PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 8 years of experience as a Performance tester on Web services and Web - based applications with exposure to diverse business domains that include bank, pharmaceutical, and healthcare.
• Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as well as the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Worked with LoadRunner Scripts, enhanced scripts with C functions, parameterized, stored dynamic content in LoadRunner through Correlation function, also created scenarios for Concurrent and Sequential users.
• Expertise in recording/coding Vugen scripts using different protocols in the environments of Client/Server, E-Business.
• Excellent skills in analyzing business requirements and use cases.
• Expert in conducting Component Testing, Load Testing, Stress Testing, Volume Testing, Scalability Testing, and Endurance Testing using Load Runner.
• Experience using Micro focus Performance Center tool while working at various organizations in order to coordinate testing activities among team while working remotely under tight project deadlines.
• Experience using JMeter to design scripts, also created scenarios.
• Proficient in creating a variety of Test Scenarios to find out different kinds of Bottlenecks.
• Expertise in setting up the scenario in Performance Center/ ALM based on the workload model.
• Experience and knowledge in monitoring technologies and best practices including creating, configuring and maintaining SiteScope monitors, alerts, and reports.
• Experience in using monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, and defect tracking tools such as Jira.
• Configure the Dynatrace dashboards to identify the performance bottle necks and identify the method hotspots of the application.
• Instrument the Dynatrace agents for online applications in performance environment.
• Experience in analyzing test results, merging graphs and preparing test reports.
• Identified functionality and performance issues including deadlock conditions, exception error messages, and system crash under Load in peak hours.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment, while delivering quality work and within given timelines and actively involved in the of the end users.
• Experience in using Application Life-cycle Management.
• Strong Analytical, problem-solving skills, excellent communication and presentation skills, self-starter, quick learner, and a team player.

EXPERTISE AREA:

• Microfocus
• Load Runner
• Dynatrace
• Jira
• Performance Center
• JMeter
• GIT/GITHUB
• C, JAVA
• SOAP, REST
• Oracle, MS SQL.
• Sitescope

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing tools: Micro Focus Load Runner, QTP, Performance Center, JMeter

Defect Tracking Tools: HP /Quality Center, JIRA

Monitoring Tools: DYNATRACE, Sitescope, Wily

Languages: C, Java

Browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome & Safari

Databases: Oracle, MS SQL server

Version Control: GIT, GITHUB, Subversion

Operating Systems: Windows XP/7/8, Mac OS, UNIX & Linux, Android

SOA Technologies: SOAP, REST, WSDL, Web Services, SOAP UI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Performance Tester

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Software Requirement Specification (SRS) and Business Requirement Specification (BRS) to design and developed Test plan, Test cases and Test Scripts for different applications.
• Interacting with Offshore teams and participated in meetings with company executives such as business analysts, developers, managers, supervisors, and executive officers in order to understand the application and the Testing phases more thoroughly.
• Worked close to lead in preparing Test Plan and Test Cases by going through the Design, Functional Requirements and user requirements Documentation.
• Provided support to the development team in identifying real-world use cases and appropriate workflows.
• Developed and implemented load and stress tests with Microfocus LoadRunner and present performance statistics to application teams and provided recommendations of how and where performance can be improved.
• Analyze the App and DB servers resource utilization for any bottlenecks.
• Involved in testing of application using the Scrum (Agile) methodology.
• Analyzed throughput graphs, hits/second graphs, transactions per second graphs and rendezvous graphs using LoadRunner Analysis tool.
• Added various monitoring parameters (CPU, Memory) to the LoadRunner controller for monitoring, also using Sitescope for monitoring database and application servers.
• Responsible for analyzing application and components behavior with heavier loads and optimizing server configurations.
• Used Performance Center to create the scenarios for User's Ramp up, Ramp down and assigned Vusers group to different Load Generators and prepared production like scenario.
• Developed test scripts in Virtual user Generator also enhanced the scripts by adding checkpoints, functions in C Language, transactions, rendezvous points, created parameters and performed a Manual correlation to enhance recorded scripts.
• Created and executed Load Tests, Performance, Stress, and capacity test using Microfocus Performance Center.
• Executed multi-user performance tests, used monitoring tools such as Dynatrace.
• Executed Performance and analyzed the bottlenecks in the application by using LoadRunner Analyzer.
• Used defect reporting tools like ALM and Jira.
• Involved in client interactions whenever feedback is needed to improve the testing process and attended weekly project Meetings and discussed the issues raised according to their priority level.

Environment: Micro Focus Load runner 12.53, MS Office 2016, Dynatrace, Jira, Oracle, Performance center, HTTP/HTML, Sitescope.

Performance Tester

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Responsibilities:

• Involved with the Project manager, Business analyst, and Developers to understand performance requirements and design to perform the test plan.
• Attended the weekly Project Meetings and discussed the issues raised according to their priority level.
• Responsible for designing of Test Plans, Test Procedures, and Test Cases and Execution of Test Cases.
• Created scripts in Virtual User Generator to emulate the behavior of real users. Tested the Load using HP Performance Center.
• Used Correlation, Parameterization, and Content Check features.
• Performed data drove tests to ensure a unique set of data values are inputted to the application.
• Enhanced the script with Checkpoint’s, Rendezvous Points and Transactions to check the performance of the application and added General Virtual user Functions, Protocol Specific Functions, and Standard C Functions to handle bottlenecks of the application.
• Designing and developing test strategy, test plan, test cases and generating test reports and defect reports.
• Used JIRA as a bug tracking, issue tracking and project management software.
• Created Scenarios based on the needs of client requirements and studied application performance and maximum scalability, critical parameter such as number of users, response times, Hits per seconds (HPS) and Throughput using LoadRunner Analysis.
• Analyze the App and DB servers resource utilization for any bottlenecks.
• Checked the Splunk Logs for methods taking long time for particular transaction during the test run period.
• Created LoadRunner scenarios and scheduled the Virtual Users to generate realistic load on the server using LoadRunner (Load generator machine)
• Performed Performance, Stress, and Load Testing on N-Tier & Web Based applications.
• Used Controller for performing Load Test and Analysis Module for yielding results.
• Executed Performance and analyzed the bottlenecks in the application by using LoadRunner Analyzer.
• Communicated with the development team to resolve defects as needed.
• Responsible for keeping up with the test schedule and interacting with software engineers to ensure clear communications on requirements and defect reports.
• Used monitoring tools and defect reporting tool like Dynatrace, and Jira.
• Performed in-depth failure analysis against thousands of automated test executions.

Environment: HP LoadRunner 12.50, Dynatrace, App Dynamics, Jira, Win 2012 server, Java, Performance center, Oracle.

Performance Tester

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and analyzed design documents for performance testing.
• Attended meetings with business analysts, developers, managers, and other project related personnel to understand business processes.
• Utilized tools and methodologies to improve individual effectiveness and to increase efficiencies in the testing process.
• Created scripts in Virtual user Generator and emulated the behavior of real users.
• Recorded Vuser Scripts using Vuser Generator (VuGen), inserted transaction points to calculate the transaction response times and employed Rendezvous Points to simulate real world scenario.
• Created Vugen scripts and handled Correlation as well as Parameterization.
• Used Quality Center as the test repository and used it for executing the test cases and scripts and logging & generating various reports and graphs for further analysis.
• Developed test scripts in Virtual user Generator also enhanced the scripts by adding checkpoints, functions in C Language, transactions, rendezvous points, created parameters and performed a manual correlation to enhance recorded scripts.
• Created and executed Load Tests, Performance Test and Stress test using HP Performance Center.
• Conducted performance testing using LoadRunner for the entire applications using various scenarios specifically that are designed for testing real world scenarios.
• Analyze the App and DB servers resource utilization for any bottlenecks.
• Monitor graphs using Dynatrace.
• Prepared user documentation with screenshots for UAT (User Acceptance testing).
• Used GIT as code repository and Code Collaborator to manage code reviews.
• Sharing the interim test report with application team.
• Execute performance tests using Performance center.
• Executed Performance Test using and analyzed the bottlenecks in the application by using LoadRunner Analyzer.
• Developed and implemented Load and Stress tests with HP LoadRunner and present performance statistics to application teams.

Environment: HP LoadRunner 11.50, JMeter, Performance Center 11.0, Dynatrace, HTTP/HTML, Web Services, C, XML, HP Sitescope Windows, MS Office.

Quality Assurance Analyst

Confidential, Sherman Oaks, CA

Responsibilities:

• Defined test environment requirements and coordinated environment build.
• Prepared Test Scenarios and Wrote Test Cases with expected results covering all the Business requirements
• Created and executed test plans and test cases.
• Prioritized and retested the bugs in HP QC and closed them after regression testing.
• Involved in Smoke testing, Functional Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing.
• Coordinated with development team for bug fixes and participated in daily standup meeting.
• Wrote SQL queries to test the Oracle database and validate the data.
• Testing configurator models to create the various configurations for orders using Oracle Configurator application.
• Verified and approved code deployment for testing.
• Interacted with business and application development team to share information and clarify business requirements and design initiatives.
• Performed Manual testing, and user acceptance testing on the whole application before going for the automated testing. Involved in creating the Data Base Scripts.
• Proactively communicate with internal customers for Configurator model development, Testing, and Deployment.
• Logged defects end ensured those are resolved according to the defect management process.

Environment: Windows, Linux, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, SQL, Oracle BPM, MS Office, UNIX, Confluence.