Akshay G.

Experience

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  Barclays UK

  Feb 2015 - Oct 2017

  Performance Test Analyst

  - Responsible for acquiring business requirements from project.- Creating VPT strategy documents.- Development of the scripts according to the business requirement.- Analysis of Results and raising defects if any.- Creating data files from mainframe jobs for DB2.- Analysis of results for Batch runs .- Creating test closure reports.

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  Barclays

  Oct 2017 - Aug 2018

  Performance Test Architect

  - Creating performance test plans and performance business scenario plans.- Responsible to determine configuration parameters like TDQs, CPU Capacity, and improving overall performance for Available infrastructure.- Support for OAT team to perform resilience testing.- Executing the tests (load/stress/endurance) on the HP Performance center. - Report generation and arranging the session with the entire project team to showcase the same.

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  Synechron

  Sept 2018 - Dec 2019

  Performance Test Engineer

  - Setting Up Performance Test Environment.- Capturing and modifying TruClient scripts through load runner according to the business requirement.- Analysis of results using Perfmon, Wily, Ganglia and AppDynamics.- Automating business processes using RPA - UI Path tool.- Generating report to showcase the performance bottlenecks and giving recommendations around it.

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  _VOIS

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2021

  Performance Test Engineer

  - Creation of test approach doc for critical business scenarios and arranging session with operation team to showcase the same.- Automating test data creation activities using RPA(UI Path) tool.- Converting Load Runner scripts into Jmeter in order to save the cost of the project.- Analysis of the results using AppDynamics, DataDog, AWR,Jconsole.- Understanding the prod and pre-prod environment to check the hardware capacity under anticipated load as part of cost optimisation undertakings.- Executing scenarios before and after hardware reduction in order to check the system stability and server response time and acquire the confirmation if hardware capacity could be reduced or not in future releases. Show less

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  Infosys

  Aug 2021 - Aug 2022

  Performance Test Lead

  - Worked as a Performance Test Lead for CMA-CGM, I was responsible for delivering the end to end Performance Testing against non-functional requirements for AWS (Amazon Web Services) hosted Web applications.

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  Ricoh UK

  Sept 2022 - Dec 2022

  Performance Test Consultant

  - Creating Performance scripts using JMeter/Fiddler for Siebel application.- Replicating load on critical business scenarios through JMeter master & slave configuration like Production.- Checking response time and comparing with baseline results using Aggregate report.- Monitoring and analysis of resource utilization using Azure Kubernetes Services.- Automating CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps capabilities.- Creating report and demonstrating to all stakeholders with the analysis.- Raising defect in octane and take updates on the same and do a regression once fixed. Show less

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  SITA

  Dec 2022 - May 2023

  Performance Test Engineer

  - Creating Performance scripts using LoadRunner, JMeter & Neoload for Airport Management System Web Application.- Designing Workload Model for critical business scenarios.- Coordinating with the test automation team to create the test data for performance test scripts.- Leveraging Postman to validate the APIs.- Executing performance tests on LRE using Azure LGs.- Checking response time and setting up a benchmark for AMS web cloud application.- Evaluating the test results collated by using separate performance tools.- Monitoring and analysis of resource utilization footprints using Dynatrace and Grafana.- Troubleshooting performance bottlenecks and providing recommendations for further tunning- Automating CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps capabilities for AMS products. Show less

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  HM Revenue & Customs

  Jun 2023 - Dec 2023

  Performance Test Engineer

  - Updating JMeter test scripts for each new release, incorporating new features and adjustments as per business needs.- Completing preliminary checks before testing, such as verifying DB statistics, resetting GLENS, preparing data, restarting injectors, and configuring properties.- Running performance tests on Linux injectors using appropriate properties files and shell scripts.- Utilizing DMS and GLENS UI to confirm that declarations have reached their intended state.- Monitoring response times, throttling, and queue health during runtime using Grafana and MQ explorer.- Assessing Rabbit MQ health, CPU, and memory usage with AppDynamics' capabilities.- Analysing logs post-load/soak testing via ELK to identify any component-related issues.- Reporting NFRTEST bugs and ITMO tickets through JIRA for response time and environment-related concerns.- Generating and uploading a summary report of performance test results to confluence, encompassing the latest discoveries. Show less

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  Akshchin Technologies Ltd

  Jan 2024 - now

  Senior Performance Engineer