SUMMARY

• 7+ Years of extensive experience in Performance Engineering / Testing of web - based, client server and web services applications.
• Actively participated in all stages of software development and Testing Lifecycle.
• Highly proficient in performance testing using LoadRunner.
• Implemented and maintained an effective LoadRunner Infrastructure.
• Experienced in analyzing performance bottlenecks such as long running sql queries, and memory leaks.
• Gathered performance requirements for the application and designed performance tests for the multiple applications within the organization.
• Hands on experience with analysis of business, technical, and non functional requirements.
• Developed performance test plans and test strategies.
• Used SiteScope, DynaTrace and CA Introscope to get metrics from servers.
• Setup IP Spoofing using LoadRunner Load Generators and Controller.
• Used Performance Center to manage LoadRunner scripts and scenarios.
• Customized LoadRunner scripts in C language using string manipulation functions and C libraries.
• Analyzed the results using LoadRunner Analysis and various monitor tools (Transaction's per second, Hits/second, and Transaction response time).
• Gathered business requirements after studying the application and collecting the information from developers and business users.
• Ability to work on multi platform environments like Windows, UNIX with clear understanding of file system, environment variables and file transfer protocol (FTP).
• Strong Team player, and contributed towards the teams goals. Worked productively and effectively in a team as well as individually.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

LoadRunner Protocols: Web(http/html), Web Services, Winsock, Web/Citrix Dual Protocol, SAP GUI, Click & Script, Ajax TruClient, Peoplesoft

Performance Tools: Performance Center, LoadRunner, DynaTrace, CA Introscope, SiteScope, JMeter, Clear Quest

Languages: C, C#, SQL, HTML, XML, JAVA, JavaScript, Unix Shell, VB Script

HP Test Suite: LoadRunner, Quality Center, Performance Center, SiteScope

Application Tools: MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, Linux and Solaris.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NJ

Sr. Performance Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyzed requirements and developed comprehensive performance test plans.
• Developed and deployed test load scripts to do end to end performance testing using LoadRunner.
• Responsible for developing and executing performance and volume tests.
• Responsible for setting up and maintaining SiteScope monitors.
• Extensively used DynaTrace to diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Executed baseline, load, stress and endurance tests using Performance Center.
• Developed Scripts in HTML/HTTP, Web Services and Citrix protocol in LoadRunner.
• Conducted performance testing using LoadRunner for the entire applications using various scenarios specifically that are designed for testing real world scenarios.
• Coordinated with project technical team on remediating performance bottlenecks.
• Analyzed, interpreted, and summarized relevant results in a complete Performance Test Result Report.

ENVIRONMENT: LoadRunner, Performance Center, SiteScope, DynaTrace, Java, Web Logic, XML, AJAX, VB, Quality Center, Web Services, Java, J2EE, JavaScript, Oracle, Clear Quest, IIS, HTML, UNIX and Windows.

Confidential, MD

Performance Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyzed non functional requirements and developed performance test plans.
• Compared production and performance test environments for scalability.
• Developed and modified test scripts using LoadRunner.
• Experienced in configuring and utilizing SiteScope and CA IntroScope for performance monitoring.
• Developed test scripts using LoadRunner VuGen for web and web services protocol.
• Used SiteScope & IntroScope to monitor the server resources and to identify the bottlenecks.
• Used Performance Center to execute tests and maintain scripts.
• Configured UNIX, and database resources for performance monitoring on Performance Center.
• Analyzed, interpreted, and summarized relevant results in a complete Performance Test Result Report.

ENVIRONMENT: LoadRunner, Performance Center, DynaTrace, Java, Web Logic, XML, Quality Center, SiteScope, Web Services, Java, Oracle, Clear Quest, IIS, HTML, UNIX and Windows.

Confidential, WA

Performance Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for gathering and analyzing requirements for performance testing and tuning.
• Responsible for establishing performance test requirements by driving sprint planning and analyzing business as well as technical requirements.
• Developed LoadRunner Scenarios and scheduled the virtual users to generate realistic load on the server using LoadRunner.
• Created different monitors to check and verify the availability of various applications and features of the web, application and database server.
• Performed load, stress and endurance testing using Performance Center.
• Documented Test Scope, Test Plan and Test Results.
• Coordinated with offshore performance testers and assigned them tasks.
• Identified functionality and performance issues, including: deadlock conditions, database connectivity problems, and system crashes under load.

ENVIRONMENT: LoadRunner, Performance Center, CA IntroScope, Excel, Oracle, IIS, MS SQL Server, Citrix, SiteScope, Weblogic, Load Balancer and HP Service Test.

Confidential, New York 

Performance Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Used Performance Center to manage LoadRunner scripts and scenarios and test documentation.
• Created customized LoadRunner VuGen scripts with manual correlation, user defined functions, development libraries and error handling.
• Set up and Included IP Spoofing using Load Generators and controller.
• Used the SiteScope to monitor for bottlenecks in the application.
• Monitored executions of the test scripts using performance center.
• Monitored the CPU, memory and network utilizations on the UNIX server using SiteScope monitors.
• Developed test scenarios to properly load/stress the system in the UAT environment and monitor/debug performance and stability problems.
• Documented Test Scope, Test Plan and Test Results.

ENVIRONMENT: LoadRunner, Performance Center, HTTP, HTML, MS-Office, MS SQL Server, SiteScope, WebSphere, AIX, and Windows.