Alex Michael Raj J askmic87@gmail.
com
"Performance Engineer” +91 9994302720
Career Objective
To be associated with a progressive organization to utilize my technical skills and abilities in the industry that offers the
professional growth while being resourceful and innovative.
Career Summary
5+ years of experience as a Performance Test Engineer mainly in Retail, Ecommerce and Travel
Domains, performing End-End Application testing and Web Services testing- REST API and SOAP API.
I have also been part of development team in developing IP tool products using JAVA which reduces the
manual work and faster project deliverables.
Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in end to end performance testing life cycle, root cause
analysis of performance issues.
Testing Scenario’s performed– Destructive, Load, Scalability, Endurance, Crash Recovery and Failover
Testing.
Experience in Client-Site working – ADOBE, AMADEUS Software Labs and Capillary Technologies.
Currently working in ITC Infotech as Performance Engineer for Capillary Technologies as an individual
contributor focused on Testing, Analysis and bottlenecks identification on the Application.
Led the innovation team to create solution accelerators and improve the productivity. One of them has
won the Olympiad Innovation Award among 100 nominations.
Technical Skills
Performance Testing Tools Load Runner, JMeter, Soasta, Controller, Performance Centre, Jenkins
Executions, Gatling.
Issue/Bug Tracker Jira, Win@pproach
Server monitoring New Relic-APM, App Dynamics, Perfmon, DynaTrace, Splunk, SQL Server
profiler.
Automation Tools Familiar Selenium Web Driver.
Servers Config for IP tool Dev JBoss, IBM MQ.
Programming Languages Familiar with Core Java.
Scripting Familiar with Shell Scripting.
Databases Familiar with SQL, DB2, Oracle 11g.
Skill Standouts
Expertise in end to end performance testing cycle.
I have developed solution accelerators tool for performance testing domains.
Interaction with clients and stakeholders to identify market gaps and transform them in to business requirements.
Renowned to independently deliver the projects and a great team player as well with proven work experience in multiple
technologies.
Exceptional ability to build productive relationships with peer teams generating accurate and detailed business
requirements.
Proficient in performance testing tools like HP Load runner and Apache JMeter.
Experience in definition of non-functional requirements such as SLA, Performance, Availability, Scalability and
Reliability for different applications and identification of performance critical candidates for enterprise applications
Professional Upfront
ITC Infotech India LTD
Sr. Performance Engineer, October 2016 to Present.
Tek Systems India
Sr. Performance Engineer, Feb 2016 to October 2016.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Associate, Aug 2012 to Feb 2016.
Accomplishments
Core member of PACE Innovation Council and Non Linear Revenue team.
Part of the development team of two Cognizant IPs currently used in several customer accounts.
Have won the Olympiad Innovation award for developing best tool in market facing category among 96 nominations.
Well versed in various performance tests like Load, Endurance, Stress testing, Crash Recovery, Failover Testing, etc.
Capable of doing in depth analysis of code to isolate performance issues and provide recommendations on fine tuning
the code.
Core member of NIKE Performance testing team leading the Innovation group.
Member of Xcel celeb team organizing and coordinating several town halls, cultural events within the organization.
Held the ownership of training and mentoring the Entry Level Trainees across the team.
Interacted with several clients and have contributed and participated in several client Demos and walkthroughs.
Lead a team in designing quarterly newsletter of the project and an active member of outreach team which contributes
to the society by organizing noble events across various schools.
Performance Engineering Projects
1. E-Commerce - Capillary Exchange, Sellerworx and Martjack
Company: ITC Infotech, Client Name: Capillary Technologies Duration: Dec 2017 – Present
Tools & Platform: Java, JMeter, Web SQL, Rabbit MQ, New Relic, Elastic Search.
2. Airline Ticket Reservations
Company: ITC Infotech, Client Name: Amadeus Software Labs
Tools & Platform: Java, JMeter , HP Load Runner (web), HP Quality Center, Dyna Trace, SQL Server Profiler.
3. ADOBE E-Commerce
Company: Tek Systems, Client Name: Adobe Systems India.
Tools & Platform: Java, JMeter , HP Load Runner (web), HP Quality Center, Dyna Trace, Splunk, APP Dynamics,
SOASTA, New Relic-APM
4. NIKE – BRAND Module
Company: Cognizant, Client Name: NIKE.
Tools & Platform: Java, JMeter, HP Load Runner (web, SAP GUI), HP Quality Center, APP Dynamics, New Relic-
APM, Splunk, SOASTA, Gatling (POC)
5. Levis RDP-POS Application
Company: Cognizant, Client Name: LEVIS.
Tools & Platform: HP Load Runner (RDP), HP Quality Center, Perfmon, Windows, Java
6. NLG I-NET Portal Performance Testing
Company: Cognizant, Client Name: NLG I-NET
Tools & Platform: JMeter, HP Load Runner, HP Controller, Windows, Perfmon.
Responsibilities of Performance Engineer
Held responsible to independently deliver the project covering the end to end performance testing cycle.
Gather performance test requirements.
Prepare test plan and strategize the test executions.
Create performance test scripts using HP Load Runner and also using Soasta.
Handle complex data set up.
Conduct Load, Endurance Testing, Stress testing, Failover Testing, Crash and recovery testing etc.
Monitor server utilization and Prepare test report and review/analyze performance test results and recommend on
system performance.
Experience in JIRA for Defect Reporting and Tracking.
Develop several Java tools to automate data prep activities.
Prepare test report and review/analyze performance test results and recommend on system performance.
Non Linear Revenue Portfolio – Tools Developed
Performance Script Enhancer
Environment : Netbeans IDE, Java, JavaFX, Derby
Team Size :5
PSE Overview:
Performance Script Enhancer was developed to overcome the current scripting challenges such as lack of effective
solutions that can readily bring down the scripting effort.
PSE Features:
Automates Script generation process.
Automates script review process.
Fixes Script review defects using cognizant best practices.
Scores script quality and generates report.
Baselines single users’ performance of each business flows.
LoadQ
Environment: Netbeans IDE, Netbeans Platform, JBoss, IBM Web Sphere, Tibco
Team Size : 5
LoadQ is a Java based end to end Middleware testing tool. It can be used across various phases of the testing life cycle like
Test data generation and Test Execution.
Features:
Capable of generating Lakhs of data in few minutes.
Message Injection in to Middleware queues.
Provides option to user to specify injection rate, test duration etc.
Monitoring the counters such as queue depth, CPU, Memory and Disk.
Main Responsibilities in Tool Development:
Researching the market for similar tools and preparing white papers.
Brainstorming sessions with team to come up with UI Screen Designs.
Programming using Java, using queries to save data in database.
Exception Handling.
Testing the application.
Designing Screens using JavaFX.
Preparing test cases and reports.
Preparing artifacts such as installation/user manual, one slider etc.
Coordinating with third party vendors to integrate external licensing module.
Creating installers using Pascal Script.
Interacting with clients to provide presentation and demonstrations of the tool.
Academic Profile
Examination Discipline/Specialization College CGPA/Percentage
M.Tech Information Technology VIT University 7.0**
**Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is out of 10.
Personal Profile
Name : Alex Michael Raj J
Date of birth : 12th NOV 1987
Nationality : Indian
Linguistic Proficiency : English, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu.
Current Work Location : Bengaluru, India (Willing to Relocate)
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is correct to the best of my knowledge & belief.
Alex Michael Raj J
