SUMMARY

• 10 years of experience in IT industry with 5+ years of experience as in software testing which includes functional and Performance testing against web - based applications, web service interfaces, and back-end server components.
• Working experience of various phases of SDLC such as Requirement Analysis, Design, Code Construction and Test.
• Experience in End-to-End performance testing life cycle
• Experience working on multiple load testing tools like JMeter, Load Runner/Performance Center and Neo Load
• Expertise in HP Performance Center/ Load Runner (Web/HTTP, Web Services, JAVA, citrix protocols)
• 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
• Building a common dashboard, which 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
• 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.
• Possesses detailed working knowledge of Load Runner components, including VuGen, Controller, Load Generators, 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, load balancing devices, and proxies.
• Team player, result-oriented, fast learner, excellent communication skills with strong research capability.
• Strong collaborator, ability to work independently and in a team as well, ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment, commitment towards learning, Possess excellent communication, project management, documentation, people skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Performance center/ HP LoadRunner, Jmeter, Blaze Meter, NEOLOAD, Fiddler

Management tools: HP Quality Center, Jira, Service now, Synergy

Monitoring Tools/Applications: Wily Introscope, AppDynamics, Dynatrace

Languages: JAVA,J2EE, C, C++, Python

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX ( Solaris, Linux)

Web Development: HTML, REST API

Business Tools: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power point & MS Project

Databases: DB2, Oracle, Sybase 11.x, SQL Server, MS-Access

Other Tools: Toad, SQL Developer, Soap UI.

Application Tools: Weblogic, Tomcat, Ipanet

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, TX

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering business requirement and identify performance test cases.
• Involved in developing test plan 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 Load Runner.
• Conducted load/Stress tests using HP Performance Center/Load runner and communicate with the Developers, Architects, and Managers in the project team.
• Responsible for developing and executing baseline, stress, soak, and volume tests.
• Involved in developing Web services scripts using JMeter and running some POC load tests.
• Analyze the performance test results and pinpointed the bottlenecks of the application.
• Monitoring the application resource usage using monitoring tool like AppDynamics.
• 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, WebLogic, Oracle, SQL, Linux, HP Load Runner/ALM Performance Center, Windows, Console, CA Introscope, JMeter, AppDynamics

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in End-to-End performance testing life cycle
• Involved in gathering business requirement and identify performance test cases.
• Involved in developing test plan 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 Load Runner.
• Involved in developing and enhancing Web services scripts using JMeter.
• Conducted load/Stress tests using HP Performance Center/Load runner and communicate 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 tool like AppDynamics and shell scripts.
• 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, Web Logic, Oracle, SQL, Linux, HP Load Runner/ALM Performance Center, JMeter, F5 Load Balancer, Windows, Jconsole, AppDynamics, Siebel 8.1.1.11, IBM DB2, MQ series, Soap UI

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements documents such as business requirements and design document and other related documents.
• Prepared Test Plan, Test Cases, Test scripts and Test data for the application as well as for the database verification based on the functional requirements and test specs.
• Test plan, Test scenarios and test case authoring and execution.
• Defect logging and tracking in QC.
• Prepared the Understanding document, Bug status reports and Requirement traceability matrix for each project
• Participated in Regression testing after each build.
• Interacted with developers to resolve technical issues.
• Responsible in providing regular test reports to Release Manager.
• Participated in daily Walk Through and Defect report meetings.
• Performed system testing to ensure the validity of the requirements and mitigation of risks prior to formal acceptance.
• Identified defects in system testing, end to end testing regression testing, UAT testing, logged these defects using rational clear quest with proper severity and priority and performed defect life cycle.
• Performed functional testing of REST Web Services using SOAP UI Tool.
• Actively participated in daily team meetings.
• Interacted with other external teams for environment availability and work towards resolution.

Environment: Java, Web Logic, Oracle, SQL, Solaris, HTML, SQL developer, Remedy.

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis & Understand the Business Requirements for multiple projects Auto insurance project.
• Test Planning, Smoke testing, regression testing, system testing and creating test artifacts (test scenarios, test cases) for various projects.
• Regression testing by coordinating proactively with external teams.
• Authoring and Execution of test cases for two releases which involves validation processes like test script review and approval by compliance team, multiple levels of reviews and approval of test runs.
• Peer reviews of test cases and Test deliverables in the team and ensured that validation processes were followed as per quality standard set by client.
• Identifying the test data for each module and prepare the same.
• Identifying the bugs/defects during testing phase and report immediately.
• Responsible for creating CQ query to pull defect reports across multiple projects that reduced the effort by 60%.

Environment: Java, J2EE, JSP 2.0, PL/SQL, Spring 2.0, EJB 2.0, JMS, JNDI, Oracle, XML, DOM, SOAP, Rationale Rose, Eclipse IDE, BEA WebLogic 7.0, Hibernate 2.0, JDBC, MS SQL Server 2008