SUMMARY

• Experience with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle, including developing Test Cases, Test Plans, and reporting results analytically to stakeholders.
• Ability to install, configure, and use all components of LoadRunner, including VUGen, Controller, Analysis, and Load Generators.
• Experience in Developing, maintaining and Analyzing Requirements, NFR, Technical Specifications, Test Strategy, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, System Specifications, Use - Cases, Test Summary Reports, Bug Reports, and Track Report
• Experience in the agile development environment with frequently changing requirements and feature set.
• Strong problem-solving skills and excellent time management skills.
• Analyzed data for defects or potential problems and used problem solving skills to come up with solutions.
• Expertise in automated testing by utilizing the sift left method for Agile and Waterfall environments using Jenikins.
• Quickly learn and adapt to new projects, tools, and technologies and evaluate their applicability for testing.
• Work independently and collaboratively in a diverse technical team as a highly motivated, self-starter.
• Excellent understanding of the significance of performance testers in the development and maintenance of software applications.
• Experienced in both manual and automated functional testing of Web and Client/Server applications using automated tools such asHP/Mercury tools.
• Delivery of regular test and analytical performance progress, status, defect, projected and actual execution, risk assessment and impact reports to the members of management, technical, non-technical audiences, and project team (on site /offshore).
• Developed and executed automated test scripts for Client/Server, Windows, Unix/Linux, Web Services, and Web based applications using HP LoadRunner.
• Expertise in executing VuGen scripts in LoadRunner for Performance, Load, and Stress Testing, and generating reports using the Analysis tool.
• Extensive experience with the Web (HTTP/HTML) and Web Services (SOAP service and REST).
• For debugging and executing LoadRunner scripts, programming knowledge such as C, C++, Java, and PL/SQL is required.
• Experience with application performance monitoring and optimization using Splunk and AppDynamics
• Designed, executed, and analyzed automated functional and performance tests in Loadrunner
• Analysis of performance bottlenecks, end-to-end performance, and web performance measures like server response time, throughput and network latency.
• Worked on System Performance Testing Methodologies like Spike, Stress and Endurance Tests.
• Scripting and programming experience (C#, XML, Visual Studio)
• Analyzed results UsingLoadRunner Analysis, and StormRunner.
• Monitored client server applications, web server, and application server, database servers with tools like SiteScope.
• Analyzed performance graphs and reports to identify network/client delays, CPU /memory usage, I/O delays, database locking and other issues at server level.
• Experience in monitoring Web Servers like Apache, Tomcat and Application Servers such as Microsoft IIS, Web sphere, Web logic,
• Glassfish and Database Servers Such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Oracle during different types of Performance Testing.
• Knowledge of scripting languages like VBScript, Java & C
• Adept in formulating Test Plans, Test cases, Test Scenarios, Test Approach and setting up testing environment. Experienced in writing Training documents, Traceability Matrix.
• Created comprehensive performance and automation test results reports
• Continues to learn about new techniques and technologies (currently taking Microsoft Azure Cloud training)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows 7, Vista, XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows NT, AIX, Solaris.

Testing Tools: LoadRunner, LRE, StormRunner, AppDynamics, Foglight, HP ALM, Mercury/HP Performance Center, SoapUI, LoadUI, HP Quality Center, ALM, JIRA,, Site scope, Kanban, Fiddler.

Protocols: HTTP/HTML, Web services, ODBC, JDBC, AJAX, Trueclient

Languages: Java, C, C++, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, XHTML, XML, JSON, Visual Studio, VSTS

Web Servers: Microsoft IIS, Apache, Tomcat

Application Servers: Web Logic, IBM Web Sphere, Glassfish

Databases: My SQL, MS SQL Server 200x, Oracle, LDAP, Access, Sybase, DB2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York

Performance Test Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developed performance test scripts in LoadRunner Vugen, enhanced the scripts to meet the test scenarios, troubleshooted run-time errors, and adjusted run-time settings.
• Enhanced the script by adding correlation rules based on the server response for dynamic values.
• Executed performance test scripts using LRE or Jenkins.
• Designed, implemented, and analyzed an Integrated Load Test (ILT) consisting of multiple applications running simultaneously.
• Analyzed data for defects or potential problems and developed solutions.
• Using the 80/20 rule as a guide. Focusing on 80% of the workload and 20% of the business processes.
• Performance bottlenecks, end-to-end performance, and web performance measures such as server response time, throughput, and network latency are analyzed.
• Developed and implemented Performance Testing Methodologies such as Spike, Stress, and Endurance tests.
• Monitored client server applications, web servers, application servers, and database servers with tools such as foglight.
• Analyzed performance graphs and reports to identify network/client delays, CPU /memory usage, I/O delays, database locking and other issues at server level.
• Analyzed different graphs such as transaction response time, hits per second, throughput, windows resources, and database server resources.
• Familiarity with both manual and automated functional testing of Web and client/server applications
• Assist as an Automation Tester and test to ensure the application is functioning as per the design documentation and functional requirements.
• Monitored system resource, memory usage on a system level as well as on process level to identify memory leak, and cpu utilization using Appdynamics.
• Performance troubleshooting using AppD for Heap dump & thread dump.
• Consulted with cross functional teams of developers, DBAs and architects to understand project objectives and gather performance automation requirements.
• Generated performance test reports and explained the results in a clear and concise manner.
• Reporting and Bug Tracking using various tools.
• Conducted meetings with developers, application team, business team to analyze the defects evaluate the test executions.
• Jenkins gatekeeper for component tests
• Develop performance test data strategies for WebService scripts like SOAP/REST.
• Understand the logical and physical test environment, software and hardware architectures
• Assist in performance test requirements reviews for large-scale critical projects by gathering metrics about business volume and assembling workload transactions.
• Involved in the decision-making process for final application releases.

Confidential, Lakeland, Florida

Lead Performance Tester

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implemented Benchmark tests against non-clustered and clustered application configurations.
• Utilized LoadRunner extensively for script development and performance testing.
• Validate the performance and stability of the system by performing load tests.
• LoadRunner scripts were executed for Performance, Load, and Stress Testing using the Controller and reports were generated using the Analysis tool.
• Extensively worked on Web (HTTP/HTML) and Web Services (Soap service and REST)
• While executing scripts from LoadRunner Controller, monitored graphs such as Throughput, Hits/Sec, Transaction, Response time, Windows Resources (Memory Utilization, CPU Utilization, Threads, etc.).
• Validate the performance and stability of the system by performing load tests.
• Review existing test procedures and recommend improvements.
• Work closely with other engineers/managers to ensure that release commitments are met on time and with high quality.
• Provide assistance to Software Development engineering team members concerning test results, analysis, any defects found, response time, debugging, automation and testing support, and managing releases & updates.
• Worked extensively with protocols (HTTP/HTML & WebService- REST & SOAP ).
• Prepare test summary reports for management review.
• Perform root cause analysis and provide corrective actions for performance issues. Provide job training and assistance to Junior Test Engineers as needed.
• Support the design, development, and deployment of projects.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

QA-Performance Tester

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for developing, maintaining, and analyzing requirements, test plans, technical specifications, test scenarios, test cases, system specifications, use cases, test time reports, bug reports, tracking reports, and traceability matrixes based on business requirements.
• Using Dynatrace, monitored system resources, memory usage on a system-level and on a process-level to identify memory leaks and garbage collection.
• Collaborated with testers developers project managers and other team members in test team project complex.
• Provided client and employer with daily and weekly status reports.
• Ran several peak tests of 1-hour steady state, endurance test, and breakpoint test.
• Developed test metrics, bug databases, and server metrics..
• Involved in the decision making with the management for final application release.
• Gathered business requirement, studied the application and collected the information from the analysis tool.
• Assisted Software Developers in isolating, tracking, debugging, and troubleshooting defects
• Analysis of performance bottlenecks, end-to-end performance, and web performance measures like server response time, throughput, and network latency. Worked on System Performance Testing Methodologies like Spike, Stress and Endurance Tests.
• Written Test Plan, Test Scenario, and Test Scripts.
• Involved in developing the Test Plan Strategy, build the test client and test environment.
• WebService SOAPUI Testing
• Monitoring and optimizing against client agent bottle necks.
• Performed testing no-load, med-load, and full-load while analyzing the system.
• Ran multiple investigative and validation performance tests
• Identified system capacity, system scalability, and stability under stable load as well as peak load test.
• Loadrunner was used to simulate multiple virtual user scenarios.
• Involved in the decision making with the management for final applications releases.