t he response t ime and scalability point
• R&D on the Cit r ix_ICA protocol.
• Generating the Preliminary report from the smoke tests executed.
• Preparing final executive summary report at the end of the engagement
Project #7
Title : Client Site Redesign R3A
C lient : Ameriprise
Operating System : Windows XP
Tools : Load Runner 8.1, Apache JMeter, Badboy, SQL Profiler,
Sitescope
Period 8 months
Usha Palaparthi
(Test Analyst)
Current Location: Bellevue, WA
VISA Status: H1-B
Email ID: abkhy7@r.postjobfree.com
Contact #: 425-***-****/425-***-****
Description: A site is the overall container which holds all the portal pages of any portal
application. A new site called “Financial Accounts Site” will be created that will house all
t he portal pages and other portal constructs. We have to test the application in a phase wise
manner as well as the whole application. First all the business functionalities in this
application are scripted using the Badboy tool and then exported to JMeter.
She has worked in the following applications for the Ameriprise Client.
1. Client Site Redesign R3A
2. Riversource
3. Account Suitability
4. Accuracy and Timeliness
5. Naviplan
6. Lisa Online
7. Life I llustrations
R esponsibilities
• Understanding the performance test requirements
• Deriving Performance test scenarios, workload mix and metrics
• Developing scripts in JMeter as well as in Load Runner
• Creation and validation of Test Data
• Executing Performance, Scalability and Reliability tests
• Monitoring the Application and DB servers
• Preparing the consolidated test reports and share with the onsite counterparts
Project #8
Title : PNC OQ
C lient : Ameriprise
Operating System: Windows XP
Tools: Load Runner 8.1
Period: 2 months
D escription: T he Property and casualty (P&C) application offers real-t ime and online
Quote, Policy Sale and Cross Selling. I t also provides an opportunity to perform Policy
Changes and Claims Processing. The application is intended to ensure Ameriprise’s
Usha Palaparthi
(Test Analyst)
Current Location: Bellevue, WA
VISA Status: H1-B
Email ID: abkhy7@r.postjobfree.com
Contact #: 425-***-****/425-***-****
competitive advantage and provide first to market capability. This web site will be the place
t hat customers can access for policy information for their Home and Auto Insurance needs.
R esponsibilities:
• Collecting and analysing the performance test requirements
• Deriving performance test scenarios, workload mix and metrics
• Developing scripts development procedures and test execution plan
• Executing Performance, Scalability and Reliability tests
• Preparing the consolidated test reports
Project 9:
Title : Care One, Ovations USA
C lient : U HG
Operating System: Windows XP
Tools : Load Runner 8.1 web protocol
Period : 2 months
D escription: T he purpose of this testing is to provide U HG with validation that their client
server system configuration is suitably sized and correctly configured to support the
expected UHG business users. A ll the business functions in the Web application are
scripted using the Load runner 8.1 Web Protocol.
Responsibilities:
• Understanding the test requirements
• Performed R&D with different Protocols suitable for Web recording
• Recording and Enhancing the scripts in Vugen
• Creating and Executing the scenarios in Controller
• Analyzing the test summary report
• Reporting the status to the onsite counterparts
Project 10:
Usha Palaparthi
(Test Analyst)
Current Location: Bellevue, WA
VISA Status: H1-B
Email ID: abkhy7@r.postjobfree.com
Contact #: 425-***-****/425-***-****
Title : Care One, Ovations USA
C lient : U HG
Operating System: Windows XP
Tools : Load Runner 8.1 .Net Protocol
Period : 4 months
D escription: U HG Care One is a robust care management application that integrates
clinical technology with over 20 years of healthcare industry experience. Care One offers
t he capability of integrating t racking and monitoring a patient’s health to enhance the
overall patient care process.
The application is designed to provide a way to identify an enrollee’s care level
requirements and determine an appropriate and effective care management approach.
Responsibilities
• Understanding the test requirements
• Performed R&D with different Protocols suitable for .Net protocol recording
• Recording and Enhancing the scripts in Vugen
• Creating and Executing the scenarios in Controller
• Analyzing the test summary report
• Reporting the status to the onsite counterparts
Project 11:
Title : Optical Power Meter
Client : OptiwavePhotonics L td.
Processor / Language: MSP 430 F135/ Embedded C
Period : 9 months (Aug ’05 – Apr’ 06)
Description:An optical power meter (OPM) is a device used to measure the energy in an optical
signal.
This project involved designing of new generation, state of the art handheld OPMs for telecommunication
industry.
R esponsibilities:
Usha Palaparthi
(Test Analyst)
Current Location: Bellevue, WA
VISA Status: H1-B
Email ID: abkhy7@r.postjobfree.com
Contact #: 425-***-****/425-***-****
• Development of OLED display interface module, battery charging unit
p rogramming, EEPROM interfacing etc.
• Testing the unit for each of the modules.
• Debugging the issues with the help of IAR Embedded workbench tool from Texas
I nstruments.
Project 12:
Title : P ulse Oximetry(Nov’04 – Jul’05)
Client : N ationalInstitute of Technology, Warangal.
Processor / Language: P IC M icrocontroller Assembly Language/LabVIEW
Description:A Pulse Oximeter is a device used to find the oxygen content in the blood. A sensor called
PhotoPlethysmographic sensor was constructed and used to record the pressure variations in the blood.
The signals were acquired using LabVIEW and the readings were then analyzed & oxygen content was
calculated using an algorithm programmed in PIC Microcontroller.
Responsibilities:
• Development of PhotoPlethysmographic Sensor and Designing the related circuit ry.
• Acquiring the PPG signal using LabVIEW
• Designing an Algorithm and implementing using PIC Microcontroller to calculate
t he Oxygen content in the blood.
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