SUMMARY:

• Seeking a position as PERFORMANCE ENGINEER in the information technology field to better utilize my experience in Product Quality Investigations and Management Tools; hands on knowledge on Software Life Cycle, Application Maintenance and Performance Testing based on previous experience, job skills and educational background.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Complete Understanding: SDLC - Software and Hardware Testing Methodology.

Performance Testing Tools: HP Load Runner 8.1, 9.0, 9.5, 11.0 & 11.52, 12.02, HP ALM Performance Center 11.0, 11.50, 11.52, 12.01 and 12.21/12.20. Apache JMeter 2.7 and 2.10, Badboy 2.1 and 5.0, PAL 1.1, 2.4 and 2.5 beta, Perfmon and Typeperf utility, Jprofiler 5.2, HP SiteScope 11.20, CA Wily Introscope 8.2 and 9.0, New Relic, Fiddler 2.2 and 4.4 beta.

Databases: SQL Server 2003, 2005 Express, 2008, PLSQL/SQL Server 2005, 2008, SQL 7.0, My SQL, MS Access, Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g and 11g.

Testing Tools and Applications: Quality Center, TestDirector, LoadRunner, QuickTest Professional, MS Access, MS Visual Studio 2008, 2010 and 2012, SQL Server Management Studio 2005, 2008 R2.

Scripting Languages: Shell Script, VB Script, and Batch File.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Columbia, MD

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Proficiently created Performance Test plan, Test Data, and Test Script based on BPR (Business Process Requirements) and PTR (Performance Test Requirements).
• Review Performance Test Plan, system and test environment update documentations, and communicate with higher management, as well as Development and QA team for sharing testing deliverable updates frequently.
• Reviewed Test case documentations after developed and deployed test automation scripts for necessary planning end to end performance testing using ALM PC.
• Gathering test data and develop test script using LR VuGen 12.02v (TruClient Ajax IE and Firefox Protocol).
• Enhanced and tweaked test script, saved and uploaded script on HP Performance Center 12.20.
• Collaborated with business groups, development team, implementation and training team and software vendors.
• Created various load test scenarios based on with or without SLA's for baseline testing.
• Executed Load and Stress Tests with HP PC (Performance Center), and presented performance statistics to application teams, and provided recommendations of how and where performance can be improved.
• Executed load and performance test (smoke, shake down, spike, stress/duration test etc.) to measure and report response times, server resource (Memory and CPU) utilization to the Infrastructure team.
• Develop the test run result report and analysis result using LR Analysis, New Relic for deep down diagnosis performance issues including Transaction Tracing and Cross App Tracing & Validations.
• Created performance test summary report and Deployment report manually using HP PC and New Relic and provided to all responsible parties.

Environment: HP ALM Performance Center 11.50, 11.52, 12.01 and 12.20/12.21, New Relic, SQL, Oracle, Windows, UNIX, AWS (Amazon Web Services) and MS-Office.

Capacity and Sr. Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Successfully Installed and Implemented new HP ALM & PC software on new Test and Prod environment independently by collaborating with development / infrastructure team.
• Competently upgraded the HP ALM System and Performance Testing environment periodically for server and component implementation, Establishing Secure Communication Channel and performed integration HP Software with new patches when they are available.
• Proficiently created and recommended test deliverables such as PL Test plan, Test Strategies, provided written estimation of the effort and duration for the multiple concurrent testing engagements based on business process and performance requirements.
• Created Test Summary Report for testing of selected modules.
• Collaborated with business groups, development team, implementation and training team and software vendors.
• Performed System Health check, PL and Spike test using HP ALM Performance Center 12.20 after an architecture change in the application when Console and Agent servers were allocated separate physical servers.
• Performed Smoke test throughout the testing server from creating test script on VuGen Controller machine, saving under PC Test Plan, created test scenario, run real world test execution,
• Collate and Analysed test result and gets Analysis summary report afterword and provides HTML and High-Level report to the higher management with necessary recommendations.
• Developed and implemented Load and Stress Tests with ALM PC (Performance Center), and presented performance statistics to application teams, and provided recommendations of how and where performance can be improved.
• Reviewed Test case after developed and deployed test automation scripts for necessary planning end to end performance testing using ALM PC.
• Used LR (LoadRunner) Virtual User Generator (VuGen - 12.02) to generate VuGen Scripts for the targeted applications.
• Used HP ALM Performance Center 11.52 and later 12.01 and 12.20 to create Test Scenarios along with using HP SiteScope for deep dive analysis and diagnostic server-side issues considered critical form of a Business Flow standpoint.
• Created Windows server monitor profile on ALM Test Resources and performed real time monitoring the targeted Windows Resource Counters (objects and instances for the specific server components) during the peak load execution.
• Executed in Load, Stress and Endurance testing to simulate a real process by adding 1000 concurrent users to login, performed several transactions then collated and analyzed test results, compiled and provided results summary report using ALM PC 12.20.
• Used ALM PC to execute step, Load and Stress Tests to measure and report response times, server resource (Memory and CPU) utilization to the Infrastructure team.
• Developed Virtual User Scripts using HP LR VuGen for various business processes; performed Correlation, data Parameterization and customization of scripts by using C code.
• Created complex scripts from selected Windows and Web based application by using different types of LR Protocol such as WinSoc, COM/DCOM, Ajax TruClient IE and FireFox, Web Click and Script, Web HTTP/HTML and many other multi-protocol as recommended by the HP LR Protocol Advisor.
• Used LoadRunner VuGen to generate VuGen Scripts for the web based applications.
• Developed and deployed test automation scripts to do end to end performance testing using LoadRunner.
• Used HP Performance Center 11.50 and later version to design Test Scenarios using different types of Runtime settings as needed.
• Executed in Load, Stress, Spike and Endurance testing by adding 500 to 1000 concurrent users to login, performed several transactions then Analyzed, compiled and reported the test results by using HP PC.
• Used LoadRunner to execute step, Load and Stress Tests to measure and report response times, server resource (Memory and CPU) utilization to the Infrastructure team.
• Developed Virtual User Scripts using HP LoadRunner VuGen for various business processes; performed Correlation, data Parameterization and customization (using HTTP/HTML protocol) of scripts on Web based applications.

Environment: HP ALM Performance Center 11.50, 11.52, 12.01 and 12.20/12.21, HP SiteScope 11.20 and 11.24, SQL, Oracle, Windows, UNIX and MS-Office.

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed and executed system Test Cases based on the Functional and Technical requirements.
• Performed goal oriented exploratory testing, developed and executed test cases for functionality testing, security testing, integration testing, and back-end testing.
• Used LoadRunner VuGen to generate VuGen Scripts for the web based applications.
• Developed and deployed test automation scripts to do end to end performance testing using LoadRunner.
• Used HP Performance Center 11.0 to design Test Scenarios using different types of Runtime settings as needed.
• Executed in Load, Stress, Spike and Endurance testing by adding 500 to 1000 concurrent users to login, performed several transactions then Analyzed, compiled and reported the test results by using HP PC.
• Used LoadRunner to execute step, Load and Stress Tests to measure and report response times, server resource (Memory and CPU) utilization to the Infrastructure team.
• Developed Virtual User Scripts using HP LoadRunner VuGen for various business processes; performed Correlation, data Parameterization and customization of scripts.
• Expertly used utilities such as RDP, Putty, Process Explorer, File Mon, Process Mon, PoolMon, Fiddler, Perfmon, Perforce and Firebug to check performance activities of Windows, Network and Database Server resources.
• Identified Memory Leak issue, Java Heap, Garbage collection issues by using JProfiler.
• Performed Server hardening and server health check with Open source Tools like Jmeter & BadBoy.
• Used Performance Monitor to check and analyze the Memory, %CPU Usage and Request per sec for each scenario.
• Used Fiddler2 & 4 to monitor server activities where performance delays occurred such as HTTP requests and responses, network / client delays; monitored and analyzed by viewing Performance Statistics, Session Inspector, AutoResponder and RequestBuilder.
• Collaborated System and Infrastructure team to monitor the whole infrastructure during test simulation intermittently used Site Scope, CA Wily Introscope and Microsoft SCOM.

Environment: HP LoadRunner 10.5 and 11.0, HP PC 11.0, VS 2010 and 2012, RDP, Putty, Process Explorer, File Mon, Perfmon, Process Mon, PoolMon, Fiddler, Confluence Wiki, Perforce, Ethereal, Firebug, Jmeter, BadBoy, SQL, Oracle, Windows, UNIX and MS-Office.

Performance Analyst / Software Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business requirements and System specifications to understand the process.
• Involved in writing the Test Plan and Test Cases depending on the business requirement documents.
• Analyzed the requirements, changed requirements and prepared / updated the understanding document and forward the same to the Client.
• Communicated with Client / Manager for automation test requirements.
• Created test scenario using LoadRunner components (LC and LG) and SiteScope for deeply monitoring servers and Windows resource counters.
• Executed in Load, Stress and Endurance Testing to simulate a process that allows more than 1000 user login at the same time and observed behavior of the system by using Mercury LoadRunner.
• Inserted Transactions, Checkpoints into LR web VuGen scripts with properly Parameterized and correlated the scripts.
• Involved in preparing of Load and Functional Testing POC, Test Plan, Estimation, Test Cases, User Guides, Performance Baselines and Execution Results with Graphs, Defect Management, Metrics, Release Report, Review and Status Reports.
• Provided training to the team members on Automation Project Architecture and QTP Frameworks.
• Extensively used Error Objects and Recovery Scenarios to handle unexpected events that occur during a test run.
• Involved in preparing Performance and Functional Defect Analysis Report for every release.
• Used Monitoring Tools like Task Manager, Process Explorer, Performance Monitor, Resource Monitor and Data Ware House Monitor in Windows system and Jconsole to monitor Java based application, System Monitor and Topaz in UNIX system.
• Extensively implemented user-defined and pre-defined check points for Text Area and functionalities.
• Worked with Infrastructure Impact Analysis team to identify configuration issues and bottlenecks; as well as involved in tuning application to improve response times, queues and overall performance.
• Actively participated in network monitored Single User Testing (SUT) and executed step/load tests using LoadRunner to tune app servers for resource intensive transactions.
• Provided recommendations to the application owner on steps to meet performance goals.
• Involved in Test Design/Development with defined coding Standards/Execution/ Results Review.
• Used HP Quality Center for writing and executing the test cases; performed Manual Testing using Quality Center.
• Used Quality Center to manage the bugs and work flow listings.
• Extensively involved in performing the Backend Testing of the application to develop and execute various SQL Queries.
• Wrote SQL queries to check the integrity of the data.
• Performed automated functional and regression testing using QTP.
• Identified and developed of reusable functions using VB Script into QTP.
• Involved in developing Data-Driven, Keyword-Driven and Hybrid Frameworks using QTP.
• Defined New and Existing Automation Framework and approach for new Functional automation test requirements in QTP.
• Reviewed and ensure deliverables completed with quality on time.

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, LoadRunner, Jprofiler, C#.NET, C++, .Net, Team Foundation Server, SQL Server.

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in preparing Test Plans based on Business Requirements Documents.
• Developed the Test Cases to test User Interface and Functionality of the application.
• Performed Functionality Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, and Back-end Testing.
• Worked in TestDirector for planning, running and tracking defects while attending walkthroughs with client and the development team and Defect reporting meetings periodically.
• Designed Test Cases report validation in TestDirector for UAT testing with end customers.
• Responsible for execution of regression scripts on each Service pack release and updated results in TestDirector.
• Created Vuser Scripts using LoadRunner VuGen and used controller to generate and execute LoadRunner test scenarios.
• Executed in Load, Stress and Endurance testing to simulate a process that allows more than 1000 concurrent users to login at the same time by using LoadRunner.
• Independently executed the LoadRunner test scenario, analyzed the execution statistics by monitoring the online graphs.
• Performed Database Validation by executing SQL queries; interacted with developers as needed to isolate the major cause of defects and performed backend testing.
• Responsible for Automation of all applications using QTP.
• Performed load test using LoadRunner after an architecture change in the application when Console and Agent servers were allocated separate physical servers.
• Developed Automated SQL test scripts for Functional and Regression Testing using TestDirector and QTP.
• Involved in performance tuned existing manual SQL scripts for automated validation of backend data using SQL Join generated and executed programmatically with VBScripts.
• Performed functional and regression testing using QTP.
• Verified Info view Sign-On thru single User Logon model includes LDAP authentication and logon.
• Participated in User Acceptance Test (UAT), Documented procedures and guiding the users in verifying various transactions on the System.
• Prepared status summary reports with details of executed, passed and failed test cases.
• Worked on the Build Management and Release Management for the product release.
• Involved in different phases of the project life cycle (PLC).
• Responsible for conducting weekly status meetings with Client periodically.

Environment: Mercury LoadRunner, SQL, Oracle, TestDirector, QTP, Windows, Linux and MS-Office.