SUMMARY:

• Over 9+ years of Experience in Quality Assurance Methodologies using HP/Mercury Interactive Tools mainly HP Load Runner, Apache Jmeter and CA Lisa.
• Extensive experience with HP Load Runner, Apache Jmeter and CA Lisa tools for testing of Web based as well as client Server systems on multiple platforms such as in .NET, Java, SQL.
• Worked with Waterfall & Agile project development lifecycle in different cross - functional teams as well as strong experience in Software Development Life Cycle and Testing Methodologies from project definition to post-deployment documentation.
• Developed Scripts to meet load-testing requirements per the SLA (Service Level Agreement) agreed upon.
• Excellent working knowledge in Developing & Implementation of complex Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts using automated test solutions for Client/Server and Web-based applications.
• Enhanced Vuser script in Load Runner with Parameterization, Correlation, Transaction point, check points.
• Excellent knowledge of software development and testing life cycles, SQA methodology and test process documentation and End user training.
• Experienced in Regression Testing, User acceptance testing, Performance, Load, and Stress Testing.
• Developed Vuser scripts using Web (HTTP/HTML) Web Services and Ajax Truclient protocols.
• Experience in understanding Business Process from the requirements.
• Knowledge on Manual and Automated testing of applications developed on Windows environment.
• Extensive experience with Load, Stress and Performance testing using Load Runner and developed Vugen test scripts.
• Expert in finding performance bottlenecks both in client side and server side and making recommendations for Performance Profiling or Tuning.
• Analyze the CPU Utilization, Memory usage, and Garbage Collection and DB connections to verify the performance of the applications.
• Good experience working on Web Services using Jmeter, CA LISA and generating performance scripts using Load Runner.
• Good experience working on monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Perfmon, Nmon, VMware and Team Quest.
• Expert in Analyzing results using HP Load Runner Analysis tool and analyzed Oracle database connections, Sessions, Log files.
• Strong experience in ETL and JAVA batch jobs testing and monitoring using IBM Data Stage.
• Basic knowledge on Jmeter
• Comfortable with various Industry Leading Operating systems
• (Windows NT/98/95/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 and UNIX).
• Experience in Installation and Configuration of Software and Hardware in testing environment.
• Excellent inter-personal abilities and a self-starter with good communication & presentation skills, problem solving skills, analytical skills and leadership qualities.
• Experience in coordinating on shore and off shore resources.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP Load Runner 12.53, ALM, HP Performance Center. HP Quality Center, Jmeter Neoload, SOAP UI and Selenium Web Driver

Languages: C, Java and SQL

RDBMS: MS SQL, SQL Server, Oracle Database

Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, UNIX, Windows XP,2003, 2000, Vista, Windows NT and Linux

Monitoring Tools: Dynatrace, Team Quest, VMware monitoring, Splunk, Windows Performance monitor and Nmon

Defect Tracking tools: HP ALM, CA Agile

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, MD

Performance Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gathered Test Plan and Test Specifications based on Functional Requirement Specifications and System Design Specifications.7
• Responsible for creating test scripts using Load Runner using various protocols including Web Http/Html, Web service, Ajax Truculent etc.
• Planned and generated Vuser scripts with VuGen and enhanced them with correlation, parameterization and functions.
• Working on Site scope to get the response time at the server level
• Challenge of allocating LGs for increasing number of users with more work flows coming in for load test.
• Trying to bring browser monitoring using browser profiling tools.
• Expert in developing Work Load Model for performance testing.
• Used Ramp Up/Ramp Down, Rendezvous point, Start and End Transaction, Parameterization, Correlation features of Load Runner.
• Maintained Defect Log, Test Log and Status Report, Traceability Matrix, which gives a clear indication of quality and stability of product for UAT.
• Executed in Load, Stress and Endurance Testing to simulate a process, which allowed using more 1000 virtual users.
• Parameterized large and complex test data to accurate depict production trends.
• Scheduling the scenarios using the Load Runner's Controller and analyzing the results using Analyzer.
• Monitoring the servers and logging the metrics using the monitoring tools.
• Identified Disk Usage, CPU, Memory for Web and Database servers and how the servers are getting loaded
• Worked in association with the DBAs in making sure that the databases are re-pointed to the original environments once we are done with the environment for the load test in question.
• Studied application performance and maximum scalability, critical parameter such as number of users, Response times, hits per seconds (HPS) and Throughput using Load runner.
• Created test cases based on the requirements and the test conditions in Mercury Quality Center and identified test data to match with requirements.
• Executed SQL Queries for backend testing of the application to ensure business rules are enforced, and data integrity is maintained.
• Performed usability and navigation testing of web pages and forms.
• Analysis of cross results, cross scenarios, overlay graphs and merging different graphs.
• Responsible for getting the database rolled back after the load tests are completed.
• Independently executed the test scenario, analyzed the execution statistics by monitoring the online graphs
• Coordinated with Technical Teams to monitor Database Query, GC, CPU Utilization and Memory.
• Worked closely with the Development team in the performance tuning efforts of the various sub systems.
• Performed mobile client side testing across various browsers.
• Accurately produce regular project status reports to senior management to ensure on-time project launch.
• Actively participated in Defect Review meetings involving Test Coordinator, Developers, Business Analysts and Project Managers to report the status of defects to the management.
• Prepare testing status report every week.

Environment: Load runner, Apache Jmeter, Dynatrace, SQL, HP ALM.

Confidential

Lead Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assisted the team lead in the preparation of the Test Plan and Test Strategy documents.
• Responsible for Load Testing Co-ordination with various other projects involved in load testing activity.
• Developed Scripts in HTML/HTTP, web services for Load runner.
• Analyzed graphs and reports to check where performance delays occurred, network or client delays, CPU performance, I/O delays, database locking, or other issues at the database server.
• Analyzed Performance Bottlenecks using Load Runner Monitors, Dynatrace.
• Also involved in Vuser Setting for different scenarios and business processes in Controller and analyzed graphs to find out the performance of the system.
• Presenting the results to the team and analyzing the bottle necks and resolving the issues from their end.
• Responsible for scheduling the Load tests using HP Performance center involving a variety of load scenarios combination.
• Using Load Runner, execute multi-user performance tests, used online monitors, real-time output messages.
• Executed different Scenarios for different applications in controller and created Load Runner Analysis Reports and Graphs.
• Interacted with developers during testing for identifying memory leaks, fixing bugs and for optimizing server settings at web and App levels.
• Analyzed results using HP Load Runner Analysis tool and analyzed sessions and log files.
• Responsible for generating and publishing Load Test Results and publishing the results in share point.
• Worked closely with development team to narrow down defect reproduction cases and scenarios.
• Responsible for performance monitoring and analysis of response time & memory leaks using throughput graphs.
• Responsible for configuring and installing the Performance Center Infrastructure for executing and scheduling the load tests.
• Gathered user requirements and designed the Test Plans and Test Scenarios accordingly.
• Responsible for coordinating the new Transports to the Performance testing environments.
• Analyzed the server resources such as Available Bytes and Process Bytes for Memory Leaks.
• Interacted with developers to Report and Track Bugs using Quality Center.
• Analyze, interpret, and summarize meaningful and relevant results in a complete Performance Test Report.
• Interacted in Daily standup meetings with the Management and report day-to-day activities and updates.

Environment: Load Runner, Jmeter, CA Lisa, Quality Center, Dynatrace Performance Center, Tibco, SQL.

Confidential

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in developing the scripts to check the Servers connectivity.
• Importing the WSDL’s and performing the unit tests using the SOAP UI project.
• Worked with business analyst in gathering the requirements and the SLA details from the client.
• Developed Load Runner test scripts per test specifications/ requirements.
• Involved in full life-cycle of the project from requirements gathering to transition using Agile Methodology.
• Worked extensively on HP Diagnostic and HP Site scope to find out the performance issues at the server side and application code level
• Worked on Jmeter to prepare test scripts for GE client.
• Involved in getting performance metrics using Perfmon when the access to server was provided
• Involved in getting the application logs from IIS servers.
• Develop and implement load and stress tests with Load Runner, and present performance statistics to application teams, and provide recommendations on how and where performance can be improved.
• Developed and enhanced scripts using Load Runner VuGen and designed scenarios using Performance Center to generate realistic load on application under test.
• Logging defects in JIRA and updating test cases with respective defect ids.
• Coordinated with Functional Teams to Identify the Business Process to be Performance Tested.
• Inserted Transactions, Checkpoints into Mercury Load Runner Web VuGen Scripts and parameterized & correlated the scripts.
• Monitor and administrate hardware capacity to ensure the necessary resources are available for all tests.
• Customized scripts for error detection and recovery.
• Worked in shared environment and tested different applications.
• Independently executed the Mercury Load Runner test scenario, analyzed the execution statistics by monitoring the online graphs.
• Involved in planning and coordination effort throughout QA life cycle.
• Designed tests for Benchmark and load testing.
• Ability to diagnose Web/App server performance issues/troubleshooting using Load Runner J2EE Diagnostics/Deep Diagnostics.
• Worked with Load Runner in analyzing application performance for varying loads and stress conditions.
• Responsible for the generation of the Load Runner Analysis files based on the Load Runner.
• Results file generated by the load test and filtering the analysis file data based on the durations required.
• Generated detailed test status reports, performance/capacity reports, web trend analysis reports, and graphical charts for upper management.
• Assisting the QA Lead with administrative tasks such as meeting notes, defect database clean up.
• Provide daily/weekly application availability reports to the management.

Environment: Load Runner, HP Performance Center, Layer 7, XML, Web Services, Perfmon, Oracle.

Confidential

Project Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering requirements for performance testing.
• Lead a team of offshore performance testers, and assigned them tasks. Also, mentored the offshore team.
• Gathered data from Production Support about application usage and load rates and identified load critical transactions.
• Analyzed business and user requirements /specifications to ensure the application adheres to business standards.
• Created and implemented Performance Tests using Load Runner.
• Executing Load Test scripts for different QA Environments and identifying memory leakages.
• Enhanced and debugged the scripts using VuGen and performed Parameterization and Correlation to meet the requirements.
• Responsible for developing Performance Testing Plan and Performance Testing strategy based on the business specifications requirements and user requirements
• Developed Vusers scripts and enhanced the basic script by adding Custom code.
• Monitored different Web servers/DB Servers/Application Servers logs during test execution.
• Introduced rendezvous points in the script for stressing the application for specific transactions.
• Wrote comprehensive Performance Test Plan.
• Responsible for developing baseline Scenarios and Load Testing Harnesses for load/performance testing of the application.
• Involved in performing load and stress test on the application and server by configuring Load Runner to simulate hundreds of virtual users and provided key metrics to the management.
• Configured and Using Site Scope Performance Monitor to monitor and analyze the performance of the server by generating various reports for CPU utilization, Memory Usage, load average etc.
• Conducted all tests through Performance Center by creating scenarios for load, Stress and Baseline tests.
• Developed weekly reports of Performance data and metrics.
• Involved in walkthroughs and meetings with Performance team to discuss related issues
• Involved in performance testing in the cloud.

Environment: Load Runner, Selenium RC, Quality Center, HP Site scope, Performance Center, SQL.