SUMMARY

• Performance Analyst having expertise in all phases of testing for client/server, desktop and web applications with an opportunity to utilize my experience and skills and be a productive member of transformation team while being resourceful and innovative.
• Experienced Senior QA Tester with around 5 years of testing software applications for Performance Testing and Functional testing in Retail, Auto Insurance, eGIS (Enterprise Geographic Information System), Airline Industry, Payroll, Wireless, and Healthcare domain.
• Adept in Software Development Life Cycle and Quality Assurance Life Cycle stages, processes and procedures.
• Involved in various stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) implementing Waterfall and Agile, Scrum methodologies.
• Involved in retrospective meetings and sprint planning sessions.
• Specialized in performance testing applications using Load - Testing tools such as HP/Mercury Interactive Load Runner, ALM-Performance Center and Visual Studio Ultimate 2013/2015.
• Proficient in generating detailed Load Test analysis reports using Load Runner Analysis, ALM-Performance Center and Visual Studio Ultimate 2013/2015.
• Expertise in usingSingle and Multiple protocols in Loadrunner Vugen like Web Http/Html, Ajax True Client, Oracle NCA, and Web Click and Script.
• Accomplish Work Load Management objectives according to company’s business goals.
• Ability to identify root causes and derive corrective actions using tools Sitescope, Perfmon, Esamon, Wily Introscope and Dynatrace.
• Excellent working knowledge in Developing & Implementation of complex Test Cases and Test Scripts using automated test solutions for Client/Server and Web-based applications using QTP and Selenium.
• Expert developing automation testing framework using selenium, webdriver by following java.
• Performed various kinds of testing including Integration, System, Regression, Functionality testing, Data Driven testing, Performance, Load, Longevity and Stress testing.
• Proficient in developing/writing Software Test Plans, Test Case Design, and Test Scripts based on User Requirements, Specifications and System Requirements documents.
• Possess extensive experience in analyzing the Business Requirement Documents, Functional Specifications and Technical Specifications.
• Strong hands-on experience in all phases of the Software Quality Assurance process and methodologies.
• Experience in coordinating on shore and off shore resources.
• Well acquainted with Defect Tracking systems like HP ALM-Quality Center.
• Possess excellent leadership qualities and can work individually and in a team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: HTML, C, C++, Java, VB Script, SQL

Requirements Management: HP ALM/Quality Center 11

Project/Test Management: HP ALM/Quality Center - ALM 11, ALM-HP Performance Center 12/11.5/11/9.5

Defect Management: HP/Mercury Quality Center 11/10/9.0, Version One(scrum methodology)

Functional Test Automation Tools: QTP 11/10/9.0, Soap UI, Selenium IDE and Web Driver

Performance Testing Tools: HP Load Runner 12.02/ /10/9.0 ALM-HP Performance Center 12.02/11.5/11, Visual Studio Ultimate 2013/2015

RDMBS: Oracle 10g/9i/8i, MS SQL Server 2005/2000, Sybase, MS Access, LDAP

Web Debugging Tool: Firebug, Xpather, Fiddler

SAP: SAP GUI 7.1

Test Framework/ Build Tool: Junit / Ant

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/NT, UNIX, LINUX

Monitoring tools: Sitescope, Perfmon, Esamon, Wily Introscope, DynaTrace

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Cleveland, Ohio

Sr. Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with application development, architecture, infrastructure and engineering groups in defining performance testing requirements, approaches, success criteria, and validating application performance optimizations.
• Coordinated with the stake holders and obtain clarifications on performance requirements.
• Involved in Business functionality review meetings and Use-Case Analysis and developing the templates for User/Customer Training and documentation.
• Reviewing and analyzing performance test plan and decision making based on performance test result using multiple software's and protocols.
• Create the web tests for xml, JSON and UI applications using Visual Studio Ultimate 2013/2015.
• Worked on enhancing the web tests with transaction names, think times, parameterizing, Extraction rules etc.
• Created the load tests with the load pattern and run settings defined.
• Ran tests for Average, Peak, Future and Full load with the SLA’s defined for each load scenario.
• Develop test scripts with Web HTTP/HTML, Web Services, Ajax TruClient, Web Click and Script, Citrix and executed end to end performance testing using Load Runner.
• Customized Load runner scripts in C language like String manipulation, Business Logic for Load Runner Scripts.
• Created customized load Runner VuGen scripts at API level with manual correlation, user defined functions, development libraries (classes and methods), and error handling.
• Enhanced Vuser scripts by adding correlations, parameters, condition controls, and checking/validation functions.
• Involved in establishing a new performance test baseline to develop a new performance benchmark and execution of the new benchmark.
• Develop and implement load and stress/break tests with Performance center, and present performance statistics to application teams, and provide recommendations on how and where performance can be improved.
• Created rendezvous point for Performance test scenarios to find deadlocks.
• Perform in-depth analysis using Load Runner analysis tool to isolate points of failure in the application.
• Identify Disk Usage, CPU, and Memory leaks for Web and Database servers and how the servers are performing during load testing.
• Responsible for running Break test and longevity test to find System Stability and memory leaks.
• Investigate and troubleshoot performance problems in a lab environment.
• Monitor the Resources metrics using Dynatrace and Sitescope monitoring tools to find the application performance bottlenecks.
• Ensure that performance issues are appropriately identified, analyzed, documented, tracked and resolved.

Environment: Visual Studio Ultimate 2013, Load Runner 12.02/11.52, SOAP UI 5.1, ALM Performance Center 12/11.5, Java, Java Servlets, Web Services, WebLogic, JavaScript, Dyna Trace 6.2, SQL Profiler, Oracle 11i, Windows 7/XP, IE 9/8.

Confidential, Columbus, Ohio

Sr. Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Verified requirements coverage by conducting walkthrough meetings of Test plan and scenarios with business analysts, Project manager and test supervisors.
• Worked closely with the development teams to review project plans, requirements specification, design documents.
• Responsible for developing a Performance Testing Plan and Performance Testing strategy based on the business specification requirements and user requirements.
• CreatedWeb, SAPGUI and SAP Web, Web Service, Database, Winsock, Client/Server & RTEVuser scripts and executed end to end performance testing using LoadRunner.
• Customized Loadrunner scripts in C language like String manipulation, Business Logic for LoadRunner Scripts.
• Experience with different LoadRunner protocols like SAP GUI, SAP Web, HTTP/HTML, Web service.
• Created customized LoadRunner VuGen scripts at API level with manual correlation, user defined functions, development libraries (classes and methods), and error handling.
• Enhanced Vuser scripts by adding correlations, parameters, condition controls, and checking/validation functions.
• Develop Vugen Scripts for load testing with 3000 Vusers to find bottlenecks in the server and deadlocks in the database.
• Develop and implement load and stress/break tests with Performance center, and present performance statistics to application teams, and provide recommendations on how and where performance can be improved.
• Created Test Case Scenarios and Scheduled the Virtual user to generate realistic load on the server using Performance Center.
• Perform in-depth analysis using Load Runner analysis tool to isolate points of failure in the application.
• Worked with SAP Portal, MDM architects and SAP Basis team to analyze the performance issues
• Identify Disk Usage, CPU, and Memory leaks for Web and Database servers and how the servers are performing during load testing.
• Responsible for running Break test and longevity test to find System Stability and memory leaks.
• Investigate and troubleshoot performance problems in a lab environment.
• Monitor the Resources metrics using Sitescope, HP Diagnostics and Esamon monitoring tools to find the application performance bottlenecks.
• Ensure that performance issues are appropriately identified, analyzed, documented, tracked and resolved.

Environment: Load Runner 12.02/11.52, SOAP UI 5.1 and ALM- Performance Center 12/11.5, Java J2EE 1.5, JSF, Java Servlets, Web Services, Weblogic, JavaScript, CA Wily Introscope, SQL Profiler, Oracle 11i, Windows 7/XP.Vista, IE 9/8.

Confidential

Sr. Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered the requirements and compiled them into Test Plan.
• Followed Agile Methodologies (Scrum).
• Responsible for implementing Load Runner, Performance Center based infrastructure including: Architecting the load testing infrastructure, hardware & software integration with LoadRunner.
• Prepared Test Cases, Vugen Scripts, Load Test, Test Data, Execute Test, Validate Results, Manage Defects and Report Results.
• Independently develop LoadRunner test scripts according to test specifications/requirements.
• Used Performance Center to define performance requirement like SLA in test.
• Created test scripts using VUgen and generated the Load test according to the requirement using ALM Performance Center.
• Developed test scripts using Load Runner (VUGen) with various protocols including, Web/HTTP, Ajax Truclient, Web (click and script), Ajax (Click and Script).
• Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks during the development lifecycle.
• Used Wily Introscope tool to monitor the servers and systems to identify bottlenecks.
• Created Health Checks for several services using SOAP UI 4.0.1.
• Created automation test scripts using Selenium IDE.
• Designed and Developed automation script using Selenium and web driver.
• Automation of functional testing framework for all modules using Selenium and webdriver.
• Developed and Executed JUnit Test cases using Eclipse IDE and debugged errors using Eclipse ANT.
• Creating Xpath / CSS locators for selenium scripts.
• Involved in design and development of customized selenium/webdriver frame work. Capable of handling high volume testing in selenium grid architecture.
• Worked on Testing of FedEx services which uses XML, JSON features.
• Verified requirements coverage by conducting walkthrough meetings of Test plan and scenarios with business analysts, Project manager and test supervisors.
• Generated Project status reports through Version One (Scrum) and Document Generator for team meetings and Management review.

Environment: Load Runner 11.5, Selenium IDE, SOAP UI 4.0.1, ALM- Performance Center 11, Java J2EE 1.5, JSF, Java Servlets, Web Services, WebLogic, JavaScript, Wily Introscope, SQL Profiler, Oracle 11i, Windows 7/XP.Vista, IE 9/8.

Confidential

QA Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering the Business requirements and System specifications to understand the application.
• Prepared detailed Master Test Plan for each Load.
• Developed test scripts using Load Runner (VUGen) with various protocols including, Web/HTTP, Ajax Truclient, Web (click and script), Ajax (Click and Script).
• Used Parameterization and dynamic correlation for the VuGen scripts to ensure the caching does not happen and emulate real time conditions with Vuser actions.
• Created and executed various scenarios using Load Runner Controller and performance Center to mimic production behavior.
• Conducted load tests by calling scripts from test plan to test lab in ALM-HP performance center.
• Analyzed the test results using analysis both in Load Runner Controller and Performance Center.
• Involved in Creating detailed analysis report and Performance test summary reports for several projects
• Generated Project status reports thru Quality Center and Document Generator for team meetings and Management review.
• Developed Automation Scripts that runs around 1500 test cases in a single run without any exceptions in UAT region for regression testing.
• Tested new test cases and automated them for further loads to reduce testing effort and time using Quick Test Professional.
• Tested new test cases and automated them for future releases and regression testing to reduce testing effort and time using Quick Test Professional.
• Developed Vugen Scripts for load testing with around 2000 vusers to find bottlenecks in the server and deadlocks in the database.
• Did Code and SQL profiling to identify the code level performance issues and assisted in fine tuning the code and SQL commands
• Written procedural documents for Application Maintenance Releases and updated test reports with the new enhanced changes.
• Used Sitescope tool to monitor the servers and systems to identify bottlenecks.

Environment: Load Runner 11, ALM/Quality Center, and ALM- Performance Center 11, QTP 11, Java J2EE 1.5, JSF, Java Servlets, Web Services, WebLogic, JavaScript, Wily Introscope, SQL Profiler, Oracle 10g, Windows 7/XP.Vista, IE 9/8.

Confidential 

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing the Business requirements and System specifications to understand the application.
• Responsible for developing test scripts using Load Runner 9.5/11 using various protocols including, Web/HTTP, Web Services, Oracle NCA, and Oracle 11i.
• Used Oracle Protocol to test the build on Oracle forms.
• Used Parameterization and dynamic correlation for the VuGen scripts to ensure the caching does not happen and emulate real time conditions with Vuser actions.
• Created and executed various scenarios using Load Runner Controller to mimic production behavior.
• Prepared detailed Master Test Plan for each Load.
• Migrated manual test cases into QuickTest professional (QTP) scripts for Regression testing using Web and Java add-in’s and advanced functions using VB Script.
• Exported Test Cases using Mercury Excel add-in into Quality Center and converted them into Test Scenarios for automating in Test Plan and Test Lab module.
• Generated Project status reports thru Quality Center and Document Generator for team meetings and Management review.
• Tested new test cases and automated them for further loads to reduce testing effort and time using Quick Test Professional.
• Enhanced Quick Test Scripts for every load to support new and existing functionality for the application for end to end and regression testing.
• Did Code and SQL profiling to identify the code level performance issues and assisted in fine tuning the code and SQL commands
• Conducted various kinds of Benchmark testing, Baseline testing, Stress testing, Smoke testing.
• Used Perfmon, Wily Introscope tools to monitor the servers and systems to identify bottlenecks.

Environment: Load Runner 11, ALM/Quality Center, and Performance Center, QTP 11, Java J2EE 1.5, JSF, Java Servlets, XML, Web Services, Weblogic, JavaScript, CA Wily Introscope, Oracle 10g, Windows 7/XP&Vista, IE 9/8.