SUMMARY:

• 8 years of experience in Performance Testing and Engineering and as DevOps Engineer/ PHP Developer.
• As Performance Engineer, my job is to fine tune the system and provide recommendations so that the systems are stable and healthy on crucial days like Black Friday, Thanks Giving or Cyber Monday.
• IBM Rational Performance Tester Certified Professional
• Excellent Experience as PHP Developer including programming in MVC Architecture, xHTML Web Developer, jQuery, Javascript, CSS (Microsoft Certified Professional)
• Good Experience as Dev Ops Engineer with experience in Cloud Computing, Amazon AWS, Chef, Linux/LAMP, Nagios etc
• Worked as a Performance Engineering Lead for multiple projects for end to end performance testing and analysis.
• Hands - on experience on HP LoadRunner- V 8.0, 9.0, 9.1, 9.5, 11, 11.5, HP ALM, Performance Centre, Quality Centre.
• Good Experience on Dynatrace tool to identify the API’s or Methods taking the longest time also finding long running SQL queries taking the longest time to execute.
• Analyzing Oracle AWR Reports for effectively diagnose performance problems. Monitoring Performance statistics including Wait events, Resource intensive SQL statements.
• Performing various types of Endurance Tests for Memory Leak Analysis.
• Monitored all servers, Operating systems and Network, JVM JMX Parameters (Busy Workers, Web Containers, Data Pool, Thread Pool) with Sitescope.
• Good Experience in Automatic various tasks using Shell Scripting in Unix or Excel VBA
• Experience in Log tracking, Response Time tracking using SPLUNK
• Good Experience in Stubbing out dependent systems which are out of scope using CA LISA Service Virtualization
• Wide Range of Performance Testing Experience for applications/customizations ranging from Sterling Order Management System, Oracle EBS, SAP, Oracle ATG, Retail Management System, Mobile Applications, Web Services (SoapUI) etc
• Extensive experience in Performance tuning for Java Applications using APM Profiling tools like Dynatrace/jProfiler, Heap Analysis, Garbage collection overhead and analyzing thread dumps.
• Good Experience in Testing on Java, VB and .Net Applications and Unix commands.
• Experience on VMware, Unix environment, Server Side testing and Cross-browser testing experience
• Performance monitoring tools using Willy Introscope
• Advanced proficiency in Script development for multiple protocols using Web(HTTP/HTML), WebServices, Java,Oracle NCP, Scenario design, Execution, Monitoring and Analysis of the results.
• Extensive experience in Non-Functional Requirement(NFR) analysis, Effort Estimation, Performance Test Plan, Test Strategy and managing multiple projects.
• Understanding of SDLC, relevant phases of Performance Testing, Defect Life Cycle.
• Automation test tools experience - LoadRunner, Soasta, Jmeter etc.
• Experienced in Load Testing Techniques and Monitoring Tools- HP Sitescope,HP Open View.
• Test Result Analysis using tools like Dynatrace, jProfiler, V-sphere to trace performance bottlenecks, and provide recommendations, possible solutions.
• Extensive experience of working on Web Applications & Client/Server Applications.
• Worked effectively with Lead Developers and Business Analysts to understand the performance test requirements and prepare test strategy
• Contributed towards COE building activity by carrying out POC’s.
• Experience in analysis of heap dumps, thread dumps, GC log analysis and provided relevant recommendations.
• Trained new joiners to team/external colleagues on Performance Testing sessions Confidential organization level.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Performance Lead

Tools: HP LoadRunner, HP Sitescope, HP Open View, DynatraceHP Performance Center, SoapUI, SQL, Unix/LinuxjProfiler, Rational ClearQuest, SQL Developer, Microsoft VSTSApache jMeter

Environment: Windows 2003 Server, Linux, Tomcat, Apache, IIS, JBOSS Oracle 10g, MS SQL Server 2005/2008

Responsibilities:

• As a Senior Performance Lead, my job is to fine tune the system and provide recommendations so that the systems are stable and healthy on normal as well crucial days like Black Friday, Thanks Giving or Cyber Monday.
• Owns the responsibility of non-functional requirement gathering and verification for all applications in scope
• Provided clear strategy, testing scope and milestones for this project
• Coordinates with Infrastructure, Operations Support and development teams for securing test environment/interfaces, build deployment and test data
• Designed, developed and enhanced performance testing scripts using HP VUGen Tool, Microsoft VSTS performance testing application
• Creating the Load Distribution tables/ work load models for different application modules involved, so that a right scenario/population is devised
• Responsible for Scheduling/Kicking off the Load tests via HP LoadRunner involving a variety of Load combination scenarios
• Used native Linux commands, HP Site Scope, DynaTrace, jProfiler for test monitoring and drill down into potential performance bottlenecks
• Monitoring the App/DB/Web/Middleware Servers and provides detailed analysis of the performance findings and issues
• Good Experience in Automatic various tasks using Shell Scripting in Unix or Excel VBA
• Good Experience in Stubbing out dependent systems which are out of scope using CA LISA Service Virtualization
• Wide Range of Performance Testing Experience for applications/customizations ranging from Sterling Order Management System, Oracle EBS, SAP, Oracle ATG, Retail Management System, Mobile Applications, Web Services (SoapUI) etc
• Extensive experience in Performance tuning for Java Applications using APM Profiling tools like Dynatrace/jProfiler, Heap Analysis, Garbage collection overhead and analyzing thread dumps.
• Provided key metrics like TPS/RPS, Throughput, 95% Percentile, Average Response time and resource utilization patterns of different application layers
• Used Dynatrace tool to identify the API’s or Methods taking the longest time also finding long running SQL queries taking the longest time to execute.
• Did heap analysis and reported the Garbage collection patterns and timeframes with the development team
• Analyzing Oracle AWR Reports for effectively diagnose performance problems. Monitoring Performance statistics including Wait events, Resource intensive SQL statements.
• Executing/Monitoring various types of Endurance Tests for Heap, Memory Leak Analysis.
• Extracted/taken the thread dumps, identified threads with largest memory footprint and shared details with the system architect
• Communicates test status, risks, forecasts and risk mitigation plans to cross functional team to ensure on-time delivery of projects
• Used Rational Clear Quest / HP Quality Center tools for application performance test lifecycle management and defect tracking
• Participated in bi-weekly(Sprint) Project planning meeting and updated the testing progress, reported blocking issues and brought up potentials risks
• Re-evaluates and upgrades Loadrunner scripts after each build/release for applications under test
• Documents and publishes detailed performance test report/results of each application/iteration to project stakeholders
• Prepare Performance Risk Assesment, Estimates, Test Plan, Test Strategy, Test Summary Reports, Paper Based Assesment.
• Monitored all servers, Operating systems and Network, JVM JMX Parameters (Busy Workers, Web Containers, Data Pool, Thread Pool) with Sitescope.
• Extracting CPU, Memory and other server metrics, analyzing and forecasting results for capacity planning.
• Designed performance test suites by creating VU test scripts, workload scenarios, setting transactions, rendezvous points and inserting them into suites using Load Runner.
• Used Wily Introscope tool for Application resource demand monitoring and reporting performance bottlenecks.
• Used Perfmon tool for run time system resource monitoring and reporting performance bottlenecks

Confidential

Senior Performance Analyst

Tools: HP LoadRunner, HP Sitescope, HP Open View HP Performance Center, HP Quality CenterApache jMeter, SoapUI, SQL, Unix/Linux, jProfilerRational ClearQuest, SQL Developer, Microsoft VSTS

Environment: Linux, IBM Webshere, Apache, Oracle 11g

Responsibilities:

• Created Test Strategy for project modules and have experience in requirement gathering.
• Web service XML validations using SOAP UI tool to check if the response is correct.
• Creation of scripts using different protocols - Web (HTTP/HTML), Oracle NCP. SAP, Webservices and SOAP Requests
• Scenario designing for different tests based on the given Response Time SLA and the TPH - Benchmark Tests, Normal Load, Peak Load, Stress, Scalability and Endurance Tests.
• Execution of Controller Scenarios for Baseline, Normal Load, Peak Load, Stress and Endurance Tests.
• Capturing Server Graphs from Server Monitoring Tools like HP Open View, V-Sphere.
• Analysis and Reporting: Analysis and reporting of issues encountered during the test executions, to the Project team/ Onshore Performance Engineering team. Analyzing the cause of issues wherever possible.
• Final Report Creation: Involved in the creation of Final Reports for the project module I have worked on. This involves reporting the issues (if any), their resolutions and the overall performance of the system/application under test.
• Interaction with application designers and business analysts to gather NFRS (Non Functional Requirements Specifications), create performance testplan/scripts/Scenarios and creating results reports.
• Experience on black box, white box, and gray box testing.
• Understanding of performance testing life cycle and concepts.
• Experience on working on protocols WEB (HTTP/HTML) and Good knowledge on Web services Protocols
• Expertise in different types of performance tests.
• Designed performance test suites by creating VU test scripts, workload scenarios, setting transactions, rendezvous points and inserting them into suites using Load Runner.
• Load runner script enhancement (Parameterization, correlation, inserting check points)
• Creation and executing multi-user load generation scripts based on call flows.
• Defined and Provided key metrics like (TPS, throughput, connections, etc…) management from the Load Runner Analysis tool.
• Used Wily Introscope tool for Application resource demand monitoring and reporting performance bottlenecks.
• Analyzed graphs and reports using load runner analysis tool and Monitoring tools to determine system performance using various monitors.
• Test Scenario Scheduling and Execution and Result Compilation using data from Analysis files
• Used Load Runner monitors to measure the Transaction Response time, Network delay, Throughput, measured CPU and memory for Windows.
• Used Perfmon tool for run time system resource monitoring and reporting performance bottlenecks
• Extensively used Quality Center for logging/tracking defects.

Confidential

QA Automation Tester

Tools: HP Quick Test Professional, HP HP Quality Center, VB.NET

Environment: SAP Modules (FI, PM, MM, HR, SD)

Responsibilities:

• Complete understanding from applied experience of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and QA Methodology
• Involved in SAP Test execution of SAP Module
• Automation Frameworks, Data Driven Tests, Keyword Driven Tests
• Experience in coding, debugging and maintenance of scripts using VB - with 2+ years of writing automated scripts using VBScript, and QTP.
• Automating the manual scripts for regression flows of SAP application
• Experience in working with version control tools like SVN
• Knowledge of SQL basic queries
• Document test plans and run the complete automated testing suite prior to software releases as a method of regression testing
• Ability to track and report defects, issues and overall results to peers and management
• Preparing and reviewing of the Test Procedures and Test Data
• Updating the Test Procedures and test data according to Work Requests and Change Requests.
• Generating/Enhancing VBScripts, executing the test scripts, analyzing test results using QTP.
• Detecting, classifying, and reporting bugs through Defect Tracking System
• Executing test cases and analyzing test results
• Performed regression testing after each modification of the application Testing.
• Detecting, classifying, and reporting bugs through Defect Tracking System.
• Active interaction with team members, team lead and developers in review meetings to evaluate the progress and performance of the application.
• Defects reported using Quality Center.
• Provided RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix), Test Summary Report, Defect Reports using Quality Centre, Clear Quest.
• Designed Test plans and Test scenarios for various test conditions.
• Reported and tracked bugs using Quality Center.
• Extensively used Quality Center for logging/tracking defects.

Confidential

DevOps Engineer / PHP Developer

Languages: PHP, MySQL, xHTML/CSS, jQuery, JavascriptScripting Languages (Bash, PERL, Python, Ruby)

Environment: LAMP, Linux (CentOS), Apache, MySQL, PHP, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Tools: cPanel, Chef, WHMCS, Nagios

Responsibilities:

• Strong front-end development skills and knowledge of JavaScript libraries and frameworks
• Certified Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer - Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 having strong experience in developing Websites in both CorePHP using xHTML, CSS, Javascript/jQuery
• Developing Websites using MVC Framework such as CakePHP
• 3 years in-depth experience with IP networking (TCP/IP packet analysis, DNS, DHCP, NAT, etc.)
• Administration, maintenance, support and scaling of Application Servers (Apache, LightHTTPD, nginx etc.)
• Broad knowledge of scripting languages (i.e. Bash, PERL, Python, Ruby)
• Experience setting-up and managing a DevOps platform that houses a wide range of open-source tools (testing, continuous integration and build/release tools, etc
• Creation of shell scripts to automate tasks and perform basic data analysis.
• Experience deploying tools in a cloud-based environment using Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Proficient in deploying Cloud based infrastructure including Support Automated Configuration Management using a tool like Chef
• Expert Proficiency in Commercial Hosting Control Panels (cPanel, Direct Admin) etc.
• Supporting Web Hosting clients with their queries in Ticket Based system such (creating MySQL Database, FTP users etc)
• Experience with Linux, Apache, HTTP, DNS, UDP, TCP/IP, and SSH
• Application monitoring software products and tools for monitoring, diagnosis, and troubleshooting of network and server issues (ie Nagios)
• Excellent troubleshooting skills with ability to work on new emerging skills and technologies