SUMMARY:

13 years of diversified experience in Software Testing including 10+years in Performance Testing. Extensive experience in using automated tools, HP LoadRunner, Performance Center, Analysis and Apache JMeter, Blazemeter. Experience in planning performance strategy and in setting up the environment for testing applications.

• Experienced in Performance Testing using HP Loadrunner, Apache Jmeter.
• Experience in Monitoring Application and Analyzing Application logs with Dynatrace, Wily Introscope and Splunk.
• Excellent working knowledge of designing and implementation of all performance test strategy plans and automated test solutions for client/server and Web applications with LoadRunner.
• Extensive knowledge in generating Vuser scripts in different protocols, developing scenarios for various types of Loads, analyzing the results and test execution summary reports.
• Extensively worked on Web (HTTP/HTML), Siebel Web, SAP and Web Service Protocols in Loadrunner.
• Hands-on experience with designing, developing and executing the different types of Load tests for Web applications using LoadRunner tool.
• Worked in Agile and Waterfall testing methodologies.
• Have been involved in end-to-end SDLC, handled performance test environment readiness pertaining to code deployment followed by test servers/services restarts before the start of validation and test run.
• Experienced in developing different test scenarios like Single User/Smoke Test, Load Test, Scalability/Stress testing, Reliability/Endurance testing, Performance regression testing etc.
• Proficient in different phases of testing like Soak testing, Load testing, Stress testing and Endurance Testing using load runner.
• Experience in writing test plans, defining test cases, developing and maintaining test scripts and documenting all phases of QA process.
• Expertise to identify, assesses, and report defects using various defect tracking systems.
• Possess excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical, problem-solving, decision - making skills.
• Proficiency in providing Metrics to management, Defect management including Defect creation, modification, reproducing, tracking, prioritizing and reporting.
• Experience in project management tasks (project estimation, project scheduling, resource planning).
• Having experience in Banking, Communication, Health Care and Telecommunications and Retail domains.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: HP Load Runner, Performance Center, Jmeter, Blazemeter ALM, Wily Introscope, Splunk, Riverbed, and OEM.

Languages: C

Databases: Oracle, DB2, SQL Server

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows/Server, UNIX

Version Control Tools: Microsoft Visual Source Safe(VSS), Tortoise SVN

Other: JMS, WebLogic Server, and MQ

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Cleveland OH

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Work with project stakeholders on non-Functional Business Requirements and expected performance characteristics.
• Providing the Effort estimations and assessments.
• Designing the performance test plans.
• Developing JMeter scripts and designing the test scenarios.
• Work with Test data management team and get the necessary test data involved in the load test.
• Test scheduling, execution, system monitoring, problem identification, results analysis, reporting, and walkthrough of results with the stakeholders.

Tools: Jmeter, Blazemeter, LoadRunner, Performance Center, Dynatrace, Oracle, SQL server

Confidential, Tampa

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gathering non-functional business requirements for the existing/new applications.
• Workload modeling based on Production data analysis.
• Preparing Performance Test plans, Load Test Scripts, Test data setup, designing the load test scenarios.
• Executing smoke, load, and endurance tests and analyzing the test results, and sharing the Test results with necessary recommendations if necessary.

Tools: LoadRunner, Performance Center, Wily Introscope, Splunk, Oracle.

Confidential, Westborough MA

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Work load modeling based on holiday season production peak hour log analysis.
• Design and prepare performance test plans.
• Developing RPT scripts.
• Test scheduling, data setup, execution, results in analysis and publishing the results.

Environment: RPT, Riverbed

Confidential, Charlotte NC

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Efforts estimations and assessments.
• Work with project stakeholders on non-Functional Business Requirements and expected performance characteristics.
• Accomplish performance analysis and recommend for performance tuning or systems and infrastructure.
• Design and prepare performance test plans and develop the load runner scripts.
• Execution plan development and test scenario development using Performance Center.
• Test scheduling, execution, system monitoring, problem identification, results analysis, reporting and walkthrough of results with the stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Server Admin team and obtain Server monitoring logs for all Web, App and DB servers.
• Prepare performance test results output along with recommendation for fine-tuning if any.
• Stakeholder management, status updates to the customer.
• Participate in “Go/No-go” calls to determine release worthiness before production.

Environment: Load Runner 12.02, Performance Centre 12.02 (ALM), VMWare vCenter,

Confidential, Laurel NJ

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Scheduling and hosting kick-off meetings with all the stakeholders of the new engagements for Performance Testing.
• Gather and analyze the Performance Testing Requirements
• Preparing Performance Test Estimates.
• Understanding business transactions of the application
• Manage and Coordinate Performance Testing from onshore
• Preparing the Performance Test Plan & Traversal flow document and get it signed off from Project application team.
• Getting the Test Scripts developed and execution of smoke & load tests.
• Preparing the test results & Preliminary report consisting of response times for critical transactions and send it to the concerned LOB’s.
• Scheduling the Load Test results discussion call to decide on Go/No Go to the production.

Environment: HP LoadRunner, ALM, Wily, AppDynamics, OEM.

Confidential

Cleveland OH

Responsibilities:

• Scheduling and hosting kick-off meetings with all the stakeholders of the new engagements for Performance Testing.
• Gather and analyze the Performance Testing Requirements
• Preparing Performance Test Estimates.
• Manage and Coordinate Performance Testing from onshore
• Preparing the Performance Test Plan & Traversal flow document and get it signed off from the Project application team.
• Getting the Test Scripts developed and execution of smoke & load tests.
• Preparing the test results & Preliminary report consisting of response times for critical transactions and send it to the concerned LOB’s.
• Scheduling the Load Test results discussion call to decide on Go/No Go to the production.
• Understanding business transactions of the application.
• Preparing the Performance Test Plan & Traversal flow document and get it signed off from the Project application team.
• Test Scripts development, execution of smoke & load tests.
• Manage and coordinate Performance Testing from offshore.

Confidential

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Functional and Non-Functional Business requirements of the Application.
• Writing and executing the test cases while doing functional testing.
• Preparations of Business call Flows and Scenarios while doing performance testing.
• Creating Load Runner Scripts in Web, AMF and Citrix protocols and enhancing the scripts as per the requirements.
• Performance test execution of load Runner scripts for the required no of Vusers for the required load.
• Monitoring the test execution along with CPU and Memory Utilizations.
• Measuring the Transaction times of the events in the applications.
• Identifying the bottlenecks of the application by analyzing AWR reports
• Logging and following up the defects with the development team.
• Preparation of final Performance Test report with recommendations if necessary.