SUMMARY:

• Nearly 12 years’ experience including 5 years as Lead Performance Engineer
• Locate, diagnose and measure performance related bottlenecks on high volume n - tier architectures using tools like HP Performance Center / LoadRunner and technologies like Java, Siebel, Oracle BI, PEGA, Citrix, Web Services
• Good understanding of SDLC phases, Waterfall / Agile models, Non-Functional requirements, Workload Modeling, Test Data
• Experience as a Performance Lead:
• Technically manage diverse global teams in a fast paced and Agile environment
• Discuss and develop application performance requirements and strategy
• Analyze test results, resource utilization, Heap usage patterns, frontend and backend
• Identify performance bottlenecks and work with stakeholders to resolve performance issues
• Track project timelines, prepare and share status and project results regularly
• Directly associated in performance validation for security implementations like Shape Shifter, Secure Data Exchange
• Implemented innovative solutions in scenario design, script development, results analysis
• Involved in LoadRunner Beta version validation
• Mentor new team members
• Involved actively in providing performance engineering solution proposals to prospective clients

SKILLS:

Performance Testing, Monitoring and Analysis: HP ALM / Performance Center/LoadRunner 8.5 - 12.53, JMeter

LoadRunner Protocols: Web HTTP/HTML, Web Services, Siebel Web, Citrix ICA, RTE, TruClient

Shunra WAN Emulator, SOAP UI: CA Wily Introscope, HP SiteScope, Foglight, VSphere, Unix utilities, Perfmon Splunk, DynaTrace AJAX, JVM Internals, Eclipse MAT, Firebug, Chrome Developer, Oracle Enterprise Manager(OEM)

Language / Web Standards: C | Java | SQL | Shell Scripting | HTML | CSS | JSON | Web Services

Database: Oracle 9i / 10G

Operating System: Sun Solaris 8-10, Red Hat Linux ASEE, Windows

Miscellaneous: JIRA, Quality Center, Microsoft Project Plan, IBM Clear Quest

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Performance Engineer

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities:

• Engaged in performance testing and analysis for Confidential public site and other sub applications
• Analyze home page performance (wellsfargo.com) using tools like DynaTrace
• Use Splunk to capture and analyze production usage patterns and use the data to validate and modify existing performance suite
• Involved in performance testing / analysis of Security features like Shape Shifter, Secure Data
• Developed shell script utilities to build up automated monitoring in Linux environments
• Capture and analyze Thread & Heap dumps for processes not meeting stated nonfunctional requirements
• Analyze and compare performance at each layer against established baselines from previous releases and provide observations
• Contribute regularly to improve process in the form of developing tools to validate environment, automate result preparation and document details
• Engaged in using JMeter to test performance for small in-house projects

Senior Performance Test Engineer

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities:

• Engaged in performance testing for Trizetto FACETS application over Citrix platform and Member Portal for the organization
• Analyze test results using LoadRunner Analysis and HP Sitescope tools
• Work with application development teams byisolating issues through group discussions and recommendations

Performance Test Lead

Confidential, Irvine, CA

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership to a team of 7 performance engineers to support multiple performance engineering projects
• Collect and analyze non-functional requirement, create Performance Test Plan
• Brainstorm critical performance requirements to come up with simplified technical solutions for team to implement
• Analyzed test results using LoadRunner Analysis and HP OVPM, Foglight, Sitescope tools
• Involved in improving process by introducing performance test questionnaire to capture requirements, update status reporting mechanism, improve overall script development / review method
• Worked with team to productivity improvement tools using different technologies to analyze log files data and automate performance response time capture process

Performance Test Lead

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Involved as part of project winning RFP Response team as Performance Test Lead for Siebel Loyalty application integrated with AA.com
• Worked in an Agile delivery model involving multiple scrum teams and daily stand-up meetings
• Come up with resource loading and execution plan for performance test work stream
• Prepare Strategy document covering Siebel, Real Time Interfaces (Web Services), Batch process performance testing

Performance Test Lead

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Responsibilities:

• Involved as Performance Test Lead for two different Pega BPM implementation projects, one for filing CLAIMS and other for internal Work Force Management(WFM)
• Meet with Developers and Users to review and analyze non-functional requirements
• Perform end to end Performance Load tests using HP Performance Center
• Monitor PEGA application usage during performance run with Pega System Management Administration(SMA)

Sr. Load & Performance Test Engineer

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in conceptualizing performance test lifecycle, from planning and strategizing of Siebel CRM Call Center Application Integrated with Oracle CCA, Client Auction Site, and Multiple Open Source Third Party Applications
• Utilized four channels of communications in determining key business scenarios; developed plan and best practices in creating performance test data in Siebel database as part of test data creation using Siebel EIM process
• Create, strategize and apply roadmap to perform Proof of Concept to simulate virtual CHAT and Telephony scenarios utilizing Siebel Web protocol in HP LoadRunner
• Executed load runs over Wide Area Network (WAN) using Shunra WAN Emulator as a plug in to HP Load Runner
• Strategized innovative ways to maintain LoadRunner scripts over multiple releases without additional re-scripting effort by using Web Debugging Proxy tool like Fiddler to make minor script modifications

Performance Test Engineer

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Performance Test engineer
• Close interaction with Business and IT teams to analysis the business requirement and communicate the same to the team
• Developed and implemented strategic plan for performance testing activity for Siebel CRM and Analytics applications
• Conducted performance tests for 1000 concurrent users over client LAN
• Analyzed test results and identified performance issues; presented status reports to executive management

Performance Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved as a technical consultant to tune Siebel CRM & Oracle BI applications
• Managed the scalability performance optimization for the application over LAN and WAN with 800-900 concurrent users
• Worked with development team and business to identify critical transactions, scenarios and BI Reports
• Exercised varied Siebel Oracle Database tuning options to implement fixes