SUMMARY:

• 10+ Years of experience in Performance Testing of Client/Server & Web based applications.
• Actively participated in all stages of Software Development and Testing Lifecycle.
• Hands on experience in implementing LoadRunner, Developing Load Test Conditions and Test Scenarios.
• Expert in server side monitoring, and test result analysis using DynaTrace, AppDynamics, SiteScope and CA IntroScope to identify performance bottlenecks.
• Extensive experience in using LoadRunner monitors.
• Extensive familiarity with protocols like HTTP/HTML, WebService, SOA, Citrix and TruClient.
• Experienced in configuring and utilizing SiteScope for performance monitoring.
• Have an ability to handle multiple projects with competing priorities.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing Tools: LoadRunner, Performance Center, Neoload, DynaTrace, Site Scope, HP Diagnostics, Wily IntroScope, Putty, Fiddler, SoapUI, WinSCP, TOAD, Quality Center and Team Quest.

Operating Systems: Windows2000, Windows NT, AIX, UNIX, Solaris

Databases: Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MS - ACCESS, MySQL

Web / App Servers: Apache, Tomcat, Web logic, Web Sphere, IIS

Languages: C, C++, JAVA/J2EE, SQL

Web Related: DHTML, XML, VBScript, JavaScript, Applets, JAVA, JDBC, Servlets and JSP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, MN

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered client’s business requirements to develop test strategies, test plans and test approaches.
• Developed test scripts using both LoadRunner and NeoLoad, in a very past paced Agile environment.
• Used Performance center and the Neotypes team server to launch up to 5000 concurrent users for load and stress test scenarios.
• Extensively used DynaTrace to diagnose and troubleshoot web/app server performance issues.
• Interacted with developers during testing for identifying memory leaks, fixing bugs and for optimizing server settings at web, app and database levels.
• Conducted performance baseline and benchmarked the application.
• Monitored performance runs, gathered network, application and database performance parameters, analyzed test results.
• Independently developed various LoadRunner scripts using various protocols like Web (http/html), Web Services, Citrix, Splunk and Ajax TruClient.
• Created detailed test summary reports, conducted test result walkthroughs with the project team, and gave recommendations for future release.

Tools: used: Performance Center, Vugen, Neoload, Dynatrace, Splunk, Fiddler, SoapUI and Rally.

Confidential, DE

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering business requirement, collecting information from developers and business, to create the performance test plan and specification documents.
• Independently developed LoadRunner test scripts according to the test specification and requirements.
• Worked on multiple releases of Confidential in-house flagship application Desktop Underwriter.
• Supported a hardware upgrade project where multiple applications residing on existing legacy hardware moved to SPARC hardware.
• Recorded scripts using Web Services, Web (HTTP/HTML) and TruClient.
• Supported Desktop underwriter’s integration with Enterprise Geocoder service from legacy geocoder.
• Participated in the analysis of workload model discussions whenever there was a need to revisit the existing numbers.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining production application dashboards using App-Dynamics, Wily and Cacti.
• Responsible for creating health rules and alerts for production in Wily and App-Dynamics .
• Extensively worked on web and web services protocol.
• Created web service scripts to publish messages directly on queues and topics by using jms functions in LoadRunner.
• Identified and eliminated performance bottlenecks during the development lifecycle.
• Analyzed the system resource graphs, network monitor graphs and error graphs to identify transaction performance time and network problems.
• Used Putty extensively to monitor server logs, and gather component level response times.
• Summarized performance test result after each testing cycle with issues, risks and observations.

Tools: used: Vugen, SiteScope, JMeter,App-Dynamics, WinSCP, Putty, Toad, GEMS, Quality center, JIRA.

Confidential, TX

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Defining the performance goals and objectives based on the client requirements and inputs.
• Extensively Worked in Web, Citrix, and Web services protocols.
• Responsible for developing and executing performance and volume tests.
• Involved in analyzing, interpreting and summarizing meaningful and relevant results in a complete Performance Test Report.
• Used DynaTrace agent based metrics and web tagged requests from headers in LoadRunner scripts to identify bottlenecks.
• Responsible for setting up and maintaining SiteScope monitors.
• Extensively used DynaTrace to diagnose and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Used Virtual User Generator to generate VuGen Scripts for web and web services protocols.
• Responsible for performance testing using LoadRunner and JMeter.
• Execution and reporting of test performance results.

Environment: Wily IntroScope, SiteScope, Dynatrace, Java, J2EE, Quality Center, Oracle, MS SQL Server, Web logic, Load Balancer, Diagnostic Tool.

Confidential, IL

Performance Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed performance test plans and managed tasks for performance testing of business applications
• Executed scenario with different network bandwidth and browser agents. Compare results of these scenarios to recommend bandwidth for store locations.
• Performed stress testing g using various features of LoadRunner, recorded and debugged scripts using multiple actions using VuGen module in LoadRunner.
• Developed test harness for Web Services by means of Web Services Protocol.
• Configured Web/Application/Database server monitoring setup using LoadRunner Controller.
• Prepare data files for scripts by extracting data from database tables.

Environment: Quality Center, Oracle, IIS, apache tomcat, Unix, Java, ASP.NET, Web Services, IBM AIX, Solaris, Web Logic.

Confidential, PA

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Creation of project plan, test plans, estimations, development and tracking projects at every phase.
• Analyzed requirement and design documents.
• Developed LoadRunner Scripts for Web, Citrix and Web services protocols.
• Knowledge of Java Virtual Machine internals including class loading, threads, synchronization, and garbage collection.
• Setup and maintained Site scope monitors and used Wily IntroScope for in depth Java JMX diagnostics and analysis.

Environment: HP Quality Center, DynaTrace, SiteScope, Unix, Windows, Wily IntroScope, JAVA, JBoss, Web logic, Oracle, XML, SQL Server, MS Access, MS Vision, MS Project, AJAX VB, J2ee analysis, HTML.