SUMMARY:

• Around 8+ years of Quality Assurance experience with strong expertise in Performance/Load & Stress Testing using HP Performance Center /Load Runner.
• Experienced on HP sites Quality Center, Load Runner, Performance Center.
• Extensive experience in automated testing of Web based and Client/Server applications with proficiency in Load and Performance Testing. Good experience in agile methodology.
• Extensive knowledge in Performance Test Life Cycle.
• Used the various monitoring tools like HP Site scope and HP Diagnostics, to keep track of the test performance and identify various bottlenecks.
• Proficient in using test automation tools such as testing scripts for web and client server applications
• Ability to interact with developers and product analysts regarding Testing Status and Defect & Change Tracking using Quality Center.
• Expertise in SQL queries to perform Backend testing.
• Execution of Manual Test Scripts and responsible to track and log the defects using QualityCenter.
• 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.
• Experience in using SOAP UI for testing of SOA environment.
• Good understanding of the web services principles and technology
• Strong experience writing SQL queries for back - end testing, UNIX commands for verifying log files, shell scripts to bounce/maintain QA servers, database refresh for QA environments, XML API testing.
• Proficiency in testing the applications compatibility on UNIX and Windows platforms
• Performing System Testing skills include Black Box, Smoke, Regression, Integration testing, User acceptance Testing
• Strong process and documentation skills for performance testing/engineering.
• Experience in Performance testing of Web applications and Client/Server by using Load Runner
• Well versed with all functionality of Virtual User Generator and Correlating Statements, configuring Run time settings for HTTP, iterations, Simulated Modem speeds to bring the testing scenario to real world
• Experienced in monitoring CPU, Memory, Network, Web connections and through put while running Baseline, Performance, Load, Stress and Soak testing
• Expertise in Functional Testing using HP UFT ( QTP)
• Expertise in tracking defects using tracking tools such as Quality Center and Clear Quest
• Good understanding of object oriented methodologies, software development life cycle (SDLC) and software testing methodologies
• Excellent ability to understand complex scenarios and business problems, and transfer the knowledge to other users/developers in the most comprehensible manner
• Quick learner by respect to latest technology, most excellent put into practice and system

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating systems: Windows NT/2000/XP, Unix, Linux

Programming Languages: C++, C, VB6, VB.Net, Java

RDBMS: Oracle, MS Access, SQL 2000, mySQL

HP Test Suite and Tools: Win Runner, LoadRunner, Quality Center (Test Director), Performance Center, VuGen, Monitoring tools, dynaTrace, Wily Intrascope, Sitescope, UFT WinSCP, IBM SA, JMeter, Vmstat, ESMON, Perfmon and Splunk.

LoadRunner Protocols: Web (http/html), MQ Client/Server, Winsock, Citrix, Web/Winsock Dual Protocol, Citrix ICA, Ajax TruClient, GUI, Click & Script, Siebel, Oracle, Web Services, Java Vuser.

Application Tools: MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, Visual Studio .Net

Web Technologies: HTML, XHTML, VB Script, Jscript, asp, asp.net, ado.net

Other Skills: UML, XML, SDLC, Object Oriented Methodology, Data Modeling, J2EE, .Net Framework

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

Sr. Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered business requirement, studied the application and collected the information from Project Managers, Developers, and Functional Test Leads.
• Responsible for all phases, planning, developing scripts, execution of Performance Center scenarios and analysis in Agile environment
• Developed Load Runner test scripts according to test requirements.
• Responsible for testing Databases, Webservice (Messaging Queues, ActiveMQ & XSD) request.
• Developed Load Test Scripts using Vugen for Confidential Canada POS Application using Windows Socket Protocol.
• Developed Scripts for Latin American countries for MQ Applications using Webservices and tested the databases using JDBC connection using Java Vuser scripts and ODBC scripts.
• Developed scripts to change controller Flag settings using RTE Protocol.
• Worked close with clients Interface developers, project managers in identifying performance issues and bottlenecks and resolving them.
• Extensively monitored the all the applications using HP Performance Center and Java Mission Control, Java VisualVM, Jconsole.
• Created Various Vuser Scripts basing on the Critical Transactions Used by the Real Time users using VuGen of Load Runner.
• Verify that new or upgraded applications meet specified performance requirements.

Environment: Web HTML/HTTP, Web Services, Windows Socket, ODBC Protocol, RTE Protocol, JavaVuser, Load Runner12.01, HP ALM 12.01, Java Mission Control, Java VisualVM, Jconsole, POS.

Confidential, Irving, TX

Sr. Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered business requirement, studied the application and collected the information from Business Analysts, Project Managers, Solution Architect’s, Developers, and SME’s.
• Responsible for all phases, planning, developing scripts, execution of Performance Center scenarios and analysis in Agile environment
• Developed Load Runner test scripts according to test specifications/ requirements.
• 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.
• Enhanced Vuser scripts by introducing the timer blocks, by parameterizing user id's to run the script for multiple users.
• Responsible for testing Web, Web Services and Ajax TruClient request.
• Extensively monitored the all the applications using HP Performance Center and Sitescope
• Created Various Vuser Scripts basing on the Critical Transactions Used by the Real Time users using VuGen of Load Runner.
• Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks during the performance lifecycle
• Verify that new or upgraded applications meet specified performance requirements.

Environment: Web HTML/HTTP, Web Services, Ajax TruClient, Load Runner12.02, Performance Center12.20, ALM, SiteScope.

Confidential, Irving, TX

Sr. Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all phases, planning, developing scripts, execution of performance center scenarios and analysis.
• Responsible for performance testing Oracle Retail MFP application.
• Developed Load Runner test scripts according to test specifications/ requirements.
• 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.
• Enhanced Vuser scripts by introducing the timer blocks, by parameterizing user id's to run the script for multiple users.
• Developed and tested web services applications using SOAP UI as well as Load Runner by using WSDL Files.
• Responsible for testing Web, Web Services and Java Vuser request.
• Responsible for testing backend Oracle database.
• Extensively monitored the all the applications using HP Performance Center and Zabbex
• Extensively used Splunk in analyzing log files.
• Created Various Vuser Scripts basing on the Critical Transactions Used by the Real Time users using VuGen of Load Runner.
• Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks during the development lifecycle
• Accurately produce regular project status reports to senior management to ensure on-time project launch.
• Verify that new or upgraded applications meet specified performance requirements.

Environment: UNIX, Web HTML /HTTP, Web Services, Oracle Retail, MFP, Messing, Ajax Trueclient, Java, Java script, JMeter Load Runner11.5, Performance Center, ALM 11.52, Zabbex, and SOAP UI.

Confidential, Memphis, TN

Sr. Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead Performance Test Consultant over several senior resources on a large performance test Setup, using HP LoadRunner 11.5, to automate many business applications of Confidential in an Agile environment.
• Installed and configured HP tools, wrote scripts, executed tests, found defects and wrote and presented test report. Application was a Java portal connected to a numerous web services application, running on Oracle 10g.
• Gathered the performance requirements and compiled them into Test Plan
• Responsible for implementing LoadRunner, JMeter Performance Center, Wily based infrastructure including: Architecting the load testing infrastructure, hardware & software integration with LoadRunner.
• Prepared Test Cases, Vugen scripts, Load Test, Test Data, Execute test, validate results, Manage defects and report results
• Extensive backend knowledge of Oracle 10g,11g, SOA,JAVA Application Servers.
• Developed Vuser scripts using LoadRunner Web (HTTP/HTML) protocol based on the user workflows
• Developed and tested web services applications using SOAP UI as well as Load Runner by using WSDL Files.
• Responsible for testing Web, Web Services and Java Vuser request.
• Responsible for testing backend Oracle database.
• Extensively monitored the all the applications using HP Performance Center and Wily
• Created Various Vuser Scripts basing on the Critical Transactions Used by the Real Time users using VuGen of Load Runner.
• Monitored system resources of application servers and databases using dynaTrace during the test and identified the performance bottlenecks.
• Used Performance Center to define performance requirement like SLA in test.
• Interface with developers, project managers, and management in the development, execution and reporting performance test results
• Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks during the development lifecycle
• Accurately produce regular project status reports to senior management to ensure on-time project launch.
• Verify that new or upgraded applications meet specified performance requirements.

Environment: UNIX, Web HTML /HTTP, Web Services, Oracle10g, Java, Java script, JMeter Load Runner11.5, Performance Center, ALM 11.52, Wily Intrascope, dynaTrace and SOAP UI.

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

Sr. Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all phases, planning, developing scripts, execution of performance center scenarios and analysis.
• Responsible for performance testing Oracle Retail RMS and MFP applications
• Developed Load Runner test scripts according to test specifications/ requirements.
• 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.
• Migrated all scripts from Silk Performer to Load Runner11.5.
• Enhanced Vuser scripts by introducing the timer blocks, by parameterizing user id's to run the script for multiple users.
• 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 LoadRunner11.5.
• Responsible for performance testing using LoadRunner and Qpasa.
• Developed Load/Stress scenarios for performance testing using the LoadRunner Controller.
• Defined and configured SLAs for hits/sec, throughput, transactions per second in LoadRunner.
• Responsible for monitoring different graphs such as Qdepth and message flow rate in Qpasa .
• Analyzed the results of the Qdepth with respective to time 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 30 virtual users.
• Prepared detailed Performance Test Analysis Report with Graphs and the application bottlenecks from the scripts execution.
• Developed and executed complex VB Scripts to generate automatic messages for testing in Qpasa .
• All the bugs were tracked and updated in defect tracking tool.
• Participated in the Go/No-go meetings.

Environment: Load Runner11.5, Performance Center11.52, QPasa, HP Quality Center, Silk Performer, Quality Center, Unix, Windows, VBA and SQL .

Confidential, Danbury, CT

Sr. Performance Engineer

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) 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 monitered 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 and Jmeter.
• Developed Load/Stress scenarios for performance testing using the LoadRunner Controller.
• Configured Tomcat server, Data Base Server, Apache Server and Static Servers in SiteScope to monitor Memory Utilization, CPU Utilization, Throughput, Network Connections, etc in LoadRunner
• Installed and configured dynaTrace agents on the application server to collect the server stats and communicate to the dynaTrace client.
• Used Monitoring tool dynaTrace for performing in-depth analysis to isolate points of failure in the application.
• Also used dynaTrace to collect the Volume metrics from the production.
• Used ignite monitoring software for Database monitoring.
• 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 500 to 1000 virtual users.
• Prepared detailed Performance Test Analysis Report with Graphs and the application bottlenecks from the scripts execution.
• Performed Backend testing by integrating SQL queries within scripts and validated the backend workflow under load testing.
• Developed and executed complex SQL Queries and Procedures to perform database testing.
• All the bugs were tracked and updated in defect tracking tool JIRA.
• Participated in the Go/No-go meetings.

Environment: Loadrunner, Performance Center, JMeter, HP Quality Center, Sitescope, dynaTrace, 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.

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

Sr. Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all phases, planning, developing scripts, execution of performance center scenarios and analysis.
• Developed Load Runner test scripts according to test specifications/ requirements in an agile environments.
• Responsible for implementing LoadRunner, Performance center, JMeter based infrastructure including: Architecting the load testing infrastructure, hardware & software integration with LoadRunner.
• Created Load Runner scenarios and scheduled the Virtual Users to generate realistic load on the server using HP Load Runner (Load generator machine).
• Worked with assigning test checks, rendezvous points, parameterization, and correlation (capturing dynamic values like session id's /cookies) irrespective of the application.
• Performed correlation by rightly capturing the dynamic values and parameterize the data dependencies that are always a part of Business process.
• Experience in using SOAP UI for testing the Web services.
• Took lead for creating Load Runner scripts using Web-HTTP, Web Services, Ajax TruClient Protocols.
• Designed performance test suites by creating Web (GUI/HTTP/HTML), COM/DCOM, Citrix, Web Service and workload scenarios, setting transactions. Extensively used VUGen to create Load Test Scripts.
• Parameterization and correlation was done to all web service scripts.
• Identified functionality and performance issues, including: deadlock conditions, database connectivity problems, and system crashes under load.
• Configure the LoadRunner controller for running the tests. Verifying that the LoadRunner scripts are working as expected on different Load generator machines
• Pinpointed all the bottleneck and suggested solutions to improve performance of the system.
• Conducted several Load tests such as 1 Hour peak production load, Reliability and Stress tests to identify the performance issues.
• Worked on Controller to simulate explicit Real-Time scenarios by using accurate Run time settings and using IP Spoofing, WAN Emulation etc.
• Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks during the development lifecycle.
• Work closely with software developers and take an active role in ensuring that the software components meet the highest quality standards.
• Runtime setting for each script were done individually to handle in standalone mode.
• Executed all the test cases using the Quality Center.
• Defects were logged and tracked using Quality Center and updated the defect descriptions according to the development and testing progress.
• Determined the scalability of the clustered configuration and benchmarked the cluster's performance under load.
• Developed a very flexible and dynamic script that allowed for fast configuration changes during testing.
• Verified load balancer setting using IP spoofing feature of Performance Center to discover issues with load balancer due to IP sticky.
• Created Web Service and MQ scripts using Web Services and Java Protocol in LoadRunner
• Conducted all tests in the Controller by creating 100, 200, 400 virtual users for load Testing.
• Used HP Diagnostics to check back-end calls and their response times for debugging high response times for a transaction in various applications.
• Analyzed results and provided Developers, System Analysts, Application Architects and with information resulting in performance tuning the Application.
• Used Quality Center to track the defects.

Environment: HP Performance Center (9.5,11.0) Quality Center, JMeter, LoadRunner, Controller, Analysis, HP Diagnostics, JavaScript, SQL, JAVA, J2EE, WebLogic, JSP, IIS, XML/XLST, Web Services, Oracle.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Test plan and Test specifications based on Functional Requirement Specifications and System Design Specifications for ecommerce application.
• Executed scenarios using HP Performance Center and analyzed the results through Performance Center Analysis to find the bottlenecks in networks and server resources including deadlock conditions, database connectivity problems and system crashes under load.
• Parameterized actions and created files using random, sequential and unique options in VUGen.
• Developed Virtual User Scripts using protocols like Web (http/html), Web Services, .Net, Citrix and Oracle NCA.
• Reviewed and analysed Web Services contracts, WSDL, XSD and XML files.
• Used Correlation to handle the Dynamic return values and scheduled the test under work load compositions.
• Developed load test scripts using VUGen to make them flexible and useful for Regression testing.
• Configured monitors to monitor performance of individual Hosts behavior on load.
• Created scenarios using HP Performance Center to do Load and Stress test.
• Analyzed the results and Created Analysis Report through Performance Center Analysis, prepared and submitted Exit Report with Recommendations.
• Analysed the system resource graphs, network monitor graphs and error graphs to identify transaction performance, network problems and scenario results respectively.
• Enhanced Vuser scripts with transactions, rendezvous points, functions, parameterization and correlation.
• Measured the response time at different points in the application using Site Scope monitoring tool.
• Configured Web, Application, and Database server performance monitoring setup using LoadRunner Controller and HP Site scope.
• Identify system/application bottlenecks and work with Bottom-line 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 Mercury Interactive LoadRunner tool to simulate activity.
• Build and execute SQL queries to verify the data updates to various tables and ensure data quality and integrity.
• Created detailed test status reports, performance capacity reports, web trend analysis reports, and graphical charts for upper management using Load Runner analysis component.

Environment: HP Performance Center 9.5, Site scope, QualityCenter, .NET, IIS, Oracle, Java, Agile Methodologies, UNIX

Confidential, Dayton, OH

Sr. Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered user requirements and designed the Test Plans and Test Scenarios accordingly, which involved creating Business flow diagrams in Quality Center
• Worked on different protocols like Web (HTTP/HTML), Web services, Windows socket.
• Created scenarios like Basic schedule by load test/group, Real world schedule by load test/by group as per the requirement
• Identified performance problems or bottlenecks and recommended possible steps for remediating using HP Diagnostics
• Using LoadRunner executed multi-user performance tests, used online monitors, real-time output messages and other features of the LoadRunner Controller
• Identified the Memory leakage or Garbage collection on HP Diagnostic and worked with middleware team on heap size
• Observed the load test run for any errors
• Analyzed performance, transaction, and server resource monitors for meaningful results
• Analyzed the results of the entire test run
• Created test strategies and conditions for load, stress, concurrent users, and network bandwidth scenarios
• Work with business and technology leads to identify the appropriate data for testing, and prepare that data for the test cases
• Performed problem solving analysis and root cause for system functionality and testing challenges using Load Runner Analysis Tool

Environment: HP Loadrunner, Windows 2000 NT, UNIX, DB2, SQL, Quality Center, VuGen, Web services, VMware, WPS, WMB, IBM Web Sphere, Web sphere application server(WAS), AIX, HP Diagnostics

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Sr. Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved as a Software Quality Assurance Analyst, involved in SQA Analysis, Design, and Testing of the application.
• Created detailed Test plan, Test Scenarios and Test cases for the supply chain applications according to the business requirements.
• Scripted various user scenarios and created Test Scripts to emulate the real user, using Load Runner’s VuGen utility.
• Parameterized and correlated many variables such as Session ID, Customer ID, and Server Name etc. in the recorded scripts to exactly simulate the real user.
• Created and scheduled Endurance, Load and Stress test Scenarios using Load Runner’s Controller to test the application under all kinds of loads.
• Analyzed the response times of various transactions load using LoadRunner Analysis and found the bottlenecks in the application using the monitors such as application server, database (oracle) and the network monitors.
• Developed reports and graphs to present the load/stress test results to the Working Team.
• Interacted and worked with the development team to solve the problems encountered in the test scenario run.
• Developed automation test cases, test plans & executed functional test scripts using WinRunner.
• Involved in creating a Regression suite of WinRunner scripts for Web Functional Testing.
• Involved in Generating and modifying the LoadRunner Scripts and the corresponding configuration files involved there

Environment: LoadRunner 7.0/6.5, WinRunner 7.0, TestDirector 7.2, TeamTrack Microsoft JVM, Windows NT, JavaScript, Oracle 7.3.