Engineer Software

Professional Background

Over **+ years of experience in IT with 8+ years in performance testing & Engineering and about 3+ years in functional automation using UFT

Highly analytical, detail-oriented, strategic and tactical thinker, quantitative problem solver, team player and hands on individual contributor with a unique ability to work cross-functionally, entrepreneurially, independently and proactively in geographically dispersed and deadline-driven environments. I can look at the holistic view, decompose it into individual components and align them with the overall strategy supported by a detailed execution plan.

Enriched expertise in planning, coordinating, executing, monitoring and controlling infrastructure technology programs and projects with the ability to support multiple complex projects and deliver them within budget, on time and with high quality at the enterprise level.

Expertise in testing and monitoring applications for performance in Re-insurance, Telecom, BFSI and non BFSI domains and Health Care domains.

Involved in all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle, interacting with the client and the business user’s right from the requirement gathering till implementation phase

Proficient in performance testing using LoadRunner, Performance Center, ALM, JMeter, BlazeMeter and Citrix EdgeSight 4.5

Expertise in baseline, benchmark, load, stress, endurance, and capacity testing for performance

Proficient in executing Baseline Tests, Load Tests, Stress Tests, Debug Runs, and Regression Tests

Integrate Performance tests in CI/CD Pipeline using Jenkins & Git

Expertise in Performance analysis of Web/Application servers using CA Wily, Splunk &App Dynamics

Expertise in API performance testing using JMeter & LoadRunner

Good exposure of different technology like Java, Webservices, API, Websphere and SOAP.

Proficient in requirements gathering and workload modeling

Proficient in identification of pre-requisites for performance testing and automation testing

Proficient in designing workload models to replicate production-based scenarios

Proficient in identification of critical business transactions for performance testing

Proficient in performance test script development, enhancement and customization

Proficient in preparation of click-stream/workflow documents

Good in Virtualizing in backend services calls using Dev test 10.0

Proficient to interpret, analyzes, identify bottlenecks and tune the Web server, Application Server, database server after the performance test and provide recommendations of the tuning parameter within the system to the clients.

Expertise in monitoring client and server side performance metrics using Developer tools, Http watch, Fiddler & APM tools.

Good exposure memory and thread dump analysis

Closely interacting with Architectural Team for Performance Tuning.

Excellent knowledge of performance testing methodology and processes

Involved in different phases of Software Development Life Cycle

Demonstrated ability to learn quickly in challenging environment

Good time management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks/assignments with staggered deadlines and due dates

Excellent problem solving and multitasking skills. Quick learner and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines

Proven ability to work efficiently in both independent and teamwork environments

Experience Summary

Working as Performance test lead for the client Gilead Sciences, from Nov 2020 to till date

Worked as Performance test Analyst for the client Guy Carpenter from Jan 2018 to Nov 2020, Hoboken USA.

Worked as Consultant for the client Verizon @ Warren, from Feb 29th, 2016 to Jan 19th, 2018

Worked as senior project lead for the client CITI Bank, From July 24th, 2015 to Feb 26th, 2016, Delaware, USA.

Worked as senior project lead at Polaris FT, From Aug 24th, 2011 to July 24th, 2015, Chennai, India.

Worked as Senior Quality Engineer at iSOFT A CSC Company, Chennai, India from May 26th, 2008 to Aug 12th, 2011.

Technical Skills

Database : Oracle 11g, Netezza, Microsoft SQL server

Tools : Micro Focus LoadRunner, Performance Center, JMeter, Neo Load, UFT

& Application Lifecycle Management (ALM),

Scripting Languages : C, VB Scripting and JavaScript, Core Java

Operating System : Windows 2007/2010

Analysis Tools : SiteScope, CA Wily Introscope, Fiddler, Http Watch, Splunk, eHealth

Web/Application Server: Tomcat, IIS, WebSphere, and WebLogic

XML and Web services : XML, DOM, XPATH, XSD, WSDL and SOAP

Defect Tracking Tool : Jira, Quality Center, VSTS

ACHIEVEMENTS & CERTIFICATIONS:

Micro Focus certified Accredited Software Professional – LR v12.5ASP

ISTQB certified testing Professional

Pride and Pat on the Back awards from LTI

Gem and Gem of the Gem awards from Polaris

Spot and Employee of the Month from iSoft

Professional and Project Experience

Project : Guy Carpenter’s Analytics Jan 2018 to Nov-2020

Client : Guy Carpenter

Role : Performance Test Consultant

Tools Used : Load Runner 12.55, PC 12.55, JMeter, Splunk

Location : Hoboken NJ, USA

Project Description:

Guy Carpenter’s Analytics unit uses industry-leading quantitative skills and modeling tools to optimize the reinsurance decision making process for our clients. Clients benefit from advanced simulation modeling techniques that can profile risk for virtually any line of business against a wide spectrum of reinsurance options.

GC Advantage Point features an intuitive web interface with advanced mapping and reporting tools that allows clients to quickly analyze and mine data in a secure environment

Responsibilities:

Understand the Application functionality, architecture details and components metrics along with workload characterization and Analysis the production volume and preparing the operation profile

Designed and maintained test schedules, test plan, test strategy, test assignment documents for various testing activities

Attend daily scrum calls to discuss the status of the performance test activities

Work closely with members of the SCRUM team to translate the customers' business needs or Business Cases to a technical solution

Understand the production metrics and prepare the workload models for performance testing

Analyze the business workflows and creating of performance test scripts using HP Vugen 12.55

Test Data Preparation required to conduct the load test

Analyze the load profile and create the scenarios for performance test executions.

Conduct the performance tests in Performance Center 12.55

API testing using JMeter

Analyze the response times, throughput, error graphs and other performance metrics and provide the test report after every execution

Provide suggestions to performance tune from the application perspective as well as from the server perspective when there are any performance bottlenecks

Project : OpenTwins Jul 2018 to Apr-2020

Client : Guy Carpenter

Role : Performance Test Consultant

Tools Used : Load Runner 12.55, PC 12.55, Splunk

Location : Hoboken NJ, USA

Project Description:

The OpenTWINS Product Suite provides a fully integrated platform for all re/insurance business requirements supporting the whole risk cycle from placement to settlement and beyond. As London Market specialists, Trace Isys provides full London Market and bureau processing and are committed to supporting the latest market initiatives and regulatory changes. Available as a single platform or individual business components, OpenTWINS offers a flexible, scalable solution that will grow with business.

Responsibilities:

Understand the application architecture and gathering the requirements for performance testing

Prepare the test plan & test strategy

Attend daily scrum calls to discuss the status of the performance test activities

Analyze the business work-flows and creating of performance test scripts using HP Vugen 12.55

Test Data creation required for performance

Analyze the load profile and creating the scenarios for performance test executions.

Conduct the performance tests in PC 12.55

Analyze the response times, throughput, error graphs and other performance metrics and provide the test report after every execution

Provide suggestions to performance tune from the application perspective as well as from the server perspective when there are any performance bottlenecks

Provide the final performance test completion report and obtaining the sign-off from the stakeholders

Project : POS Feb 2016 to Jan 2018

Client : Verizon

Role : Consultant

Tools Used : Load Runner 12.50, ALM 12.50, CA Wily Introscope 9.0

Location : Warren, NJ USA.

Project Description:

Point of Sale (POS) is a suite of application systems devised to support users within several internal departments to process a variety of customer transactions, including equipment & accessories sales and ordering, bill payments, equipment returns and repairs, account maintenance, pricing, inventory and discounting and rebates.

Customer may buy a device/service through any point of sale, based on the categories we divided our POS into four applications projects

Retail

Used in face to face locations (store) and processing/support type organization like the AOC (Area Operations Center).

All Verizon Retail stores comes under Netace.

Responsibilities:

Understanding the application architecture and gathering the requirements for performance testing

Created Performance strategy, Business Operational profiles and analysis for the senior management to gauge the improvement.

Attending Huddle calls on daily basis with the client to discuss the status of the performance test phases

Analyze the business work-flows and creating of performance test scripts using HP Vugen 12.50

Virtualizing the backend services calls using Devtest 10.0

Analyzing the load profile and creating the scenarios for performance test executions.

Conducting the performance tests in ALM 12.50

Analyzing the response times, throughput, error graphs and other performance metrics and providing the test report after every execution

Providing suggestions to performance tune from the application perspective as well as from the server perspective when there are any performance bottlenecks

Providing the final performance test completion report and obtaining the sign-off from the stakeholders

Project : CITI, USA Aug 2014 to Feb 2016

Client : Citi Bank

Role : Team Lead

Tools Used : Load Runner 12.50, ALM 12.50, CA Wily Introscope 9.0

Location : Delaware,USA.

Project Description:

CitiDirect Online is a banking application which provides Web-based banking platform. CitiDirect puts the customer’s corporate banking functions in one security-protected place, giving the customers around the globe, centralized access to their account information in real time right from their desktop. It combines quick and easy installation and automatic system upgrades with custom reporting and around-the-clock access to account information in real time from anywhere in the world. In a continuing evolution of our on-line banking platform.

Responsibilities:

Understanding the application architecture and gathering the requirements for performance testing

Created Performance strategy, Business Operational profiles and analysis for the senior management to gauge the improvement.

Attending Huddle calls on daily basis with the client to discuss the status of the performance test phases

Team coordination & client Interaction

Analyze the business work-flows and creating of performance test scripts using HP Vugen 12.01

Analyzing the load profile and creating the scenarios for performance test executions.

Conducting the performance tests in ALM 12.01

Analyzing the response times, throughput, error graphs and other performance metrics and providing the test report after every execution

Providing suggestions to performance tune from the application perspective as well as from the server perspective when there are any performance bottlenecks

Providing the final performance test completion report and obtaining the sign-off from the stakeholders

Prior Project Experience

Employer

Project Name

Client

Start – End Date

Role

Polaris FT

TDBFG

TD Bank,Canada

Dec 2013 -May 2014

Senior Project Lead

DocSafe

Swisscom

July 2013-Nov 2013

Team Lead

NBE-Flexcube

National Bank of Egypt

Mar 2013- Jul 2013

Team Lead

ACE Life eSmart

ACE

Jan 2013 -Mar 2013

Team Lead

Manhattan Scale

DHL

Sep 2012-Jan 2013

Performance test Analyst

OnlineWealth Account

SJP (St. James’s Place)

May 2012-Jul2012

Performance test Analyst

FNFG-Website Redesign

First Niagara Bank

Oct 2011 – Apr 2012

Performance test Analyst

iSoft, A CSC Company

iPharmacy

Peninsula Site

Nov 2010-Aug2011

Sr.Software Engineer

Synergy

NHS

June 2010-Oct2010

Sr.Software Engineer

iPremiere

UK Govt Hospital

Jan 2010 – May 2010

Software Engineer

Lorenzo Clinicals

Morecambe

Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

Software Engineer

Evolution Maternity

HSE Site

May 2008 – Dec 2008

Software Engineer

Educational Qualification

MSc in Mathematics from S.K University, India.

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