Lahiri Kauturi

SUMMARY:

Over 9 years of experience as Test Analyst involved in test design, test development and implementation
of test procedures in manual and automation testing.
Worked on different applications for banks and Financial, Insurance domains.
Expertise in entire Software Development Life Cycle and Test Development Life Cycle which includes
requirement analysis, system integration, validation
Experience in planning, coordinating and performing Integration Testing, Functional Testing,
Regression Testing, Database testing and User Acceptance Testing.
Expertise in Manual Testing including Back-end and Front-end testing.
Developed and documented Testing Strategies for Manual and Automated testing.
Experience in Load and Stress testing using HP Loadrunner.
Experience in creating and updating virtual user scripts suing Virtual User Generator
Expertise in simulating real time environment for performance with different load mix
Experience in designing and running scenarios and configuring and monitoring performance counters
Extensively worked on backend testing and well versed with SQL, PL/SQL queries to run the data
integrity tests.
Developed SQL scripts for backend testing.
Extensive experience with SQL Server 2005 i.e. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
Worked as a team member in Hyperion Essbase
Excellent proficiency in both Star Schema and Snow-Flack Schema data warehouse techniques.
Having Strong knowledge and expertise in Optimization of Dimension Building and Data Loading.
Extensively used Test Director/Quality Center for Test Planning, Test Execution and Defect tracking.
Incorporated correlation and parameterization for multi user test.
Used Functional automation tools like Winrunner and QTP for data generation for performance and load
testing.
Experience in design and implementing on automation testing framework.
Effectively involved in defect tracking, reporting, reviewing and analyzing test results using Quality
Center.
Knowledge in open source tools like selenium.
Expertise in QA Methodologies like Agile and Waterfall.
Expertly plan & co-ordinate detailed tasks within Quality Standards, established deadlines.
Extensive experience in UNIX environment.
Interacted with developers on a daily basis to ensure all defects are getting resolved.
Good judgment skills while reporting and prioritizing software bugs in conjugation with the development
and QA managers.
Exceptional written/verbal communication skills, including the ability to effectively document
procedures, processes and results.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Testing Automation Tools

Load runner, Quick Test Professional and Win runner

Test management Tools

Test Director and Quality Center

Operating Systems

Win95, Win98, WIN2K, Windows XP and UNIX

Languages
OLAP Tools:

JAVA,.NET, XML, HTML, C

Hyperion System 9.1.3, 7.1.3,Hyperion Essbase 9.x/7.x
Excel Add-In, Essbase Integration Services 7.1 / 6.x, ESSCMD,
MaxL, Essbase Administration Services,Essbase Studio.

Databases

Oracle9i/8i, DB2, SQL Server 2005, MS ACCESS

Browsers

Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Opera and Firefox

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS:
Project Management
Planning, scheduling and ensuring completion of the project within the deadlines.
QA Documentation as per the requirements.
Meeting deadlines without compromising quality norms.
Software Testing - Functional
Test planning, test designing, test cases review and execution (complete testing cycle).
Functional, black box and regression testing.
Defect identification, log, track, analyze and reviewing with other teams
Status updates
Performance Testing
Identifying Performance Testing Goals
Creating Performance Test Approach, Test Plan
Working closely with Stakeholders for gathering performance test requirements and SLAs
Creating, Debugging and reviewing Virtual User Scripts Using Load runner
Designing and running scenarios with different load mix
Configuring and analyzing performance monitors and counters
Performance results analysis
Publishing performance Impact Analysis and performance sign off

PROJECT EXPERIENCE:
Client: Axcess-financial Mason, OH
Sr. Test Engineer

Feb 2011 Till Date

Axcess financial is web based point of scale application for pay day loan companies. It is suitable for all
the states with robust rules engine. This project mainly has two modules Admin Support and CSR
(customer support representative) module. Admin module enables the corporate office people to set up a
store and edit store and assign systems, drawers and printers respectively. CSR (customer support
representative) module enables the CSR to register a customer to grant or issue loan. The details like
personal, income, banking, references of a customer are taken in this module.
.
Responsibilities:
Reviewed the Business Requirement documents with the business and development team to understand
the architecture and functionality of the application.

Performed manual testing for entire application, analyzed user requirements attended change request
meetings to document changes and implemented procedures to test changes.
Developed Test plan and Test cases and test data from use cases based on Functional Requirements
Document and Design Specs.
Escalating issues and project scope changes
Carried out Smoke Test to judge the software acceptance criteria for testing
Performed Regression testing on various instances to make sure that the desired enhancements / fixes are
done.
Evaluated application testing results and recorded the discrepancies using Quality Center to track, analyze
and report on them.
Performed regression testing, integration testing, and system testing and End-to-End testing.
Participated in the System Test Plan reviews, Test Scenarios, Test Cases Review.
Involved in testing different Hyperion Planning application integration, migration and production
support.
Verified the log files to see application related errors.
Supporting production issues and fixes those issues.

Extensively used SQL scripts for production data issues.

Performed back end validation using SQL.
Extensively used SQL to write queries and also used joins.
Participated in issue tracker calls and status meetings.
Identifying Performance Testing Goals
Prepared performance impact analysis report
Executing Test Cases manually to check the functionality of application and reporting Bugs using bug
tracking tool

Environment: J2EE, EJB, Oracle 10g (Toad, sql developer) JBoss Server, Windows, Linux (On
Production side), JSP, Hyperion Essbase 11.1.1, Microsoft Access, Excel Add-In, Essbase Utilities,
Windows NT/2003,Unix.
Client: Nationwide Columbus, OH
Sr. Test Engineer

Sep 2010 Feb 2011

Nationwide is one of the largest insurance and financial services companies in the world, focusing on
domestic property and casualty insurance, life insurance and retirement savings, asset management, and
strategic investments.
Responsibilities:
Analyzed business requirements and functional specifications.
Developed Test plan and Test cases.
Peer Review of Technical Specifications, Program Specs, Unit Test Plans and other Project related
documents.
Reviewing the Functional Requirements
Designing & Reviewing Test Cases
Escalating issues and project scope changes
Performed regression testing, integration testing, and system testing and End-to-End testing.
Prepared Requirement trace ability matrix to ensure all requirements have been tested.
Extensively used quality center for test management activities.
Participated in the System Test Plan reviews, Test Scenarios, Test Cases Review.
Prepared test summary reports

Verified the log files to see application related errors.

Performed back end validation using SQL.
Extensively used SQL to write queries and also used joins.
Participated in issue tracker calls and status meetings.
Identifying Performance Testing Goals
Involved in gathering performance test requirements and SLAs
Created Performance Test Approach, Test Plan
Prepared VU GEN scripts to emulate user actions.
Used Load runner controller to run performance scenarios.
Used Load runner analysis tool to analyze performance testing results.
Prepared performance impact analysis report
Involved in Impact analysis with respect to enhancements and bug fix

Environment: Loadrunner 9.0, Quality Center 9.2, Oracle, Toad, JavaScript, VBScript, HTML & DHTML,
Windows, SOAP UI, UNIX, SQL server, IE, XML.
Client:Humana Louisville, KY
Sr. Test Engineer

Jul 2008 - Aug 2010

Humana is a leading Fortune 500 Health Insurance Company located in Louisville, Kentucky and worked
in Spending Accounts Administration Information Technology team. In this company project was on web
application testing and tested all the policies and registration applications. Tested invoices of the company
Responsibilities:
Prepared test methodology and developed master test plan after analyzing system requirements
Specification document.
Actively participated in the Detailed Design Reviews and Test Plan Reviews and come up with very
good Test Scenarios and Test Data needs.
Prepared requirements traceability matrix.
Involved in gathering Non Functional Requirements & SLAs
Created Performance Test Plan and Identified Performance Testing Goals
Involved in Reviewing the Click-Stream Documents
Identified the scenarios with different load mix
Developed Virtual User Scripts using virtual User Generator
Enhance the scripts with parameterization and correlation
Designing & Running Scenarios using Controller with different load mix
Collected CPU%, Size, Threads, Open connection and Cursors information
Added performance monitors and configuring the performance counters
Worked extensively analyzing & publishing test results
Performed (RCA) root cause analysis with the help of other teams
Developed integrated performance tests with applications using common resources
Planning longevity tests to confirm performance reliability
Publishing performance impact analysis report
Extensively involved in testing the outlines for Essbase Cubes. Optimization of outline was really a
good experience to work on.Developing Calc Scripts and Report Scripts.
Tested the installation of Essbase family products.
Extensively used ESSCMD to run Calc Scripts for testing.
Performance test sign off

Environment: Quick Test Pro, Quality Center, Oracle, Hyperion Essbase 9.1.3, 7.1.3, UNIX,
SQL, SOAP UI, Internet Explorer, and Windows XP Professional.
Excel Telecommunications, Inc., TX
QA Tester

Sep 2007 - Jun 2008

Excel Telecommunications is a Dallas-based company which provides strong line of telecommunications

products and services with the network marketing business model. It supports the full range of telecom
services includes Local Service, Long distance, Wireless, Internet access, Prepaid services and Paging
services. Excel provides access to all of these services through one convenient point of contact.
Responsibilities:
Reviewed the Business Requirement Documents and the Technical Specifications.
Involved in all phases of end-to-end testing which includes Functionality testing, Regression
Testing, GUI testing, system testing and integration testing of the Application, its interfaces and
Client-Server Utilities.
Developed the Testing Strategy
Created Standard Guidelines for User Interface Testing
Created Test case writing Formats for GUI, Unit Testing, Functionality Testing,
Integration Testing and Compatibility Testing.
Performed Smoke testing for each new build of the application.
Performed end-to-end testing manually.
Creation of checklist for Load Testing
Conducted performance testing of data driven, ecommerce Web sites, and business applications, using
HP LoadRunner.
Managed customer projects in a remote testing environment, driving load from multiple points of
presence in order to emulate business transactions identified under defined circumstances.

Managed projects to customer requirements, planning and developing load and performance
scenarios to discover and resolve system defects.
Environment: QTP, UNIX, VBScript, Quality Center, ASP, XML, HTML, IIS, SOAP UI, SQL, Win
NT/2000/XP.
SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, GA
Feb 2005 Aug 2007
QA Analyst/Tester
SunTrust Bank, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the nations largest commercial banking
organizations. Project was to test SunTrust portfolio View application that offers online access to
customers trust and portfolio management account. This application allows user to View current asset
allocations, detailed holdings, customizable bond maturity schedules, historical market values and both
historical and pending transaction information.
Responsibilities:
Involved in different phases of Testing Life Cycle.
Developed Test Cases to cover overall quality assurance testing of the web site.
Performed manual testing of Application modules and also tested for broken links.
Conducted manual, functionality, regression, system and end-to-end testing.
Participated in requirement and development walkthroughs and reviews
Interacted with Developers to follow up on Defects/Issues.
Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification requests.
Scheduled and monitored the SSIS packages for daily load in SQL Server job Agent
Tracked bugs and created reports using Quality Center
Reviewed the Business Requirement Documents and the Technical Specifications.

 Manage individual tests, report bugs and coordinate with the developers to resolve the bugs.
Preparation of daily status reports and submission to management for their review.
Hardware/Software:
Java, XML, MS SQL Server 2005, SSIS, QTP 8.x, Test Director, Windows NT/2000, MS office
Client: Virinchi Hyderabad, India
Jan2003-Jan2005
Role: QA Tester
This system is a Windows-based personnel management system with a focus on staff scheduling
developed for a German client. The system is built for assistance to hospital staff in certain areas of
Personnel Management, Staff Scheduling and Administration. The system facilitates deployment of staff
to various locations in the Hospital depending on the requirement of the location. Staff contract details,
Target hours, Holiday and Leave plans of the staff are considered while scheduling the staff to a particular
location. The main focus was on facilitating the roistering process, which is one of the core administrative
functions.
Responsibilities:
Analyzing the Business and System Requirements and developed test cases accordingly.
Writing test cases for unit level testing, integration testing.
Exhaustive unit level, integration and regression testing for all the modules of the application.
Testing of the reports.
Environment: ASP, Java Script, VB Script, HTML, SQL, Windows NT/2000/XP, .NET,WinRunner, Test
Director.
EDUCATION:
Bachelors of computer Science