OBJECTIVE:

As Performance Test Engineer with extensive experience in various phases, result oriented and willing to engage and accomplish in analytical work assignments which would help the company grow and also help taking my skills to a next level, resulting in a win - win situation for all.

SUMMARY:

• 8+ years of expertise in various phases of Software Test Life Cycle (STLC). Extensive experience in various software methodologies like Acceptance Test Driven and Development (ATDD), V-Model, Scrum and Waterfall Model
• Hands on experience with Performance Test Requirements gathering, Test Plan Creation, Test Data Requirement analysis and creation, Test Approach, Test Scenario creation, Test Execution, Performance Client and Server Metrics monitor, Test Report Generation in customized method, Test Result analysis and Documentation.
• As a project test lead, played key role in defining the test. Highly experienced in deriving the testing scope, resource requirements, test timelines (sprint timelines) and the deliverable.
• Deep working knowledge of projects impacting different areas - Hands on experience in web based GUIs, Web services protocols and client server backend applications.
• Good knowledge working with multiple stakeholders and large scale projects like Confidential, Insurance giant.
• Well experienced in working with Performance testing tools like HP ALM 12.0, HP VuGen 12.0, HP Analysis 12.0, HP Diagnostics, Splunk, HTTP Watch and BMC Queue monitoring tool, Wireshark, Fiddler. Also experienced on various quality management tools such as Quality Center (QC), TestLink, Doors and Trac. DB Query Tool -IBM Data Studio.
• As performance test lead, extensive knowledge in verifying and updating the internal and external impact analysis, Performance analysis (client side and server side) and reporting Skills. Good analytical skills on implementing risk based testing and fine tuning the performance of the application.
• Hands-on experience with performance testing JVM based applications with performance monitoring tools like HP Diagnostics, CA WILY Introsope and Server Traces from Splunk.
• Extensive knowledge in defect management activities such defining the defect status timelines, working on the defect transition efforts.
• All alone automated the process of creating and generating client demanding template of Load Runner Status summary report from HP PC and Error Report using EXCEL VBA scripting (Macro).
• As Performance Test Lead, worked on data creation, data manipulation and data mining. Also highly indulged in automating test data creation using Automation script via HP VuGen.
• As part for test strategy team, good experience on designing test approaches, working on the deriving the quality assurance metrics and implementing decisions based on the metrics.

DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE

• Good knowledge in Banking domain - Deposits, Loans, Investments, Credit Cards, Online Banking. Highly involved in merger projects - ( Confidential acquisition of Confidential ) and Conversion projects (CA and Northwest).
• Good knowledge in Insurance domain - Claims - Report a loss for Life, Online Claim Status - Auto, Customer search and registration

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Performance Tools: HP VuGen 12.0, HP Performance Center 12.0, HP Analysis 12.0 HP Diagnostics, CA Wily Introscope, Spotlight, Windows Perfmon HTTP Watch, Splunk, BMC Middleware Mgmt. Tool Wireshark, Fiddler.

Automation Tools: HP Quick Test Professional (QTP)

Quality Management Tools: HP Quality Center, IBM Doors, TestLink, Trac, JIRA

Programming: VBScript, C, C++

DB Tool: IBM Data Studio

Testing Tools: IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft SharePointOperating Systems Windows, Android, iOS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Project Performance Test Lead

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Responsibilities:

• Handling of multiple critical projects within Confidential covering range of performance scope scenarios in rigorous SCRUM method.
• Defining the Performance test strategy and implementing the same in multiple projects based on the BVM (Business Volume Metrics) from Business Analyst.
• Deriving the Performance testing scope, resource requirements, test timelines (SCRUM timelines) and test deliverables. Involved in implementing the Acceptance Test Driven and Development methodology for a deviating project.
• Creating/reviewing Performance Test Plans, Test Strategy and Approach, requirement coverage matrix, Scenarios, Scripts, test data creation, Evidence of Test, test summary report and Validation Approval Package. Prepare Sprint level test plan and test data for the sprint stories.
• Script Automation to create sufficient range of test data required for multiple Load Test scenarios given frequent consumable data scenarios.
• Complete Analysis of Server results using CA WILY Introscope and DB analysis from SPOTLIGHT tool. Recommendation and suggestion of required infrastructure for the expected business load flows.

Project/Product Performance Test Lead

Confidential, Bloomington, IL

Responsibilities:

• Defining the Performance test strategy and implementing the same in multiple projects based on the BVM (Business Volume Metrics) from Business Analyst.
• Deriving the Performance testing scope, resource requirements, test timelines (sprint timelines) and test deliverables. Involved in implementing the Acceptance Test Driven and Development methodology for a deviating project.
• Creating/reviewing Performance Test Plans, Test Approach, requirement coverage matrix, Scenarios, Scripts, test data creation, Evidence of Test, test summary report and Validation Approval Package. Prepare Sprint level test plan and test data for the sprint stories.
• For a project, where there happened to be a deviation in ATDD process, I involved myself and took the leadership in bringing it up and made sure in deriving the Acceptance scenarios from requirements for Performance testing.
• Good knowledge working on SQL queries for Data mining and data creation for performance testing. Highly involved in working on Server analysis across Online, Background and Longrunning JVMs with HP Diagnostics
• Involved in various test phases such as Performance Test, Baseline Test, Stress test, Load Test, Soak Test, and Smoke Test.
• Have also led a project team which has resources spread across onshore, offsite and offshore. Extensive experience on coordination.

Performance Test Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As offshore performance test lead involved analyzing performance test approach based on the requirement and BVM.
• Creation of Performance test scenarios for Step Test, Load Testing, Stress testing and Single user test.
• Creation of Performance test scripts using the protocols like HTTP/HTML and Web services.
• Single user test for GUI using HTTP watch and Web services - XML and WSDL using SOAPUI. Creation of Single User Test Report.
• Analysis of multiple components and RPC between components in the involved services.
• Designing of Test scripts based on the architecture diagram of components involved. Validation of End to End Performance metrics of multiple interlinked services.
• Good experience on deriving the quality assurance metrics across the delivery center and implementing decisions based on the metrics.
• Created the Load test generator reports tool 100% automated with proving High level Test details information, Steady state duration metrics with Percentage of pass transactions, TPS (Transactions per second) data. Run time settings data generator, List of LGs used for run and Corresponding IP address of LGs being used for easy analysis and gather traces from network side.
• Created Error Report Tool that fetches Consolidated Error logs across scripts, Test cases wise and Request and responses for Web services Run.
• Creation of performance scripting standards with LR functions and checklist maintenance for script deliverables.
• Owning the Claims Performance area’s SharePoint site - building and maintaining lists, libraries and sub sites. Also maintaining the performance updates in quality management tools - TestLink (Test Management Tool), IBM Doors (Test Management Tool) and Trac (Defect Management Tool)

Performance Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in reviewing the user stories, breaking it down and sizing the same. Prioritize the user stories for sprints and forecasting the same to be deployed with regular releases.
• Gathering of Non- functional test requirements involving Performance Test scope.
• Providing the test level velocity for the user stories. Coordinating test analysts across the scrum teams and deriving the burn down velocity for the test perspective.
• Deriving the test scenarios for the user stories. Also reviewing the test scenarios and building the performance test scripts using HP based tools.
• Maintenance and communications of test results in IBM Lotus Notes.