SUMMARY

• Over 6 years of Experience in the IT industry with emphasis on Performance Engineering.
• Expert in server - side monitoring, and test result analysis using Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, SiteScope and CA Introscope to identify performance bottlenecks.
• Involved in load testing of various modules and software application using LoadRunner.
• Extensively worked in web, web services, Citrix and Ajax Truclient in LoadRunner.
• Extensive working knowledge in Load Runner, JMeter, Performance Center and Fiddler.
• Strong programming skills in UNIX, C, C++, Java and worked extensively on performance testing Java & J2EE Applications.
• Possess ability to work in teams and individual environment and holding a good experience in handling large team.
• Gathered business requirements after studying the application and collecting the information from developers and the business users.
• Identify Performance Tuning issues dat impacted application performance.
• Used Performance Center to manage LoadRunner scripts and scenarios.
• Working closely with QA to develop and deploy testbeds for automated regression testing, and branch stability tests.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: LoadRunner, App Dynamics, Dynatrace, Grafana, Splunk, Performance Center, JMeter, Vdbench, IIS, CA Introscope and SiteScopeDatabase Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2, MS Access, My SQL.

Languages: MYSQL, HTML, XML, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, ASP, C #, Shell Scripting, perl, python.

Operating Systems: MS DOS, Windows NT/XP/Vista, UNIX, Linux, Sun-Solaris, HP-UX.

Other Tools: Jira, Jenkins, HP Quality center

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, ATLANTA, GA

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements from the project teams and published performance test strategy
• Created impact assessment for the projects assigned.
• Communicated to the environment team to setup environment for testing the applications identified for performance test.
• Created scripts for testing using protocols such as web HTTP/HTML, web services, Ajax Truclient etc.
• Executed load test in HP Performance Center and Controller.
• Identified memory leak in IE browser by collecting metrics from citrix browser.
• Used IE profiler to identify the memory leak issue through IE browser.
• Extensively used Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics and HP Web diagnostics during and after the load test to identify issues observed during the test.
• Experience in Defect reporting, Tracking and resolving using HP Quality Center.
• Developed scripts using VuGen, Design scenarios and prepare valid Data for testing.
• Created test data by creating and running VuGen script and Pulled data from Oracle DB to get the valid data for testing.
• Stored test data in VTS table for testing and restarted VTS port.
• Performed production test in production before the project goes live during testing window.
• Collaborate with development team for application's performance issues troubleshooting and assist development.
• Manual testing of the scenario using different tools like http watch, fiddler, Postman and SOAP UI to see the response time and perform basic sanity after code drops.

ENVIRONMENT: LoadRunner, Performance Center, Citrix, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, Excel, Oracle, IISMS SQL Server, Web logic, JAVA, J2EE Diagnostic Tool, Windows, Linux.

Confidential, DENVER, CO

PERFORMANCE ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed non-functional requirements and developed performance test plans.
• Responsible for developing and executing performance and volume tests.
• Analyzed various graphs generated by LoadRunner Analysis and other tools and communicated bottlenecks to the system administrators.
• Changed the runtime settings such as pacing, Think-time, Log settings, browser emulation and timeout settings in LoadRunner VUGEN and controller to simulate the real scenario.
• Executed baseline, load, stress and endurance tests using Performance Center.
• Used Dynatrace agent-based metrics and web tagged requests from headers in LoadRunner scripts to identify bottlenecks.
• Responsible for setting up and maintaining SiteScope monitors.
• Extensively used Dynatrace to diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Created test scripts using VuGen (data parameterization, correlation etc.).
• Interacted with project team and developed the performance test plan.
• Coordinated with project technical team on remediating performance bottlenecks.
• Experience in creating performance test scripts and configuration of performance tests using Performance testing tools like HP Performance center and JMeter.
• Helped Team in running Automated test through JMeter.
• Manual testing of the scenario using different tools like http watch, fiddler to see the response time.

ENVIRONMENT: LoadRunner, JMeter, Performance Center, Citrix, Dynatrace, SiteScope, Excel, Oracle, IISMS SQL Server, Web logic, JAVA, J2EE Diagnostic Tool, Windows

Confidential, DURHAM, NC

PERFORMANCE /QA ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Kick-off performance testing projects for the releases
• Collect and analyze performance testing requirements from the client
• Preparing and presenting performance test plan to the stake holders and collect signoffs on test plan, executes documentation for assigned portion of an application, identifying and debugging.
• Effectively perform root cause analysis of issues and report the outcome to business community and Management.
• Perform testing and production builds involving data changes and stored procedure building while following established change management procedures.
• Working closely with QA to develop and deploy testbeds for automated regression testing, and branch stability tests.
• Looks at problems in programs/products and carry out technical feasibility tests to map the right solution to customer need and Influences decisions for translation to design for projects of complex nature
• To provide the testing strategy, perform regular testing on target to ensure the product performance
• Communicate and collaborate with other team members and comply with internal software development processes and procedures
• Implementing simulations and other analysis tools to predict system performance in various environments
• Work with Cloud Architecture to make sure there are tools in place for monitoring the system, and log management to effectively handle incidents.
• Provide on-going tracking and monitoring of performance of deployed decision systems and statistical models
• Responsible for establishing internal trending reports and use them to develop processes conducive for effective issue resolution and prevention.
• Log defects if required and work with developer to fix those issues.
• Experience with design for software and firmware running on multiple platform types.
• Analyze performance test results and check for fine tune the application
• Present test results to the stakeholders, collect signoffs and close the project.
• Innovate and generate new ideas, concepts and models to improve methods of obtaining and evaluating quantitative and qualitative datafor performance testing
• Efficiently used and applied Standard Development Life Cycle methods and industry best practices.
• Setup new environments for performance testing needs.

ENVIRONMENT: Hardware: Confidential models, AF1000, CS3000-DOH, AF5000-FC, HF20, Vdbench, JenkinsJira, Python, Perl.

Confidential, NEWPORT NEWS, VA

PERFORMANCE TESTER

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed requirements, and design documents.
• Developed performance test plan based on business and technical requirements.
• Used LoadRunner tool for testing and monitoring.
• Working extensively on Web (Http/html) and Web Services protocols.
• Collected the frequency of JVM Heap and Garbage Collection in application servers.
• Added performance measurements for various servers using CA IntroScope.
• Participated in requirement analysis and prepared performance test documents.
• Responsible for performance testing and tuning of multiple applications.

ENVIRONMENT: LoadRunner, Performance, SiteScope, IIS, Web Logic, Quality Center, Oracle, SQL, Windows.