PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 8 Years of Experience as performance test engineer on web services and web - based applications with exposure to diverse business domains that include banking, airline, insurance, healthcare, and retailer.
• Expert using HP LoadRunner, Performance Center, Jmeter, Kafka CLI, DynaTrace, AWS, Azure etc. for performance testing.
• Extensive experience in using HP Load Runner components (VuGen, Controller, Analysis, Load Generator).
• Experience in writing test plans, test cases, planning, scripting, executing, analyzing and reporting based upon system requirement specifications.
• Specific performance testing expertise includes load, baseline, component, regression, functionality and stress test using LoadRunner and performance center.
• Strong knowledge of all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with concentration on implementation of various applications and performance testing.
• Enhanced Vuser script in LoadRunner for parameterization, correlation, transaction point, check point, run time settings and C functions.
• Experience in testing of Web (HTTP/HTML), SASL, SSL, Web Services, TruClient Ajax.
• Expertise in Manual and Automated Correlations to parameterize dynamically changing parameters values.
• Experience with using LoadRunner Controller, Jmeter and its functions such as thread, rendezvous point, ramp up, duration and ramp down.
• Knowledge of performance bottlenecks, end-to-end performance, and web performance measures like server response time, throughput and network latency.
• Expertise in developing and maintaining test scripts, analyzing bugs and interacting with development team in fixing the defects.
• Experience in analyzing test results, merging graphs and preparing test reports.
• Experience and knowledge in monitoring technologies and best practices, including creating, configuring and maintaining Wily Introscope, SiteScope monitors, alerts and reports.
• Experienced in defining testing methodologies, designing test plans and test cases, verifying and validating web-based applications and documentation based on standards for software development.
• Experienced working with test cases and test scripts under Windows, Mainframe and UNIX environments along with using Worksoft to automate the code for different applications to reuse them in future.
• Experience in automation while using Bamboo and Jenkins.
• Familiar with Adobe Acrobat XI / Reader and MS Office.
• Exceptional ability to interact with system users, developers and required parties.
• Ability to manage multiple project tasks with changing priorities and tight deadlines and worked in multiple management levels.
• Very good presentation and communication skills.
• An excellent team player, a self-motivated, a quick learner and determination to learn new technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILL

Protocols: Web (HTTP/HTML), Web service, Ajax Tru Client, SAP Web, PeopleSoft, Kafka web request

Operating system: Windows 95/98/NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and Unix

Test Strategies: Defect Management, Web Testing, Functional testing, Regression Testing, Compatibility Testing Product Assurance Testing, Smoke, Failover, Fire hose

Testing Tools: Load Runner 8.2/9.2/11, performance center 9.1/11, QTP 9.2/10, Quality Center 9.2/10.0, Jmeter, Kafka CLI, Bamboo, Jenkins, Work soft, Wireshark, Netwitness

Monitoring Tools: HP SiteScope, Wily Introscope, HP diagnostic, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Grafana, SMM, CM

Languages: C, VBScript, SQL, HTML, XML, SASL, SSL

Applications Servers: Web logic8.x, Web Sphere

Databases: Oracle 8i, SQL & MS Access, DB2, AWS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Performance Engineer

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

Responsibilities:

• Leading the onshore and offshore team members.
• Design test cases using the test design specifications and use cases described in test plan.
• Developed and executed Scripts for Performance Testing using Jmeter, Kafka CLI and Dynatrace.
• Create workload models for different projects at a time to check the compatibility of API’s.
• Created Manual and Goal oriented scenarios with certain amount of Vusers giving Ramp up and Ramp Down.
• Analyzed the test results for the performance metrics involved in the test run like transaction mix for the banking apps.
• Conducted baseline, smoke, stress, fire hose, fail over, benchmark and database testing to identify and report performance bottlenecks.
• Analyzed the Jmeter, Dynatrace, Grafana, AMQ Armites, SMM and CM reports to calculate Response time and Transactions per minute, Hits per sec, throughput.
• Used DynaTrace for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with the development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.
• Attended change requests meetings and made subsequent changes in the test.
• Worked closely with developers and updated them with the tests results on daily basis.
• Participated in weekly status meetings, and conducted walkthroughs for team members, and documented the proceedings.
• Working in Azure, AWS and Cloudera Environments.

Environment: Jmeter, Neoload, Java Script, Oracle, Azure, AWS, Cloudera HTTP/HTML, SASL, SSL, Groovy, Dynatrace, Grafana, Splunk, SMM, CM.

Performance Tester

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Responsibilities:

• Design test cases using the test design specifications and use cases described in test plan.
• Developed and executed Scripts for Performance Testing using HP Load runner and Dynatrace.
• Enhanced the scripts by adding checkpoints, functions in C Language, transactions, rendezvous points, created parameters, and performed manual correlation to enhance recorded scripts.
• Worked on Run Time Settings, Pacing and checkpoints.
• Created Manual and Goal oriented scenarios with certain amount of Vusers giving Ramp up and Ramp Down.
• Analyzed the test results for the performance metrics involved in the test run like Web resources, Windows resources by Site Scope.
• Conducted baseline, load, stress and endurance testing on website’s workflows to identify and report performance bottlenecks.
• Analyzed the Load Runner reports to calculate Response time and Transactions per minute, Hits per sec, throughput.
• Used Quality Center for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with the development team to verify bug fixes and update bug status.
• Attended change requests meetings and made subsequent changes in the test.
• Worked closely with developers and updated them with the load tests results.
• Participated in weekly status meetings, and conducted walkthroughs for team members, and documented the proceedings.

Environment: Load Runner, Quality Center, C Script, Oracle, SiteScope, HTTP/HTML, SOAP and Performance Center.

Performance Tester

Confidential,. New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Involved with Project manager, Business analyst and Developers to understand performance requirements and design to performance test plan.
• Attended the weekly Project Meetings and discussed the issues raised according to their priority level.
• Communicated with development team to resolve defects as needed.
• Responsible for designing of Test Plans, Test Procedures and Test Cases and Execution of Test Cases
• Performed Performance, Stress, and Load Testing on NTier & Web Based applications.
• Used Correlation, Parameterization and Content Check features.
• Enhanced the script with Check Points, Rendezvous Points and Transactions to check the performance of the application and added General Vuser Functions, Protocol Specific Functions and Standard C Functions to handle bottlenecks of the application.
• Used Controller for performing Load Test and Analysis Module for yielding results.
• Documented Defects and used Quality Center for reporting defects.
• Written scripts in which each virtual user accesses different data on the application.
• Created a scenario with certain amount of Vusers giving Ramp up, Ramp Down and Run time in the Controller of Load runner.
• Designed the Manual and Goal oriented scenarios using Load Runner Controller module.
• Provided management with analyzed test results and provided recommendation for performance improvements as needed.
• Created Test Reports for development team, Stakeholders, QA and upper management.

Environment: HP LoadRunner, Quality Center, Linux, Win 2003 server, Java, Performance center, Oracle.

Performance Tester

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Responsibilities:

• Developed Performance Test Plan, Test Cases and VuGen scripts for the load & Performance testing to perform testing at different load levels.
• Designed performance test suites by creating VU test scripts, workload scenarios, setting transactions, rendezvous points and inserting them into suites using Load Runner.
• Developed Load Runner scripts by using Virtual User generator and enhanced the scripts by parameterization, correlations based on the scenario.
• Used Correlation, Parameterization and Content Check features.
• Configuring Run-time settings for VuGen and Controller.
• Created different scenarios like Load test Stress test, Volume test, Performance regression test etc. to find out the bottlenecks and improving the quality of performance testing.
• Defined Rendezvous point to create intense load on the server to measure the server performance under load.
• Worked with Neoload with its integration with Workdoft to automate the process of testing while changing the code.
• Analyzed results of Transactions Response time, Transaction Summary by Vusers, Hits per Second, Throughput and merged graphs using LR Analysis tool.
• Developed various reports and metrics to measure and track testing effort.
• Actively participated in the daily project meetings and walkthroughs.
• Attending conference calls with offshore team to discuss the Testing status and to assign the defects to the concerned developers.

Environment: Load Runner, Neoload,, C scripting, SiteScope, Windows, Performance Center, HTTP/HTML, Wily Introscope, Web logic, Worksoft

Performance Tester

Confidential, Harrisburg, PA

Responsibilities:

• Primarily responsible for the setup and execution of the test cases, and capture data related to a performance test.
• Worked closely with the project team in planning coordination and implementing QA Methodology.
• Gathered, consolidated requirements for generating performance goals and test plans.
• Used Ramp Up/Ramp Down, Rendezvous point, Start and End Transaction, Parameterization, Correlation features of Load Runner.
• Response time, Transactions per second are calculated by using load Runner.
• Wrote application specific functions using C language to add logic to load testing scripts.
• Skilled at converting raw data into meaningful charts and graphs that show the pertinent results of the test in graphical context.
• Closely worked with development team and guided them in finding and fixing the performance defects.
• Prepared detailed test reports and summary report highlighting the different load tests conducted and the performance achievements made from the engagement.

Environment: Load Runner, MS Office 2007, Oracle, SiteScope, C Script, Quality center.