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Pavan Magal

Performance Test Architect/Technical Lead
Bangalore,KA

Summary

Totally with 14 years of IT Experience and Diversified Background:

Pavan Magal is an accomplished Sr Technical Lead for Performance Testing and engineering having 10 years of experience in Performance Testing & Engineering, Testing Management & Jmeter Selenium Webdriver Automation Testing. He is having experience in Designing Performance Engineering and Testing Solutions for Presales RFP teams, Test Designing, Work Load Modelling, White Box Performance Engineering, Chaos Engineering, Deep Diagnostics with Application Performance Monitoring, Test Scenario Design, reporting and Bottleneck analysis on OnPremise and Cloud Service Applications.

He has diverse experience in all levels of STLC and types of testing that include Load, Stress, and Endurance Tests with Transactional based Capacity Planning. Micro services Performance Testing on Message Queues, Events, and Message Bus on Frameworks like Camel, JMS and Amazon SQS.

He has worked as Performance Test Engineer with sound knowledge of norms for Software Testing and Design & Development with good Technical, Problem solving, Analytical and Interpersonal skills

He has also been involved in performance testing support activities for Testing Practice and has been involved in continuous performance test framework development using best practices.

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Work History

01.2014 - Current

Sep 2015 to till date. Performance Test Architect / Lead

PennyMac Loan Services, LLC (SSE QA).

Total Applications Tested : 30+ across SSE QA

PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, is an American residential mortgage company headquartered in Westlake Village, California and is the principal mortgage-banking subsidiary of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. As a top national mortgage lender, PennyMac Loan Services, LLC (“PennyMac”) is committed to providing its customers with a range of innovative mortgage solutions from product called Encompass, Broker Direct Lender Portal, Mac Portal, LO portal etc.

In a QA testing team of 50+, As a Performance Architect, Pavan M is involved in -

· Analyzing and understanding the Requirement Specifications for Release.

· Has played a pivotal role in Performance Test Tool Evaluation and Stack APM presentation prior project kickoff.

· Requirement Gathering and analysis of NFRs and Signoff from Project Stakeholders.

· Development of Performance Test Strategy with Performance Engineering.

· Prepare Test Tool Infrastructure on AWS EC2 cloud

· Design and Development of Test Scripts and Test Data

· Performance Test Execution, Result analysis and Reporting of Load, Scalability and Benchmarking.

· Status Reporting with QA Head and Signoff.

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Bottlenecks Detected and Reported:

RDS Scaling and Performance Issues

UI performance issues pointing to Framework, Rendering, DOM Loading for Microservices and SPA.

AWS EC2 Elasticity failure based on rule defined.

Messages Processing Delays.

SQL SP Hotspots

Volume Testing SLA Failures. High Response Time Failures.

CPU Spikes for longer duration.

Deadlocks and Heap Utilization Issues

SQS, DynamoDB Performance issues

Performance Test Solutioning- Digital Assurance

Sonata Software Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka
02.2013 - Current

Total Clients: PepsiCo, P&O ferries, SREI, Ernst & Young, CrawFord etc.

As a Performance Test Architect Responsible for :

  • Digital Assurance framework driven Performance Test Solutioning for domain and Vertical based Request for Proposals.
  • Collaboration with Project management and Testing QA Head for Test Strategy and approach.
  • Discussion with Technical Architects and Delivery Managers to streamling solutions as per expectations of customer.

Technical Leader

Sonata Software Ltd
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
05.2014 - 12.2014

Broadridge Financial (Capital Market US)– US Giant in ASset Management,Capital Markets and Banking, Consumer finance and Insurance, Retail Banking etc

Project : Global Post Trade Management System and GLOSS

As a Performance Test Lead was responsible for,

  • Jmeter Test Scripting and Automation using Selenium Webdriver.
  • End to End Performance Test Life cycle management.
  • Involved in Tech Stack Performance Engineering.
  • Test Strategy for Micro Services Volume performance testing.
  • Test script design, review, Test scenario design and Execution
  • Load Testing for Peak of 1000 + Concurrent users with scalability testing for 50% load and Endurance Testing and Benchmarking.
  • Test Monitoring on HP ALM and Diagnostics.
  • Test Reporting and Daily Standup Status Reporting.

Performance Test Lead

Sonata Software Pvt Ltd
11.2014 - 09.2015
  • Tools and Technology : Jmeter 2.11, Loadrunner, Jenkins and CI, Amazon EC2 Cloud and CloudWatch.
  • User Load Profile Tested : 550 vusers , 1000 vusers on AWS CLOUD Roles and Responsibilities.
  • Agile Performance Testing, Stress and Production Certification.
  • Work Load Modelling using Google Analytics and Log Analyser.
  • Continuous Interaction with Business Analyst, Product owner and Ondemand Load Test post Performance Fixes.
  • Deep Diagnostic using New Relic Enterprise.
  • Performance Test Reporting and Performance Benchmark Report on Release to Release.
  • Area of Service : Performance Testing/Engineering COE.

Test Architect- Performance

TUI Phoenix
Luton, United Kingdom
10.2014 - 03.2015

Thomson UK and Ireland is one of the Top Travel Holiday Services and Holiday planners in UK and Ireland . TUI offers Cruise, AIR and other Holiday packages.

As a Performance Tester in United Kingdom, Responsible for:

  • End to End Performance Test Life cycle management.
  • Involved in Tech Stack Performance Engineering.
  • Test Strategy for Micro Services Volume performance testing.
  • Test script design, review, Test scenario design and Execution
  • Load Testing for Peak of 600 + Concurrent users load and Endurance Testing and Benchmarking along with Failover and Baselining.
  • Test Monitoring on Influx DB, Graphite and Dynatrace.
  • Test Reporting and Daily Standup Status Reporting.

04.2014 - 07.2014
  • Thomson Airways was set up in 1962 (formally Britannia) and has grown to become the UK’s largest charter airline.
  • Based at Luton Airport, have a fleet of 77 planes and fly to more than 80 destinations around the world.
  • TUI Phoenix involves Performance Testing the Migration and Development of age old Legacy Travel Booking and Confimration to Latest Ecommerce Hybris Platform.
  • The Technology involved Opensource J2ee Technology Platform.
  • The Architecture is complex involving all major Third party support components who are world leaders in Ecommerce.
  • Onsite : Assigment was based in Luton for, Neoload Dynatrace, Rally and Agile.
  • User Load Profile Tested : 416 Vusers Roles and Responsibilities.
  • Have worked in the complex Agile SDLC and TDLC at onsite.
  • Have handled team of 4 Performance Testers at offshore.
  • Onsite and Offshore coordination.
  • Onsite Stakeholder Management.
  • Jmeter script verification and Validations.
  • Neoload Script preparation and Cloud Execution.
  • Collected Work Load Models and Usage patterns.
  • Baseline Comparison Soak Tests and Load Tests for Patch Release and Major releases.
  • Production Defect Analysis, Retesting and re Benchmarking Tests.
  • Detailed Reporting, Signoff Meetings. Bottleneck Detected - Ecommerce Hybris components (Endeca, Anite) Max Load Cutoff.
  • Garbage Collection Issues and SQL.

Software Engineer - Testing

ITC Infotech Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka
05.2010 - 01.2014

Customers : Walmart and Starwood Hotels and Resorts

Top US Giant Retail and Hotel chain

As a performance Tester, Pavan was responsible for :

  • Involved in Preparing Proposal for Performance Testing Release.
  • Involved in Proof of Concept.
  • Designed and Developed Performance Test Scripts.
  • Extensive Application Performance Monitoring.
  • Involved Baseline load Tests, Benchmarking and Scalability Tests.
  • Delivered Performance Test Reports to Stakeholders, Powerpoint Reports to Management and Suggestions
  • Prepared Engagement Completion Reports for Release
  • Involved in Stakeholder Management and Meeting.

Software Test Engineer

ITC Infotech Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka
11.2010 - 03.2013

Project Name : Mpower – L3 Communications

Domain : SAP HR&Payroll

Duration : 02-Feb-2014 to 01-May-2014

Project Details : Load Testing on Load Balancer and Benchmarking SAP R/3 Enterprise Portal.

Tools and Technology : HP Loadrunner 11.0.4, Dynatrace, HP Sitescope.

User Load Profile Tested : 250 Vusers

Roles and Responsibilities

Ø Preparation of Performance Test Scripts

Ø Prepared Operation Profile (Load Profile), Test Plan

Ø Design Test Data, Debug Run, Load Test 2 Iterations per cycle for 3 cycle

Ø Benchmark Tests, Loadbalancer Performance Testing

Ø Presenting Performance Test Report, cycle completion Report to Management

Software Engineer

Capgemini Global Solutions Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka
11.2008 - 01.2010

Project Name : Nokia Account (SSO)

Domain : Telecom

Project Details : Nokia Account SSO portal for Widgets etc

Tools and Technology : HP Loadrunner 11.0.3, Wily Introscope.

User Load Profile Tested : 5500 Vusers

Location : Helsinki Finland

Roles and Responsibilities

Ø Managed Team of 3 Performance Testers offshore.

Ø Involved in Agile Testing Life Cyle model.

Ø Prepared Performance Test Scripts, Test Plan, Strategy Plan.

Ø Involved in End to End Load Testing, Scalability Tests and Failover Testing.

Ø Load Balancing Tests and Extensive Performance Monitoring

Ø Network Profiling, SQL profiling

Ø Prepared Test Reports

Ø Weekly Status Reports and backlog Reports

Ø Performance Test Engagement Completion Reports.

Bottleneck : Load balancer issues, Failover, SQL Performance

Project VI

Project Name : Target Online Pledging (TOPS).

Domain : Retail

Project Details : Employee online Pledging System

Tools and Technology : Neoload 4.0, Vantage Analyser

User Load Profile Tested : 1000 Vusers

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Involved in Onsite Offshore Engagement Model
  • Prepared Performance Test Scripts, Test Plan, Strategy Plan.
  • Involved in End to End Load Testing, Scalability Tests and Failover Testing.
  • Prepared Test Reports
  • Weekly Status Reports and backlog Reports
  • Performance Test Engagement Completion Reports.

Software Engineer

Symphony Services Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka
05.2008 - 11.2008

Customer : Oracle Center of Excellence for Performance Testing and Engineering

Project Name : Siebel CRM on Demand Product

Domain : Siebel CRM

Tools and Technology : LoadRunner Version 9.5, JProfiler, HP Sitescope.

User Load Profile Tested : 260 Vusers

Roles and Responsibilities

Involved in V&V Product Performance Engineering and Testing Lifecycle

Involved in Capturing Performance Requirements, Meetings with Business Analysts and Project Stakeholders.

Involved in preparing Load Test Operation Profile

CPU Profiling, Memory Profiling, SQL Tracing

Load Testing, Scalability, Reliability Test

Performance Reporting and Suggestions

Test Engineer

Sun Max solutions
Bangalore, Karnataka
06.2005 - 10.2006

Customer : Bharathi Nursing home - Hospital and Healthcare

As a Test Engineer, Responsible for

  • Black box Functional Testing of Application under Test
  • Security Testing on a High level
  • Developing Java and Perl script for Task Automation.
  • Technical Documentation.

Software Engineer

Affinity Software Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka
07.2003 - 03.2005

Customer : Kelkoo.com (France) Ecommerce Giant, Currently acquired by yahoo.com

As a Software Test Engineer, Responsible for :-

  • Developing Java Code and adapters to fetch Product details such as Categories, Prices, Quantity and process for Normalization and Target Database Upload
  • Black Box Functional Testing
  • Java Code driven Multiple Thread Load Testing.
  • Test Reporting

Education

Bachelors - Computer Application

Udaipur Deemed University

Diploma - Electronics and Communication

Nadgir Polytechnic

Skills

Testing scripts, Performance Engineering, Jmeter Automation,HP ALM Loadrunner, Apache Jmeter, Blazemeter, Locust and Stress Stimulus

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Accomplishments

  • 11 years. IT Experience: 9 years Performance Testing and Engineering: 6 Years Performance Lead : 3.5 Years HP Load runner - 4 years Apache JMeter - 2 years Key Contact Info: Cell: +91 – 9972167766 Email: - pavan_prop@yahoo.com CERTIFICATION (HP M18 1st level Clearance) LOAD RUNNER PROFESSIONAL (AIS) in 2010.
  • Overview on Roles and Responsibilities.
  • Extensive experience in Load Testing Web Applications and Server Bottleneck Detections.
  • Extensive Performance Test Experience on Amazon Ec2 Cloud.
  • Have a solid Team management Experience.
  • Have Scripting Experience on Web, Siebel, RTE,Java Vuser,Java Over HTTP Protocols.
  • Experience in Retail,Telecom, SAP, Hospitality Domains.
  • Extensively worked on HP Loadrunner, Neoload and Jmeter.
  • Exposure to Neoload cloud Performance Testing.
  • Experienced in Real user monitoring using HP Business Availability Center.
  • Actively involved in identifying Business Process and Transactions and Production Monitoring.
  • Have prepared Performance Test Srategy, Test plan, Operation profile Documents.
  • Have Created Test Scripts, Test Scenarios.
  • Have been actively involved in Environment shakedown, Load Test, Capacity Tests and Failover Tests.
  • Have worked on Unix Platform, handled Test Environment problems and issues.
  • Have worked on Apache Tomcat, Oracle Application Server extensively.
  • Have prepared Performance Test Reports, Bottleneck Analysis Reports and Metrics.
  • Strong Team player and Individual Contributor.
  • Good customer satisfaction track record.
  • RECOGNITION AND AWARDS DNA Contribution Award July 2015.
  • (Sonata Software) Individual employee Spot Award from Starwood USA.( ITC Infotech) Employee contribution award from Ecomp GE, (IGATE Global) Companies, Project and Tools Project Duration Activity Company Tools MPOwer L3 3 months Performance Testing ITC Infotech HP Loadrunner 11.0.4,Wily Introscope,Solman.
  • Starwood hotels 3 years Performance Eng/Architect ITC InfoTech HP Loadrunner 11.0, Jconsole, Hp Diagnostics, SAR Monitoring.
  • Wal-Mart Inc (WHM) 6 months Testing/Eng ITC InfoTech HP Load runner 9.1, Hyperiq HQ, Linux command monitoring.
  • Nokia Account SSO 4 months onsite Engineering Capgemini Consulting HP Loadrunner 8,HP Site scope, Unix Commands.
  • Target Online Pledging 9 months Testing/Eng Capgemini consulting HPLoadrunner8,External monitors, Unix commands.
  • Siebel CRM Ondemand 6 months Engineering Symphony Services Pvt Ltd Hp Loadrunner 8, Performance Center 8.1, SQL Tracing, NQCMD analytical SQL.
  • GE Healthcare & corporate 1.4 years Testing / SQA Igate Global Services HP Loadrunner 8, Jmeter.
  • Company Joining Date End Date, Project Name : Mpower – L3 Communications Domain : SAP HR&Payroll Duration : 02-Feb-2014 to 01-May-2014 Project Details : Load Testing on Load Balancer and Benchmarking SAP R/3 Enterprise Portal.
  • Tools and Technology : HP Loadrunner 11.0.4, Dynatrace, HP Sitescope.
  • User Load Profile Tested : 250 Vusers Roles and Responsibilities.
  • Preparation of Performance Test Scripts.
  • Prepared Operation Profile (Load Profile), Test Plan.
  • Design Test Data, Debug Run, Load Test 2 Iterations per cycle for 3 cycle.
  • Benchmark Tests, Loadbalancer Performance Testing.
  • Presenting Performance Test Report, cycle completion Report to Management Bottleneck Detected : Load Balancer Routing issues, High CPU in SiLo, High Response Times.
  • Project IV Project Name : STARWOOD HOTELS - LIGHTSPEED Domain : Travel and Hospitality Project Details : Load Testing on Load Balancer and Benchmarking SAP R/3 Enterprise Portal.
  • Tools and Technology : HP Loadrunner 11.0,Jmeter Performance Center, HP Sitescope.
  • User Load Profile Tested : 250 Vusers Roles and Responsibilities.
  • Involved in Preparing Proposal for Performance Testing Release.
  • Involved in Proof of Concept.
  • Designed and Developed Performance Test Scripts.
  • Extensive Application Performance Monitoring.
  • Involved Baseline load Tests, Benchmarking and Scalability Tests.
  • Delivered Performance Test Reports to Stakeholders, Powerpoint Reports to Management and Suggestions.
  • Prepared Engagement Completion Reports for Release.
  • Involved in Stakeholder Management and Meeting.
  • Bottleneck : Architecture Design Flaws, High Response Times, Thread Locks, Garbage collection issues, Caching Problems.
  • Project V: Project Name : Wal-Mart Inc (WHM) Domain : Retail Project Details : WareHouse Management Tools and Technology : HP Loadrunner 11.0, Performance Center, Unix SAR Monitoring, Unix Commands User Load Profile Tested : 1500 Vusers Roles and Responsibilities.
  • Involved in Preparing Proposal for Performance Testing Release.
  • Involved in Proof of Concept.
  • Designed and Developed Performance Test Scripts.
  • Application Profiling, Code Analysis and SQL Profiling.
  • Involved Baseline load Tests, Benchmarking and Scalability Tests.
  • Delivered Performance Test Reports to Stakeholders, PowerPoint Reports to Management and Suggestions.
  • Prepared Engagement Completion Reports for Release.
  • Involved in Stakeholder Management and Meeting.
  • Project Name : Nokia Account (SSO) Domain : Telecom Project Details : Nokia Account SSO portal for Widgets etc Tools and Technology : HP Loadrunner 11.0.3, Wily Introscope.
  • User Load Profile Tested : 5500 Vusers Location : Helsinki Finland Roles and Responsibilities.
  • Managed Team of 3 Performance Testers offshore.
  • Involved in Agile Testing Life Cyle model.
  • Prepared Performance Test Scripts, Test Plan, Strategy Plan.
  • Involved in End to End Load Testing, Scalability Tests and Failover Testing.
  • Load Balancing Tests and Extensive Performance Monitoring.
  • Network Profiling, SQL profiling.
  • Prepared Test Reports.
  • Weekly Status Reports and backlog Reports.
  • Performance Test Engagement Completion Reports.
  • Bottleneck : Load balancer issues, Failover, SQL Performance Project VI Project Name : Target Online Pledging (TOPS).
  • Domain : Retail Project Details : Employee online Pledging System Tools and Technology : Neoload 4.0, Vantage Analyser User Load Profile Tested : 1000 Vusers Roles and Responsibilities.
  • Involved in Onsite Offshore Engagement Model.
  • Prepared Performance Test Scripts, Test Plan, Strategy Plan.
  • Involved in End to End Load Testing, Scalability Tests and Failover Testing.
  • Prepared Test Reports.
  • Weekly Status Reports and backlog Reports.
  • Performance Test Engagement Completion Reports.
  • Bottleneck : Memory Issues, CPU and Thread.
  • Project VII Project Name : Siebel CRM on Demand Product Domain : Siebel CRM Tools and Technology : LoadRunner Version 9.5, JProfiler, HP Sitescope.
  • User Load Profile Tested : 260 Vusers Roles and Responsibilities.
  • Involved in V&V Product Performance Engineering and Testing Lifecycle.
  • Involved in Capturing Performance Requirements, Meetings with Business Analysts and Project Stakeholders.
  • Involved in preparing Load Test Operation Profile.
  • CPU Profiling, Memory Profiling, SQL Tracing.
  • Load Testing, Scalability, Reliability Test.
  • Performance Reporting and Suggestions Bottleneck : Memory Leaks, Database and Code Performance issues.
  • Project VIII Project Name : Performance Centre of Excellence GE Domain : Healthcare, Corporate Tools and Technology : LoadRunner Version 9.5, HP Sitescope.
  • Total Projects Involved : 9 Assigments Tasks :.
  • Performance Strategy and Work Load Distribution Analysis of Web Applications.
  • Collection of Performance Requirements and Configuration management.
  • Have effectively used VUGEN to create/record and run the script based on Scenarios.
  • Have effectively implemented Corelation, Parameterization,Checkpoints,Thinktimes and functions based on the Dynamic responses from the server.
  • Worked on the Controller to Monitor the Response time, Thoroughput,Hits per second,CPU usage and memory monitors.
  • Involved in the Result analysis and Presentation of the graphs. The above declared information is true to the best of my knowledge Pavan Magal.
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Additional Information

  • Java Certification from STG, Bangalore in the year 2001. Jmeter Sonata Software Tester Level 1 Clearance. VISA DETAILS – CURRENT VALID US Business Visa B1/B2 Valid till 11th Nov 2025.

Software

Performance Test tools: HP ALM Loadrunner, Apache Jmeter, Blazemeter, Locust and Stress Stimulus

Performance monitoring tools: New Relic, Dynatrace, Nmon, HP Diagnostics, Zabbix

Performance Engineering: UI profiling with Lighthouse Chrome, Google Page speed insights SQL Profiling, Message Queue Throughput Profiling and Testing, Code Profiling with Yourkit

Cloud Services Performance: AWS EC2, Google Cloud Platform

Distributed Testing: Docker, AWS EC2 and S3

Continuous Integration: Jenkins with AWS EC2

Data Analytics: Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana InfluxDB, Grafana

Log Management and Analytics: InfluxDB, Log stash, Grafana, Elasticsearch and Splunk

Certification

Bengaluru based , Married with a Kid

Java, Exposure to python, Java STG Certification 2001 HP M18- Loadrunner AppleCare Certification

Jmeter Coding Exposure to Beanshell, Java and Selenium Webdriver Javascript

Python Coding on Locust for High level API and UI using Locust

HPM -18 Loadrunner 8.1 Certification in 2007/2008.

Sonata Software Certified Unified Engineering Professional(Full Stack)

Timeline

Performance Test Lead

Sonata Software Pvt Ltd
11.2014 - 09.2015

Test Architect- Performance

TUI Phoenix
10.2014 - 03.2015

Technical Leader

Sonata Software Ltd
05.2014 - 12.2014

04.2014 - 07.2014

01.2014 - Current

Performance Test Solutioning- Digital Assurance

Sonata Software Ltd
02.2013 - Current

Software Test Engineer

ITC Infotech Ltd
11.2010 - 03.2013

Software Engineer - Testing

ITC Infotech Ltd
05.2010 - 01.2014

Software Engineer

Capgemini Global Solutions Ltd
11.2008 - 01.2010

Software Engineer

Symphony Services Ltd
05.2008 - 11.2008

Test Engineer

Sun Max solutions
06.2005 - 10.2006

Software Engineer

Affinity Software Ltd
07.2003 - 03.2005

Diploma - Electronics and Communication

Nadgir Polytechnic

Bachelors - Computer Application

Udaipur Deemed University
Pavan MagalPerformance Test Architect/Technical Lead