Project Life Insurance

Performance Test Specialist

VAMSI PUTTAGUNTA

E-mail ID: *****.*************@*****.***

Phone: +1-401-***-****

Summar

Around 14 years of IT experience which includes 11 years into Performance Testing in Banking, Healthcare, Telecom, Storage and Insurance domains.

Proficient in designing & executing tests using Load Runner, JMeter and Rational Performance Tester, Monitoring tools – AppDynamics, Sitescope and Vcenter, Defect Management tools – Quality Center, Clear Quest and Agile Accelerator. Experience in writing groovy scripts for SOAP UI based testing, Fiddler for capturing and analyzing web traffic, Queries with SQL Management Studio. Extensively worked on WEB HTTP/HTML, WebServices, Siebel Web, Oracle NCA and Ajax TruClient protocols. Skilled on SAP, Guidewire (Policy Center, Billing Center and Claim Center) applications and Salesforce performance testing.

Strong at designing scripts, building business based Performance Test Scenarios, Test Approach, Defects tracking & Reporting and proven track of successful implementation of best practices and optimizing processes to increase efficiency.

Currently playing the role of an onsite test lead managing multiple Performance testing engagements, planning, effort estimation, implementing processes and procedures and driving them to closure. Ability to take up assignments independently and work under deadlines.

Professional Qualification:

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Bharathidasan University

Project Details:

Client: Amica Mutual Insurance

Description: Amica is the oldest (founded on 1907) mutual insurer of automobiles in the US. They also offer home, marine, personal umbrella liability and life insurance products. Amica is a direct writer of personal insurance with auto, homeowners, personal excess liability and marine coverage’s.

Duration: 06/05/2015 – Till Date

Role: Onsite Performance Test Specialist/Lead

Tools: HP LoadRunner 12.53, JMeter 5.1, Rational Clear Quest, JIRA, AppDynamics

Responsibilities:

Initiate discussions with the project SMEs, product owners and system architects to collect the Non Functional requirements and analyze the business need.

Provide effort estimates, delegate and manage all performance testing activities from onshore.

Derive workload model, design, execute and maintain performance testing artifacts such as the test plan, test scripts, scenarios that validate the system performance

Coordinate with support teams for environment and application readiness, DB teams for the data backups and restores before and after the tests, execute tests and monitor the servers.

Evaluate system performance under load and stress. Analyze and document the results and observations. Analyze Performance bottlenecks and identify the root cause with support from project team.

Log performance defects for transactions deviating from SLA. Setup discussions with project stakeholders on the next steps.

Participate in scrums, release planning meetings, defect meetings and provide performance testing updates/status, escalate blockers and issues in a timely manner and ensure optimal utilization of operational and financial resources consistently

Prepare and publish summary report with recommendations and outstanding issues. Involve in decisions of go/no go with the project stakeholders.

Document lessons learnt, challenges/issues and how they were overcome.

Client: Network Appliance, Inc

Description: NetApp is a multinational computer storage and data management company. It is a member of the NASDAQ-100 and it was ranked on the Fortune 500 list. NetApp has more than 12,000 employees in 150+ offices around the world.

Duration: 05/16/2013 – 06/05/2015

Role: Load & Performance Analyst (owning delivery of multiple projects in parallel)

Tools: HP ALM 11.52, Quality Center

Responsibilities:

Discuss with various project teams, Plan and draw estimates, design and execute user simulated load on application systems to facilitate migration objectives related to Performance and scalability

Work with production support teams, extract production volumes and derive workload mix

Design scripts and setup test data required for performance testing

Engage application, DB and network monitoring teams during the performance tests

Execute performance tests and Analyze test results. Analyze Performance bottlenecks and identify the root cause with support of project team.

Initiating/Participating Defect calls, Docs Review, Status calls, Team and project meetings.

Prepare a completion report with recommendations and any outstanding risks.

Client: Ericsson

Description: Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment (NEP – Network equipment provider) and related services to mobile and fixed network operators globally.

Performance Testing of SAP and Non SAP applications has been one among the scope of services offered by IBM

Duration: 25/03/2013 – 14/05/2013

Role: Performance Test Specialist

Environment: Windows 2003 server, Webserver IIS 6.0, Sybase ASE 15 database

Tools: LoadRunner 11.0, Quality Center, Sitescope

Responsibilities:

Provide high level effort estimates at an activity level for delivery of the project

Understand the environment sizing and comparison stats with CM & ISOS teams

Gather production volumetric for the key business scenarios/transactions.

Participate in Test Definition Workshops and Develop detailed Test Approach and plan for the scope of work and getting it signed off from the project stakeholders

Gather Test data requirements and co-ordinate with the TAS & Data team to get the relevant volumes of data for Performance Testing

Design scripts & Scenarios/schedules in Load Runner

Plan and Manage environment handovers before and after the Performance Tests

Engage ISOS, CM and TAS teams for monitoring the required servers during the performance test executions

Analyze and document the results and observations. Analyze Performance bottlenecks and identify the root cause with support of project team. Setup discussions with project stakeholders on the next steps of plan.

Preparing agenda & Conducting/attending Defect, Docs Review, Status calls, Team and project meetings.

Escalate issues/risks in a timely manner and ensure optimal utilization of operational and financial resources consistently

Working out of Business hours to isolate/dedicate environment for Performance Testing

Prepare a complete report with recommendations and any outstanding risks. Involve in decisions of go/no go with the project stakeholders.

Client: StandardLife Insurance MTS (Managed Testing Services)

Description: StandardLife Insurance is a leading long term savings and investment company operating internationally. There are around 60 business applications within Standardlife with which it organizes and runs its business globally. Performance Testing of these business applications is in scope of Manages Testing services.

Duration: 29/06/2011 – 24/03/2013

Role: Performance Test Specialist (owning delivery of multiple projects in parallel)

Environment: Java Struts, Oracle DB2, Web sphere

Tools: Rational Performance Tester 8.2, Vcenter, QPASA, DB Visualizer, Nmon

Responsibilities:

Played the role of a RPT Technical Consultant. Owned and delivered multiple performance test projects simultaneously

Initiate Test Definition Workshops, maintain document repositories, screen sharing and screen recordings for effective understanding of systems, create and maintain risk logs, Update governance sheets, review estimates and provide appropriate comments, revise test plan based on changes of the project plan

Develop detailed Test Plan, Create/update Performance Test Scripts using RPT. Configuring Performance schedule based on the user volume projections for Peak hour/day. Execute tests by coordinating with various project teams

Engage configuration management teams for server readings at various system level components

Raise/reopen/close Performance defects in the quality center

Analyze results and prepare Performance Test Report for verdict based on the test results

Client: GE Healthcare – BA COE Test Services

Company: WIPRO Technologies

Description: Performance Testing of Siebel CRM 7.8/8.0 instances and Oracle ERP 11G applications across various streams in GE Healthcare.

Duration: 01/10/2010 – 27/06/2011

Role: Performance Test Lead (Front-ending/Owning delivery of all Siebel instances)

Environment: Siebel CRM 7.8, Oracle 8.0

Tools: LoadRunner 9.1, Quality Center, PerfMon

Responsibilities:

Played the role of a Performance Test lead managing 6 resources

Delegate and manage all Performance Test activities from offshore. Coordinate test executions of multiple Performance projects with a globally distributed team (US, UK, India).

Involve in Project initiation calls/discussions with various parties of the project. Undertake adhoc requests on priority basis and manage monthly releases.

Develop detailed Test Approach for the scope of work and setup walkthrough sessions with the business to agree upon the approach and plan

Develop scripts, configuring Performance Test Scenarios and conduct test executions

Analyze Performance bottlenecks and identify the root cause with support of project team

Raise defects appropriately in Quality Center

Document test completion report with the findings of the test and provide recommendations to the business.

Client: Standard Bank of South Africa

Company: WIPRO Technologies

Description: Performance Testing for the Applications across all Portfolios (Home Loans, Credit, Vehicle Asset Finance, Self Service Channels) at Standard Bank Of South Africa

Duration: 06/10/2008 – 27/11/2010

Role: Performance Test Lead (onshore)

Environment: Windows 2003 server, UNIX, Java, Oracle, VB.net, Sequel Server.

Tools: LoadRunner 9.1, Quality Center, Sitescope

Responsibilities:

Frontend and manage Performance Testing activities for multiple projects from onshore

Drive end to end performance testing for the banking applications

Project Name

Protocol Used

1.Internet Banking South Africa

2.IB Traffic Fines Phase 1,2

3.Diners Club Adv Card Phase 1,2

HTTP/HTML (web),SAP Web&GUI

4.ATM Performance Testing POC

ISO 8583

5.Cardless payment System

6.Internet Banking Nigeria

HTTP/HTML, Web Service

7.SBIS Telephony

8.VAF IVR

Web Service

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