SUMMARY:

• Over 17 years of combined experience in IT Systems Analysis, Design, Develop Application/Database, Performance Architecture, Implementation and testing (full SDLC) process of large and multi - tiered applications.
• Past 12 years have been working as Performance Test Lead/Architect with on/off/near shore teams of 4-15 members. Worked on many large projects in Agile/Waterfall SDLC methodologies, SOA and DevOps process.
• Excellent hands on technical skills in developing performance test scripts in RPT, HP Load Runner, Apache JMeter and RadView WebLoad.
• Experience in Production usage analysis, usage trends, resource monitoring, capacity planning and make recommendation for appropriate sizing of various dependent subsystems and AWS.
• Experience in gathering non-functional gathering, architect and designing performance test scenarios, scripts, execute performance tests, analyze test data, suggest tuning recommendations, troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, document results and present results to management.
• Extensive Performance testing of Middle-ware, Web Services, Web-logic, JBoss, SOAP XML, SOA and Batch processes. Implemented automated testing processes and tools for various projects to expedite the quality deliverable to save time and reduce cost.
• Used various monitoring tools such as NMON, SiteScope, CatctI, and other Systems Monitoring tool to gather real time server stats while the test was running in Performance Center.
• Experience in Object Oriented Analysis, Design (OOA/OOD) and SOA architecture and Modeling tools.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

GUI: Java/J2EE, VB, .NET, C++, Mainframe, Oracle Forms, MS Access, Citrix

Middle Tier: Lombardi (BPM), SOAP, XML/XSL, Ajax, Web Services

Web/App Servers: JBoss, Weblogic, WebSphere, Tomcat, IIS, Win 2K

Databases: Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MS Access

Operating Systems: Linux, Unix, AIX, Windows

Tools: HP Automation Suits (LoadRunner, QC, PC, QTP, HPD, SiteScope), Rational Performance Tester (RPT), JMeter, WebLoad, Selenium, JIRA, ClearQuest, CactI, Putty, VSS, Wily Introscope, Tivoli, NMON, Compuware dynaTrace, Kibana Elastic Search, NewRelic, App Dynamics, AWS

Languages: VB, ASP, .NET, C, C#, Java, JavaScript, PL/SQL

Modeling Tools: Microsoft Visio, UML, EA, Rational

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Performance Architect

Confidential, Reston, VA

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with other team members to understand the scope of test cases that will be used for automated test scripts. Defines standards, methods and procedures for test automation and write/execute test scripts.
• Prepare summary, analysis report, daily, weekly status report documents, test scenario, test scripts and test execution along with and performance test strategy to accomplish goals in DevOps model.
• Data usage analysis, trends, capacity planning, forecast future need and roadmaps. Identify and implement latest and greatest technologies and reduce cost.
• Documents and reports issues discovered during testing, and reports issues to Management. Creates and contributes to the creation of test plans, test cases, test scenarios, and test data for use during the testing phases of the software development life-cycle, for new and existing software systems/products.
• Monitor, analyze and gather the performance statistics during the test execution.

Environment: Oracle, HP Suits (Perf. Center, LoadRunner, VuGen, QTP, RPT), Webload, JMeter 2.x, UNIX/LINUX, Windows, NMON, Compuware dynaTrace, Kibana Elastic Search, NewRelic, App Dynamics, AWS.

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Performance Engg/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead the performance testing team and gathered non-functional requirements and prepared performance test plan, performance test scripts, identify & debug performance issues. Prepare summary, analysis report, daily, weekly status report documents, test scenario, test scripts and test execution along with and performance test strategy to accomplish goals and implement DevOps processes.
• Data usage analysis, trends, capacity planning, forecast future need and roadmaps. Identify and implement latest and greatest technologies and reduce cost.
• Directly involved in building the Testing Strategies and Test plan, test scripts, methodologies, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Step Document, Master Test Plan document, Comparison Report, Graphs and other matrices report preparation in the Agile testing environment with scrum meetings.
• Finding functional defects and performance bottlenecks in the systems under high load and any potential memory leaks and following regular releases and fix-pack releases. Worked closely with the Business, Architects and other Testing teams on regular basis. Develop, manages, and tracks detailed project plans to ensure timely completion of deliverables.
• Manages scope, risks and assumptions; Identifies and resolves project issues. Select and manage project team members; Leverages knowledge and provides consulting expertise on Program and Project Management methodology, skills, and tools. Used Introscope 6.0/7.0, Cacti graphing, Mission Control, SiteScope, Tivoli, NMON and HP Diagnostics to get stats from different layers of system for monitoring.

Environment: Citrix, Oracle, HP Suits (Perf. Center, LoadRunner, VuGen, QTP, RPT), JMeter 1, UNIX/LINUX, Windows, NMON, Compuware dynaTrace, Kibana Elastic Search, NewRelic, App Dynamics, AWS.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Performance Engg/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked on a quarterly release. Managed and performed full end-2-end automated testing of a very large system with several different test scenarios.
• Evaluate satisfactory functional and performance benchmarks based upon Transaction Response Time, Server CPU performance, disk usage and numerous other metrics gathered during the test.
• Prepared test results, bug reports for different code bases and received sign-offs.
• Designed, Architect automated testing framework for various applications and executed several regression, stress, performance and load tests.
• Discuss, plan and review various testing activities and results during the daily status meetings.

Environment: JAVA, Oracle, Weblogic, WebSphere, SOAP, WebServices, Introscope, HP Suits (QTP, Performance Center, LoadRunner, QualityCenter), Rational RPT, LINUX, Windows, Confidential -AIX, Tivoli, NMON.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Performance Engg/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Converted various manual processes to automated processes using the HP testing suits. Prepared test results, bug report, opened/closed several issues for several code bases and received sign-offs.
• Schedule scrum meetings, dealt with business to get and finalize the requirements and prepared test plans accordingly.
• I designed, wrote and executed several Regression test scripts using C, VBScripts and Java programming languages.
• The major tools I have used were LoadRunner/VUGen, Performance/Quality Center, QTP, WinRunner, Rational Performance/Functional Tester.
• I did setup Load Test Automation framework comprising modules, sections and functions
• Test data Input files and parameters.
• Custom/Reusable Code to handle dynamic nature of application functionality and to run multiple test scenarios in a single script.
• Output logs, error messages and test reports.
• Prepared detailed and comparison test results along with other resources utilization reports and charts.
• Used Introscope 6.0/7.0, Cacti graphing, Mission Control, SiteScope, Tivoli and NMON to get stats from different layers of system for monitoring.

Environment: JAVA, Oracle, Weblogic, WebSphere, SOAP, WebServices, Introscope, HP Suits (QTP, Diagnostics, PerformanceCenter, LoadRunner, QualityCenter), LINUX, Windows, Confidential -AIX, Tivoli, NMON.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Performance Lead (Architecture Group)

Responsibilities:

• Worked on a quarterly release. Managed and performed full end-2-end automated testing of a very large system with several different test scenarios.
• Evaluate satisfactory functional and performance benchmarks based upon Transaction Response Time, Server CPU performance, disk usage and numerous other metrics gathered during the test.
• Prepared test results, bug reports for different code bases and received sign-offs.
• Designed, Architect automated testing framework for various applications and Executed several regression, stress, performance and load tests.
• Discuss, plan and review various testing activities and results during the daily status meetings.

Environment: JAVA, Oracle, Weblogic, WebSphere, SOAP, WebServices, Introscope, HP Suits (QTP, Diagnostics, Performance Center, LoadRunner, QualityCenter), Rational RPT, LINUX, Windows, Confidential -AIX, Tivoli, NMON.

Confidential, West Des Moines, IA

Sr. Lead Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Directly involved in building the Test Strategies and Test plan, test scripts, methodologies, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Step Document, Master Test Plan document, Comparison Report, Graphs and other matrices report preparation in the Agile testing environment with scrum meetings.
• Finding functional defects and performance bottlenecks in the systems under high load and any potential memory leaks and following regular releases and fix-pack releases.
• More emphasis was given on automating the testing procedure (Super-Automation) so as to involve less manual intervention during late nights and weekends. Using custom report generation script written in VB where as server side activities were done using RTE protocol.
• Worked closely with the Business, Architects and other Testing teams on regular basis. Worked on CORE and several other subsystems and applications simultaneously. Created VUsers scripts using different protocols like Web, WinSock, VB, Java and RTE.
• Automated QTP, VuGen scripting to save time in recording the functionality for which the code is subject to change with every new build.
• Executed Proof of concept testing using QTP, LoadRunner for estimating the high efficient production servers. Analyzed test results, identified performance bottlenecks and reported those findings to the clients.
• Discuss, plan and review various testing activities and results during the daily status meetings.

Environment: Lombardi, JAVA, .NET, Mainframe, Oracle, SQL Server, JBoss, Weblogic, WebSphere, SOAP, WebServices, Introscope, HP Suits (QTP, Diagnostics, PerformanceCenter, LoadRunner, WinRunner, QTP, LINUX, Windows, Confidential -AIX, Tivoli, NMON.

Confidential

SME/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Developed QA automated Test Scripts using Mercury Test suits Win Runner, Load Runner. Executed trace on DB level to find out any slow queries in back-end by executing SQL queries.
• Executed Base-line tests using Winrunner and Load Runner for estimating the load behavior of an application. Involved in Application design, architectural processes and SDLC Process includes Analysis, Design, Programming, Testing and Documentation of entire application and build process.
• Created a quick summary report when all testing has been completed. Compiled scenario test results, produced various Word/HTML reports using Winrunner and LoadRunner Analysis tool.
• Responsible for creating the UML Use Case, Class, Process Flow, Activity diagrams. Developed core functionality using VB, ASP, VB/ASP.NET, C #, ADO.NET, JavaScript, SQL Server 8/Oracle 9i.
• Invoked components using COM+ wrappers from .NET. Implemented the Object Oriented Programming Concepts. Responsible for writing the necessary Stored Procedures, Data Scripts and Triggers.
• Used XML Schemas, XSLT for data transformations. Used VB.NET for developing the Business Logic as per client request. Used List controls like Data grid control and Data List Control for display of data.
• Creating and Integrating a user controls and Cascading Style Sheets into Web Pages for user customization of page background and styles.
• Used Visual Studio.Net 2003 for developing ASP.Net web applications, ADO.Net for database programming and wrote complex PL/SQL. Developed XML applications for fewer loads on database.
• Involved in developing reports using Crystal web reports for .NET. Used Microsoft VSS for source management.

Environment: JAVA, .NET, Mainframe, Oracle, SQL Server, SOAP, WebServices, Introscope, HP/Mercury testing Suits (Diagnostics, PerformanceCenter, BAC-Business Availability Center, LoadRunner, WinRunner, QuickTest Pro, QualityCenter),Windows, Rational.

Confidential, NY

Sr Developer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Extensively involved in Designing, Developing Components for Business Layer, Data Layer and maintaining web application. Also Involved in application managing Microsoft IIS.
• Involved in the performance tuning of the PL/SQL Queries

Environment: VB, ASP, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, XML, ADO, VSS, Visual Interdev, SQL Server.

Confidential, MA

Sr Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Design of the Application and created the necessary class diagrams using UML and conversion of the Application from the Legacy ASP to .NET. Designed multi-tier .NET architecture, web services, implementing .Net framework in Visual Studio .Net environment.
• VB.NET, ASP.NET and C#, VBScript, JavaScript, XML/XSL, PL/SQL and HTML/DHTML. Build SQL Server database, setup role based security using Site Server.
• Developed the QA automated Test Scripts using TSL for Insurance Quote Flow Process for Confidential and Call-Center client server applications using Win Runner, Test Director.

Technologies: VB, ASP, VB.NET, ASP.NET, C#, HTML/DHTML, .Net Framework, Visual Studio, Visual SourceSafe, Windows NT/2000, IIS 4.0/5.0, COM/COM+/DCOM/MTS, XML/XSL, SQL Server 7.0/2000, Site Server, HP Suits.

Confidential

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designed and Developed a distributed components and divided them in a separate layers of Presentation, Business Logic and Data Storage in Microsoft DNA Architecture.
• Developed dynamic web pages and client server applications using VB, JAVA, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, XML/XSL, PL/SQL, and HTML/DHTML. Generic CSS.
• Developed and Deployed VB COM/DCOM components using MTS and in DNA Architecture.
• Design/Create/Maintain Databases in SQL Sever and Windows DNA.
• Configure the IIS and deploy the application and its components.

Technologies: Visual Basic, JAVA, Crystal Reports, ASP, HTML/DHTML, Visual Studio, Web Focus, Visual Interdev, FrontPage, VSS, Windows NT, IIS 4.0, COM/COM+/DCOM/MTS, XML/XSL, SQL Server.