SUMMARY:

• Over 6+ years of IT experience with primary focus on Performance testing.
• Extensively worked on LoadRunner, JMeter and performance center.
• Generated web, database, and client/server Vuser scripts.
• Efficient in Debugging, and fixing script errors, using VuGen.
• Worked on different versions of Load runner.
• Expertise in recording/developing and coding the HP LoadRunner scripts using different protocols like Http/Html, Webservices, Citrix, Truclient etc.
• Created Performance scenarios and scripts for various types of tests (load, stress, baseline/ benchmark/ Capacity).
• Experienced in monitoring tools Dynatrace, AppDynamics, SPLUNK, HP Diagnostics, Site Scope, HP OVPM, Foglight and Wily Introscope.
• Creating Performance scenarios and scripts for doing multiple iterations
• Proficient in putting loops into the Load runner scripts to run scripts for multiple iterations.
• Created different scenarios to isolate bottlenecks like Smoke Test, Scalability testing, Reliability testing, Stress testing, Performance regression testing etc.
• Extensive experience in Software capacity modeling and Performance Engineering tools and techniques.
• Experienced in Performance test strategy, test plan, test analysis and summary report preparation.
• Hands on experienced with HP SiteScope installation and integration on testing environment including new patch upgrade.
• Knowledge on performance tuning activities.
• Created performance scenarios and scripts for doing multiple iterations.
• Experience in testing both Web Based and Client/Server applications .
• Experience in analyzing Business and Development Specifications, Use Cases, and Detail Design to develop test requirements, procedures and test cases
• Proficient in using C for correlation and parameterizing of Vuser scripts to handle dynamic data values.
• Well versed with the behavior of online monitors and the techniques to fix the monitoring issues and monitoring Vuser status
• Well versed with all functionality of Virtual User Generator, Controller, and Analysis
• Configuring Pacing and Think Time to meet load rates

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: LoadRunner12.53, JMeter 5.2, HP Performance Center 12.01, HP ALM Performance Center, Quality center 12.21, Fiddler, Apache JMeter 5.2

Protocols: Web (HTTP/HTML), Backend Web Services, WSDL, Truclient Ajax, Citrix

Languages: C, C++, XML, SQL

Monitoring Tools: HP Sitescope, HP OVPM, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, FogLight, Wily Introscope, SPLUNK and HP Operations Manager

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Taking ownership of the deliverables and leading the team in End to End performance engineering activities.
• Developed test strategy and test plans for ecommerce applications.
• Generation, Enhancement and Debugging of scripts using HP LoadRunner 12.53.
• Customized LoadRunner scripts in C language like String manipulation and using C libraries for the LoadRunner Scripts.
• Creating scripts for API calls and web applications using Apache JMeter 5.2.
• Create and run the scenarios using JMeter and generate necessary graphs such as response times over time, Transactions per second, response time percentile and aggregate report.
• Extensively worked on JMeter to create Thread Groups and test Web Application for various loads on key business scenarios
• Developed Scenario in LoadRunner Controller for different type of test - Load Test, Stress Test, Endurance Test, etc, assign LG Generator, Controller and execute the tests.
• Experience working in an Agile and/or DevOps development environment.
• Used Fiddler for tracing requests and converting the recorded workflows from Fiddler to LoadRunner scripts.
• Hands on experience Java Profiling & APM Software ( JProfiler, DynaTrace, AppDynamics, etc .) and has a deep knowledge of JVM internals & GC, excellent knowledge of thread and heap dump analysis.
• Monitoring various Performance metrics such CPU, Memory, disk utilizations, response time, throughput, GC utilization, Thread counts, hits per sec and etc. using AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana etc.
• Used Dynatrace agent-based metrics and web tagged requests from headers in LoadRunner scripts to identify bottlenecks.
• Used tools like Splunk to analyze error logs using customized queries.
• Extensively used Dynatrace 7.2 to diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Analyzed Database server to check metrics such as wait times, average queue length, etc.
• Preparing the performance test reports and providing signoff’s for Go/No-Go in terms of performance of the application based on the test report using Microsoft Teams .
• Involved in defect tracking, reporting and coordination with various groups from initial finding of defects to final resolution using JIRA 6.2 .
• Worked with Developers, Product Managers, and other Quality Engineers in an Agile team environment

Environment: HP LoadRunner 12.53, Apache JMeter 5.2, Web Http/HTML, Web Services, XML, C, WSDL, Fiddler, SQL developer, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, SOASTA, SPLUNK 6.5, JIRA 6.2, PuTTy, WinSCP,Microsoft Teams, Linux and Windows.

Confidential, Newport News, VA

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assisted the project team in identifying and documenting performance test requirements.
• Attended meetings with business analysts, financial advisors, developers, managers, and other project related personnel to understand more facts about the product and user interface issues.
• Involved in writing test plans, test cases, and test scenarios necessary to plan the testing processes
• Involved the daily status meeting with project manager and other team members about progress of the Project using Microsoft Teams .
• Worked with business and technology leads to identify the appropriate data for testing and prepare that data for the test cases.
• Designed and developed performance testing scripts, functions, scenarios, processes for simple to complex testing situations using HP LoadRunner 12.53 .
• Identified all windows, Pages, Objects, Methods and Properties. Scripts were custom coded with Parameterization, programming logic and data driven types.
• Developed JMeter scripts to performance test web application and API endpoints.
• Execution of automated test scripts using JMeter based on business/ functional specifications
• Used regular expression for dynamic values in JMeter 3.3.
• Experience in using and configuring Jenkins with HP - LoadRunner/PC as apart of CI&CD process.
• Create Scenario in LoadRunner Controller and HP ALM for different type of test- Load Test, Stress Test, Endurance Test, etc, assign LG Generator, Controller and execute the test in performance center .
• Extensively worked on PeopleSoft9.1 application and conducted different kinds of performance tests such as Benchmark, Load and Stress tests.
• Interacted with developers during testing for identifying Memory Leaks, Fixing Bugs and for optimizing server settings at Web and App Levels.
• Perform the monitoring performance of the application and database servers during the test run using tools like AppDynamics and SiteScope .
• Good experience in using APM tool AppDynamics in monitoring business transaction across all tiers (web/app/DB) of the applications.
• E xecuting the scenarios, analyzing the Graphs and coordinating with the DBA's and network admin to ensure optimum performance.
• Analyzed Results using LoadRunner Analysis tool. Responsible for analyzing application and components behavior with heavier loads and optimizing server configurations.
• Analyzed the results & reported bugs using Quality Center 12.21 .
• Provided team with analysis reports and recommendations, which resulted tuning of the application.
• Work Closely with Project Stakeholders in product hierarchy to ensure deliverables met as per the requirements. Involved in support activity and code fixes.
• Responsible for daily and weekly status updates showing the progress of the testing effort and open issues to be resolved through tools like Trello, Slack and Microsoft Teams .

Environment: HP LoadRunner 12.53, Performance Center 12.53, Apache JMeter 3.3, Web Http/Html, True Client, Web Services, XML, C, WSDL, SQL, AppDynamics, Dynatrace SPLUNK 6.5, PeopleSoft 9.1, HP QC 12.21, AWS, Microsoft Teams, Trello, Slack and Linux and Windows.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the Business Analysts to determine Business Requirements and set standards for Performance Evaluation in Agile methodology.
• Test Scripts generation in LoadRunner, Customization of scripts with required logic, correlation, parameterization, pacing, logging options and ps.
• Conducted meetings with the app team to understand the application, its business process and to make them aware of any modifications needed to the test cases or to the workload to comply with the Performance test case standards and procedures.
• Worked on Web, Web Services and Ajax true client protocols in HP load runner.
• Used extensively C to enhance LoadRunner scripts for Web and Web services script.
• Modularization of scripts by custom coding to reduce the length of the scripts.
• Used JMETER for testing web applications.
• Worked on JMeter to create Thread Groups and test Web Application using SOAP/REST protocols for various loads on key business scenarios.
• Executed different Scenarios using HP Performance Center (ALM).
• Responsible for monitoring the system under Test and analyzing results for identifying Performance bottlenecks.
• Managed releases by participating in Performance Test Requirements meetings and documentation, Test Planning sessions with shareholders, daily status reports to teams, and Exit review meetings.
• Monitoring of Performance counters (CPU & Memory Utilization of servers, Throughput, Hits per sec etc.) during testing.
• Used Dynatrace and Wily Introscope extensively to monitor all the tiers for determining any performance Bottlenecks.
• Configured dashlets in Dynatrace with all performance counters to capture server-side metrics and pure-paths to capture the client-side metrics.
• Troubleshooting on issues such as out of memory, memory leaks, hung sessions and session replication.
• Involved in setting up the host machines on various cloud environments like AWS depending on the load and requirement for various projects.
• Executed Load test on AWS application to make sure that elasticity features are correctly implemented.
• Prepared Test Cases, Vugen scripts, Load Test, Test Data, execute test, validate results, manage defects and report results.
• Participate in Weekly Meetings with the management team and Walkthroughs.
• Detected defects and classified them based on the severity in Quality Center . Provided Screenshots to identify & reproduce the bugs in QC.
• Interacted with the development team to fix the defects as per the defect report.

Environment: HP LoadRunner 12.53, Performance Center 12.53, Web Http/Html, True client, Web services, XML, JDBC, C, WSDL, SQL, Dynatrace 6.3, SPLUNK 6.5, HP ALM/QC, AWS and Windows.

Confidential, St Louis, MO

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered the Non-Functional performance requirements from the Business analysts/App teams and conducted detailed analysis to identify the feasibility of the requirements for both brand new and existing applications/services.
• Helped business analysts and the app team in finding the right SLA’s for the response times and the number of transactions in a peak hour according to the Production data and even for brand new operations and business processes.
• Developed and enhanced the scripts using correlations, parameterizations, check points for error handling, data pools to enable the script to run for multiple users in Web services, Web Http/Html and Citrix protocols using Load Runner VuGen 12.02.
• Created Scripts using Load Runner protocols Web-Http/Html, Mobile-Web, Web Services for testing Multiple applications
• Smoke tested the application for ensuring a stable environment for scripting and testing.
• Designed Performance Test Load Scenarios by HP Performance Center using different techniques such as Schedule by Scenario, Schedule by Group, Users and Percentage modes, Ramp Up, and Rendezvous point for the planned workload to have a production like testing.
• Worked with Performance test concepts like Rendezvous point, pacing, think times, runtime settings.
• Conducted coordinated tests with third party vendors, internal project teams by live monitoring for a wide view of observation on the tests executed.
• Executed Vertical Peak load, Investigational, breakpoint, Endurance, Integrated Load (ILT) tests to see if the Applications/Web services can handle the defined workloads and to find any memory leaks that causes the degradation in the performance of the app/services.
• Created JMeter Test Cases to measure performance and functionality of web services.
• Monitored the application/services, server CPU, app pool memory, disk utilizations, response time, throughput, hits per sec and etc server metrics by using HP’s OVPM, AppDynamics, Dell’s Foglight and SPLUNK.
• Identified the bottlenecks for high CPU with the help of DEV regarding the huge payload the services being processed.
• Analyzed the test results by the LoadRunner analyzer to find response times, transactions, errors and etc details regarding the test executed.
• Created defects for any performance issues identified from the test runs
• Analyzed and reported the app team regarding the findings from the DBA report of any improperly designed database tables that are causing high response times as the queries are too long and other factors that might cause degradation in the performance.
• Conducted meetings with the project to discuss the test results and findings and participated in the GO/NO GO decisions for the PRODUCTION.
• Created the final Performance Test report with the whole testing methodology, results, findings like the test design, test duration, Response times, no of transactions, server’s behavior detailed metrics, DBA report, test observations and any recommendations to improve the performance in the future releases etc.

Environment: LoadRunner 12.02,, Performance Center 12.01, C Scripting, Web Http/Html, Web services, WSDL, PEAK Load tests, Endurance tests, AppDynamics, HP OVPM, Foglight, SPLUNK, ALM/QC, and Windows.

Confidential, AZ

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with Business Analysts and Developers to gather Application Requirements and Business Processes in order to formulate the test plan.
• Complied with the existing and established test processes and methodologies
• Involved as a Performance Testing Analyst for establishing the Individual Benchmarks and Baselines for several Applications
• Created and updated Performance test plan.
• Developed LoadRunner scripting and execution strategy for use across all performance testing projects.
• Executed different Scenarios Using Performance Center (ALM)
• Develop scenario-based testing for the JMeter scripts .
• Responsible for coordinating the Batch processes alongside the online performance testing efforts.
• Used Dynatrace to perform transactional level monitoring
• Monitored CPU usage, memory usage, application process, network utilization in Dynatrace
• Used HP Performance Center ALM to save the Scripts, Scenarios and Results and prepared Load modeling sheet for running the Scenarios.
• Responsible for creating the scenario mix and various runtime configurations for the individual scripts that are part of the mix.
• Performed extensive correlation in .NET and java-based applications.
• Developed and maintained innovative, repeatable QA test plans based on functional requirements, use cases, user interface designs, system design documents and domain knowledge
• Created high level strategy documentation and detailed test documents.
• Written test case creation and always tried to enhance the Test cases for the whole system.
• Logged and tracked defects in HP QC and Participated in defect triages.

Confidential

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Complied with the existing and established test processes and methodologies
• Created and updated Performance test plan
• Responsible for scripting all the load testing scenarios for various sub-systems using a variety of protocols.
• Performed LoadRunner script correlation using manual techniques without relying entirely on the Correlation studio feature Involved in performing volume testing based on the production volumes and cycles.
• Used C, C++ and java to modify the VuGen scripts
• Executing Load Test scripts for different QA Environments and identifying memory leakages.
• Responsible for creating the scenario mix and various runtime configurations for the individual scripts that are part of the mix.
• Extensively used HP Performance center for execution of load tests.
• Integrated Site scope with HP performance center.
• Created Automation test framework using Selenium.
• Responsible for conducting Stress, Volume, Baseline and endurance testing
• Written test case creation and always tried to enhance the Test cases for the whole system.
• Deeply involved in Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Performance Testing, System Testing and UAT Testing.
• Logged and tracked defects in HP QC and Participated in defect triages.
• Developed weekly reports of Performance data and metrics.
• Involved in walkthroughs and meetings with Performance team to discuss related issues