SUMMARY:

• Solid 8+ years of extensive experience in the field of Information Technology with Performance Testing/Engineering on various platforms.
• Experience in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) which includes Analysis, Development and Release process.
• Experience handling performance projects with Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• 6+ months of experience using Rally tool for tracking tasks and iterations for Agile environments.
• 2+ years of experience testing Pega PRPC 6.1 and 6.3 framework.
• Extensive experience using HP LoadRunner Virtual User Generator tool for creating complex test scripts using HTTP/HTML, Web Services, Web(Click & script) Ajax True Client protocols and others.
• Extensive experience using HP Application Life Cycle Management tool (ALM) and Performance Center 11.52v
• Proficient in writing Test Plans, Test Scripts, Test Scenarios and Test Cases for performance testing.
• Experience using Monitoring tools like Dyna Trace, Diagnostics, Sitescope, Introscope tools for capturing application metrics, identify and isolate any load related bottlenecks with in the applications under test.
• Hands on experience using Splunk to analyze server logs real time when tests are in execution phase.
• Extensively worked on Disaster recovery testing.
• Experience in Leading a Testing Team.
• Experienced in Design and Execution of Test criteria, Scenarios, and Scripts from requirements.
• Deep knowledge in the Analysis of Bug Severity, Bug Tracking System and Bug Reporting.
• Performed Load Balancing testing by using IP Spoofing, BigIP Load Balancers.
• Good Team Player, ability to work independently, quick learner and self - motivated.
• Experienced in using Quality Center as Defect Tracker.
• Proficient in System testing, Sanity Testing and Regression testing processes of given software application for different software Releases, Builds and Patches.
• Created Scripts using Virtual User Generator (VuGen).
• Good with Debugging, Identifying, Adjusting and fixing script errors by running VuGen.
• Very good knowledge with Parameterization and Correlation needs for scripting.
• Extensive experience using Virtual Table Server (VTS) as a centralized repository to store data and share data between parameters during test executions
• Executed Performance Tests and Stress Tests using LoadRunner controller and performance center and analyzed the results.
• Good with writing ‘C’ language functions in scripts for error handling, output messages, round robin functions for hitting individual server specific by-passing load balancer.
• Experience using Visual SourceSafe for maintaining the version control of scripts.
• Experience testing Bulk uploads of PDF, .XLS etc using Vugen and Load Generator.
• Conducted navigational testing and functional testing.
• Performed IP Spoofing using LoadRunner for the load balancing issues.
• Installing, maintaining and administering LoadRunner software.
• Plotting and implementing scenarios and loading Load runner scripts into controller.
• Created Performance scenarios and scripts for doing multiple iterations.
• Analyzed LoadRunner scenario results.
• Used Quality Center for tracking and reporting bugs.
• Live monitoring of Graphs/ Monitors.
• Analysis of cross results, cross scenarios and merged graphs.
• Analyzing scenario performance, graphs and reports.
• Configuring Run-time settings for VuGen, Controller and Performance Center.
• Creating various scenarios in Performance Center based on test type.
• Linked Sitescope monitors to performance center test scenario.
• Modified LoadRunner scripts to integrate with Dyna Trace.
• Developing/ Recording/ Enhancing Vuser scripts.
• Configuring Run-time settings for Action / Think-time.
• Hands-on experience on different versions of LoadRunner.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

OPERATING SYSTEM: MS DOS, UNIX, Linux, WINDOWS 7/XP/NT/2000

LANGUAGES: C, C++, C#, SQL, VB SCRIPT, JAVA SCRIPT, XML, HTML

RDBMS: ORACLE 9i/ 10g/ 11g, SQL SERVER 2005/ 2008, DB2/ AS 400

PACAKAGES: OFFICE 2005/ 2007

WEB APPLICATION SERVERS: WEBLOGIC, WEBSPHERE, APACHE/ TOMCAT, MICROSOFT IIS

AUTOMATION TOOLS: HP LOADRUNNER, HP ALM, QUICK TEST PRO, JMETER, QUALITY CENTER, PERFORMANCE CENTER

MONITORING TOOLS: DIAGNOSTICS, SITESCOPE, DYNA TRACE, INTROSCOPE

LOG ANALYSIS TOOLS: SPLUNK

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NC

Sr. Performance Test Engineer/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Assisted technology and line of business partners to review project documentation and identify high risk projects that require performance testing.
• Reviewed and analyzed LLD, HLD, BRD and NFR documents.
• Worked with team leads for gathering information and created test plans including Scope, Entry Criteria, Success criteria, Test strategy, work load, Test run scenarios, performance metrics, Schedule time line Etc.
• Conducted meetings with application development to get clear understanding on project architecture and documented relevant test cases in scope for testing.
• Created various VuGen Scripts for the Application under test using HTTP/HTML, Web Services, Web(Click & script) and Ajax TruClient protocols.
• Enhanced and modified the scripts according to the test case scenarios.
• Extensively worked on Virtual User generator, Controller, Performance Center and Quality Center.
• Created Parameters and did correlation on scripts and enhanced them according to the test case.
• Used Controller and performance center to Perform Load Test, Longevity test and Stress Test creating scenarios reflecting near to real world scenario of the application.
• Load Tests were performed up to a maximum of 10,000 users.
• Monitored server metrics using Diagnostics, Sitescope.
• The Average CPU usage, Memory Utilization, Heap, Memory leaks, Response time, TPS are analyzed for each scenario.
• Communicated with developers to resolve the application problems while executing Performance tests.
• Detected defects and communicated with application development logging defects in Quality Center.
• Involved in multiple server remediation, monitoring tools upgrade, OS upgrade projects identifying risks and provided solutions to overcome risks.
• Used Oracle, SQL clients to write SQL Queries required to retrieve data for Scripts involved in testing.
• Extensively used Dyna Trace for debugging high response transactions drilling down on Pure Path.
• Experience using Splunk tool to analyze server logs.
• Documented and presented all Testing results including response time analysis, Server Metrics, Defects information, Potential risks and Recommendations.
• Experience Tracing Pega PRPC applications for any errors or wrong integrations.
• Executed performance testing for Pega PRPC 6.1 and 6.3 testing user interface, Agents and Business Intelligence Exchange (BIX) extract.
• Worked with Database Administrator for taking the backups, restoring data between servers, providing AWR Report for oracle and PerfMon Report for SQL servers.
• Involved in troubleshooting production issues and isolating issues through group discussions and providing performance tuning recommendations.
• Worked with Visual Source Safe for version controlling, checked in and checked out.
• Flexible working with Waterfall and Agile project methodologies .
• Attended weekly team meeting, walkthroughs for project updates and provided weekly status reports.

Environment: LoadRunner 9.52/ 11.04/ 11.51, Performance Center 9.52/ 11, Quality Center, HP ALM, VTS 2.0, Java, .NET, Windows Web Services, SoupUI 3.5, PEGA PRPC 6.1/6.3, Dyna Trace 4.1/ 5.5/ 6.1, Sitescope, Diagnostics, Introscope, Splunk, Wire Shark, Windows PerfMon, PAL, Firebug, Repliweb, Web logic, Web sphere, Apache Tomcat, IIS, SQL Server, Oracle, TOAD, Putty, WinSCP, AS400/iSeries, iSeries Navigator, iSeries Emulator, Visual SourceSafe.

Confidential, DE

Lead Performance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and analyzed the Business Requirement Documents and User Specifications.
• High Level Test Plans were written by incorporating User Profiles, Configurations, Environments, Risks, Test Scenarios, Schedules and Analysis and Presentation of Results
• Developed detailed Testing Methodologies, Test Matrices, Test cases, and Test Procedures.
• Lead Performance testing entire applications.
• Performed failover and Disaster recovery performance testing.
• Monitored servers using Sitescope and Wily Introscope.
• Manually writing test cases to test the Performance of the application
• Utilized Controller and performance center for running Load tests.
• Generate the Vuser Scripts by using the Virtual user Generator.
• Interfaced with developers to resolve the problems while executing the Vuser scripts.
• Detected Defects, Communicated to the developers using Bug Reporting Tool and Tracking the Defects using Quality Center.
• Responsible for preparing data for different data cycles, executing the Vuser scripts
• Using the automated tool Virtual User Generator
• Creating multiple scenarios by adding group scripts to LoadRunner Controller.
• Configuring the Vuser and Run-Time setting for each scenario.
• Documented all the Testing results and regression tests results were compared at every new build, analyzed and Presented Results
• Bug reporting and defect tracking.
• Attended weekly meeting and walkthroughs for project updates.
• Participated in discussion of Enhancement and Modification Request issues.

Environment: HP LoadRunner 9.0, HP 9.51, Performance Center, Quality center, Java, J2EE, .NET, WebLogic, Sitescope, Wily Introscope, WebSphere, SQL, Oracle.

Confidential, CA

Performance Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Extensively developed performance tests plans.
• Developed Performance test scripts using LoadRunner for Ecommerce application
• Gathered requirements for developing performance test Plans.
• Used controller, performance center for running the performance tests for different scenarios.
• Tested Performance of Web Application and Generated Automation Test scripts using Load Runner.
• Conducted load and performance testing using LoadRunner by creating rendezvous points to simulate heavy user load, and transaction points to test application response time.
• Uploaded the test scripts into performance center and executed them with different load test.
• Analyzed the data requirements for the performance test scripts.
• Monitored Application servers while running the performance tests.
• Analyzed the business requirements to create difference scenarios for performance tests and meet real time situations.
• Gathered data for analyzing results.

Environment: JAVA, JBOSS,VBscript,HTML,LOADRUNNER8.2,PERFORMANCE CENTER 8.2, Tomcat, WebLogic, Oracle, SQL server, QALITY CENTER 8.0

Confidential, NY

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with customers for requirement gathering and understanding the business process.
• Ramped up Virtual users in a load test to achieve a maximal transaction volume of 1200 concurrent users in a two hour time limit.
• Extensively used Performance Monitors to analyze the System Bottlenecks like Memory Leaks.
• Analyzed load balancer settings to perform Spoofing.
• Extensively worked on Virtual User generator and Controller
• Conducted load and performance testing using LoadRunner by creating rendezvous points to simulate heavy user load, and transaction points to test application response time.
• Used LoadRunner to execute Load, Stress and Performance tests.
• Executed scenarios in Controller and analyzed results in LR Analysis.
• Monitored WebLogic and WebSphere servers by measuring CPU, Memory, Heap Size and Garbage collector.

Environment: LoadRunner 8.1, Quality Center, Java, J2EE, WebSphere, WebLogic, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, AS400, Windows.