SUMMARY

• Experienced in gathering Nonfunctional Performance requirements and preparing the test plans, test cases mirroring the Production scenarios to represent the production high load and business - critical transactions
• Good experience in Performance testing using LoadRunner and Performance Center
• Good experience in recording/developing and coding the VuGen scripts by adding necessary correlations, checkpoints and c code for handling conditional test scenarios utilizing Web Http/Html, Web services, Truclient etc. protocols
• Designed and created complicated test scenarios in LoadRunner and Performance Center
• Good knowledge in test monitoring for server metrics like app CPU, Memory, Heap, Disk utilization's and finding the bottlenecks that may cause the degradation in the performance using Splunk and App Dynamics
• Identified the bottlenecks for high response times that are caused by high memory consumption
• Verified the transaction responses for various user actions by inserting Check points(text) while recording and after recording
• Correlated dynamic session id’s in VuGen load test scripts to handle multiple user sessions
• Used Rendezvous points to detect database deadlocks
• Used Performance Center to manage VuGen scripts and load scenarios
• Experience in finding the root cause of the bottlenecks by monitoring tools like Splunk and App Dynamics
• Experienced in Heap memory concepts like garbage collection and garbage collection pause time
• Experience in tracking the progress of the project activities through numerical, graphical analysis and provide remedial measures to the app teams if there is a backlog in the schedule
• Experience in scripting with Web Http/Html, Web Services, WSDL, Rest services, Truclient protocols using LoadRunner VuGen
• Experience in using Performance Center and Load runner Controller for test execution
• Strong programming skills in C and worked on .Net, Java & J2EE Applications
• Good understanding of Performance Testing Life Cycle (PTLC)
• Good experience in conducting smoke, Peak Load, Endurance, Breakpoint and Integrated Load tests(ILT)
• Good team player and a fast-paced learner
• Good analytical, interpersonal, presentation, communication and team working skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: LoadRunner 11/11.52/12.02 , Performance center 12,11.x, Quality center/ALM 10.x

Monitoring Tools: App Dynamics, Splunk, Site Scope

Languages: C, XML, SQL

Defect Tracking Tools: Quality Center, Jira

LR Protocols: Web (Http/Html), Web Services, WSDL, Rest Services, Truclient

Application Types: .NET, Java, Web services, J2EE

Web/App-Servers: IIS, Apache, Web Logic, Web Sphere

RDBMS: Oracle 10g/9.x, SQL Server 2005

Tools: and Utilities: SharePoint, Microsoft Office Suite

Operating Systems: Windows 7/XP/2003

Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Worked on gathering Non-Functional Performance requirements from the business
• Held meetings with the application team for application walk through’s and KT
• Assisted business/app teams in designing test scenarios/test cases that are according to Performance testing standards
• Worked with application teams on gathering unique data for performance testing as caching impacts performance testing results
• Recorded and developed Web(Http/Html) and Web services test scripts with correlations, parameterizations and check points for error handling
• Used Load Runner and Performance Center for scripting and Load testing
• Used Manual and Automated Correlations to handle dynamical values
• Performed Smoke tests for ensuring a stable environment prior to script development and test executions
• Worked with Performance test concepts like Rendezvous point, pacing, think times and run time settings
• Executed dry runs for verifying pacing setup in the test to reach the required transactions/calls
• Executed different scenarios (Peak, Breakpoint test etc.) based on requirement needs
• Monitored various metrics like Transaction Response time, Throughput and Hits/Sec, while executing the load tests
• Worked on identifying the bottlenecks that are causing the degradation in the application performance
• Experienced in Heap memory concepts like garbage collection and garbage collection pause time
• Created Performance defects for transactions exceeding the response time sla’s in QC.
• Participated in the defect review meetings to access the nature of the defects for any impacts on the project timelines and the remedies or workarounds.
• Actively took ownership of defects and coordinated with different groups from initial finding of defects to final resolution
• Created the final Performance Test report with the whole testing methodology, results, findings, test duration, Response times, # of transactions, servers resource utilization's, test observations and any recommendations to improve the performance in the future releases.
• Participated in the review meetings for discussing the test results and test observations.

Environment: LoadRunner 12.50, C Scripting, Performance Center 12, App Dynamics, Web Http/Html, Web Services, Splunk, HP QC

Confidential

Performance/Quality Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on gathering Non-Functional Performance requirements from the business
• Held meetings with the app team for application walkthrough's and KT
• Assisted business/app teams in designing test scenarios/test cases that are according to Performance testing standards
• Worked with application teams on gathering unique data for performance testing as caching impacts performance testing results
• Recorded and developed test scripts with correlations, parameterizations and check points for error handling
• Extensively used Load Runner and Performance Center for scripting and Load testing
• Used Manual and Automated Correlations to handle Dynamic values
• Used c code logics to handle conditional test cases using Web Http/Html, Web Services, WSDL, Rest services and Truclient protocols using LoadRunner VuGen
• Performed Smoke tests for ensuring a stable environment prior to script development and test executions
• Worked with Performance test concepts like Rendezvous point, pacing, think times and run time settings
• Executed Dry runs for verifying Pacing setup in the test to reach the required transactions/calls sla’s
• Executed coordinated tests with dev/qa/middle ware teams by incremental loads to identify the bottlenecks
• Experienced in Heap memory concepts like garbage collection and garbage collection pause time
• Executed Peak load, Investigational, Integrated Load (ILT) and breakpoint tests to see if the App can handle the defined workloads
• Performed 2x, 4x…load tests to identify the breakpoint of the application, where the response time exceed the sla’s
• Conducted endurance tests to identify any memory leaks that might cause degradation in the performance of an application
• Monitored various metrics like Transaction Response time, Throughput and Hits/Sec, while executing the load tests
• Also monitored the server CPU, Memory, Heap, Disk utilization's, response times and other server metrics by using App Dynamics and Splunk
• Used LoadRunner Analysis to analyze the response times, # of transactions, errors etc. info regarding the test executed
• Identified the bottlenecks caused by high memory utilization's and recommended the resolutions to app teams
• Created Performance defects for transactions exceeding the response time sla’s in QC/Jira
• Participated in the defect review meetings to access the nature of the defects for any impacts on the project timelines and the remedies or workarounds.
• Actively took ownership of defects and coordinated with different groups from initial finding of defects to final resolution.
• Analyzed and reported the test 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 to the app teams.
• Created the final Performance Test report with the whole testing methodology, results, findings, test duration, Response times, # of transactions, servers resource utilization's, DBA report, test observations and any recommendations to improve the performance in the future releases etc.
• Created Scripts for Java built applications in Truclient, Web services protocols using LoadRunner VuGen
• Handled sensitive customer information for performance testing
• Maintained test logs, Test Summary reports and participated in defect review/status meetings
• Participated in the review meetings for discussing the test results and test observations
• Gathered performance requirements from the business analysts/App teams and analyzed them to identify the feasibility for both brand new and existing applications/services
• 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
• Designed and Developed Test plan based on BRD and User Stories
• Worked with the Functional team for identifying the functional defects and for their remediation
• Reported results with the comparisons of test results and observations
• Created a test standards document and provided weekly reports based upon performance tasks.

Environment: LoadRunner 11.50/12.02/12.50 , C Scripting, Performance Center 12, Web Http/Html, Web services, WSDL, Rest services, Truclient, PEAK Load tests, Breakpoint tests, Endurance tests, Integrated Load (ILT) tests, App Dynamics, Splunk, ALM/QC, Jira