SUMMARY

• Around 8 years of expertise in software testing which includes functional (manual) and Performance testing against web - based applications, web service interfaces, and back-end server components.
• Strong background in performance / load testing for web, client server, n-tier configurations.
• Experience developing Performance Test Plan and Test Data Strategy.
• Excellent knowledge in end-to-end performance testing process and methodologies.
• Experience working on multiple load testing tools like Load runner, JMeter and Neo Load.
• Skillful in Identifying production metrics & historical data critical to performance/load testing efforts
• Played major role in analyzing performance testing results along with providing performance enhancing recommendations to application teams
• Experience testing various protocols including Web (http/html), Web- Click & Script, Web services, Windows socket, Java, MQ series server.
• Expertise in performance testing for data center migrations and upgrade.
• Interface with developers, project managers, and management in the development, execution and reporting of performance test results
• Expert in the different types of testing that include Shakeout and Smoke testing, Endurance testing, Load testing, benchmark testing and Stress testing.
• Performing load and performance tests against web-based applications, (SOA) Web Service interfaces UNIX/LINUX, Database
• Maintaining an online repository for current status and reports of the project.
• Building a common dashboard, that acts as a single point of viewing all the analysis data about each and every activity.
• Building and presenting a performance trend graph for the application by determining its behavior at various user loads.
• Analyzing the application behavior for performance constraints by conducting different types of load test.
• Assisted team lead in python programming to write some automation on Test scenarios.
• Programming or scripting language skills such as Ruby on Rail, Python.
• Monitoring Database and Application server, generating reports for their performance during load tests.
• Good experience working in agile development environment. Experience in developing Performance Test Plan, Test cases.
• Conversant with Key Performance Indicators (KPI) viz., threading, concurrency, response time, latency, throughput, fault tolerance,loadbalancing, and high availability. Knowledgeable on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), web services, and messaging transports / technologies.
• Network experience and Python experience is a plus.
• Possesses detailed working knowledge of Load Runner components, including VuGen, Controller,LoadGenerators, Agents, and Analysis and Monitoring tools.
• Has detailed experience analyzing Load Runner test results and articulating these into an accurate report for business, development, and management teams as well as operations stakeholders.
• Proficient in articulating modern web application architectural components, including application server containers, session management, authentication and authorization techniques,loadbalancing devices, and proxies.
• Team player, result-oriented, fast learner, excellent communication skills with strong research capability.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: Windows, Sun Solaris, UNIX, LINUX

Hardware: IBM PC/AT compatibles, Sun Solaris Workstations

Languages: C, C++, C#, COBOL, Java, COBOL, ASP.net.

Web Technologies: SERVLET, JDBC, EJB, JSP, HTML, XML.

Middleware: COM, DCOM, web methods, Data power, and MQ Series.

Scripting: UNIX, VB script, Java Script,Python.

Web servers: Web logic 5.1, J2EE, Java Web Server, IBM Web Sphere.

RDBMS: Oracle11i, PL/SQL, MS Access, SQL Server7.0, MS SQLand DB2

GUI / Front-end: Visual Basic 5.0/6.0, Power Builder5.0, Developer 2000(Forms4.0Reports 2.5)

Testing Tools: Load Runner 11.0, Performance Center 11.0, Wily Introscope, Clear Quest, JMETER, QTP, Quality Center 11.0, ITKO/CA LISA, App Dynamics

Documentation: MS-WORD, MS-EXCEL, MS-Office and VISIO-5.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in End-to-End performance testing life cycle
• Involved in gathering business requirements and identifying performance test cases.
• Involved in developing test plans which include scope, test strategies, test scenarios, types of tests, test summary reports and test execution metrics.
• Involved in developing and enhancing the Web (HTTP-HTML), Web services scripts using HP LoadRunner.
• Responsible for developing and executing load, stress, endurance, spike tests.
• Analyze the results using Performance center and based on Analysis pinpointed the bottlenecks of the application.
• Monitoring the application resource usage using monitoring tools like Introscope.
• Ensure the compatibility of all application platform components, configurations and their upgrade levels in production and make necessary changes to the lab environment to match production.
• Performed Testing methodologies.
• Performance load test at Database level using stored procedures
• Performance load test using batch processing jobs.
• Tracked and management performance defects Using Track Record
• Responsible in developing and maintain the test scripts for new migration of the application.
• Always met the deadline when required to do Regression testing and multi-browser testing.
• Submitted High level test results summary report to the team.
• Coordinate with offshore team members and communicate status updates on testing activities to the Project Management Team

Environment: Quality Center, Java, XML, Manual testing, SOAP, REST, MS SQL Server, JSON, Jira.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Performance Test analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in End-to-End performance testing life cycle
• Involved in gathering business requirements and identifying performance test cases.
• Involved in developing test plans which include scope, test strategies, test scenarios, types of tests, test summary reports and test execution metrics.
• Involved in developing and enhancing the Web (HTTP-HTML), Web services scripts using HP LoadRunner.
• Conducted load/Stress tests using HP Performance Center/Load runner and communicating with the Developers, Architects, and Managers in the project team.
• Responsible for developing and executing baseline, stress, soak and volume tests.
• Analyze the results using Performance center and based on Analysis pinpointed the bottlenecks of the application.
• Monitoring the application resource usage using monitoring tools like Introscope.
• Ensure the compatibility of all application platform components, configurations and their upgrade levels in production and make necessary changes to the lab environment to match production.
• Submitted High level test results summary report to the team.
• Coordinate with offshore team members and communicate status updates on testing activities to the Project Management Team

Environment: Java, J2EE, Web Logic, Oracle, SQL, Linux, Python, F5 Load Balancer, Windows, MQ series Testing Tools: LoadRunner/ALM Performance Center/App dynamics

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering business requirements for the project by interacting with the business and holding sessions with Technical Architects and Developers.
• Understanding the impact of various CRs on Web, App, DB tiers
• Deriving on user loads from Live Volumetric and further designing an effective Performance Test scenario to emulate live system traffic
• Scripts creation for Identified business functionalities and enhancing them by using parameterization, Correlation Techniques and using Web/LR specific functions wherever necessary
• Assisted team lead in python programming to write some automation on Test scenarios
• Designing and Executing Performance Test scenarios in HP LR Controller.
• Monitoring various performance parameters during the test across all the tiers (Web/App/DB servers) and application specific parameters.
• Analyzing the results and preparation of reports for various tests conducted and circulating them to the concerned stakeholders
• Walkthrough of E2E performance test results in calls with Designers and Technical Architects
• Following up with the concerned teams for the issues raised
• Responsible for handling client communication throughout the test cycle
• Attending Daily Standup calls, External/Client Review calls and updating them performance test status and dependencies if any
• Sending daily and weekly status reports as per build line
• Preparing Performance Test Plan, Performance Test strategy and Performance Test log
• Guiding the team in terms of identification of User journeys and developing scripts
• Providing detailed test execution reports to concerned stakeholders on a periodic basis

Environment: Java, J2EE, oracle, Iplanet, tomcat, Linux, XML, Rest Services, UNIX, DB2, SQL, SOAP UI, Quality Center, Vugen, Web services, WSDL, EJB, HP Service Test, QTP, VMware, WPS, WMB, IBM Web Sphere, Web sphere application server (WAS), Nmon, AIX

Confidential, Lakeland, FL

Performance Tester

Responsibilities:

• Developed solutions to performance issues using HP Load Runner.
• Developed and maintained the performance test script in HP Load runner 9.0.
• Analyzed the output log for the cause of errors.
• Understood the application and wrote test cases, scripts and conditions using HP Load runner.
• Experienced building performance engineering tool add ins
• Build and test automated performance or load test scripts using Load Runner.
• Involved in Total Testing Life cycle
• Developed Test Execution Matrices during the test cycle
• Create Test Data that satisfy the requirements
• Analyzed test cases for automation and used Quick Test Professional (QTP) to automatemanualtest scripts for Regression and Functional testing.
• Involved inmanualtesting of the application, creating test plans, test cases and documentation.
• Used Quality Center for requirements management, planning, scheduling, running tests defect tracking and managing the defects.
• Performmanualtesting as well as functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing and End to End testing of SOAP/REST web services using SOAP UI tool.
• Performed Web Services testing and Validated XML request/response data using SOAP.

Environment: Windows 2000 NT, UNIX, Oracle 8.x, DB2, VB 6.0, SQL, PL/SQL, Crystal Reports 8.0, SOAP UI, Web services, WSDL, App Dynamics, QTP, Performance Center, Windows Scripting,.