SUMMARY:

• Around 8 years of experience in IT with expertise in Application Performance Analysis.
• Expertise in Test documentation, Performance testing and execution on Client/Server, Integrated Intranet. UNIX, Until, Mainframes and Internet applications.
• Hands on experience in using automated tools like Load Runner, Performance Center and Quality Center.
• Experience in Performance testing of Web applications and Client/Server by using Load Runner and Performance Center.
• Performance testing experience in .Net, Java, Oracle applications by using HTTP/HTML, Java, Web Services, Web Click &Script and .Net Protocol and multiple protocols.
• Experience with monitoring system resources such as CPU Usage, % of Memory Occupied, VM Stat, I/O Stat.
• Experienced as programmer analyst with thorough understanding of .Net development.
• Hands on experience and exposure in all phases of project development lifecycle and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) right from Inception, Transformation to Execution which include Design, Development, and Implementation.
• Good in identifying Application Performance bottlenecks through Compuware - dynatrace performance monitoring tool.
• Advanced system monitoring and performance tuning through PSM-Dynatrace (performance system monitor)
• Experience in executing SQL queries to validate the data in the back end.
• Proficient with using Web, Web Services, SAP GUI, SAP ECC and SAP Web
• Experience in Load Testing, Stress Testing, Endurance Testing and Spike testing.
• Experience in server-side monitoring and test result analysis using Site scope and Wily Introscope for application server to identify performance bottlenecks.
• Manage test automation using Coded UI, Selenium & UFT
• Maintaining and supporting multiple UFT\Selenium based Automation Development Efforts where SDET engineers and the rest of the QA Organization can utilize when it comes to Unit/Regression Testing.
• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle and Test Methodologies.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, self-starter, quick learner, and a team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Automated Test Tools: Load Runner, Performance Center, QTP, Selenium, UFT

Defect Tracking Tools: Test Director, Quality Center, Lotus Notes, Clear Quest

Tools: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Visio, Crystal Report, VSS, VBA

Languages: C, Cs+, lava, PL/SQL

Web/GUI Related: VB, ASP, HTML and XML

Databases: Oracle, MS SQLServer, DB2, MS Access

Scripting Languages: VB Script, Java Script

Monitoring Tools: Dynatrace/Wily Introscope,SiteScope, Tivoli, TeamQuest, HP JAVA Diagnostics

Project Management Tools: MS Project

ERP: SAP ECC/4.6 8/4.6 C

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Freeport, ME

Sr Performance Engineer Lead

Responsibilities:

• Implementing end-to-end load testing activity on various healthcare- ECM applications through HP LoadRunner 12.53 across Agile environment.
• Development of Performance Test Plan defining test approach by gathering the NFRs of each application every release.
• Planned the load and stress test by analyzing Task distribution diagram, Transaction Profile and User profile and executed Performance test using LoadRunner.
• Designed and created VuGen scripts using Web (HTTP/HTML), Webservices, AJAX protocols, REST based services, Java, Truclient to simulate behavior of single user. Used various LR functions to measure transaction times, data points etc. Used manual and automated correlation for handling dynamic values.
• Prepared workload models to simulate the production-like load for validating the performance, scalability & stability of the applications.
• Designing RTM, Test cases, test data, automation test scripts using UFT tool and reporting the bugs.
• Create the hybrid framework using UFT which was combination of Data Driven and Keyword framework
• Monitored using Wily IntroScope and controller to observe the behavior of the system. Analyze the GC heap to understand the application memory behavior different kinds of Graphs including Transaction Response time, Windows Resources (Memory Utilization, CPU Utilization, Backend SQL query response time and Threads) while executing the scripts from Load Runner, Performance Center.
• Monitoring Real-time SQL in Oracle Enterprise Manager while executing test to identify the performance ofSQL statements.
• Being the lead Architect for implementing Selenium based testing in different environments and integrating these tests via Jenkins continuous integration.
• Design, create, and customize scripts using various scripting language and testing tools, such as JavaScript, Selenium with Java, Junit, TestNG
• Hands on using debugging tools like dynatrace application performance monitoring tool, yourkit profiler, PSM(PTC System Monitor Dynatrace Tool- purepath breakdown, Database transaction flow, cpu profiling), Visual VM, thread dumps, fiddler, AWR reports etc. to identify the layer of regression(client, server or database)
• Collecting AWR report from Oracle10g/11g, then analyzing the DB and configuringthe number of processes and Number of open cursors, recommending Tunings setting SGA, PGA and validating the index (is that transaction using index or not) andproviding solution for log running SQL’s.
• Responsible for creating data to be used for performance test using SQL queries on oracle and DB2.
• Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks during the development lifecycle.
• Preparing final Test summary report at the end of the engagement with recommendationfor go- no go decision and suggestions for performance improvement.
• Supported Performance Validation Monitoring in Prod CA/wily Interscope - During Go live production every release.
• Collecting Production Readiness Metrics from Splunk & Creating daily/weekly report for Anthem management.

Environment: HP Performance center, Load Runner, Quality Center, HP ALM 11, Dyna Trace, OEM Cloud Control 13c, Dynatrace/Wily Intrscope, Selenium, UFT, Splunk, Tivoli, HTTP Analyzer, Site Scope.

Confidential, Target, MN

Sr Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered and Analyzed business requirements and procedures.
• Managed project from end to end and managed 2 other testers.
• Responsible for developing the performance test strategies, plans and cases
• Implemented SDET framework for Selenium/UFT in line with Devops tooling.
• Developed Vuser scripts that contain tasks performed by each Vuser, tasks performed byVuser'sas a whole, and tasks measured as transactions.
• Perform web based testing using UFT for checking page contents, broken links, web objects, frames and tables.
• Responsible for parameterizing large and complex test data to accurate depict production trends.
• Validated the scripts to make sure they have been executed correctly and meets the scenario, descriptions.
• Coordinated creation of stress environments to conduct stress/load testing.
• Involved in project planning, coordination and implemented performance methodology.
• Coordinated with internal business departments on their information system’s needs.
• Developed Vuser scripts using Performance Center Web (HTTP/HTML), .Net, and Web Services (SOAP/S0A) protocols based on the user workflows.
• Performed application monitoring using monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Wily Introscope, HP Sitescope and HP Business Availability Center to determine metrics and application bottle-necks, both across network and across system infrastructure.
• Worked with teams to identify the bottlenecks and performed regression testing to achieve the pre spin off results.
• Used MQ Client protocol to test WebSphere MQ
• Monitored Different kinds of Graphs including Throughput, Hits/Sec, Transaction Response time, Windows Resources (Memory Utilization, CPU Utilization, Threads, etc) while executing the scripts from loadRunner, Performance Center.
• Responsible for reviewing the code in order to identify the root cause.
• Updated scripts for new release and added new functionality as per new releases.
• Verified the SOAP message delivery to the web services and verified the XML formatted response using the SOAP UI
• Used Vugen to record and replicate a realistic scenario for SAP ECC.
• Extensively used LoadRunner/Performance Center to conduct performance testing of the application.
• Prepared LoadRunner/Performance Center scenarios for Load and Performance testing using different host systems.
• Developed LoadRunnerVugen Scripts using Correlation to parameterize dynamic values.
• Extensively used the commerce quest plugin for MQ series with LoadRunner to test MQ series.
• Performance Tested Middleware applications developed in SOAP environment.
• Responsible conducting for root cause analysis.
• Monitored the metrics such as response times and server resources such as Total Processor Time, Available Bytes and Process Bytes by using Performance Center Monitors
• Used JMeter for HTTP web scripting.
• Correlated and parameterized scripts as well as configured the RunTime settings in Virtual User Generator.
• Developed Scenarios with different schedules like Ramp-up, Duration.
• Monitored performance using windows performance monitors and Performance Center monitors.
• Tracked defects using Quality Center.

Environment: Performance Center, Sitescope, Dynatrace/Wily Interscope, Java diagnostics, .NET, IIS Server, MS SQL/SQL, Quality Center, JMeter, Selenium, UFT, Unix,MQ Series, SAP ECC, BI,BW, Portal, MM, SD, XML, SAP GUI, BEA Web Logic.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Sr. Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for analyzing applications and components behavior with heavier loads as well as optimizing server configurations.
• Conducted performance, load, and stress testing using LoadRunner and Performance Center.
• Conducted Load testing for various sub modules of the application by generating load through Virtual users in Performance Center.
• Selenium testing for Application Smoke test validations.
• Query tuning by identifying long running Queries using Introscope/Dynatrace
• Developed various load test scripts using Web (http/html), PeopleSoft, Web Services and Java protocols.
• Used LoadRunner and Performance Center to manage scripts and scearios and test documentation.
• Used Java RMI Protocol in Vugen to capture JAVA API web base applications.
• Developed single and multiple web protocol scripts using Vugen.
• Changed the runtime settings such as pacing, ThinkTime, Log Settings, browser emulation and itmeout settings in Vugen and Performance Center to simulate the real scenario.
• Ensured response time is not jeopardized by large volumes of data and users.
• Enhanced Vuser scripts by creating transactions
• Parameterized Vuser scripts with different sets of data
• Responsible for developing various scenarios in order to monitor the performance of the application.
• Responsible for monitoring the Test results, Transaction Response Time, measuring the CPU and Memory Utilization of the Citrix Servers.
• Coordinated with Citrix and Network teams to identify the bottle necks.
• Ensured that Citrix Servers and SQL Servers can support the volume and system usage.
• Used Quality Center for repository, reporting and results.
• Responsible for team co-ordination and providing status reports for Senior Management.
• Created different monitors to check and verify the availability of various applications and features of the website, web server, Database services and MQ Series by using Sitescope tool.
• Responsible for setting up and maintaining Sitescope monitors. Provide daily/weekly application availability reports to the management

Environment: LoadRunner, Performance Center, Dynatrace/Wily lntroscope, Selenium, UFT, PeopleSoft, Quality Center, Sitescope, Java, Apache Tomcat, HTML, Oracle, MS SQL/SQL, Clear Quest, Unix/Linux, MO Series

Confidential

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in project planning, coordination and implemented performance methodology
• Developed Performance Test Plans and Test Strategies based on business requirements
• Conducted Performance testing using LoadRunner and Performance Center.
• Responsible for the development of Vuser scripts for several different protocols such as Web (HTTP/ HTML), Web Services, PeopleSoft, Winsock and .Net.
• Participated in disaster recovery exercises between two data centers.
• Responsible for Performance Testing Java application.
• Responsible for scenario design, test execution and analysis using Performance Center.
• Monitored .Net Statistics, Load Balance and network traffic in each of the JVM's.
• Analyzed, interpreted, and summarized meaningful and relevant results in a complete Performance Test Report.
• Developed and implemented load and stress tests with LoadRunner and Performance center and performance statistics to application teams, and provided recommendations of how and where performance can be improved.
• Monitored and administrated hardware capacity to ensure that the necessary resources are available for all tests.
• Created Rendezvous points to simulate a scenario of multiple users performing the same action simultaneously.
• Manually correlated the session IDs and Database primary keys to save the dynamically changing value into a parameter by going to the body of the server response.
• Measure Response times at sub transaction levels for Web, App servers and Database server levels by using Optimal Application expert highly concentrated on Transactions per sec duration testing.
• Analyzed the load test results including transactions by drilling down, merged graphs (overlay graphs, correlate graphs), cross result graphs and auto correlating measurements and thus focusing or behavior patterns and identifying problematic elements using the Analysis tool.
• Monitored PERFMON Counters and windows resources such as, CPU Usage, % of Memory Occupied, I/ 0 Stat.
• Created test strategies and conditions for load, stress, concurrent users, and network bandwidth scenarios.
• Assisted the project teams in identifying and documenting performance test requirements.
• Designed the performance test harness for execution on automated, performance, and endurance testing platforms.
• Worked with business and technology leads to identify the appropriate data for testing and prepare that data for the test cases.
• Performed problem solving analysis and root cause for system functionality and testing challenges using LoadRunner Analysis Tool.

Environment: Quality Center, LoadRunner, Performance Center, Selenium, UFT, JProbe, PeopleSoft, Citrix, .Net, XML, MS SQL/SQL, IBM WebSphere, Lotus Notes and Unix/Linux