SUMMARY:

• Performance test engineer with around four plus years of IT experience in systems Performance test requirements, design, coding, testing of Client/Server applications in financial, healthcare, telecom and e - commerce sectors.
• Excellent skills and experience in performance testing using HP LoadRunner, Performance Center.
• Expertise in gathering the Nonfunctional performance requirements and preparing the test plans, test cases mirroring the Production scenarios to capture the scenarios with high loads, high volumes and the business critical transactions.
• Excellent skills in analyzing business requirements and use cases for identifying any missing information that would lead to confusions while scripting and finding the UN-testable scenarios.
• Expertise in developing scripts, designing and creating complicated test scenarios in Performance Center, analyzing test results with the help of the server resources metrics, reporting Defects, and documenting test results.
• Expertise in recording/developing and coding the VuGen scripts using different protocols like Http/Html, Web Services, Citrix, Truclient and etc.
• Experience in creating data for Perishable scenarios.
• Excellent knowledge and skills in test monitoring for server metrics like app CPU, memory, app pool memory recycling, Disk utilizations and finding the bottlenecks that cause the degradation in the performance using LoadRunner/Performance Center native Monitors, HP’s OVPM, Dell’s Foglight, SPLUNK and SiteScope.
• Identified the bottlenecks for high CPU with the help of DEV regarding the huge payload the services being processed.
• And also identified the bottlenecks for high memory utilizations and requested the app team to increase the memory cap on the servers to allow the app to use more memory as required.
• Expertise in working on complex correlations, Load designing and some of the c functions that help in scripting and validating the responses.
• Experience in finding the root cause of the bottlenecks by monitoring tools like SPLUNK, OVPM, Foglight and Wily Introscope.
• Experience and knowledge in monitoring technologies and best practices, including creating, configuring and maintaining OVPM, Foglight, SiteScope monitors alerts and reports.
• Worked on both .NET and Java built applications and on bandwidth based apps for performance testing.
• Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Good experience in Load, Investigational, Endurance, Integrated Load (ILT), Smoke, Integration, Performance testing methodologies.
• Knowledge in SQL statements, database connectivity, Oracle 10g.
• Good team player and a fast paced learner.
• Good analytical, interpersonal, presentation, communication and team working skills.

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY:

Testing Tools: LoadRunner 12.02,11.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: HP OVPM, Dell Foglight, SPLUNK, Site Scope

Languages: C, C++, XML, SQL

Defect Tracking Tools: ALM/ Quality Center, Jira

LR Protocols: Web(HTTP/HTML), Backend Web Services, WSDL, Truclient Ajax, Citrix

Application Types: .NET and Java built, web services, Bandwidth based Citrix apps

Web/App. Servers: IIS, Apache 2.x, FileNet, Tomcat 6.x, Weblogic 9.x/8.x, Websphere 7.x/6.x

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

Tools: and Utilities: Sharepoint, Microsoft Office Suite 2007/2003/XP, SQL Query Analyzer

Operating Systems: Windows 7/XP/2003

Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Mclean, Virginia

QA Analyst/Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Extensively used Virtual User generator (Vu Gen) and Controller.
• Created Scripts by Web services protocol in VuGen using LoadRunner for multiple small projects.
• Worked with the Functional team for identifying the functional defects and for their remediation.
• Worked on Proof of Concept projects for finding the feasibility of some of the unique requirements.
• Configured record and run time settings, options and web event record configurations.
• Performed correlations, parameterizations and other loadrunner functions to capture the functionality and response of the services.
• Created Scenarios using LoadRunner Controller by using different techniques such as Schedule by Scenario, Schedule by Group, Ramp Up, and Ramp Down.
• Used LoadRunner Controller to Perform PEAK Load Tests.
• Analyzed different graphs like transaction response times, hits per second and throughput.
• Executed tests for Adhoc projects for verifying the patches applied for the defects founded in the initial Performance tests.
• Work in a deadline-oriented environment.
• Reported results with the comparisons of test results and observations.

Environment: LoadRunner, LoadRunner Controller, Web services, WSDL, Windows XP/7, SQL Server, C

Confidential, Winston Salem, NC

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the Business to gather the Nonfunctional performance requirements and reviewed the requirements for missing pieces of information that would delay the testing.
• Worked with the Functional test team to understand the application and to identify the Performance test cases.
• Created Scripts for Java built application in Truclient, Web services protocols using LoadRunner VuGen to place a mail order for the prescription medication and create documents in different formats to the FileNet server and validating the DB performance by webservices testing.
• Worked on different complicated web services with some unique type of verifications needed.
• Validated the created documents in the FileNet server using SoapUI with the final token Id generated.
• Performed proof of concept for a project that deals with large size word and pdf files.
• Performed proof of concept for a project that deals with internet bandwidth use Citix to create scripts.
• Enhanced the scripts to have multiple attachments every time randomly for the Pega application.
• Enhanced the scripts by Parameterizations, Correlations and other functions to emulate the real time load conditions using VuGen.
• Created Performance Test Scenarios by LoadRunner 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 load tests on to find the system performance under load and to identify any performance bottlenecks.
• Monitored application and server utilization, response time, throughput, hits per sec by using CA Wily Introscope to find the server behavior under load.
• Analyzed the test results by the LoadRunner analyzer and Wily Introscope for finding the bottlenecks.
• Prepared the final test report with the final test results, way of testing, observations and recommendations.

Environment: LoadRunner, C, Performance Center, SoapUI, Web services, QC, Web page diagnostics and Windows.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered the requirements and created the test plan with test cases.
• Analyzed the Performance Testing Environment and the Production Environments, reviewed the test plan.
• Developed and executed Scripts in Web Http/Html and Citrix protocols for Performance Testing using LoadRunner VuGen for some of the internal applications that are used for reporting and regularly accessed by the employees.
• The Citrix protocol was used for performance testing some of the applications that are bandwidth based to know the app servers capability for low and high bandwidths availability.
• Enhanced the scripts by Parameterizations, Correlations and other functions in the scripts to emulate the real time load conditions using VuGen.
• Worked with the senior performance test engineer for resolving some loadrunner security related issues for recording scripts.
• Created Performance Test Scenarios by Performance Center in 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 pacing, runtime settings.
• Executed baseline and load testing on the website’s business flow to find the apps performance and to identify any performance bottlenecks.
• Monitored application and server utilization, response time, throughput, hits per sec by using CA Wily Introscope.
• Analyzed the test results by the LoadRunner analyzer.
• Participated in the defect review meetings to access the nature of the defects for any impacts on the project timelines and the remedies or workarounds.
• CA Wily Introscope was used to find the root cause for the bottlenecks and reported the results with test observations and recommendations.
• Prepared final test report based on the tests ran for the project with all the findings and test details.

Environment: LoadRunner, C, C++ Scripting, Performance Center, Http/Html, Web CA Wily Introscope, QC/ALM and Windows.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Recorded and developed scripts for the “ Confidential ” business processes that involves processing of the Obama Care health insurance for the eligible ones with the Web Http/Html protocol in LoadRunner VuGen.
• Smoke tested the application for identifying and functional defects and to ensure the stability of the application.
• Scripted and designed some very unique scripts and scenarios that help in replicating some of the rare user behavior in the Production
• Enhanced the scripts by Parameterizations, Correlations and other functions in the scripts to emulate the real time load conditions using VuGen.
• Used SOAP UI for verifying the accounts created for the health insurance.
• Worked with many data dependencies in the scripts.
• Handled high risk customer information for performance testing.
• Created load scenarios by LoadRunner 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 pacing, runtime settings.
• Executed baseline tests to find the system baseline performance and then peak load tests for validating the defined SLA’s .
• Analyzed and reported the test results.
• Found the root cause of the bottlenecks by taking help from the DEV to locate the bottlenecks.
• Reported the test results to the project team with all test documentation.

Environment: LoadRunner, C Scripting, LoadRunner Controller, Http/Html, Windows.