SUMMARY

• 5+ years of strong experience in the arena of QA and Software Performance Engineering
• Proficient in performance engineering life cycle and methodologies
• Expert in requirement gathering and convert them to build effective test strategy
• Experience with defines and designs overall testing strategy and performance testing automation artifacts using various tools - primarily HP LoadRunner and Performance Center
• Very efficient in designing and executing different performance tests like Capacity, Stress, Endurance test with monitoring and troubleshooting LoadRunner performance tests in a variety of situations and conditions
• Experience with troubleshooting and tuning server memory and garbage collection issue by using monitoring tools like CA WILY
• Experience working with other project teams to conduct performance tests, troubleshoot issue, and improve system performance
• Experience in performance testing of web-based application (web-sites and portal testing) with manual and automation approaches.
• Well acquainted with complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLA) and exposure of all stages of Software Test Life Cycle (STLC) and Defect Life Cycle
• Documentation of Status Report on Daily basis for Testing Activities and Generated Weekly & Monthly Progress Reports.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Test Automation Tools: HP Load Runner, Performance Center, and UFT

Monitoring Tools: HP SiteScope, CA Wily

Browser Testing Tools: HttpWatch, HttpWatch Automation, YSlow

Log Analyzer: Splunk

Defect Management Tools: Quality Center, JIRA

Web Technologies: HTML, Java Script

Programming Languages: Java, C, C++, SQL

Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7/8

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Durham, NC

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involve in full life cycle of performance engineering from requirements to release and capacity planning.
• Engage early during development phase of the project in order to understand requirements and provide essential inputs, which can improve performance of the application. Create or modify performance scripts for Web based applications with HTTP / HTML, TruClient Ajax, and Web Services protocols using HP Load Runner
• Identify and validate the flows to be tested, capacity planning, test environment study, identification of the load model using web trend analysis, script creation and understanding the script run time settings, estimating the effort required for conducting the performance tests.
• Execute performance tests on applications to assure capacity and stability of the applications meets requirements for production deployment.
• Configured Parameters to monitor Memory Utilization, CPU Utilization, Throughput, Network Connections, etc. for Web Server, App Server and Data Base Server Monitors in Load Runner.
• Monitored various graphs like Throughput, Hits/Sec, Transaction Response time, Windows Resources (Memory Utilization, CPU Utilization, Threads, etc..) while execution from controller.
• Provide interim reports as well as a final report that summarize results to senior management
• Manage project deliverables and drive delivery of performance output with project managers, developers, and peers

Environment: Load Runner 12, CA Wily Introscope, Tomcat, Db2, HTTP / HTML ProtocolHTTPWatch Automation, QC 11, Splunk.

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Performance testing, load testing, stress testing, scalability testing, stability testing.
• Designing and configuring test scenario using VUGEN script in Performance Center.
• Responsible to execute performance testing for web based application and web services with SoapUI, HP Load Runner, and Performance Center.
• Manage and coordinate off-shore testing team in order to provide performance testing service round the clock
• Work with mid-range performance team to monitor resource consumption of all impacted systems.
• Measure resource consumption of components and processes and latency at measurable points in the systems under test
• Communicate performance testing results and identify areas for improvement with stakeholders at all levels

Environment: s: Load Runner 12, HP Quality Center, HP Performance Center, .Net, Java, J2EE, IIS, SQL

Confidential, Durham, NC

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Gather performance testing requirements and design test strategy
• Create or modify performance scripts for Web based applications with HTTP / HTML protocol using HP Load Runner
• Execute performance tests on applications to assure capacity and stability of the applications meets requirements for production deployment.
• Assist development and production teams by determining application design flaws, thereby optimizing SDLC.
• Monitor all impacted systems for network connection disruptions as well as any obscure application behavior resulting from a network anomaly.
• Identify application bottlenecks and assist engineers with improving application performance and reducing latency

Environment: Load Runner 11.0, CA Wily Introscope, Tomcat, Db2, HTTP / HTML ProtocolHTTPWatch Automation, QC 11, Splunk.

Confidential, Piscataway, NJ

Performance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Work with Development and Support groups to setup test environment monitoring.
• Trouble shooting various applications such as MyAccount, EBill, and MobileApp.
• Create scripts using various protocols such as Web, Flex, Oracle 2-Tier, Citrix, Http, C, .NET in HP Load Runner.
• Design, program and implement software application packages customized to meet specific client needs.
• Analyze Performance test results and gathered various levels of monitoring data.
• Client side browser performance testing using HttpWatch automation and YSlow.
• Review, repair and modify software programs to ensure technical accuracy and reliability of programs.

Environment: Load Runner 9 & 11, Performance Center, Webservies, Db2, HTTP / HTML Protocol, HP SiteScope, HttpWatch & YSlow.