SUMMARY

• Having 8+ years in Performance testing using Load Runner, JMeter and involve Functional Testing including the knowledge of Automation testing using QTP, UFT and ALM QC
• Partnered with operations teams and bridged the gap between understanding of software and infrastructure when it came to knowledge around performance.
• Performed Load testing, Capacity planning and Failover testing for the applications processing the payments.
• Prepared performance test reports and presented to stakeholders.
• Experience in design and creation of Test Plans, Test Cases based on defined testing standards. Developed and coordinated with teams to create both positive as well as negative test cases.
• Experience in various performance testing tools HP Load Runner (Controller/ Performance Center), Neoload
• Experience in understanding the code written in different programming languages Java, JavaScript, .NET, SQL and databases like Oracle, SQL Serve
• Analyses performance test results, write up performance test reports outlining performance bottlenecks and recommending a solution.
• Distributed Load, Stress, and Endurance Testing using Performance Tools like Apache JMeter on Cloud Environment.
• Create real time scenarios using Amazon EC2. Execute scripts. Send analysis results to Project manager.
• Conducted performance testing, stress testing using Load Runner, open source tools.
• Create and execute performance test scripts using HP Load Runner and Jmeter
• Developed and deployed test Load scripts to do end to end performance testing using Load Runner, Performance Center and Quality Center
• Strong skills in Implementing Quality Assurance Standards, and Testing Methodologies for Large Enterprise GUI, and WEB applications using Use Case Documents, Functional Specifications and Business Requirements.
• Customized the load runner scripts. Run time settings were configured for HTTP iterations, Hands on experience with HP ALM v 11.52/12.02.
• Team player and well organized and responsible IT System Professional.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: LoadRunner, Performance Center, JMeter and Quality Center.

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2, Teradata, MS Access.

Programming Languages: C, C++, SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, XML, Java, JavaScript, VB Script, ASP, PERL, C #, Shell Scripting

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Pennsylvania

Senior Performance Engineer

Roles and Responsivities

• Lead performance discipline throughout software development lifecycle to analyses business requirements and to recommend best performance practices in working with various application delivery teams.
• Hand - On experience in performing Performance Testing using tools as JMeter open source using protocol HTTP/HTML, Web Services.
• Services testing using Jmeter to achieve the NFR metrics (TPS, Response times etc)
• Identified Performance testing business processes and prepared Workflows for PT.
• Took the ownership for platform performance from the inception to delivery that helped support the performance for complex retail platforms while in production
• Work on the data flows of multiple source data and leverage data analysis skills to analyze business areas, understand source systems' data and map them to Enterprise Data Warehouse (ODS) data model.
• Responsible for testing Web Services using SOASTA and LoadRunner
• Performance tested Mobile app traffic on the dedicated servers.
• Dug deep and uncovered the smallest detail around performance issues.Used Performance Center for Load testing
• Published a Book of Knowledge on the Best Practices for Siebel Performance Testing Using Load Runner
• Support Performance Manager in upward stakeholder management, status report development, metrics, etc.
• Perform Load, Stress, Performance and Endurance tests to verify load balancing on API, Web components and ETL/Enterprise Data Warehouse
• Work closely with Performance Tuning and Software Development teams to facilitate troubleshooting and performance improvement exercises.
• Live Monitoring with product team & Automation Script execution to capture issue in application during load test run.
• Analyze the testing results and provide the findings/observations to the client in the test summary report for each test execution.

Confidential, Warrenville, IL

Senior Performance Engineer

Roles and Responsivities

• Worked in Agile development, load tested the application in each iteration of the development.
• Prepared performance test scripts using JMeter tool.
• Performance testing environment setup to execute load test using Jmeter in distributed
• Create LoadRunner Vuser scripts by adding correlations, parameters, condition controls and Error handling, checking/validation functions Front and back end performance testing, including WCF/API testing.
• Analyzing CPU/Memory utilization, Throughput, Hits/Second of the Load test and preparation of test Results report.
• Analyze scenario performance graphs and reports in load runner Setup monitoring
• Create and execute performance test scripts using HP Load Runner and Jmeter
• Execute load tests on new builds with combination of migrated Jmeter scripts and remaining Silk Performer scripts.
• Analyze scalability, throughput and load testing metrics against test servers.
• Publishing the test results with error analysis and performance recommendations
• Measure, report, and recommend performance Response Time Guidelines/SLAs
• Execute different kinds of Performance tests like load test, stress, volume and endurance tests
• Developed Performance Test Scripts by using Load Runner Vu-Gen and did the Runtime settings, Parameterization, Pacing, and correlation.
• Developed Load/Stress scenarios for performance testing using the Load Runner Controller.

Confidential, Illinois

Performance Engineer

Roles and Responsivities

• Set up load generators with JRE & JDK, kicked off Vugen script with Windows system command which triggered the java program and then batch jobs.
• Was able to handle all the Performance Testing activities such as Creation of Scripts, Debugging and validating them alone
• Analyzing performance reports to help with root cause analysis (RCA)
• Proactive in communicating the issues raised during PT execution cycles and getting them resolved
• Contributed in Analyzing the test Results and preparing Closure Report
• Design, Develop, Execute and Analyze Performance Test for complex applications and systems.
• Recommend Test strategies and methods to improve test plans and test processes for web services - SOAP, REST API using Jmeter and Load runner
• Expertise in analyzing requirement specifications and developing Test Plan, Strategy, Summary reports, Test Scripts for Manual and automated systems.
• Performing various NFT Test I.e. Load, Stress, Spike, Endurance & Failover Tests
• Working experience on creating the Load Runner Scripts, building scenarios, execute scenarios, monitoring the test from performance counters in ALM/ Performance Center v11.
• Developed VUsers Scripts in Web (HTTP/HTML), JavaVuser, .Net, Web Services protocol and Database Protocols.

Confidential

Performance Tester

Roles and Responsivities

• Set up and maintained BAC/SiteScope monitors for performance and availability on app, web, database server, and UNIX/Linux server machines and also set up email alerts on them.
• Set up Gomez monitoring on international sites and collected the response time from different parts of the world, and outside the company network.
• Siebel Performance Testing of Evolution, Account Planning tracks and CTI Toolbar are part of this Telstra release.
• Worked on Root cause analysis, on the defects raised during the performance testing in windows environment.
• Analyzed the results of scripts execution by using the Load Runner Analysis tool
• Conducted performance testing, stress testing using LoadRunner, opensource tools.
• Designing and implementing scenarios for performance testing.
• Capacity Planning Sizing & Benchmark Analysis - Application and Database benchmarking activity in release pattern from Regression to articulate and baseline the SLA's

Confidential

Performance tester

Roles and Responsivities

• Reporting of the performance test results, communication of technical issues with all the teams and performance recommendations.
• Created Various Vuser Scripts basing on the Critical Transactions Used by the Real Time users using VuGen of Load Runner.
• Monitor performance using windows performance monitors and Load Runner monitors.
• Used Dynatrace to performance tune and profile application's program and it measures include memory, complexity of code and duration of function calls
• Executed Load, Stress, and Endurance Tests in Performance Center to simulate load on the application under realistic end user conditions.
• Participated in requirements and design reviews to identify test scenarios/cases to be executed for Performance and Load Testing.
• Responsible for performance testing (Load, Stress and Volume) using Load Runner (Controller, Virtual User Generator, Analysis)
• Tested performance of J2EE, J2SE, SOA, and Apache Tomcat, Web sphere App Server, F5 and IBM Data Power Appliances.
• Interacted with Business teams and Developers to understand business requirements, writing Test Cases and bug fixes.
• Actively participated in the creation of Performance Test artefacts including test strategy and test plans, entry and exit criteria, test execution reports, defect/issues reports, action/item reports, and project plans.
• Reported the bugs, Email notifications to the developers using the QC.
• Extensively used Load Runner for test automation.
• Generated performance graphs using tools like Splunk and Foglight etc.
• Performs in-depth analysis to isolate points of failure in the application.
• Depending on the production volumes captured from the Business, Designed the Load tests, Performance, Stress tests, Volume and Long-Duration/Soak Test Scenarios