OBJECTIVE:

Performance Testing, with 11 years of experience implementing and improving the quality for Web Based, Client Server Software. Have strong skills in writing and executing test plans and test cases in highly structured and loosely structured development environments and performing all types of testing (Load, Stress, Performance, and Volume), 7+ years of experience in managing large projects. Extensive experience in writing and executing load testing scripts using vugen

SUMMARY:

• Over 8 years of expertise in writing and executing Load, Stress, and Performance automated tests with LoadRunner v11. Have strong analytical skills in identifying client and server side in Load Runner/ Performance Center 11.
• Worked on Domain - Retails, Insurance, BFSI, E-Governance, Telecom and Content Management
• Expertise in Performance test planning, Test Cases Design, Test Environment Setup, Test Data Setup, Defect Management.
• Performance proposal creation and submission for the client. Setting up the team for performance testing and hence execution of the project...
• Worked with Technical Architect, DBA, Dev. Team, Network team and Test Manager to identify performance bottlenecks
• Tool analyses and providing recommendation for client server performance testing.
• Extensively used LoadRunner11, 9.52, 8.1.4 WAPT2.0 and Jmeter2.4/2.5 for Performance, Load and Stress Tests for Web Server applications & Web Services.
• Execution of automated test scripts using Mercury Tools (Quality Center, Load Runner/PC 11), JMeter based on business/functional specifications..
• Active Participation with team member’s in review meetings to evaluate the progress & performance.
• Strong knowledge of using Single and Multiple protocols in Loadrunner Vugen like Web Http, Web Services, Web Click and Script & Silverlight
• Extensively used tools HP-Quality Center 9.2, Bugzilla, Element Tool & Jira.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Monitoring: Load Runner 11, 9.52, 8.1.4, WAPT, Jmeter2.4, Neoload4.0, RPT7.0.3 DynaTrace, Debug Diagnostics1.0, JavaVM

HP: Sitescope, Permon, LamdaProbe, PAL

Protocols: Http/Https, Web services, Silverlight 4.0, Web(Click & Script), RTE

Technologies: J2EE, VB, .NET, Silver light4.0, PEGA 6.0 PRPC, GWT2.6

Oracle 10/11g, Pg: Sql, DB2(mainframe)

Platform: Windows, Linux, Ubuntu

Retail, BFSI, E: Governance, Insurance, Telcom

Servers: IIS6/7, Velcoity & Coherence Server, Tomcat6

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Performance Test Specialist/Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Attend Business Meeting.
• Web(HTTP/HTML), Web services, Restful web services, GWT2.6 are used.
• Design and implement performance/load/stress tests to exercise target systems to ensure that actual performance meets defined requirements.
• Tandem Performance testing for credit card validation.
• Used Neoload for GWT2.6 application for 500 Vusers.
• Ensure timely proactive identification of performance issues, escalating issues as warranted.
• Interface with software development team, DB architects, systems analysts, etc. to suggest improvements to software and configuration.
• Execution using HP Performance Center 11 13000 VUsers.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and development for more offshore/onshore junior engineers.
• Interface with business subject matter experts to understand the business process, metrics and language in order to comprehensively support and understand business rules that drive testing scenarios.
• Analyze java memory heap, PemGen and java exceptions.
• Analyze and trend the performance of Homedepot.com website and various support systems in production-like configuration.

Environment: Java1.6, Tomcat6.0,, Oracle10/11g, HP Performance Center 11, LoadRunner11.0, Site Scope, HP Debug Diagnostics1.0, Unix, Windows 2000 Server SP2, Splunk, NMON, SOAP UI, Web Services, HP Sitescope Monitoring, Jmeter2.11, JavaVM, Neoload5.0

Confidential

Performance Test Specialist/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gathered the requirements and compiled them into existing Test Plan
• Managing a team of performance test personnel in the creation of performance test plans and in execution of different PEGA projects of bank.
• Followed Agile Methodologies (scrum).
• Prepared Test Cases, Vugen scripts, Load Test, Test Data, Execute test, validate results, Manage defects and report results
• Complex Usage Pattern Analysis Used Performance Center to define performance requirement like SLA in test
• Execution using HP Performance Center 11/Loadrunner-11for 3500 VUsers.
• Working with business and technology staff across the department to ensure effective and efficient performance tests are created and executed.
• Used Site Scope Performance monitors and LoadRunner graphs to analyze the results
• Developing a team that understands the technology of the IMT systems and can effectively identify and isolate the root cause of performance failure (e.g. code-based, test data-based, hardware/network-based, etc.)
• Providing technical leadership in selection of specialized performance monitoring and diagnostic tools to facilitate in-depth examination of performance test results.
• Executed SQL Queries to verify the dataflow from the backend

Environment: PEGA PRPC 6.0, Oracle11g, HP Performance Center 11,LoadRunner11.0, HP Debug Diagnostics1.0, Unix, Windows 2000 Server SP2, IIS6, PAL log analyzer.

Confidential

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Proposal creation and submission for the client. Setting up the team for performance testing and hence execution of the project.
• Understand non-functional requirements, prepare Test Approach for Performance testing and provide Test Estimations.
• POC done using LoadRunner11 & Jmeter2.4
• Preparing test scripts using 2.4 Jmeter testing tools & managing test execution. Coordinating with the development team for resolving the issues / bottlenecks identified during test execution.
• Stress & load testing using Jmeter2.4 for 2500 VUsers.
• Used Pal tool to measure the monitoring counter gatherered from permon

Environment: Web Services, .Net, SoapUI, MySQL, Jmeter2.4, Windows 2007, Permon, PAL

Confidential

Performance Test Specialist/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Followed Agile Scrum methodology.
• Prepared Test Plan based on the requirements.
• Prepared Test Cases, Vugen scripts, Load Test, Test Data, Execute test, validate results, Manage defects and report results
• Performance Testing using LoadRunner 11/9.52 for 650 VUsers.
• Communication with Client, consulting on developed product functionalities.
• Designed performance test suites by creating VU test scripts, workload scenario using LR9.52 - Loadrunner 11
• Memory Leaks were identified in Different components. Protocol to Protocol Response times, Web Page break downs, Components sizes were analyzed and reported.
• Interacted with analyst, system staff and developers.
• Detected defects and classified them based on the severity in Quality Center
• SQL Query analysis, optimum IIS server configuration
• Present performance test reports, find quick solutions and knowledge transfer.

Environment: Silver light 4.0, asp.net2.0, NET4.0, Oracle11g, LoadRunner11.0/9.52, Dyna Trace, Debug Diagnostics1.0 Windows Server SP2, IIS6 & IIS7, Velocity Server

Confidential

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• All client interaction & documentation for every project which includes Requirement gathering, test approach, methodology & strategy, overall Project plan, review of day-to-day status, final report & presentation, test summary sheet & effort estimation & consumption document Performance.
• Assisting clients in Test Design, Implementation & analysis, Recommendation for Performance enhancement & to eliminate bottlenecks.
• Conduct Review meetings, reviewing progress reports, managing team activities, sending day to day activity report.
• Preparing test scripts using Loadrunner9.52 testing tools & managing test execution. Coordinating with the development team for resolving the issues / bottlenecks identified during test execution.
• Helping business development efforts, viz. via POC & Feasibility test.
• 10% improvement in response time of application with Cache Out-Proc on, Coherence Server.
• Present performance test reports, find quick solutions and knowledge transfer.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Hibernate, Spring, JBoss, AJAX, MySQL, Eclipse, LoadRunner9.52, DynaTrace, Windows 2003, Coherence Server

Confidential

Performance Test Specialist/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with the client to obtain the Business Requirements Specification.
• Met with manager, developer groups to determine user requirements and goals. Drafted test strategies, test cases and test plan based on functional specifications.
• Analyzed the requirements and created the test plans and test cases.
• LoadRunner9.5 was used to generate Vuser script to simulate multiple client interactions and emulate the behaviour of real users between the browser and the web server.
• Customize Parameterization in DATA file using via LoadRunner to test the application with different sets of data
• Get in touch with the production monitoring team to enable the resource monitoring and capturing the logs for desired servers for the test duration.
• Execute the test using the LoadRunner9.52 controller.
• Performed sanity and smoke testing on the application.
• Analysis of the results and gathered stats and publish the reports with recommendations if any.

Environment: Ajax Click&Script protocol, .Net, Unix, JAVA, My-SQL, LoadRunner9.5, Windows 2007, Permon.

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Test team coordination.
• Leading Team of 5 members.
• Performance Testing using LoadRunner8.1.4.
• Designing of load test plans for load distribution based on transaction scenarios and usage time of day.
• Monitoring performance of various application modules and server resources by capturing key metrics on response time and throughput and generation of overlay graphs.
• Communication with customer, consulting on developed product functionalities.
• Creating and developing tests and test plans, including: business rules testing, functional testing, end-to-end testing.
• Designing and creation of Load Test Script perform load and reliability test.
• Verified application performance for 1200 virtual users(protocol used -web)

Environment: Java / J2EE, Oracle10g, LoadRunner8.1.4, Windows 2000 Server SP3, Weblogic Server

Confidential

Performance and Manual tester

Responsibilities:

• Manual Testing.
• Performance Testing using WAPT (Web Application Performance Testing) to capture key performance counters on the web server and database server.
• Involved in both stress test and endurance test exercises.
• Involved in identifying performance bottlenecks on the web server and database.
• Reporting current status and results of testing, analysis.
• Team training (organized trainings on QA theory, practice in test case designing, working with bug tracking system, automated testing - Load Runner).
• Creating and developing tests and test plans, including: business rules testing, functional testing, end-to-end testing.
• Performing Functionality Testing and Regression Testing of Application.

Environment: Windows XP SP2. Pg-Sql database, JAVA, Perl, J2EE, WAPT2.0, Element Tool.

Confidential

Software tester

Responsibilities:

• Manual Testing.,
• Writing Test Cases & Review Test Cases.
• Coordinating with Subject Matter Experts and Delivery Managers and gathering information on business process flow and understanding the scope of work
• Partially used Jmeter tool was used for Load Testing.
• Performed sanity and smoke testing on the application.
• Performed Regression and Functional Testing.

Environment: JSP, Struts, websphere3.5, HTML, Apache Tomcat, MY-SQL, Linux, CVS, Jmeter2.1, Windows 2003.