Shreekumar Raghavan
Maple Grove,MN
Summary
Dynamic individual with hands-on experience in building Load & Performance suites and Test automation frameworks. Brings strong problem-solving skills and proactive approach to new tasks. Known for adaptability, creativity, and results-oriented mindset. Committed to making meaningful contributions and advancing organizational goals. Always thinking out of the box hot to make test automation development and performance evaluation tasks robust, easy to use and keep up with technology.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Performance Test Engineer
Optum Health – Vivify Health
10.2020 - Current
- Responsible for:
- Build a Performance Engineering practice
- Build and maintain test environment on prem and cloud
- Design, develop and maintain performance test suite.
- Expertise using JMeter, Sql server side tracing, IIS monitoring
- Conducted POC using Locust and Gatling during intake of larger clients
- Support monthly release cycle for performance compliance certification
- Conducted automation POC using Katalon Studio and Cypress
- Built and rolled out Automation framework using Selenium-Python-Appium
- Lead and train Offshore team to build automation test coverage
Architect Performance Engineering Team
IDEMIA
07.2019 - 07.2020
- Responsible for:
- Build and Improve Performance Engineering practice
- Design build and improve performance test suite.
- Expertise using JMeter, SentryOne, Sql server side tracing, monitoring nodeJS and JBoss WildFly servers.
- Functional and load test SOA applications using SoapUI
- Worked closely with business and functional teams to identify business processes and realistic load models that need to be simulated for Load and Performance improvements.
- Build and execute Load and performance scenarios.
- Analyze system behavior during runtime and after tests by reviewing, server and database logs.
- Summarize with adequate details and recommendations the test results for technical teams to review.
- Mentor and train team members with performance analysis and scripting knowhow.
- Review Automation framework to verify best practices compliance of the current suite built using Selenium and Protractor.
- Lead a team working situated in Billerica , MA and Fort Wayne, IN
Architect Performance Engineering Team
MN IT Services | Department of Human Services
05.2017 - 06.2019
- Responsible for:
- Build and Improve a Performance Engineering team to support the department’s customer facing and internal application including modernization Projects developed in Java/JEE, .Net.
- Continuously design and improve re-usable performance framework while increasing to support enterprise wide applications support.
- Established a Performance testing STLC detailing stages from intake of requests to closures.
- Authored templates for all deliverables to support Performance STLC.
- Expertise using VBScript, Java Script, C and Java languages, Eclipse IDE and Jenkins for building performance and test automation frameworks.
- Functional and load test SOA applications using SoapUI
- Worked closely with business and functional teams to identify business processes and realistic load models that need to be simulated for Load and Performance improvements.
- Build and execute Load and performance scenarios.
- Analyze system behavior during runtime and after tests by reviewing Dynatrace, server and database logs.
- Dynatrace used to monitor and track all application layers and dependencies in order to identify performance, capacity and system availability issues.
- Analyze Dynatrace logs with system architects, development and database architects.
- Summarize with adequate details and recommendations the test results for technical teams to review.
- Mentor and train team members with performance analysis and scripting knowhow.
- Evolve performance tools to aide in functional testing data preparation.
- Document Manual functional test cases to me identified and mapped to performance test suites
- Review Automation framework to verify best practices compliance.
Lead Load, Performance and Automation Architect
TCF Bank
06.2016 - 04.2017
- Responsible for:
- Design and Build an automation regression testing framework to support their current customer facing websites Platform replacement Project.
- Help TCF project team to identify a functional automation and Load testing tool.
- Continuously improve automation framework while increasing regression coverage on signed off stories from previously completed sprints.
- Expertise using VBScript, Java Script for building framework using TestComplete.
- Data validations performed by writing and executing SQL queries against mainframe and new platform data instances built on SQL Server.
- Built Mobile automation solution for Android and iOS using Appium-Selenium-Java framework.
- Worked closely with business to identify Business processes that need to be tested for Load and Performance improvements.
- Support CI implementation using Jenkins.
- Built Load and performance scripts and scenarios and execute to test for the initial soft launch readiness.
Lead Load, Performance and Automation Architect
Merrill Corporation
02.2015 - 05.2016
- Responsible for:
- Build an automation regression testing framework and increase regression test coverage on an ongoing basis.
- Help in creating un-manned executions of powerful key word driven test scripts that validates business critical work flows in all environments.
- Conduct Proof of Concept to narrow down the tool that best fits the needs for building a Performance and Load testing circle of excellence.
- Help build performance benchmark on their critical application during a major release cycle.
Lead Automation Architect
Proto Labs Inc
03.2014 - 01.2015
- Responsible for:
- Evaluate the various applications and underlying technology to suggest a cost effective automation regression testing tool.
- Deal with Vendors to facilitate Proof of Concept and negotiate pricing to narrow down the test automation tool of choice.
- Build a regression testing framework.
- Help in creating powerful Release Candidate scripts that validate end to end core work flows.
- Framework and regression suite was built using Seapine QA Wizard and JavaScript.
- Data validation writing and executing SQL Queries using functions to query application database against multiple Oracle database Server to data drive tests cases and also validate application features.
- Built a framework and ported automation coverage from existing commercial tool to open source using Selenium-Java-Eclipse IDE-Jenkins to support multi browser framework.
SR Automation QA Analyst / Consultant
TEKsystems
09.2012 - 02.2014
- Responsible for:
- Evaluate the state of regression automation test suite delivered by third party vendor.
- Determine the current framework effectiveness in terms of how quickly automation suite can handle changes and deliver new features in to the regression suite.
- Determine changes to the framework to increase its efficiency and reduce upfront maintenance time prior to each regression cycle kick-off.
- Build the suggested framework in parallel for all new features and application changes using Unified Functional Tester previously QTP.
- Continued to increase regression test coverage of newer application features.
- Extensive backend and frontend validations which included writing and executing SQL queries inside automation functions to perform mathematical operations based on formulas driven by business logic.
SR Automation QA / Consultant
Shivalis Corporation
03.2011 - 09.2013
- Responsible for:
- Partner with manual test team resources to identify functional regression candidates for automation.
- Build a QTP keyword at Data driven regression bed for one of their core LTF application.
- Suggest an efficient overall solution which includes the automation tool set and framework.
- Conduct through POC using the top two tool set and demonstrate it to the management and technical architects.
- Put in place a process for easy migration of existing modular QTP VBScript resources to an open source framework automation solution model.
- Performed back end validation writing and executing SQL Queries using common script functions to query application database against SQL Server to data drive tests and also validate application features.
- Built framework using Selenium-Java for the purposes of POC to find a viable open source automation solution.
Performance Tester / Consultant
Delta Airlines
03.2012 - 08.2012
- Responsible for:
- Performance test planning and building test strategy for Delta’s rewrite of their web site.
- Engage performance testers and lead them thru the process of identifying end to end flows and key data elements from manual test cases and building performance test scripts.
- Assist in conducting POC to identify the protocols that need to be used to ensure true end user response times are reported by the scripts.
- Familiarity in identifying and parsing server responses manually for capturing dynamic values to be used by subsequent requests in there headers and bodies.
- Tools used: HP Load runner, Performance Center and Quality Center.
Automation QA / Consultant
Syncada
09.2011 - 02.2012
- Responsible for:
- Built an automation framework to support multiple applications regression testing.
- Trained and mentored the off shore team to make use of the framework to expand regression test assets in a timely and efficient manner.
- Assisted in building and execution load testing performance enhancement releases.
- Tools used: QA Wizard for automation and HP Load runner for performance and scalability tests.
Automation QA / Consultant
Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS)
03.2011 - 08.2011
- Responsible for:
- Built regression test suite coverage of an in-house .Net application for their core application that was undergoing a re-design using HP QTP.
- Helped identify existing framework and ensured that maximum code reuse occurred during the coding process.
- Ensured adequate data driven methods were adhered to during the regression suite development phases.
- Heavy back end validation routines Writing and Executing SQL Queries through common functions to query application database against SQL Server.
Senior Automation & Performance Specialist
SWAT Solutions Inc
11.2010 - 02.2011
- Responsible for:
- Helped Consulting Firm to establish off site load testing strategy for BCBS on multiple client applications.
- Involved in the migration process of their existing Rational Robot load scripts assets to the new integrated Rational Performance Tester.
- Used Manual Correlation approach to handle dynamic server responses.
- Helped Consulting Firm to manage a load test implementation of a third party application purchased for document management.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering Degree - Electronics
University of Bombay
Bombay, India05.1989
Skills
- Languages: Visual C, FORTRAN, Pascal, and Assembly Languages, Power Builder, Visual Basic, VB Script, Java Script, Java, Python
- Software: Mercury Suite 120,HP Unified Functional Tester (UFT) QTP, HP Load Runner, Seapine QA Wizard Pro , SmartBear Test Complete, SoapUI and Load Complete, Web Performance Tester, IBM-Rational Functional Tester , IBM-Rational Performance Tester, SQA Rational Robot, PVCS, Web Trends Web Analyzer, Microsoft Site Server, Dynatrace, SQA Suite 51, MS-TEST, Visual Source Safe, Crystal, Excel, 16 bit and 32 bit ODBC drivers, MS Access, Hummingbird, Reflection, SentryOne, Sql server side tracing, New Relics, Dynatrace, SoapUI, Postman
- Open Source Test Tools Watir-Ruby, Selenium-Ruby, Xebium-Fitnesse, Appium-Selenium-Java, Apache JMeter , Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ IDE, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, Gatling, Locust, Appium-Selenium-Python, Katalon Studio, Cypress, Jmeter
- SOA REST, JSON, WSDL, WADL
- RDBMS: SQL Server, Oracle , Sybase, DB2, SQL Lite, MySQL
Accomplishments
Successfully turned Vivify Health RPM product to perform better and eliminate production peak hour outages.
Built cloud based AWS and Azure solutions to execute Load and Performance tests.
Conducted POC to use Gatling or Locust instead of Jmeter to intake a large client onboarding request
Conducted several POCs to replace existing Selenium Protractor framework to an easier to develop and maintain solution using Cypress, Katalon Studio, Selenium-Python-Appium
Trained Offshore to pickup the test frmework and build automation Suite
Certification
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals - Score 889 - ID MS0996285296
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Performance Test Engineer
Optum Health – Vivify Health
10.2020 - Current
Architect Performance Engineering Team
IDEMIA
07.2019 - 07.2020
Architect Performance Engineering Team
MN IT Services | Department of Human Services
05.2017 - 06.2019
Lead Load, Performance and Automation Architect
TCF Bank
06.2016 - 04.2017
Lead Load, Performance and Automation Architect
Merrill Corporation
02.2015 - 05.2016
Lead Automation Architect
Proto Labs Inc
03.2014 - 01.2015
SR Automation QA Analyst / Consultant
TEKsystems
09.2012 - 02.2014
Performance Tester / Consultant
Delta Airlines
03.2012 - 08.2012
Automation QA / Consultant
Syncada
09.2011 - 02.2012
SR Automation QA / Consultant
Shivalis Corporation
03.2011 - 09.2013
Automation QA / Consultant
Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS)
03.2011 - 08.2011
Senior Automation & Performance Specialist
SWAT Solutions Inc
11.2010 - 02.2011
Bachelor of Engineering Degree - Electronics
University of Bombay
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 04/97 – 03/98 Pitney Bowes Technology Center, Shelton, CT, Quality Assurance Analyst Winrunner
- 10/96 – 03/97 Reuters - Stanford Data Group, USA, Quality Assurance Analyst/Tester SQA Robot
- 12/95 – 10/96 Compris Technologies Inc., Atlanta, Quality Assurance Analyst Developer, SQA Robot
- 11/91 – 11/95 Air India Ltd., Bombay, Software and Network Support, VB developer
- 06/90 – 11/91 Press Trust of India, Bombay, Power builder developer
- 09/89 – 06/90 Kanazia Digital Systems, Bombay, Electronic Engineer