Senior SRE Performance Engineer with IaC and Observability Expert
Resume:
SUMMARY
* ***** ** ********** ** SRE Performance Engineering using Terraform, opentofu, Udeploy DynaTrace, Splunk, AppDynamics, CA Introscope, SiteScope, LoadRunner, Jmeter, K6, Performance Center, and Gremlin.
Experience managing systems using infrastructure as code tools like terraform.
Hands-on experience with container orchestration with Kubernetes.
Excellent knowledge of Creating a Dynatrace dashboard for application and profiling Dynatrace one agent on the server.
Established SLIs and SLOs for applications, developing custom dashboards and configuring error-rate alerts to proactively identify performance degradation.
Experience in understanding Cloud Computing and DevOps concepts including CI/CD pipelines.
Developed Performance testing tool using python and BOTO3 SDK to test AWS lambda’s functions.
Experience in cloud-based environments including Amazon web services, and VMware.
Experience in working with AWS ECS, EKS, lambdas, cloudwatch, VPC, Load Balancers, Subnets, Security Groups & Network ACLs.
Experience in creating Datadog dashboards for both ECS and EKS applications.
Created Dynatrace dashboards for applications and profiled Dynatrace OneAgent on servers.
Built an automated performance analysis pipeline using GitHub Copilot to aggregate high-volume telemetry from S3 buckets and enterprise monitoring tools; reduced manual report generation time
Facilitated blameless post-incident reviews, transforming root cause analysis (RCA) findings into automated prevention scripts that eliminated repeat incidents.
Implemented reusable Terraform modules, standardizing environment provisioning and reducing "configuration drift incidents”.
Built a comprehensive observability stack using Grafana, Splunk, open telemetry and datadog, which reduced Mean Time to Detection
Excellent knowledge in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Defect Management Life Cycle (DMLC).
Experience in creating test approaches, work plans, and designing test scenarios, and test cases for Performance test requirements.
Implemented best practices for scripting standards including modularized scripting and error handling.
Developed customized c functions and integrated them with LoadRunner scripts.
Executed complex scenarios including high-volume tests using Performance Center and standalone controllers.
Developed Scripts in HTML/HTTP, Web Services, and Truclient protocols in LoadRunner
Proficient in analyzing errors including checking log files and using LoadRunner and other tools to identify performance bottlenecks.
Experience & understanding of service-based solutions using, REST-based services (Spring Boot.), and container-based microservices architecture (Docker, Kubernetes).
Perform Chaos engineering activities with the help of the Gremlin tool.
Creating Blackhole scenarios, such as shutting down an important service, and checking how fast the backup system starts working.
Extensive experience in developing performance plans and strategies.
Shut down critical/noncritical services in the back end to check the application performance.
Used Dynatrace performance monitors and LoadRunner graphs to analyze the results.
Customized parameterization in data files using LoadRunner to test the application with different sets of data.
Strong ability to understand and document critical data through effective data collection, data analysis, and data interpretation.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Web Technologies
HTML, XML, XHTML, WebSphere
Languages
Python, Java, SQL, C, C++.
RDBMS
MS SQL Server, My SQL, Oracle DB2
Project Management Tools
MS-Project,
Methodologies
Waterfall, Agile,
Operating Systems
Windows, Windows Server 2012 R2, linux
Infrastructure & Automation:
OpenTofu/Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible (AWX), CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code frameworks
Networking & Protocols:
TCP/IP, TLS, HTTP, enterprise network engineering
Automation Tools
LoadRunner, Jmeter, K6, Performance Center, Akamai cloud test.
Defect Tracking Tools
Quality Center, Test Director
Other Tools
Datadog, Grafana, Virtana, SiteScope, CA Introscope, DynaTrace, Fiddler, Gremlin, Opnet, Version one, Github
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Client: Fidelity Investments SRE Performance Engineer Oct 2022- Present
Responsibilities:
Engineered custom Datadog dashboards for ECS/EKS applications to monitor real-time system health.
Architected a custom data-extraction tool that integrates performance metrics from S3 and observability platforms; leveraged AI-assisted coding to deliver a standardized reporting engine that identifies performance issues and bottlenecks.
Eliminated 20 hours of manual toil per week by building a Python utility that pulls raw performance logs from S3 and correlates them with system metrics.
Architected a full-stack observability platform with Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog, reducing Mean Time to Detection (MTTD)
Implemented Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) framework for large-scale on-premises servers ensuring 100% configuration consistency and eliminating manual setup errors.
Defined and implemented SLIs/SLOs for microservices, improving overall SLA compliance.
Executed end-to-end test cases and scenarios across individual development projects within the System Test environment.
Analyzed Oracle AWR and ASH reports to identify database bottlenecks; provided data-driven recommendations for SQL tuning and resource rightsizing that increased transaction throughput.
Orchestrated resilience testing and chaos experiments (Latency, CPU/Pod attacks) using Gremlin to validate system recovery times.
Validated application performance by simulating backend service outages and monitoring failover efficiency.
Designed realistic load scenarios using Saturn and Akamai Cloud Test to simulate complex user behavior.
Architected Grafana dashboards to visualize complex end-to-end call flows and identify latency trends.
Collaborated on comprehensive performance test reports, providing actionable insights to stakeholders and development teams.
Design and implement automation frameworks for infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and operations
Manage AWS cloud services (ECS, EKS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch) ensuring reliability and availability
Implement autoscaling and orchestration for distributed and containerized workloads
Ensure network performance and security across TCP/IP, TLS, HTTP, and enterprise network environments
Manage F5 load balancing and routing, including GTM/LTM configuration, DNS routing, pools, and pool member management
Support routing requests and traffic management, including bucket allocation, failover strategies, and highavailability configurations
Developed high-volume performance scripts for load testing using Rushhour / Jmeter/ K6.
Identified and resolved critical performance issues, including deadlocks, connectivity problems, and system crashes.
Developed DataDog synthetics / Real user monitoring for critical business flows in production.
Engineered SLI/SLO monitoring solutions for IVR systems and implemented automated alerting to maintain high availability and optimize error-rate thresholds
Architected Datadog dashboard to visualize and analyze key production performance metrics
Engineered a custom TPS dashboard integrating production telemetry data to track throughput and identify performance degradation.
Automated server recovery and maintenance tasks by developing AWX jobs, reducing manual intervention and ensuring system uptime.
Environment: Locust, Jmeter, K6, Akamai cloud test, Datadog, Grafana, Virtana, Kibana, Gremlin, Splunk.
Client: Truist Financial Corporation Performance Engineer Oct 2019 – Sep 2022
Responsibilities:
Responsible for developing performance scripts for load testing using LoadRunner.
Responsible for creating Datadog dashboards for EKS applications.
Responsibilities include the execution of test cases and scenarios across individual development projects within the System Test environment.
Used the Dynatrace tagging tool to add tagging in the load runner script.
Profiling Dynatrace one agent and creating a Dynatrace dashboard for applications.
Performed resilience testing using the Gremlin tool.
Adding latency in Network/ Database/ App servers/ Webserver and performing the load test to check the end client’s response times.
Shutting down noncritical services in the back end and checking the application performance.
Developed and enhanced scripts using VuGen and designed scenarios using Performance Center to generate realistic load on application under test.
Identified performance issues, including deadlock conditions, database connectivity problems, and system crashes under load.
Developed web service scripts using Jmeter.
Executed Load/Stress scenarios for performance testing using Performance Center.
Wrote comprehensive performance test results report.
Involved in preparing the status reports and defect status reports.
Independently executed the HP LoadRunner test scenario and analyzed the execution statistics by monitoring the online graphs.
Environment: LoadRunner, Performance Center, Jmeter, Wily, Dynatrace, Gremlin, Splunk.
Client: Freddie Mac, Mclean, VA Performance Engineer May 2019 – Sep 2019
Responsibilities:
Responsible for gathering and analyzing requirements for performance testing.
Developing scripts in Web services and Web protocol using LoadRunner.
Monitored applications and services using OPNET to identify issues and bottlenecks.
Developed and executed load test script thread groups based on the business requirements and specifications.
Using LoadRunner/Performance Center analyzed results and created reports for the Load test performed.
Performed the Endurance test by executing the test for longer hours to find out any Memory Leaks, and slow resource consumption problems.
Executed load test on container-based services for K8S integration.
Developed and enhanced scripts and designed scenarios to generate realistic load on application under test.
Developed and enhanced scripts using VuGen and designed scenarios using Performance Center to generate realistic load on application under test.
Identified functionality and performance issues, including deadlock conditions, database connectivity problems, and system crashes under load.
Environment: LoadRunner, OPNET, V cloud, Version One, ALM, Beam
Client: Prudential Insurance, Newark, NJ Performance Engineer Oct 2018 – May 2019
Responsibilities:
Responsible for gathering and analyzing requirements for performance testing.
Developing scripts in Web services, Truclient and Web protocol using LoadRunner.
Monitored application using Dynatrace to identify issues and bottlenecks.
Developed and executed load test script thread groups based on the business requirements and specifications.
Using LoadRunner/Performance Center analyzed results and created reports in for the Load test performed.
Involved in setting up the host machines on various cloud environments like AWS depending on the load and requirement for various projects.
Extensively used Dynatrace to diagnose and troubleshoot web services performance issues.
Coordinated with DB for optimizing querying data in SQL and running scripts.
Extensively used Splunk to check the logs and used for error handling.
Responsible for testing JSON request/service for the online system using Postman tool.
Environment: LoadRunner, Splunk, AWS, Postman, Dynatrace
Client: Compest Solution INC, NJ Performance Engineer April 2018 - Sep 2018
Responsibilities:
Responsible for gathering and analyzing requirements for performance testing.
Analyzed system documentation like Requirements and User Interface Specifications Documents to develop Performance Test Plans.
Developed and executed load test script thread groups based on the business requirements and specifications.
Using LoadRunner/Performance Center analyzed results and created reports in for the Load test performed.
Extensively worked in Web, Web services, TruClient and Citrix protocol using LoadRunner.
Monitored system performance using AppDynamics.
Extensively used AppDynamics to diagnose and troubleshoot web/app server performance issues.
Worked closely with Software Developers to isolate, track, debugging and troubleshoot defects.
Responsible for testing SOAP request/service for the online system.
Responsible for the scripts and reserve testing resources using the HP performance center.
Used LoadRunner to execute multi-user performance tests, used online monitors, real-time output messages, and of the features of the LoadRunner Controller.
Coordinated with the business team to get the performance requirements for the load, stress, and endurance testing.
Interacted with the project team including business and technical to gather requirements and develop performance test plans.
Developed and deployed test Load scripts to do end-to-end performance testing using LoadRunner.
Responsible for setting up and maintaining SiteScope monitors.
Expert in server-side monitoring and test result analysis using DynaTrace, SiteScope, and CA IntroScope for application servers to identify performance bottlenecks.
Configured UNIX, database resources for performance monitoring on Performance Center.
Performed the Endurance test by executing the test for longer hours to find out any Memory Leaks, or slow resource consumption problems.
Creation of project plans, test plans, estimations, development, and tracking projects at every phase.
Environment: LoadRunner, Performance Center, SiteScope, AppDynamics, Oracle, IIS, MS SQL Server, Citrix, VDI Architecture, Web logic, Load Balancer, JAVA, J2EE Diagnostic Tool, Windows, HP-UX, HP Service Test.
Client: Compute tech, NJ Performance Engineer Jan 2017- March 2018
Responsibilities:
Executed Load/Stress scenarios for performance testing using Performance Center.
Wrote comprehensive performance test results report.
Used Dynatrace to profile the environment.
Independently executed the Mercury LoadRunner test scenario and analyzed the execution statistics by monitoring the online graphs.
Identified performance issues within the J2EE infrastructure.
Involved in preparing the status reports and defect status reports.
Independently executed the HP LoadRunner test scenario and analyzed the execution statistics by monitoring the online graphs.
Implemented best practices for scripting standards including modularized scripting and error handling.
Developed customized c functions and integrated them with LoadRunner scripts.
Environment: LoadRunner, Performance Center, Oracle, SQL Server, Web sphere, Windows, AIX, AppDynamics, Introscope
Education:
Master of Science in Information Technology and Management.
University of Campbellsville, KY.
Master of Business Administration in Supply Chain.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA.
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and communication.
Visvesvaraya Technological University
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