Performance Test Engineer Resume
Chicago, IL
SUMMARY:
- Seasoned Q.A. / Q.C. Professional with over 25 years of practical work experience in all aspects of Quality Assurance and Quality Control.
- Varied experience in a wide variety of industries and work environments
- Expertise with a wide variety Development and Q.A. Methodologies (including Agile)
- Experttise with Performance Testing, Monitoring & Capacity Management
- Familiar with all aspects of the SDLC from a Project Management, Q.A. / Q.C, Systems Analysis and Development perspectives
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Chicago, IL
Performance Test Engineer
Technology utilized: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, IE 7 - 9, Firefox, HP LoadRunner 9 - 11.0 SiteScope, Oracle 10g, DynaTrace Ajax Edition, DynaTrace Server Edition, YSlow, HTTPWatch, C++, Java
Responsibilities:
- Independently managed multiple concurrent Performance & Capacity projects.
- Responsible for implementing performance test best practices to coincide with Agile transformation
- Reduced average page load times by > 2 seconds since I have been in the organization
- Created and maintained a robust LoadRunner performance test suite using production Omniture statistics as a basis for model
- Planned, Executed and Reported performance tests based on SLA and success criteria defined in Performance Test Plans
Confidential, Chicago, IL
Q.A. Lead Performance Test Engineer
Technology utilized: Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, IE 7 - 8, HP LoadRunner 8.5, 9.1, 9.5, SiteScope, Oracle 8.1 - 10g, WebSphere, Apache, IIS, .NET, J2EE, C++
Responsibilities:
- Independently managed multiple concurrent Performance & Capacity projects.
- Utilized ISO9001 certified processes for creation of all project artifacts, including Requirements Documents, Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, Results Documents etc.
- Created, maintained and executed performance test scripts / LoadRunner Scenarios utilizing HP - LoadRunner tool suite.
- Conducted various types of performance tests based on user / system SLA requirements.
- Reported performance test success / failure based on SLA and hardware resource consumption.
Confidential, Chicago, IL
Engineer Lead Performance Test Team Lead
Technology utilized: Windows NT, IE 5.5 - 6.5, Mercury Test Director / Quality Center, LoadRunner 7.6 - 8.1, BAC, Topaz - SiteScope, J2EE Probe, Citrix ICA Client, Oracle 8i - 10g, WebSphere, Apache, IIS, Windows XP Professional.
Responsibilities:
- Lead performance test team consisting of up to eight members performance testing & capacity planning for multiple concurrent projects.
- Managed project pipeline, estimate resource/project forecast, and optimize resources to manage ongoing demand.
- Pre-screened, interviewed, hired, trained and acclimated team members to organization as project demands necessitate additions to staff.
- Implemented and continually improve on processes utilized by Shared Services to complete performance tests.
- Engaged with various cross LOB project teams to provide expertise in Q.A. / Q.C. best practice, performance testing, and production monitoring, predictive modeling tools.
- Planned, executed and reported results from: Baseline, Duration, Stress, Network Capacity tests.
- Provided detailed analysis and results for all performance tests run identifying trends, peak efficiency, transaction response times and other metrics related to the tests.
- Planned, facilitated built, supported and maintained infrastructure with which various performance tests are executed.
- Provided savings to Shared Services and Cross LOB project teams by maximizing use of Licenses, Mercury products covered under the ELA, share hardware, resources etc.
Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL
Q.A. Analyst
Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL
Q.A. Team Lead
Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL
Q.A. Analyst
Confidential, Chicago, IL
Q.A. Manager
Confidential, Chicago, IL
Q.A. Manager
