SUMMARY:

• Expertise at designing, maintenance & support of complex Application Suite Environments for Validating Performance Management Behavior.
• Ten years supporting Complex Infrastructures from a Vendor’s perspective.
• Ten years experience working as an IT Application Test Tools Expert on Enterprise Testing Infrastructures.
• Ten years of experience working as an IT Performance Test Engineer Consultant.
• Twelve years experience working with Offshore Development as Lead.
• Twelve or more years experience working in Windows and UNIX Environments.
• Enjoys working with technical team members (Architects, DBA) to support the DB Performance Tuning.
• Functional understanding of data warehouse design and storage, DB Schema, ETL and Business Intelligence Tools.
• Able to complete Performance Inspections without Project Requirements as in Agile Methodological Approach.
• Works with Project Management teams determining the project functional requirements or SLA.
• Developes script building by recording and development, and validating the debugging process in accordance with the quality lifecycle mandated.
• SME on AWS, AWS On - site, AWS-AURORA, AWS-ORACLE ON-SITE.
• Monitors application logs to determine system behavior of error logging, and address all technical issues.
• Generates performance graphs, session reports and documentation required for validation and analysis.
• Draft or publish Performance Test Results reports, and request appropriate sign-off from project stakeholders.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Domain knowledge: Accounting, Airline Critical Applications, Data Center Transformations, Healthcare Industry, Insurance Claims Management System, Private Banking, Retail, ORACLE ConsultingWeb

Technologies: JAVA Command Language, HTML, XML, XHTML

RDBMS: ORACLE Cloud Services and Datawarehouse Services, MS Access, MS SQL Server, MySQL

Methodologies: RUP, CMMI Operating Systems Windows XP/2000/ Server2003/98/NT/95, UNIX, Linux, Solaris.

Networking: TCP/IP, FTP, UDP, HTTP, FTP, FTPS, SFTP

Performance Tools: Selenium WebDriver, OATS, IBM Team Test, DXC Performance Center

Defect Tracking Tools: SAR, JIRA, Test Director, Lotus Notes, Clear-Quest, Quality Center.

Monitoring Tools: APM, Dynatrace, Deep-Diagnotics, SiteScope, Wily Interscope, Tivoli Performance Viewer

DB Services: AWS, AUD, CMS, DWCS, EBS, ERP, FIN, JDE, JMS, PAY, PeopleSoft, REV MAN & BILL, SEC, Service Cloud

Hands-on Training: AWS, Oracle Cloud Services and Datawarehouse Services Performance Tuning, PeopleSoft 8x, Confidential LoadRunner, IIE, System Requirements Documentation SME

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Performance Engineer Consultant-

Responsibilities:

• Perform Strategy Awareness Knowledge Transfer discussions about crashing databases on OMCS.
• Divide Communication Protocol Assignments amongst DEV/OPS Ground Team.
• Set up Action Items vs Project Activities Alert Thresholds on stand - by architecture.
• Promote Operational Best Practices in real-time documentation expert.
• Install OEM latest support version per Target Database Schema version agreement.
• Set-up Testing Environment with BSW Engineering.
• Extend Oracle Fusion Apps CloudService to Pre-Prod Performance Inspection Cloud.
• Build our Oracle Java Cloud Services, Fusion APP Cloud Service, OIM Cloud Services, Oracle DB Cloud Services with Enterprise Architect assistance.
• Performance Tuning & Capacity Planning Measured PAAS on OCI.
• Apply Phase I Performance Tuning Pack PTP Against PERFENV Instance#1.
• Develop NFR and provide intelligence on (#VU Threads)/(Transactions Per Min)+(Volume Of Transactions).
• Provide estimate on Capability Readiness of Performance Inspection Round #1.
• Scripting with Selenium WebDriver v.13 against Fail-over and Stand-by Architecture sites.
• Execute Load & Performance Test Scripting against Fail-over and Stand-by Architecture on-site.
• Workload Management reporting analysis discussions.
• Address STA LRQ items and capture AWR Baseline Traffic/Volume reporting.
• Separate Council Enterprise Architecture Long Running Queries LRQ concerns.
• Deploy Performance Monitoring Agents to Monitoring or APM KPI Infrastructure.
• Remove roadblocks address show stoppers and execute Phase II Performance activities.
• Remove roadblocks address show stoppers and execute Phase III Performance activities.

Confidential

Performance Engineer Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Financial Institution - ORACLE Corp. Datacenter Hardware/Software Upgrade Project.
• Request Production Environment s create .ASH reports for each Database Test Type.
• Set-up Performance & Testing Environment with Confidential Engineers.
• Write Functional Tests for Trading Community Organization Accounts, Revenue Accounts, Billing Accounts, Payables Payments Group(s).
• Execute Functional scripts creating Trading Community Organization User Accounts.
• Copy Excel spreadsheet Revenue Accounts List into Test Data Spreadsheet.
• Execute Functional scripts testing the relationship between User Types for Billing Specialist Roles Duties and Privileges, Entitlements, and Entitlements Incompatible.
• Execute Functional scripts processing Payables Payments, Payments Groups, and Payables Refunds.
• Validate downstream Trading Community APPS update with Test Data.
• Collect all Functional Test, and record PASS or FAILS and report to ORACLE Implementation Team.
• Furnish ORACLE Financials Security Team with Test Results Report on ORACLE 12C Cloud Services Testing
• Develop OATS test scripts of priority Critical Transaction Use Cases from the PASSED Functional Tests.
• Upload/Execute Application Test Suite scripts to OTM.
• Request Production Environment create AWR.reports for each Performance Test Type.
• Conduct a review and walk-thru of the Critical DB Services and NFR Transaction Level thresholds.
• Develop OATS test scripts of priority Critical Transaction Use Cases.
• Upload working OATS to Load Testing Manager, and execute Smoke Tests.
• Execute ORACLE 12C Database Performance Tuning Pack Tests with ORACLE Corp Database Management Engineers in attendance to monitor progress of traffic against the PRE-Production Environment Systems.
• Collect Performance Test results, Critical Transactions amounts from services and messaging groups, create AWR.reports, and request Heap/Thread Dumps.
• Review with Project Stakeholders messaging totals are within expectations.
• Evaluate Performance Architect KPI monitoring report thresholds to improve confidence.
• Review AWR.report and and Alerts from Performance Tuning Round with Dev and Architecture Teams.
• Attach OLT scripts from project run to OLT Manager to have executed each Performance Tuning Round.
• Allow ORACLE Dba to address issues.
• Execute of Performance Tuning Test #2,, #3, #4 .,#5
• Draft OTM Test Results Reporting for ORACLE Implementation Team.
• Review Test Results and conduct Analysis on ORACLE Implementation Team.

Confidential

Performance Engineer Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Agile Methodology Approach Software Development Cycle type environment.
• Many sequential sprints conducted to gain confidence the Tool operates well within the confines of the DataCenter Performance Environment.
• Coordinate client conference calls for ORACLE Cloud Services and reporting to DWServices DB Projects.
• Set - up Performance & Testing Environment with Confidential Engineers.
• Assist client on ORACLE Application Test Suite installation and configuration issues.
• Review JDE Database Service Users and Accounts configurations.
• Set-up Testing Environment with PHARMATIVE Engineers.
• Document JDE Critical Transaction Use Cases Scenarios outlining validating transaction per transaction.
• ORACLE Functional Tester scripting the TOP 5 JD Edwards 8.2 Critical Transaction Use Case Scenarios.
• Debug JDE OATS CTU recorded scripts against Cloud Services and Datawarehouse Services DBs.
• Execute Application to Database Services Inspection Tests.
• Allow Application Engineering Teams to make software changes or re-configurations.
• Allow Test Engineering Teams to address resource allocation issues for system configuration settings ApplicationPools ThreadManagement MemoryManagement CacheHitRatio ItemsInCache ServerTotalResourceAllocations .
• Draft ORACLE 12C JDE Application Functional Test Report; collect PASS or FAILS, review transactions and error logs, and request sign-off for project completion.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Performance Engineer Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conduct client/vendor interviews, analyze difference between delay round - trip initial testing and sequential testing infrastructure, and service request communications documentation.
• Conduct Systems & Architecture Design Specifications and Diagrams reviews with stakeholders for latest Architecture changes.
• Assist Network/Operations Management Teams building Pre-Production Performance Environment.
• Collect Business Department functional requirements from Business Stakeholders.
• Install ORACLE Application Test Suite tool, and configure the Performance Environment WebLogic Servers.
• Set-up Performance & Testing Environment with CCC/State Farm Dev/OPs Engineers.
• ORACLE Functional Test script each claims-call thru the messaging stack to the ORACLE 12C Cloud Services and Datawarehouse Services Database.
• Execute Functional Test Scripts against the Data Center Hardware servers on ORACLE 12 Claims.
• Execute ORACLE Test Manager DB Node Failure, for fail-over/disaster recovery scenarios.
• Execute OATS CMS scripts in PERF ENV, and collect Test Execution Run Results.
• Build-out TEST ENV, resolve technology issues, and apply JAVA environment patches.
• Apply Performance Architecture Configuration Settings found to work for Datacenter write connections.
• Capacity & Planning DB Projects; Database whilst of Table-space and Table, with Specified Threshold Triggering Usage Alert, and with Setting Metric Thresholds Setting up of Notifications.
• Manage Service Request by updating issues after technical discussion or following up with vendors.
• Conduct end user acceptance testing, fix bugs and defective products, and project milestone sign-off prior to project end-date.
• Draft Oracle Database Implementation CMS project Test Report, collect KPI graphs, and configuration changes.
• Firefighter Team on Production ENV CMS issues.

Confidential, Providence, RI

ORACLE Performance Engineer Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Set - up Performance & Testing Environment with CVS Pharmacies Engineer minimal guidance.
• Develop Performance Scripting using Oracle Application Test Suite.
• Execute Load & Scalability Testing on behalf of Product Development need.
• Analysis and Reporting with CVS Tools Selection Board.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

ORACLE Performance Engineer Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Application Environment: SEC/AUD/GL/PAY/FIN/RPT Peoplesoft Modules
• Set - up Performance & Testing Environment with ORACLE Corp Engineers under minimal guidance.
• Download ORACLE Application Test Suite Tool
• Activate Hardware Alerts
• Activate Perfmon Logging
• Activate RHLINUX 5.5 SAR Logging with OS
• Conduct Hardware Connection Test via MS Professional Consulting Services Document
• Conduct User Requirement Interviews to elicit Critical User Transaction Scenarios Requirements
• Draft User Requirements into "testable" PeopleSoft Module Transactions
• Script Top 10 CTUs from Security, HR, Benefits, PeopleSoft Module
• Review Production Environment Architectural Specifications
• Access Production Server's Management Consoles
• Turn on V$STAT, $SESSSTAT in ORACLE 11.g
• Performance Tuning & Non-Functional Testing
• Server OS Virtual Memory Tuning
• Server Work Queues Tuning
• JVM Weblogic, Tuxedo, JOLT WEB/APP Server Tuning
• Security Access Management, Security User Profiling
• Max User Volume, Module Workload Volume Tuning
• Load Balanced Server Tuning
• Configure Performance Architecture settings in PERF ENV

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Performance Engineer Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Set - up Automation & Performance Testing Environment with Confidential Corp Tool Installation Engineers.
• Deploy Monitoring of SiteScope, Deep Diagnostics, and PERFMON Monitoring Tools
• Configure Performance Architecture Performance Tuning configuration settings
• Mentor LoadRunner/ VUGen scripting thru API, trap System and Application calls via Web API, and update each WEB API Session ID by manually capturing session id and correlating them to subsequent transactions
• Scenario configuration, Controller Test Execution, SiteScope Monitoring Best Practices Key Performance Indicators
• Conducted frequent Code Reviews on LoadRunner Scripts for known points of failure.
• Reporting KPI and Baseline Benchmark Figures
• Non-Functional Testing, derive Non-Functional Requirements for SM, MED, and LARGE Client Profiles
• Activate document KPI Monitoring Library on Performance Environment Servers
• Validate and Functionally Decomposition of Application logs, instrumentation, and thread object dumps

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deploy VMware s Lab Management Tool, configure server templates and environments, created system images and Machine Pools and stored to media library
• Set - up Automation & Performance Testing Environment with Confidential Corp Tool Installation Engineers.
• Build PC, LR, QC, QTP/TD SiteScope Monitor, Deep Diagnostics VMware servers
• Configure and Administered Confidential Performance Center 9.5
• Configure Performance Center Admin's User site
• PC spawned Performance Center VUGen and Controller configure
• Establish QC/QTP connections Performance Center allowing cross-tool-activation process
• Deploy Monitoring Tools, and activate KPIs:
• Deploy PerfMon, SiteScope, DYNATRACE Diagnostics Monitoring Tools
• Document KPI Collection Libraries, activate JAVA Messaging Server Processes, and OBIEE Processes KPIs
• EMS/JMS Messaging Project Non-Functional Requirements collection, and documentation
• Fail-over of Subscribers and Publishers, on the Asynchronous message delivery platform for Durable and Non-Durable Clients, and 10, 15, 20k message sizes Transaction Per Second Tests
• Validate OBIEE's Instrumentation and Application monitoring, of receipt validation and failed delivery transactions

Confidential, Syracuse, NY

Application Test Engineer Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configure access to the Application Server Environment
• Configure Server - configure application server settings, deploy EAR file
• Script User Workflows into transactions, set scenarios, execute tests, and evaluate results against the SLA
• Configure LR Controller, add agent addresses, add monitoring tool agents
• Presentation on Performance Testing Baseline to Benchmark Comparison Testing
• Presentation on Reviewing Analysis Confidential Performance Center LoadRunner component
• Presentation PowerPoint Overview of Calculating SLA, LR s Cross with Results demo
• Best Practices documentation and shared with team at each completed milestone
• Activate Monitors, configure SiteScope Monitors, and Oracle Access Manager Monitoring agents, conduct analysis
• Perform the Baseline to Benchmark Comparison Analysis, to derive the amount out-of-bounds SLA Application Configure
• Application Dashboard for 271 applications, monitoring Test Case/Test Script/Execution/Results/Acceptance Results, updating daily status to IO, SIO, APP Managers

Confidential, New York, NY

Performance Tool Expert Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Submit a Project Proposal to IT Management
• Outline, requested approval, and added Project Activities to MS Project
• Presentation of PowerPoint on Critical Transactions Use Case documentation
• Back up, Dismantled old, Build new, and re - deploy ATS Tool Application Servers
• Add Test Script Databases for e-Test script use, and migrated Script packs to new tool servers
• Record newest Critical Transaction Use Case steps into e-Test scripts
• Add newest .Net, and Web Services KPI monitors to PerfMon Monitoring Collections
• Train newest QA members on ATS e-Test, e-Load Tool use

Confidential, Hoboken, NJ

Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Unwrap, Assemble, Build blades, secure to rack, load the OS, and configure patch files, Configure Access to the Application
• Server Environment; Configure Test Servers - application server settings, applicationconfiguration.xml file.
• Script User Transactions, configure Virtual User scenarios, execute Performance tests, and evaluate against the known catastrophic threshold.
• Start ATS Application Server, Stop and Restart ATS Application Server.
• Add an Performance, and Load Testing, web accessible Quality Assurance Terms dictionary
• Act as ATS Tool Mentor - Best Practice discovery on use and observed test coverage.
• Activate Monitors, configure PerfMon Logging, SQL Performance Metrics logging
• Add all KPI Monitoring Collections to the Web-metrics Tags logging system
• Application Tuning, Benchmark Tested the PRE and POST move Environments and Application Accesses
• Perform Load Tests of 35,40,45,50 VU tests per Web Server and Db Server instance
• Conduct the MIN and MAX Object in Cache Tests
• Performance Tested (comparison of the difference in performance of using) 512, 768, 1028MB Cache Sizes
• Conduct Optimization of SQL Server thread pool setting and application pool size settings

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Sorbain Oxley Certification Testing:
• Configure Test Environment for latest Performance.
• Run Interscope Sessions to pinpoint possible Poor Performance Suspects ahead of time.
• Pre - deployment Certification Testing for all Oxley Applications
• Connection Management Validation Testing
• Threads Management Validation Testing
• Memory and GC Interval Validation Testing
• Accessing Application Server Environment:
• Configure Server - configure application server settings, deploy EAR file.
• Script Workflows by transactions, set scenario, execute test, evaluate results against SLA.
• Controller, Configure LR Monitor, add agent addresses, add monitoring tool agents
• Presentation on Performance Testing Web Services
• Review Web Services Load Testing Guide/Mercury Interactive
• PP Slides, overview of Web Services, Test RSS app, Test Data, RSS reader harness
• Monitors, Configure Interscope Session and SiteScope Monitors, set agent logging
• Configure Tuning, optimizing application server thread pool settings, optimizing JVM heap settings

Confidential, New York, NY

Testing Tool Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Conduct Audit for Defect Resolution Analysis, for all failed projects
• Identification of gaps Globalizing Quality Assurance
• Identification of gaps in Tool Technologies used
• Implementation QA Methodology Specialist
• Implementation QA Test Designer
• Implementation of Defect Tracking Specialist to resolve two different system s Defect Issues
• JIRA Defect Tracking tool user manual decomposition and corporation implementation, including screenshots each of the step process to consume each Use Case Scenario
• Configure US Quality Assurance portal, and added monitor defect resolution to the dashboard
• Design InfoPath submit xml form to track Request Tickets that are "ready for retest"
• Train the Thailand dept. on using Functional Decomposition method
• Train US dept. on how to Writing Usable Requirements

Confidential, New York, NY

Testing Tool Administrator & Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Elicit REQs from Financial application Stakeholders
• Wrote Performance Test Plan
• Template Requirements submissions into XLS spreadsheet
• Concatenate requirements spreadsheet + condition or transition states Test Case design
• Record and debug performance test scripts
• Selected tools to capture automation framework activities
• Configure Tool for 50 user goal scenario benchmark test
• Execute inspection Load Test on .NET 2.0 Framework
• Conducted Baseline performance analysis of QA Environment
• Test configurations for IIS

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Mercury LoadRunner Application Support Team

Responsibilities:

• VUser Protocols - Oracle NCA, Oracle 11i, JAVA, .NET, WEB/HTTP, WebClickNScript
• VUGen Function Reference in C
• Controller Connectivity issues resolution
• SiteScope Configuration Monitors - Websphere, JMX configuration issues resolution
• Analysis Interpretation, Reporting Managers and Executives audience in attendance
• Debug Installation projects - OS
• Debugging VUGen scripting with C functions
• Debugging Controller Scenarios