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Sandip Basak
Email Address– basaksandip86@gmail.com Location – Kolkata,IND
Mobile – (+91) 9804 277 207 LinkedInprofile*
Career Objective
With the main objective being towards delivering quality assured software product both in terms of functional and non-
functional requirements, I strive to pursue a career in a company where my inter-personal skills can be utilized to achieve
the objective of the organizationand whichprovidesme anopportunityof continuouslearning.
*https://in.linkedin.com/in/sandip-basak-aa209634
Core Competencies
Technical
1. Well versedwith
performance analysisandthe
usage of performance
troubleshootingtoolssuchas
SARM(forSiebel),PAL,PLA &
DBTrace (forPega) and IBM
PMAT
2. Experience inusingprofiling
and diagnostictoolslike
JProfiler,JConsoleandHP
SiteScope
3. Planningtestautomation
strategy
4. Innovation
5. Testautomationframework
development
Management
1. Good team-handlingabilities
and communicationskills
2. TestStrategyand Resource
planning
3. Knowledgeon Spiral,
Waterfall, Agilemethodology
4. Familiarwithproject
managementtool like –HP
QC
Executive Digest
 Almost 7 years of experience with Cognizant Technology Solutions in both
Non-FunctionalandFunctional Software Testing,inareaof
o Performance testingwithHPLOAD RUNNER,JMeter,Silk Performer
o Database testingwithmarketleadingMDMtoolslike InformaticaMDM
o Automation testing with SELENIUM (Java) with Framework like TestNG,
CRAFT alongside thirdpartytools likesJenkins,Marven.
 Knowledge on Core JAVA, Unix Shell Programming, XML, SoapUI, PL/SQL
and working experience with Middle ware technology (iWay) and web
services. BigData Fundamental knowledge aswell.
 Certification on ISTQB from ISEB, OCA SQL Expert (1Z0-047), SCJP5.0 from
Oracle and Big Data & Hadoop Fundamentals training from Big Data
University.
 A proven track record in leadership role for testing strategic vision, quick
delivery and the ability to inspire / mentor teams to implement best
standardand practices.
 Almost a yearlong exposure as a coordinator at onsite in The Netherlands
and Hungary for an offshore teamsize of 3 and 8 respectively.
 Experience in RFPrelatedprocesses
 Have strong Analytical and leadership qualities, which provide with the
abilitytointeractwithend-users,seniormanagersandstake holders.
~ Sr. Test Engineer – Performance Testing, Automation Testing & MDM Testing ~
Certification

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Career Achievements
 Received appreciation certificate from client in collaboration with Cognizant higher management for
leadingandmentoringateamof 8 new jonniesandmakingadifficultassignmentintoagrand success.
 Received recognition from Senior Management of Cognizant within 6 months of joining the organization
inPowerpointpresentationskillcompetitionacrossCognizantIndia.
 Participated in innovation program and lead a team to innovate a tool which compares metadata and
physical data of database tables in two separate database servers/instances. This has saved $10K
USD/Year to customeras clienthave replacedapaidtool with thisinnovation.
 Along with writing white papers on new tool, technology and solutions from project experience, have also
tookactive participationintrainingprogramsonISTQB,HP QC, JobScheduler,XMLand Core Java.
Professional Certifications
Name Provider
SQL Expert(OCA 1Z0-047) Oracle
SCJP professional (SCJP5.0) Oracle / Sun Microsystem
ISTQB Tester ISEB
Big Data Fundamentalscertifiedtrainee Big Data University(incollaborationwithCognizantAcademy)
Hadoop Fundamentalscertified trainee Big Data University(incollaborationwithCognizantAcademy)
ISTQB practitioner CognizantAcademy
LoadRunner CognizantCertifiedProduct
Consultantfor Practitioners
CognizantAcademy
HP Quality Centerpractitioner CognizantAcademy
Banking and Finance Domain CognizantAcademy
Life Science Testing CognizantAcademy
Academic Credentials
Schooling Scoredaround 82% in bothSecondaryandHigherSecondary,studiedunderWest
Bengal board,inthe year2002 & 2004 respectively
Graduation Bachelorof Technology(BTech) inComputerScience &Engineering(CSE) fromBP
PoddarInstitute of Management&TechnologyunderWBUT UniversityinKolkata,
WestBengal inthe year2008
CognizantAcademy
(Entry Level Trainee)
AchievedTopPosition during14weekslongentrylevel trainingatCognizant
AcademyonJAVA,JEE.

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Experience chronology
Project Profile I : Test Lead for Performance,Automation& Database testing for MDM project
Client Biotechnologycompany inUSA
OperatingSystem WINDOWSServer2008 R2
Tools, Database, other utilities HP LoadRunner, Performance Center(12+), JProfiler, Selenium(WD),
InformaticaMDM 10.1, TOAD,Putty(Unix),WinSCP,HPALM12.01
BusinessUnit Life Science (LS)
Duration 24 Months (Ongoing)
Project Description:
Patient data, clinical trial data, investigational data including client information and their respective
location details are coming from different upstream sources and are feed onto Informatica Power center.
Various business rules, address doctor validation, data cleansing process validates the data and golden
record is transformed from ETL layer into Informatica Master Data Management database. This golden
records will be matched and merged based upon predefined criterion or through manually by Data
Stewart (IDD) and can also be view through DS UI. Based upon the latest Golden record the desired
reportsare createdandsendto the downstreamsystemfortheiroperation.
Role: TestLead (Performance,Database, Automation)
Responsibilitiesinthe Project:
 Performance test estimation, workload modeling, defining strategy/plan and LR script
preparationwithVUGen(12+)
 Performance Baseline testingfollowedbyLoadtestexecution
 Performance run monitoring (HP Performance center 12+, JProfiler, PAL) result analysis and
tuningrecommendation
 CoordinatingwithclientduringDefecttriage call/meeting
 Testsummaryreport preparationfollowedbyconcludingTestclosure activitiesandUATsupport
 TeststrategyplanningforbothAutomationtestingandDatabase testingtestscope
 Understandingof clientspecificdatamodel andSQLscriptpreparationfortesting
 AutomationTestscriptpreparation,maintenanceandreportpreparation
 Unix shell scriptingtoexecute datavalidation testing
 TestExecution/defecttrackingwithHPALM 12.01

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Project Profile II : Performance Testerfor a renownedTelecomclientinSiebel application
Client TelecommunicationcompanybasedinHungary
OperatingSystem WINDOWSServer2008 R2
Database, Tools, other Utilities HP LoadRunner 11, HP Performance Center (11+), SARM, SoapUI,
Siebel,Oracle,HPALM
BusinessUnit Telecommunication
Duration 16 Months
Project Description:
This assignment was to measure performance characterization of Siebel e-Communication application
and newly implemented integration/normalization layers. The major objective was to measure the
middleware capabilities which involved oracle SOA suite. It was achieved by calling inbound web service
callsfromintegrationlayerOSBtoSiebel thoughSOABPandAIA
Role: Performance TestEngineer
Responsibilitiesinthe Project:
 Performance test planning,testscenarioidentification andtestcase preparation
 TestScript Development withLRVUGen(11+) and Single userbenchmark assessment
 LR Script Executionand monitoringinHPPerformance Center(11+)
 Server parameter analysis and utilization chart preparation using PAL and Performance
TroubleshootingwithSARM
 Updating client on daily-basis and providing recommendation to overcome performance pain-
areas bytuningrecommendationsbasedonanalysisof results
 DSR and WSR preparation
 Summary Report& case study preparation
Project Profile III :Performance Tester for a renownedBiotechnologyclient in Siebel application
Client One of the topmostBiotechnologycompanies
OperatingSystem WINDOWSServer2008 R2
Database, Tools, other Utilities Siebel Axis 8.0 application, Oracle, HP LoadRunner 9.5, HP
Performance Center
BusinessUnit Life Sciences
Duration 12 Months
Project Description:
Siebel CRM Axis application (8.0.6) was severely affected by multiple infrastructure and performance
issues primarily caused by Siebel product patch releases, hardware failures and interface failures. Client
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performance of the AXIS application. The key performance SLA which is targeted for the application is
98% of transactions should complete within 2 sec or less. As part of this proposal, Cognizant proposes to
perform a load/stress/endurance testing of the Axis application and recommend tuning suggestions of
the Axisapplicationbasedonthe findingfromPerformanceTesting.
Role: Performance Analyst
Responsibilitiesinthe Project:
 Performance Assessment&RequirementAnalysis
 IdentifyingKeybusinesstransactions&definingScope of the Engagement
 DocumentingTestStrategyandTestDesigndocs
 Performance TestScriptDevelopmentforidentifiedbusinesstransactions
 LoadRunner(Loadtestingtool) ScriptExecutionandAnalysis
 Proactive supporttodevelopmentteamtoaddressperformancebottlenecks
 Updating client on daily-basis and providing recommendation to overcome performance pain-
areas
 PreparingFinal reportandpresentingthe same to clientonmonthlybasis
Project Profile IV: Performance Testerfor Pega application
Client Insurance-basedFinancialServicesProvider
OperatingSystem IBM AIX
Database, Tools, other Utilities JMeter, PegaPRPC5.5 & 6.0, IBM DB2, DBTracer, PLA
BusinessUnit Insurance
Duration 8 Months
Project Description:
The EI & UW BPM application of ZNA manages the business process workflows for Enterprise Intake and
UnderWriting processes during the lifecycle of an insurance product. The application is presently live for
four LOBs namely Zurich Integrated Product (ZIP), Commercial Market (CM), Specialties (SP) and Surety
for transaction types like New Business, Renewal and Endorsement. Around 800 users from different
geographic location access the application with an average concurrency of 300 users. As per the latest
statistics available, around 110K SR cases, 87K EI cases and 22K UW cases are processed by the
applicationperyear.
Role: Performance Analyst
Responsibilitiesinthe Project:
 Non-FunctionalRequirementgathering
 DefiningPerformance Scope of the Engagement
 ApplicationLoadProfileAnalysis

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 Creationof TestStrategyand TestDesignDocument
 LoadRunnerscriptDevelopment,scriptExecutionandresultAnalysis
 Analysisof bottlenecksusingPerformance Analyzer(PAL) andDBTracer
 Analysisof PegaAlertandJVMLogs usingPegaLog Analyzer(PLA)
 Proactive supporttodevelopmentteamtoaddressperformancebottlenecks
 Communicate andFacilitate Onsite operations
 Final Reportpreparationandpresentation
Project Profile V: Sr. Test Analyst for Automation and Database Testing in BFS
Client BankingandFinancial institution basedinThe Netherlands
OperatingSystem WINDOWSServer2008 R2
Tools, Database, other utilities Selenium (Java), CRAFT, MarkitEDM (formally known as CADIS),
MySQL 2005/2008, HP ALM, Redgate (SQL Data Comparator), TIDAL
webclient(anautomaticjobscheduler)
BusinessUnit BankingandFinancial Services(BFS)
Duration 8 Months
Project Description:
Investment Management organizations manages various securities in form of bonds, equity, shares in
order to meet specific investment goal for the benefits of investors (for both institutions and private
investors). Shares are being traded all over the world in different time windows and hence the Price
variesforsame share in twodifferenttime zones.
Role: TestAnalyst (Automation & Database)
Responsibilitiesinthe Project:
 Automationtestscenarioidentificationand teststrategyplanning
 AutomationTestscriptdesignandmaintenance
 Understandingof clientspecificdatamodel andSQLscriptpreparationforMDM testing
 Leadingtestexecutionandanalyzingthe result
 Testsummaryreport preparationfollowedby concludingTestclosure activities
 TIDAL jobexecutionanalysis
 ParticipatinginDefectTriage call andvariousprojectspecificmeetings
 Innovation: Designed a ‘Table to Table comparator tool’ which would compare data of one table
in one database to the same table in other database. This would replace Redgate. Couple of
benefits of this innovation are – 1. Reduce the time taken by Redgate in overall comparison from
2 hoursto 15-20 minsand2. Thiswouldcutlicense cost foran about 2000 USD / Year for client.

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Project Profile VI: Middleware Developerformessagingservice
Client PaintCompanybasedinNetherland
OperatingSystem Windows2003, 2008
Database, Tools, other Utilities iWay6.0, MySQL QueryBrowser,Eclipse 3.0
BusinessUnit Manufacturingand Logistics
Duration 10 Months
Project Description:
The OneHub projecthas beeninitiatedbythe NetherlandbasedPaintCompanyinordertoprovide aset
of globallyconsolidatedHRdatafor managementdecisionmakingandreportingpurposes.
The OneHub Oneview solution will pick up data files in a predefined standard format delivered by the
local HR teams and load these data into a core SAP system (SAP HCM) by use of SAP iDocs (SAP message
exchange standard),whichfacilitatesthe loadof dataintothe underlyingSAPdatabase.
Role and Responsibilities
 Designandanalysisondifferent business requirements.
 Creationnewxslt/modificationoldxslttomeet business requirements.
 Creationof Processesandtransformationstosupportvariousmessagewithnumerous
message formatbetweenthousandsof partners.
 Creating,BuildingandDeployingchannelsindifferentservers.
 Creation/modificationof Route valuestosupportvariousmessage fordifferentpartner
combinationandmessage type.
● Automationworks: Fallowingare few processeswhichhave beenautomatedtoreduce manual
effort
 Delete oldmessagessavedindatabase andreceivinganE-mail forthe same inmailbox with
the numberof messagesgotdeletedalongwiththe firstandlastMessage ID.
 Automatedmail triggeringaboutthe statusof Configurationserversandtheirrespective
Listeners.
 Triggeringalertforany message stuckina particularchannel more thanallowedtime.
 Created procedure to detect the maximum time taken by a message to get processed from
our endto partners.
 Coordinationwiththe onsiteteamin tune withCognizant’sonsite/offshore model.
 Iway 5.5 to Iway 6.0 migration discussion with clients and different approaches to meet the
requirements
 Requirementsanalysisondifferentworkpackagesandconfigurations.