SUMMARY:

• Around 7 years of Quality Assurance experience with strong expertise in Performance/Load & Stress Testing using HP Performance Center/Load Runner.
• Extensive experience in automated testing of Web based and Client/Server applications with proficiency in Load and Performance Testing.
• Proficient in writing test plans, test cases, test scripts and test result reports.
• Performed Performance Testing, Functional Testing and Regression Testing using automated testing tools including HP Load Runner, HP Performance Center, Quick Test Pro, HP Quality Center, Win Runner and Test Director.
• Significant experience Load testing various applications including .Net, Business Objects and Citrix implementations.
• Extensive experience using HP Load Runner for Performance Testing, Stress Testing, Longevity Testing and Regression Testing.
• Proficient in Creating and Enhancing scripts, Executing Tests and Analyzing results using Load Runner and Performance Center.
• Experienced in Design and Execution of Test criteria, Scenarios, and Scripts from requirements.
• Well versed with all functionality of Virtual User Generator and Correlating Statements, configuring Run time settings for HTTP, iterations, Simulated Modem speeds to match the testing scenario to real world scenario.
• Experienced in monitoring CPU, Memory, Network, Web connections and through put while running Baseline, Performance, Load, Stress and Soak testing.
• Experienced in Planning and Translation of Software Business Requirements into test conditions; execution of all types of tests; and identification as well as logging of Software bugs for business process improvement.
• Experience in monitoring Web Servers and Application Servers such as Microsoft IIS, web logic, web sphere and Database Servers such as SQL Server and Oracle during the Performance Test with and without firewalls.
• Extensive experience in Quality Assurance methodologies and strategies with better understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Worked on Agile Methodology closely with developers to track and fix defects
• Excellent ability to understand complex scenarios and business problems, and transfer the knowledge to other users/developers in the most comprehensible manner
• Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines and the ability to work in a cross - functional environment. Effectively able to work as a team member as well as independently.
• Experienced in supporting the team of on-site and off-shore which provides performance testing services for 24/7 for internal client applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: Load-Runner 12.5,11.x/9.x, Performance center 12,11.x, Quick Test Pro (QTP) 10.x/9.x, Quality center/ALM 10.x / 9.x

Monitoring Tools: Dynatrace, Site scope

Languages: C, XML, SQL, .Net, HTML, JavaScript, Shell scripting

Test Strategies: Defect Management, Web Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing

Defect Tracking Tools: ALM/ Quality Center

LR Protocols: Web(HTTP/HTML), Web Services, WSDL, True client, Citrix, SAP Web

Web/App. Servers & front end applications: IIS, Apache 2.x, FileNet, Tomcat 6.x, Web Logic 9.x/8.x, Web Sphere 7.x/6.x, HTTP Watch

RDBMS: Oracle 10g/9.x, SQL Server 2005

Tools: and Utilities: Share-point, Microsoft Office Suite 2007/2003/XP, SQL Query Analyzer

Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Performance Tester

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Independently developed Performance Center test scripts according to test specifications/requirements.
• Designed performance test suites by creating Web (GUI/HTTP/HTML), Web service and Click & Script test scripts, workload scenarios, setting transactions. Extensively used VuGen to create Load Test Scripts.
• Identify system/application bottlenecks and worked to facilitate the tuning of the application/environment in order to optimize capacity and improve performance of the application in order to handle peak workloads generated via LoadRunner tool to simulate activity.
• Created scenarios to emulate concurrent Vusers, tested using Rendezvous points in the Vuser scripts and executed the Vuser Scripts in various scenarios which were both goal oriented and manual using Load Runner.
• Correlated and Parameterized test scripts to capture Dynamic data and input various test data as per business requirements.
• Using Performance Center, execute multi-user performance tests, used online monitors, real-time output messages and other features of the LoadRunner Controller/Performance center.
• Analyze, interpret, and summarize meaningful and relevant results in a complete Performance Test Report.
• Develop and implement load and stress tests with HP Performance Center and present performance statistics to application teams, and provide recommendations of how and where performance can be improved.
• Monitoring the various machines during load tests and informing the corresponding teams in case of issues.
• Created detailed test status reports, performance capacity reports, web trend analysis reports, and graphical charts for upper management using Load Runner analysis component.
• Root Cause Analysis & Bottleneck Analysis/Problem Isolation after Performance Testing using Wily Introscope.
• Expertise in Capacity Planning, Data Modeling and Root Cause Analysis
• Expertise in statistical and mathematical analysis and interpretation of data.
• Identified the Memory leakage or Garbage collection on HP Diagnostic and worked with middleware team on heap size.
• Created detailed test status reports, performance capacity reports, web trend analysis reports, and graphical charts for top level managers.
• Performs in-depth analysis to isolate points of failure in the application.
• Assist in production of testing and capacity certification reports.
• Develop and implement load and stress tests with HP Performance Center, and present performance statistics to application teams, and provide recommendations of how and where performance can be improved.
• Monitor and administrate hardware capacity to ensure the necessary resources are available for all tests.

Environment: Load Runner 12.0&12.5, Jmeter, VSphere, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Grafana, Splunk 6.3, Kibana (Real User Monitoring Data), JENKINS Automation, WebPageTest (synthetic testing tool),Splunk Profiling.

Performance Tester

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Responsibilities:

• Gathered the requirements and created the test plan with test cases.
• Analyzed the Production Environment and reviewed the test plan.
• Developed and executed Scripts for Performance Testing using HP Load Runner.
• Enhanced the scripts by Parameterizations, Correlations and other functions in the scripts to emulate the real time load conditions using Vu Gen.
• Created Performance Test Scenarios by Load Runner Controller by different techniques such as Schedule by Scenario, Schedule by Group, Ramp Up, and Ramp Down for the planned work load.
• Worked with Performance test concepts like Rendezvous point, pacing, runtime settings.
• Executed baseline, load, stress and endurance testing by Performance Center on website’s workflows to identify and report performance bottlenecks.
• Managed resources and process of Performance testing (like Load, Stress, Volume, Endurance and Failover ) using Load Runner ( Controller, Virtual User Generator, and Analysis ) and Protocols used Web and Web Services.
• Extensively worked on UNIX to change the database connections , tracing logs , monitor resources of the machines, create users and execute batch jobs .
• Extensively used other features like parameterization, correlation and configured monitors for WebSphere and Database .
• Monitored application and server utilization, response time, throughput, hits per sec by using CA Wily Intro scope.
• Analyzed the test results by the Load Runner analyzer.
• Found the root cause for the bottlenecks by using the web page diagnostics a native monitor of Load Runner and even by the HP Diagnostics for more accuracy and availability of different metrics.
• Analyzed the DBA report to find any improper tables that’s causing issues in the response times and other factors that might cause a degradation in the performance.
• In addition, during peak traffic and new product launches I supported our production traffic monitoring. We have Splunk system enabled which indexes our request access logs generated by WebLogic servers.
• Identified the Memory leakage or Garbage collection on HP Diagnostic and worked with middleware team on heap size
• Created detailed test status reports, performance capacity reports, web trend analysis reports, and graphical charts for top level managers.
• Created the Performance Test reports with the whole testing methodology used like Response times, no of transactions, server’s details, DBA reports, test durations, test observations and etc.

Environment: Load Runner, C Scripting, Performance Center, CA Wily Intro scope, Http/Html, Web page diagnostics, HP Diagnostics, Ajax True client and Windows.

Performance Analyst

Confidential, St Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Involved in various meetings with development team to gather performance requirements and SLAs before the testing.
• Prepared Test Cases, Test Strategy, and Test Plan based on the non-functional business requirements to meet SLA.
• Developed Load Runner test scripts according to the test specifications/Requirements using HTTP/HTML, Web services Protocol in Load Runner.
• Responsible for writing startup scripts and compiled module functions for the front and backend validation. Customized scripts for error detection and recovery.
• Conducted several Load tests such as 1 Hour peak production load, Reliability and Stress tests to identify the performance issues.
• Worked with solution architects and DBAs to identify and resolve bottlenecks.
• Monitored the CPU, memory, and network utilizations using Site Scope monitor.
• Involved in analyzing the problems using transaction breakdown, Network monitoring and Resource monitoring to find the performance bottlenecks.
• Develop and implement load, capacity and stress tests with Load Runner and Present performance statistics to application teams and provided recommendations of performance improvement.
• Performed in-depth analysis to isolate points of failure in application.
• Worked with development, users and support groups to understand the application architecture, use and current production issues to simulate the best possible real time scenarios for load and stress testing.
• Correlated and parameterized test scripts to capture Dynamic data and input various test data as per business requirements.
• Accurately produce regular project status reports to senior management to ensure on-time project launch.
• Tested web, Client server & web service based applications, using various workloads as demanded by the application.
• Identified Memory Leaks, Protocol to Protocol Response times analyzed, Web Page break downs, Web logic log files. Issues relating to Indexes, Connection Pools, Thread size and Garbage collections, Memory heap size.
• Developed various reports and metrics to measure and track testing effort. Created Test Matrix, Traceability Matrix and performed Gap Analysis.
• Participate in Weekly Meetings with the management team and Walkthroughs.
• Detected defects and classified them based on the severity in Quality Center. Provided Screenshots/Instructions to identify & reproduce the bugs in QC. Interacted with the development team to fix the defects as per the defect report

Environment: Load Runner 12.02, C Scripting, Performance Center, Web Http/Html, Web services, VU Gen, WSDL, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, ALM/QC, and Windows.

Performance Tester

Confidential, Forest Park, GA

Responsibilities:

• Involved in preparing high level scenarios based on Agile Methodologies for each Scrum.
• Developed Test plan, Traceability metrics mapping with Requirements and Test Cases.
• Developed Load Test Scripts by using LoadRunner for entire site and did the Parameterization, Pacing, and correlation .
• Worked close with clients Interface with developers, project managers, and management in the development.
• Developed Vuser scripts using LoadRunner Web (HTTP/HTML), SAP WEB protocol based on the user workflows
• Tested web services applications using SOAP Client as well as by using WSDL Files.
• Responsible for Web Services testing and testing AJAX http request.
• Enhanced Vuser scripts by introducing the timer blocks, by parameterizing user id's to run the script for multiple users.
• Responsible for testing backend Oracle database.
• Extensively monitored the UNIX servers. Monitored Web sphere using HP Diagnostics
• Created Various Vuser Scripts basing on the Critical Transactions Used by the Real Time users using VuGen of Load Runner.
• Responsible for setting runtime settings in LoadRunner.
• Correlated the dynamically created session data in the load test scripts in VuGen to synchronize with the application.
• Responsible for performance testing using LoadRunner.
• Developed Load/Stress scenarios for performance testing using the LoadRunner Controller.
• Configured Tomcat server, Data Base Server, Apache Server and Static Servers in site scope to monitor Memory Utilization, CPU Utilization, Throughput, Network Connections, etc in LoadRunner
• Defined and configured SLAs for hits/sec, throughput, transactions per second in LoadRunner.
• Responsible for monitoring different graphs such as Throughput, Hits/Sec, Transaction Response time and Windows Resources while executing the scripts from LoadRunner .
• Analyzed the results of the Load test by using LoadRunner Analysis tool to identify bottlenecks.
• Configured Production Server System settings on Load Test Servers and Created Load/Stress testing scenarios for performance testing using LoadRunner Controller by creating virtual users.
• Prepared detailed Performance Test Analysis Report with Graphs and the application bottlenecks from the scripts execution.

Environment: LoadRunner, Performance Center, Jmeter, HP Quality Center, Sitescope, Quality Center, Unix, Windows, Wily Introscope, JAVA, Jboss, WebLogic, Oracle, XML, SQL Server, Network analysis, MS Access, MS Vision, MS Project, AJAX VB, J2ee analysis, HTML.

Performance Tester

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Detail Design, Business, and Technical and General Design requirement documents.
• Created Test Cases and Test plans for the applications.
• Extensively used Virtual User generator (Vu Gen) and Controller with in Load Runner .
• Created Scripts by HTTP/HTML protocols in Vu Gen using Load Runner .
• Configured record and run time settings, options and web event record configurations.
• Created Scenarios using Load Runner Controller by using different techniques such as Schedule by Scenario, Schedule by Group, Ramp Up, and Ramp Down.
• Used Load Runner Controller to Perform Load Test, Capacity test and Stress Test .
• Performed System testing, Load testing, and Regression testing.
• Monitoring application and server utilization, response time, availability, performance and traffic flow by using HP Site Scope .
• Monitored different graphs like transaction response time and analyzed server performance status, hits per second and throughput.
• Ability to work with a sense of urgency in a deadline-oriented environment.

Environment: Load Runner, Site scope, Windows Vista/XP, SQL Server

Performance Tester

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in developing test cases and scripts for Load/Stress and Performance testing of the application.
• Created and executed Test cases based on business requirements and test plans using Quality Center.
• Used Quality Center for Test Execution, Defect Tracking and Reporting .
• Responsible for Performance Tuning for Load, Stress, Endurance Test executions using both Load Runner .
• Developed automated load test scripts using Virtual User Generator and created Virtual Users to replicate the real time users in Load Runner .
• Modified Scripts and passed dynamic values using Parameterization and Correlation using Load Runner .
• Monitored different graphs like Transaction Response Time and Analyzed Server Performance Status, Hits per Second, Throughput using Load Runner .
• Analyzed No. of Hits per second, Average Throughput and Response Time of Individual Transactions for specified duration using Load Runner .
• Created automated scripts for AUT using VuGen in Load Runner http/html, web services protocol for regression scenarios .
• Defined criteria for performing usability testing, analyzed results of testing sessions, and presented results to development team.
• Performed interactive walkthroughs of test scripts with Developers, Business users and Business Analysts.

Environment: HP Load Runner, Back-End Testing, Technical Design Document, Technical Specification Document, MS Excel, IE, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Windows XP.