Performance Tester Resume
El Segundo, CA
SUMMARY:
- 7 years of experience on performance testing of client - server, web services and web-based applications with exposure to diverse business domains that include healthcare, banking, insurance, telecom.
- Expert using LoadRunner and Performance Center, Jmeter, BlazeMeter for performance engineering
- Specific performance testing expertise includes load, baseline, component, regression, functionality and stress test using LoadRunner and performance center
- Knowledge of C, Java, HTTP and XML.
- Exposure of RDBMS and SQL Queries to perform data driven tests and involved in front-end and back-end testing
- Strong knowledge of all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with concentration on implementation of various applications and performance testing
- Experienced in defining testing methodologies, designing test plans and test cases, verifying and validating web-based applications and documentation based on standards.
- Expertise in developing and maintaining test scripts, analyzing bugs and interacting with development team in fixing the defects
- Derive client requirements and write performance test plans.
- Experienced using MS Project for scheduling and assigning resources for different projects
- Exceptional ability to interact with system users, developers and required parties
- Very good presentation and communication skills
- An excellent team player, a self-motivated, a quick learner and determination to learn new technologies
- Have good experience in working with performance testing tools like HP’s Load Runner, Jmeter, Performance Center and Blazemeter cloud load testing tools.
- Expertise in Mobile Application Testing (Android, IOS) on Mobile Handsets.
- Expertise in functional testing of browser Web applications and mobile applications.
- Good exposure to performance concepts and sound knowledge of scripting for web-based applications and exposure to Performance Load, Stress and Endurance testing, Volume, and Spike, Fail Over tests.
- Experienced in End to End Performance Testing Life cycle from Non-Functional Requirement Gathering, Test Plan creation, Test Script development, Test Execution, Test Reporting and Analysis phase
- Good Process Management, Communication and Organizing skills with remarkable ability in gathering requirements to bring out quality products
- Experienced in coordinating different teams
- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills, highly motivated and ability to work as an individual and as a dynamic member in a team
TECHNICAL SKILL:
Operating system: Windows 95/98/NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Unix and Mac OS
Test Strategies: Test Project Management, GAP Analysis, Defect Management, SAP Application Testing, .NET Application, Web Testing, Functional testing, Regression Testing, Compatibility Testing Product Assurance Testing
Testing Tools: Load Runner 11.5/ 12.01/12.53, Silk performer, Performance center 9.1/11/12.20, Quality Center 9.2/10.0, HP Site Scope, Mobile Application, HP diagnostic (J2EE, .NET), APIs, Dynatrace application monitoring tool, Distributed load execution, Visual Studio, Cloud watch, Fog Light monitoring tools
Applications Servers: Web logic8.x, Web Sphere, Jboss, Reports
Databases: Oracle 8i, SQL & MS Access, DB2
Protocols: Web (HTTP/HTML), web service, SAP GUI, SAP Web, Oracle NCA, Ajax Tru Client, Silverlight
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, El Segundo, CA
Performance Tester
Responsibilities:
- Develop, manages and tracks detailed projects plans to ensure timely completion of deliverables in Agile environment.
- Responsible for gathering and interpreting performance test requirements on multiple projects Confidential different phases of the Test Life Cycle.
- Responsible for managing and keeping all performance testing activities regarding software/code upgrades, infrastructure migrations and new implementations.
- Performed requirement analysis by gathering both functional and Non-Functional requirements on the claim management and actuarial services based on workers compensation with the process owners & stake holders and document analysis, represented them in requirements traceability matrix (RTM).
- Extensively used Performance Monitors to analyze the System Bottlenecks like Memory Leaks, CPU Utilization and Network Bottlenecks on AppDynamics and Dynatrace.
- Created different web services scenarios depending on the number of calls per second for peak services.
- Performed Load/Performance/Stress by creating and executing different sets of scenarios to accomplish different objectives based on the Work Load Models.
- Experience in troubleshooting and debugging codes using check points and logged defects related to application performance issues.
- Monitored System Resource Graphs (Windows Resources), Web Server Resource Graphs (MS IIS), Network Graphs (Network Delay Time) and DB Resource Graphs (SQL Server, Oracle).
- Executed scenarios using performance center and provided analysis report to a Project team.
Environment: LoadRunner 12.01/12.53, Performance Center 12.20, Wily Introscope, Site Scope, Quality Center and Oracle, SOAP, Webservices, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Splunk.
Confidential, Charlotte NC
Performance Tester
Responsibilities:
- Working as a Performance Tester handling multiple applications across LOB for a migration project.
- Gathering requirement from Business/Stakeholders, analyzed requirements and designed Workload Model and Test Plans accordingly.
- Worked on finalizing requirement Gathering Template, Test Plan Template and Scripting Standards templates to followed up by team.
- Gathering requirements from application team and delivered it offshore as a part of on and off coordination.
- Created Effort Estimation, Scheduling, Performance Test Planning and Stakeholder management.
- Created Test Cases based on the requirement and identified Test Data to match with requirements.
- Developed Vuser scripts in Web HTTP/HTML and Web service protocols in Load Runner using Load Runner VUGen.
- Inserted transactions, checkpoints into LoadRunner Web Vugen Scripts and Parameterized, Pacing and Correlated the scripts.
- Validate tests for Benchmark, Peak and Stress Testing and Created Single User, Base line and Soak Test Scenarios.
- Analyzed Results using LoadRunner Analysis tool. Responsible for analyzing application and components behavior with heavier loads and Optimizing server configurations.
- Interacted with developers during testing for identifying Memory Leaks, Fixing Bugs and for optimizing server settings Confidential Web and App Levels.
- Independently executed the LoadRunner Test Scenarios, analyzed the execution statistics by Monitoring the Online Graphs.
- Executing the scenarios, Analyzing the Graphs and coordinating with the DBA’s and network admin to ensure optimum performance.
- Creating Business Transactions, dashboards and reports in Wily Introscope. Creating and maintaining profiles in Wily Introscope.
- Devise plan to stretch the data centers by running load tests in Prod and UAT environments.
- Continuing the regressive testing in Prod and UAT environment as well as developing/modifying any test scripts.
- Provided team with analysis reports and recommendations, which resulted tuning of the application.
- Work Closely with Project Stakeholders in product hierarchy to ensure deliverables are met as per the requirements. Involved in support activity and code fixes.
Environment: HP Load Runner 12.01/12.53, Performance Center 11, Wily Introscope, Quality Center, C, C++, MS Excel, Web service, HTTP/XML, Linux, java, Dynatrace application monitoring tool.
Confidential, Pleasanton, CA
Performance Tester
Responsibilities:
- Created performance testing environment and installed all the necessary components of LoadRunner on all the remote machines
- Involved with configure HP diagnostic for .NET and J2EE Application in performance center
- Performed load testing against internal applications and services using LoadRunner scripts to emulate users and monitor systems performance
- Responsible for creating the performance test strategy, performance test plan and business function documents
- Designed scenarios for Performance Testing, generating scripts and handling Correlation as well as parameterization using LoadRunner Vugen
- Developed scripts and scenarios for automated testing new and enhanced web-based products using LoadRunner
- Created and coded a very flexible LoadRunner script that allowed for fast configuration changes during testing
- Worked on the Child Support Lien Network, and web-based project, to process information, handle customer support, outreach and testing. Wrote test plans, system documentation and the user manual.
- Written custom functions and programs to support the load testing efforts.
- Experience in analyzing the entire system and the impact with the other backend and front-end systems.
- Identified functionality and performance issues, including: deadlock conditions, database connectivity problems and system crashes under load
- Used Rendezvous point, Start and End Transaction, Parameterization, Correlation features in Virtual User Generator of LoadRunner
- Enhanced script by inserting Checkpoints to check if Virtual users are accessing the correct page which they are supposed to be accessing
- Written scripts in which each virtual user accesses different data on the application
- Created a Manual and Goal oriented scenario with certain amount of Vusers giving Ramp up, Ramp Down and Run time in the Controller in performance center
- Involved the executed scenarios using Controller and analyzed the results using LoadRunner Analyzer
- Execution of Test protocols using test automation tool HP ALM
- Define, Monitor and analyze metrics that inform the success of APIs.
- Conducted performance regression testing after upgrading the hardware and software
- Configured and used SiteScope to monitor and analyze the performance of the server by generating various reports of CPU utilization, Memory Usage, JVM Heap Size etc
- Performed intergrade HP Diagnostic with Performance center for isolates performance problem for .NET application and resolved performance bottlenecks
- Analyzed the LoadRunner reports to calculate Response time and Transactions per minute, Hits per sec, Throughput
- Met with managers, business analyst and developers to Provide analyzed test results and provided recommendation for performance improvements as needed
Environment: HP LoadRunner, Performance center 9.2/ 11.0(ALM), HP Site Scope, HP diagnostic for .NET and J2EE. QTP 10, QC 10.0, APIs, Share point, MS Office, MS Visual Studio, C, Web service, HTTP/XML, Dynatrace application monitoring tool
Confidential, Wilmington, DE
Performance Tester
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Gathered requirements, prepared test plans, created scripts using Silk Performer v17.x BDLT scripting language and analyzed results using AppDynamics including collecting heap dumps when memory leaks were suspected.
- Involved in NFR document preparation based on the SLA and involved in project estimates, project architecture analysis for the scope of the performance in the project
- Preparing the Detailed test plan document and involved in Client calls
- Derive client requirements and write performance test plans.
- Worked on Android devices, iPhone and Amazon Kindle Fire.
- Creating & Enhancing automated scripts using JMeter and Silk performer tools
- Creating and Executing load test scenarios using JMeter and Silk performer .
- Preparing the traversal flow document for identified business scenarios
- The key responsibilities were preparation of Jmeter for the simulation of user behavior, Customization of the scripts and execution of the scripts
- Executed the orders submitted in the mobile apps through mainframes.
- Executing Jmeter scripts in distributed performance testing
- Involved in performance and load testing using silk performer and E-load.
- Design/ Execute the Load test Scenario based on the workload mix
- Design the Performance Test Report with all the measurements
- Involved in Bottleneck identification and Analysis
- Experience with mobile cloud platform like Device Anywhere and Perfecto Mobile
- Involved in R&D for any new tools identification in the projects
- Using Blazemeter executed the performance tests in cloud performance testing.
Environment: Jmeter 2.11 version, Distributed load execution, Silk Performer, MS Visual Studio, Visual VM, Blaze meter, Cloud watch monitoring tool, Fog Light monitoring tool.
Confidential
Performance Tester
Responsibilities:
- Reviewing and analyzing design documents for performance testing of the application
- Developing test cases and mapped test cases to requirements using RTM
- Performing integration testing to test the functionality of the modules
- Executing functional testing, regression testing and integration testing extensively
- Creating scripts in VuGen and emulating the behavior of real users
- Designing performance test scenarios using LoadRunner, running the tests and analyzing the results
- Conducting load and reliability testing on website’s workflows to identify and reporting performance bottlenecks
- Enhancing the script using parameterization, correlation and user defined functions
- Performing in-depth failure analysis against thousands of automated test executions
- Using performance center for analyzing the performance of the application also followed up with the development team to verify bug fixes and updating bug status
- Developing various scenarios and performing performance and volume tests using LoadRunner
- Involved in NFR document preparation based on the SLA and involved in project estimates, project architecture analysis for the scope of the performance in the project
- Preparing the Detailed test plan document and involved in Client calls
- Preparing the traversal flow document for identified business scenarios
- Involved in preparation of LoadRunner scripts for the simulation of user behavior, Customization of the scripts and execution of the scripts
- Design/ Execute the Load Test Scenario based on the workload mix
- Executing the LoadRunner scripts in Controller, Booking timeslots in HP Performance center
- Design/ Execute the Load Test Scenario based on the workload mix using HP ALM tool
Environment: LoadRunner, Performance Center, C, HTML, MS Office, Web, XML, Windows and Mainframe.