SUMMARY:

• Excellent time management, leadership, organization and customer service skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills and performance testing/engineering process understanding
• Able to work independently or in a team with diverse populations
• Strong work ethic, dependable, task oriented, quick learner

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Systems Engineering, Performance Engineering & Testing, Load Testing, Stress Testing, Systems Administration, SOASTA Cloud Test, Load Runner, Performance Center, BMC Monitoring, CA Wily Introscope Monitoring, CA APM Monitoring, App Dynamics, Application Life Cycle Management (ALM), Quality Center, Shunra Network Virtualization, Universal Configuration Management Database (UCMDB)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Senior Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead in providing test design guidance and consultation with respect to performance testing best practices, utilizing a thorough understanding of applicable technology, tools and existing designs.
• Responsible for the ongoing performance testing of Wholesale initiatives.
• Responsible for working with many groups within IT and the business on analysis, design, and development efforts to ensure high - quality testable deliverables and to plan, design, develop and execute performance test cases and track defects.
• Analyze performance test results and communicate in non-technical terms to business partners and IT management.
• Provide coding direction to less experienced staff on developing highly complex original automation scripts.
• Expert technical resource in the performance domain.
• Verify testing program logic by overseeing the preparation of test data, testing and debugging of programs.
• Oversee overall systems testing and the migration of platforms and applications to production.
• Develop new documentation, departmental technical procedures, and user guides.
• Assure quality, security and compliance requirements are met for supported area.

Confidential, Mooresville, NC

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Plan, design, manage, execute, and report tests using appropriate testing/monitoring tools and techniques for the Corporate Services, Commerce, Mobile, and Digital Interface technologies.
• Responsible for verifying that the product/software under test adheres to standards and compliance to ensure that new and amended systems, together with any interfaces perform as specified in the requirements.
• Responsible for examining and evaluating functional and non-functional requirements from the business as they pertain to performance compliance of both infrastructure and software in addition to assisting in the definition, methods, and tools to uncover performance issues.
• Utilize performance/monitoring tools, analyze results, and resolve performance related issues to include optimization and tuning.
• Create Performance Test Strategy.
• Write Performance Test Plans.
• Create Performance Test Scripts.
• Design Performance Test Scenarios.
• Generate detailed reports identifying performance bottlenecks and present them to Management.
• Manage and Coordinate offshore resources by delegating them tasks, to meet Performance Testing goals.
• Coordinate Onsite and Offshore activities.
• Mentor and train new employees.

Confidential, Chattanooga, TN

IT Infrastructure Engineer / IT Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Subject matter expert responsible for defining and executing the performance test plan for Enterprise Systems/Applications.
• Analyze test case scenarios, prepare test case documents, define the performance environment requirements (ALM/PC infrastructure), create performance reports, conduct scripting, execute performance tests, and interpret test results
• C collaborate with IT organizations, business units, and other departments to obtain technical and business requirements to properly test systems/applications
• As requirements change, meet with users, update design, cost estimate, and schedules. I brief project lead and senior leaders on project status, issues, and risks
• Participate in troubleshooting efforts to identify any performance bottlenecks within a system/application
• Research, analyze, design, propose, and deliver IT solutions in support of TVA administrative and business unit needs:
• A leader in the analysis and development of performance and capacity measurements for IT infrastructure
• Develop capacity and performance reports that are used in forecasting future requirements.
• Brief project leads and senior leadership on the project. Defend positions and recommendations.
• Analyze Confidential IT infrastructure, understand and validate user requirements, select appropriate solutions and determine optimum methods to deploy solutions.
• Assist in preparing contract specifications for inclusion in outsourced work efforts.
• Analyze existing IT infrastructure and engineer solutions to optimize performance characteristics. Includes looking at data for trends to forecast future risks, issues, and cost impacts. Identify and communicate mitigations.
• Perform as needed installs, configurations and system integration for IT infrastructure software.
• Evaluate the effects of modifications, changes of operating parameters, and changes in system requirements on existing IT infrastructure and develop solutions to improve performance.