PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 7 years of experience in Software Testing Industry which includes 6years into Performance Testing, 1 year into Manual Testing
• Thorough understanding of teh Software Testing Life Cycle, Testing Processes, Methodologies and excellent experience in tools like HP - LoadRunner, Quality Center/Test Director, Testlink, Mantis
• Good experience in Agile SDLC and SCRUM methodologies.
• Excellent experience in handling multiple QA teams and working on various applications simultaneously.
• Proficient in developing Performance Test Plans and Performance test Scenarios using nonfunctional requirements and design documents while specifying Test Approach, Strategy, Scope, Architecture, Environment, Estimations, Traceability matrix, Test Execution, Metrics Collection
• Proficient in all LR Components (VuGen, Controller and Analysis) and teh web based HP ALM Performance Center.
• Excellent experience in preparation of Scripts in VuGen
• Very good experience in solving teh correlation issues through manual and defining teh rules
• Good experience in writing custom functions and Correlations to handle dynamic content for scripting in VuGen component of LoadRunner.
• Experienced in developing Performance test scenarios using LoadRunner to load teh servers with virtual user requests and tests teh performance under load/stress conditions.
• Excellent experience in executing different types of Performance tests like Smoke Testing, Baseline, Soak Testing, Stress Testing, Volume testing, Scalability testingand other support tests.
• Experience in working on various protocols like Web HTTP/HTML, Web Services, Ajax Click & Script, Ajax True client, Web Click & Script
• Experienced in using Open Source tool Windows Perfmon Utility and Open source tool UNIX Nmon utility and also other Commercial Monitoring tools like Dynatrace, HP Diagnostics, SiteScope, Wily Introscope, App Dynamics, Splunk to monitor teh whole infrastructure.
• Experienced in using JVisual VM/Jconsole for Monitoring Memory Leaks, Java Heap usage, Thread Usage, GC, CPU Usage etc.
• Monitored Hardware, Memory, Memory Pools, JVM, Web Servers, App Servers, DB Servers and Network etc., using monitoring tools.
• Expertise in configuring teh on demand Server side Performance metrics
• Experience in collecting teh Windows and Linux counters of WebServers and ApplicationServers like Memory, CPU, Network and HeapUsage
• Experienced in Monitoring databases like RDBMS databases/SQL Server and Oracle using SQLServer Profiler, AWR Reports or other DB Monitoring tools.
• Experienced in Analyzing test results and providing necessary recommendations to teh application team.
• Expertise in testing in various phases like System testing, System Integration Testing and User acceptance testing
• Strong working background across Banking, Airlines, Securities, Shipping, Energy & Utilities verticals
• Well versed in managing projects using teh onsite-offshore Global Delivery Model (GDM)
• Experience in People Management, Resolving team conflicts and team motivation.
• Motivated, well-organized, energetic, detail oriented, proactive, team focused and fast learning.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows XP, 2003, 2000, Vista, Windows NT and Linux

Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, HTML, CSS, Javascript, DotNet, XML

Testing Tools: HPLoadRunner 8.1/9.5/11.0/11.5/12.02, HP Performance center 9.5/11.0/11.5/12/ALM, HP Quality Center 9.0/9.2, QTP, JMeter 2.7, SOAP UI

Monitoring Tools: HP Sitescope,Dynatrace, HP Diagnostics, PerfMon, Nmon etc.

Web/Application: IBM Web Sphere, Web Logic 7.x/8.x/10.x, Tomcat 5.0/5.5, Apache

Database: Oracle 9i/10G, SQL Server, MS-ACCESS, MySQL

Domain Knowledge: Banking, Energy & Utilities, Shipping, Securities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, St. Louis,Missouri

Sr. Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in various meetings with project teams to gather teh non-functionalrequirements for Performance testing
• Developed detailed business flows for each application.
• Preparation of test plan for each application and getting it signed off from all teh stake holders.
• Estimation of efforts for each application
• Designed and developed automated scripts using LoadRunner based on business use cases for teh application.
• Used HTML and URL based recording to capture teh communication between teh client and teh server using LoadRunner
• Captured dynamically generated values using manual and automatic correlation.
• Customize teh scripts using parameterization, correlation, error handling
• Modified existing LoadRunner scripts to replicate new builds of teh application
• Conducted code reviews & debugging teh scripts developed by teh team.
• Conducting Bottleneck testing, Load testing, stress testing & Endurance testing
• Used JVisualVM to Monitor teh JVM for CPU, Heap, GC, Thread behavior while system under test.
• Found Memory issues in applications by analyzing GC logs and also analyzed application logs for evaluating application errors
• Providing detailed reports on heap memory and non-heap memory usage and on GC counters
• Analyzed teh results of teh Load test using teh LoadRunner Analysis tool, looking at teh online monitors and teh graphs, analyzed teh response times of various business transactions, throughputand login times under load, developedreports and graphs to present teh test results.
• Monitoring teh results by using tools likeSiteScope, Diagnostics
• Preparing teh Analysis Reports and circulating them to teh corresponding Stake holders and Development teams.
• Scheduled Test results review meetings with project teams to walk through Test reports and discuss about Performance Bottlenecks Identified.
• Uploading all teh artifacts in SVN for future reference for all teh Stake holders.
• Preparing teh Weekly Status Report for teh team and circulating them to all teh stake holders.

Environment: LoadRunner 11.52/12.0, HP Performance Center 11.52, Quality Center, HP ALM 12, Splunk, JVM, Web Sphere, Application Servers, Web Servers, Oracle 11g, SQL Developer, Message Queue Servers, Sharepoint

Confidential, Denver, Colorado

Sr.Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Gathering teh non-functional requirements by involving in meetings with Business teams and application teams.
• Preparation of Performance Test Plan
• Estimation of efforts for each web service based on teh number of operations.
• Conducting WSDL review meetings to understand teh requirement of each Web Service
• Execute each Web Service manually by testing each operation in teh WSDL.
• Performance testedSOA based application using Web Services Protocol
• Design scenarios for Smoke Test, Load Test, Stress Tests, and Endurance Testsin Controller.
• Created LoadRunner scenarios and scheduled teh VirtualUsers to generate realistic load on teh server
• Preparation of sufficient test data for all teh Performance tests.
• Executing teh Performance tests and monitoring teh results by involving Application team and DB teams for capturing teh logs.
• Analyzing teh test results and circulating initial report to teh Stake holders.
• Preparation of detailed Performance Analysis Report with all observations and recommendations to teh Application and development teams.
• Used VisualVM to Monitor teh JVM metrics like Heap Memory, non-heap memory and GC logs, Thread behavior and me/O Stat using UNIX commands like top, Vmstat, Nmon and Netstat while system under test.
• Setting up environment for new joiners for all teh required tools used in teh project.
• Logging defects for teh failed web service in Quality Center
• Performing Quality Centercleanup activities.
• Preparing teh Analysis Reports and circulating them to teh corresponding Service Managers and Development teams.
• Scheduled Test results review meetings with project teams to walk through Test reports and discuss about Performance Bottlenecks Identified.
• Preparing teh Weekly Efforts sheet for teh team and circulating them to teh stake holders.

Environment: LoadRunner 11.52, HP Performance Center, SOAP UI, Quality Center, Web Services, JVM, UNIX, Vmstat, Nmon, Netstat, Web Sphere, Application Servers, Web Servers, Oracle 11g, SQL Developer Message Queue Servers, VTS

Confidential, Houston

Sr. Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Worked on 4 web applications in parallel as individual contributor
• Scripted teh work flows in VuGen and enhancing teh scripts using correlation, parameterization and Web LoadRunner specific functions wherever necessary.
• Calculation of user load/TPS by taking production server logs
• Prepared and reviewed Test Plan,Scenario, Performance Impact Assessment documents
• Carried out performance testing activities in both System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing environments.
• Validated existing test scripts and created new scripts whenever new requirement comes or major changes happened for teh application in that release
• Stubbing of third party applications
• Designed and conductedSmoke, Load, Soak, Stress, and Scalability tests using Performance Center
• Worked on Unix servers and did environment setup before actual execution kick off
• Followed up with environment team for code deployment and servers configuration changes whenever required
• Monitored teh servers using SiteScope and by running Unix commands in servers when test is running
• Analyzed results to understand various performance counters like Java Heap memory usage, CPU Utilization, Free Physical memory and etc... by using metrics/report
• Found Memory issues in applications by analyzing GC logs and also analyzed application logs for evaluating application errors
• Provided detailed reports on heap memory and non-heap memory usage and on GC counters
• Taking thread dump whenever it is necessary and analyzing same to find blocked/stuck threads to find root cause of application issues
• Conducted load testing for one application with concurrent users successfully for which team used to conduct do test with 1 user coz of scripting and test data issues
• Shared every test report to stake holders and other teams with these analyzed results for every application in every release by comparing with previous release /test results
• Walkthrough of E2E performance test results in calls with designers and Technical Architects
• Highlighted applications performance issues which observed to Environment and development teams
• Provided Test Closure reports for every application in each release in detailed format with various performance metrics of all servers

Environment: LoadRunner 9/9.5, Quality Center,Dynatrace, JVM, UNIX, Vmstat, Nmon, Netstat, Web Logic Application Servers, Web Servers, Oracle 11g, Jmeter

Confidential

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Understanding teh Requirements and Business Flows and identify teh scenarios to be performance tested by attending meetings
• Worked on creating Performance Test Scripts according to Test Plan Document.
• Worked on recording business activities and modified teh recorded scripts with different functionalities to meet teh Business Requirements.
• Coordinated with onshore PerformanceTeam and Applicationteam in troubleshooting Script related issues.
• Prepared and executed Test scripts for generating Load Test Data and modified Load Test scenarios with new Test Data.
• Extensively involved in documenting teh complete testing process based on teh functional Requirements.
• Worked closely with software developers, engineers in fixing teh defects.
• Sent teh reports to all team members with DailyStatus to track teh updates in testing.
• Reviewed and analysis of teh errors identified and reporting teh test results in specified manner.
• Monitored different graphs like transaction response time and analyzed server Performance status, hits per second, throughput, windows resources and database server resources etc.
• Produced regular project status reports to senior management to ensure on-time project launch
• Walkthrough of E2E performance test results in calls with designers and Technical Architects
• Following up with teh concerned teams for teh issues raised
• Attending daily stand up calls, External/Client review calls and updating them about performance test status and dependencies if any.
• Involved regularly in Team meetings and coordinated with Onshore & Offshore teams
• Sending Daily & Weekly Status Reports

Environment: LoadRunner 9.0, Quality Center, Perfmon, IIS, SQL Server, DynaTrace

Confidential

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Understanding and collecting performance requirements from teh client, preparing teh Workload model from teh peak usage and critical scenario distributions as per client’s specifications.
• Developing Test Plan for Load testing (objectives, scope, resources, scenarios, test cases, schedule and risks).
• Have solely carried out teh entire installation of LoadRunner and controller from configuration, applying licenses on teh client machines.
• Responsible for developing VuGen Scripts using different protocols.
• Customize teh scripts using parameterization, correlation and error handling.
• Reviewing & enhancing VUsers scripts and executing load tests.
• Identifying critical business scenarios & workload for teh application including various performance related tests.
• Preparing realistic scenarios for different kinds of test like Load, Soak/Endurance, Stress and Spike tests. Also conducting these tests with teh help of different teams.
• Involved in monitoring and analysis phases of performance testing, preparing teh performance testing exit report and collating teh results from DB, Application/Web Server and client side.
• Generating Performance Test Reports by analyzing client side and server side statistics, also prepare Presentation for customer.
• Provide Performance Recommendations and analyzing result trends
• Logged defects in Mantis and tracked till their closure.
• Sent Performance Testing Weekly Status Reports to all teh Stake holders.

Environment: LoadRunner 9.5, Quality Center, Perfmon