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MD ISLAM

Lakeridge,VA

Summary

IT Professional with diverse experience in functions for complex software projects in stand-alone, client/server and web applications. Worked in dynamic environments and provided significant contributions to assure high-quality results are achieved ahead of deadlines. Have extensive involvement in all stages of SDLC, requirement analysis, business specification, development, enhancement, quality assurance, testing methodologies,and implementation. Possess skills in both manual and automation performance testing using tools like Load Runner, and Performance Center. Excellent professional skills developed while working as team member and as a performance engineer. 10 years of Software Test Engineer experience in Quality Assurance (QA) Performance Engineering. Extensively experienced in Manual Testing, Performance testing and quality assurance of Client/Server and Web applications. Good knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life cycle (STLC). Involved in creating Test Plans, Test Case Procedures, Test Scripts, Test Logs and Test Reports both in Manual and Performance Testing. Experienced with QA Methodology and QA Validations to ensure the Quality Assurance Control. Involved in Test strategy, planning, load modeling, scheduling, risk analysis, reporting, and tracking. Excellent multitasking and strong analytical, planning and communication skills. Extensively worked in Load Runner Web (HTTP), Web services, Silverlight Protocols. Developed and deployed test Load scripts to do end to end performance testing using HP ALM Performance Center and Load Runner. Involved in gathering business requirement, studying the application and collecting the information from developers and writing the test plan. Developing /Recording/Enhancing the VuGen/Jmeter scripts. Well versed with all functionality of Virtual User Generator. Configuring Run-time settings for Action / Think-time, VuGen and Controller . Good with Debugging, Identifying, Adjusting and fixing script errors by running it within VuGen. Excellent with parameterization and correlation. Plotting and implementing scenarios and loading Load runner scripts into controller. Created Performance scenarios and scripts for doing multiple iterations. Analyzed Load Runner scenario results. Activating / configuring monitors. Online Monitoring of graphs/monitors, analysis of cross results, cross scenarios and merged graphs.

Skills

  • Load Runner
  • Performance Center
  • Jmeter
  • Selenium, Chrome Driver
  • Diagnostics
  • Sitescope
  • Wily Introscope
  • New Relic
  • Pinpoint
  • App Dynamics
  • Service Virtualization
  • Data Visualization
  • NET
  • C, Java, Javascript, Python
  • Capacity planning
  • Agile
  • SDLC, PTLC
  • SOAP
  • Postman
  • Intelli J
  • Visual Studio
  • Tableau
  • Test Strategy, Test Plan
  • XML, HTML
  • UNIX
  • WebLogic
  • WebSphere
  • IIS, Apache
  • Linux
  • MS-Office
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 10
  • Windows XP
  • Mac OS
  • Load Modeling
  • Oracle
  • SQL Developer
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS Cloud
  • Test Rail
  • JIRA
  • X-ray
  • Test Case
  • Defect

Work History

Senior Performance Test Engineer

Capital One
06.2014 - Current
  • Enable Feature/System team to take ownership of Performance Testing through training on PT Frameworks and Technologies
  • Gather Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) for assigned applications through different POCs
  • Verify and validate all flows manually before developing scripts
  • Record, enhance and develop scripts on Virtual User Generator (VuGen)/ Jmeter
  • Debugging and enhancement of scripts with parameterization, correlation and adding of validations/assertions, transactions, think time and error handling functions
  • Ensure all parameters are captured properly through extended log
  • Customized Load Runner scripts in C language like String manipulation and using C libraries for Load Runner Scripts
  • Used Javascript as part of Jmeter script
  • Design scenario based on Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) documents
  • Design work load model to achieve target TPS
  • Set up monitors on SiteScope/New Relic/Datadog and ensures all server metrics are captured
  • Monitor server metrics on CloudWatch/AppD/Pinpoint
  • Reserve Controller and Load Generators before test execution
  • Design scenarios for load, stress, endurance and capacity tests
  • Execute and monitor tests
  • Collate and analyze results on LoadRunner/Grafana/Kibana
  • Generate preliminary and detailed reports after every test executions with help of LRAT and Load Runner
  • Updated scripts for new release as per requirement
  • Measured web-based applications for Transaction Response Time for Business-critical transactions
  • Analyze Data for BI using Tableau/New Relic
  • In depth understanding of application architecture of Javascript-Angular js to handle the asynchronous behavior while developing UI script in VuGen/Jmeter.
  • Used SOAP UI to test SOAP/REST projects and developed script in VuGen/Jmeter.
  • Extensive knowledge in AWS Cloud -EC2, ECS, Cloud Formation, Rehydrations.
  • Coordinated efforts with Application Owner and System Administrators to communicate bottlenecks and fine tune application
  • Coordinated with off-shore team and ensure all works are accomplished within timeline
  • Environment: ALM, Performance Center, Apache Jmeter, AWS Cloud, Load Runner, SiteScope, HP Diagnostics, Apache, IIS, WebLogic, UNIX, Oracle Database, SQL, DB2, Windows, Cucumber, Selenium, Ruby, Influx DB, Elastic Search, Kibana, Tableau,Grafana, Postman.

Performance Tester

Compest Solutions Inc
05.2013 - 05.2014
  • Responsible for setting up the testing environment of various Applications from various builds to do performance testing
  • Developed test harness using Virtual User Generator in Single and Multi-protocols (HTTP/HTML, Web Services, Silverlight)
  • Customized Load Runner scripts in C language like String manipulation and using C libraries for the Load Runner Scripts
  • Checked Business objects reports for performance issue
  • Validation of the business flows manually before developing scripts
  • For every release update scripts if any code drop occurs and execute scripts as possible as to get better response times and analyze results
  • Updated scripts for new release and added new functionality as per new releases
  • Verified the SOAP message delivery to the web services and verified the XML formatted response using the SOAP UI
  • Correlated and parameterized scripts, configured the Run Time settings in Virtual User Generator
  • Developed Scenarios with different schedules like Ramp-up, Duration
  • Design the scenario and execute the test on Performance Center
  • Monitored performance metrics using Load Runner monitors and on Wily Introscope
  • Analyzed results for Bottlenecks and made recommendations for the bottlenecks using HP Performance Center & HP Load Runner
  • Measured the web-based applications for Transaction Response Time for Business-critical transactions
  • Generate reports with the help of load runner analysis after every test execution
  • Compare results with previous release and analyze the root cause for any issue
  • Coordinated efforts with Application Owner and System Administrators to communicate the bottlenecks and fine tune the application
  • Environment: Performance Center, Load Runner, QTP, Wily Introscope, IIS, WebSphere, Unix, Java, .NET, MS Office, Oracle Database, Windows XP, JDK, SQL

Education

Bachelor of Science -

Shahjalal University of Science And Technology
Sylhet, Bangladesh
2008

Certification

AWS Certified Developer Associate

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Visa Status

US Citizen

MD ISLAM