SUMMARY

• 7 + Years of extensive experience as a Performance Test Engineer wif expertise in Performance Testing, Functional Testing, Software Development lifecycle (SDLC), Test Case Development/Automation, Test Scripting in HP LoadRunner, Truclient, Silk Performer and Rational Performance Tester for Client/Server, Windows, UNIX, Linux, and Web based applications and services.
• Good experience in analyzing, designing, developing, implementingNon - Functionalaspect of various web/enterprise applications.
• Comprehensive understanding of Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC), SoftwareTestingLife Cycle (STLC) as well asPerformanceTest pre-production validation process.
• Functional knowledge and experience of System Performance Testing Methodologies (Spike/Stress/Endurance Tests).
• Developed and deployed test Load scripts to do end to end performance testing using LoadRunner.
• Worked on different protocols like Web (HTTP/HTML), Web Click and Script, Ajax True Client, and VSTS web tests. Analyzed the results using LoadRunner Analysis and various monitor tools like Dynatrace, Wily Introscope and AppDynamics.
• Experienced in performance tuning database servers, application servers such as WebLogic and WebSphere and web servers such as Apache.
• Strong programming skills in UNIX, C, C++, Java and worked extensively on Java & J2EE Applications.
• Excellence in preparing test scripts, test plans functionality testing, security, regression, back end, and configuration testing, parameterization, multiple actions.
• Expertise in setting up Test environments & Test data for Performance testing.
• Create dashboards, monitor application architecture wif Dynatrace.
• Used JMeter for web services-based performance testing.
• Extensively worked on Bottlenecks identification and Root Cause Analysis for Performance degradation issues.
• Good Experience in analyzing server-side problems using CA Wily Introscope, HP Diagnostics, Site scope and identifying performance bottlenecks in Web/ App/ Database & MQ servers.
• Checked for Network Bottlenecks using Network Delay Time and Vuser Graphs
• Worked closely wif management in evaluating current system performance and making decisions on future development.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills wif understanding of project management.
• Proficient in Structured Query Language (SQL), Joins, PL/SQL stored procedures & triggers.
• Experience in executing SQL queries to view successful transactions for Data validation.
• Excellency in creating detailed test report for business and stakeholder’s presentation purposes.
• Proficient in designing, reviewing and documenting system test plans, defining test procedures and creating test cases based on product releases features, client’s requirements and Related technical documents.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: HP HP Mercury Suite Load Runner 12.53/ 11.50/9.51/9.10Neotys NeoLoad, Apache JMeter 2.13/3.2, HP Performance Center, SoapUIHp HP Quality Center

Operating System: MS-Windows 98/2000/NT, XP, Server 2003/2008

VISTA, WIN7, MS-Dos, Unix, Linux and Solaris.: Productivity Tools

MS Office Suite -: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, SharePoint, Visio.

Bug Tracking Tools: Quality Center, Bugzilla, Jira and Clear Quest

Scripting Languages: HTTP, TCP/IP, HTML, DHTML, CSS, XMLXSL, XSLT, WSDL, Web services, Java Script, AJAXVBScript, UNIX Shell Scripting

Programming Languages: C, C++, C#, Java, SQA Basic, SQL and PL/SQL

Servers: WebSphere, WebLogic, Tomcat, Apache

Databases: RDBMS, DB2, SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle

Version Controls: Clear Case, Perforce, PVCS Tracker and VSS

WORK EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Hoffman Estates, IL

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely wif Development and Business team to get an understanding of the system architecture, system component interactions, application load pattern and the Performance SLA.
• Analyzed the user requirements by interacting wif developers and business analysts and created Test Plans and Test Cases.
• Developed and deployed test automation scripts to do end to end performance testing using LoadRunner, implemented, and maintained an TEMPeffective automated test environment and the QA Lab.
• Ensure the compatibility of all application platform components, configurations and their upgrade levels in production and make necessary changes to the lab environment to match production.
• Modified existing Load Test scripts by Correlation, Parameterization etc. concepts to replicate new Business activities.
• Extensively used C Programming concepts in creating Framework for LoadRunner Test Scripts.
• Setting up the schedule, scenario configuration and running the scenario and identification of Bottlenecks.
• Configured Application resources (App Servers, Web Servers, Database etc.) For monitoring using Site Scope and Dynatrace.
• Extracted data for Load tests by Executing SQL Queries as part of Pre-work every release and configured new Data for performance test scenarios.
• Tested the SOA applications (Web Services, SOAP, WSDL)
• Automated the web services using SOAP UI, Tested and validated SOAP request and SOAP response message.
• Involved in root Cause Analysis for the problems in proposed architecture and monitored the Resources metrics to find the performance bottlenecks.
• Duration Test was conducted to find the System Stability and memory leaks and prepared Automation Test Plans and Test Data for Web Testing.
• Provided recommendation and scalability solution comprised of the test findings and system behavior observed under conditions of load, stress.
• Worked on monitoring and debugging the Weblogic, Oracle, and Apache components including their key resources, performance indicators and logs and stability problems.
• Performed in-depth analysis to isolate points of failure in the application.
• Analyze, interpret, and summarize meaningful and relevant results in a complete Performance Test Report.
• Provided recommendations to the application owner on steps to meet performance goals.

Environment and Key Skills: HP Load Runner, Performance Center, Windows2003/NT, UNIX, WebLogic Servers, Web HTML /HTTP, JUnit, Oracle10g and XML/ SOAP, JavaVA Dept. of

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Preparing the Test cases, Test plans, test scenarios, performance goals as required.
• Involved in building a performance test environment installed, configured and maintained LoadRunner 12.3.
• Recorded and enhanced LoadRunner HTTP/HTML, TCP/IP web protocol scripts, Web technologies used HTML, JavaScript, Web Services and JSP.
• Develop test scenarios, execute Baseline/Peak/Stress load test; monitor Performance tests; Collate/Analyze results; summarize Reports that easily illustrates test results to Project team and Management; identify Bottlenecks and recommend remedies.
• Used Rendezvous concept to LoadRunner to generate Peak Load onto the server theirby stressing it and measuring its performance
• Execute test and monitor system performance by SiteScope, LoadRunner Controller.
• Analyzed Performance, Response Vs. time, CPU Utilization, Memory, I/O, and Throughput graphs
• Involved in Bug tracking, reporting and coordination wif various groups from initial finding of defects to final response time hotspots and database dashlets.
• Analyze the results using performance center and based on analysis pinpointed the bottlenecks.
• Responsible for creating and publishing the test reports to business stake holders, developer and all the team members by providing the comparisons charts between target and baseline tests/SLA’s.
• Responsible for analyzing, monitoring production volume and update/scale the performance volume accordingly in current testing scenarios for all the applications.

Environment: HP Load Runner, Performance Center, Dynatrace, JIIRA, Windows, UNIX, Web HTML /HTTP, JUnit, Splunk, Java script, IIS, SQL Developer, Microsoft Visual Studio 2013

Confidential, Fargo, ND

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely wif Development and Business team to get an understanding of the system architecture, system component interactions, application load pattern and the Performance SLA.
• Developed and implemented performance test planes in accordance wif agreed strategies and protocols.
• Improved performance test architecture in coordination wif agreed strategies and protocols.
• Ensure the compatibility of all application platform components, configurations and their upgrade levels in production and make necessary changes to the lab environment to match production.
• Proficient in plotting and implementing scenarios and loading LoadRunner scripts into a controller.
• Modified existing Load Test scripts by Correlation, Parameterization etc. concepts to replicate new Business activities.
• Measured times at sub transaction levels at web, app servers and database server levels by using optimal application expert, highly concentered on Transaction per sec during testing.
• Develop and implement Load and Stress tests wif LoadRunner and present performance statistics to application teams and provide recommendations on how and where performance can be improved.
• Preparation and execution of test scripts using JMeter and SOAP UI tool to perform web Services testing.
• Writes and executes SQL quires in validating test results.
• Setting up the schedule, scenario configuration and running the scenario and identification of Bottlenecks.
• Identified long running transactions and traced them in Transaction tracing in Willy Introscope.
• Responsible for monitoring CPU utilization, Thread count, Response time, session count, GC heap analysis.
• Developed and deployed test automation scripts to do end to end performance testing using LoadRunner.
• Worked in shred environment tested different application.
• Summarized the results and prepare report for management.

Environment: HP Load Runner 12.0, Web Logic 12.1.1, UNIX, Oracle 11g, HP Performance Center, Windows, HP ALM, Dynatrace, Willy Introscope, SiteScope, IIS, WCF, WSDL, BIDS, Selenium, JMeter, Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 11.0.

Confidential

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed throughput graphs, hits/second graphs, transactions per second graphs and rendezvous graphs using LoadRunner Analysis tool.
• Working wif clients to understand business needs and relate them in terms of performance testing.
• Responsible for developing and modifying automated test scripts using Load Runner.
• Perform the monitoring performance of the application and database servers during the test run using tools like SiteScope and Wily Introscope.
• Created correlation as well as parameterization using Load Runner Vugen.
• Executed scenarios using performance center and analyzed the results using Load Runner Analysis.
• Conducted performance testing using Load Runner for the entire applications using various scenarios specifically that are designed for testing real world scenarios.
• Developed scripts and scenarios for automated testing new and enhanced web-based products using Load Runner.

Environment: LoadRunner, Performance Center, Quality Center, HP Diagnostics,SiteScope, Wily Introscope, Web Http/Html, Web services, Oracle, JAVA,Web Logic, Web Sphere, XML, Web Logic, IIS, Windows and UNIX.

Confidential

Performance tester

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate software changes wif development, project, and release management team to meet test cycle and release deadlines.
• Performed manual testing for the entire application.
• Created Load Test Scripts Using LoadRunner and modified scripts wif Correlation, Parameterization etc.… functions to meet the Business Requirements.
• Worked on Troubleshooting and validating Load Test scripts.
• Designed performance test scenarios using the HP Performance Center, executed stress tests, and analyzed the results.
• Reviewed and analyzed design documents for testability.
• Worked closely wif business and project teams to estimate effort and testing needs for several integrated performance test projects
• Developed test cases and map test cases to requirements.
• Performed integration testing to test the functionality of the modules.
• Conducted load and reliability testing on website's workflows to identify and report performance bottlenecks.
• Generated business reports related to transactions output, system resources utilization and HTTP traffic.
• Used the Test Director as bug-tracking tool to centralize the bugs and to follow up the bug status.
• Wrote T-SQL queries to verify the database tables for the data inserted from the GUI.
• Involved in developing detailed test plan, test cases and test scripts using Test Director for functional, security and regression testing.
• Coordinate wif developers to fix the problems in the application.
• Responsible for filing bugs and scheduling running of automation scripts in Test Director.
• Involved in creating users, test plans and testcases in Test Director.
• Interacted wif the UAT team to solve issues related to the defects.
• Analyzed results to work wif development, server admins and DBAs to isolate performance issues. Tuned application and database performance by monitoring tests at all layers.

Environment: LoadRunner, C Scripting, CICS, Test Director, MS Excel, MS Word, SiteScope, HP-BAC, HP Diagnostics, .Net Technologies, SQL Server, UNIX, Shell Script, Windows 2000.