Sameer Shrestha
Software Performance Test Engineer
London
Summary
Enthusiastic Performance Test Engineer focused on strengthening quality and performance of different products. Accustomed to working within Agile and Scrum methodologies while monitoring performance, reviewing processes and recommending updates. Team-minded and hardworking with strong communication, critical thinking and multitasking abilities. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in the world of Software Performance Testing.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Performance Test Engineer
Eagle Eye Solutions
Guildford, United Kingdom
10.2022 - Current
- Worked on performance testing of Eagle Eye’s omnichannel marketing platform, also known as AIR platform, which provides loyalty programmes, personalised rewards, subscriptions, and gift cards etc. to its clients such as ASDA, Tesco, Waitrose, Loblaws, Starbucks etc.
- Built Jenkins Pipeline to automate various test scripts/scenarios to run overnight/out-of-hours tests by integrating tools such as Jmeter and BlazeMeter to support repeating tests such as regression.
- Created testing scripts to cover various business features/microservices using the Apache JMeter tool to satisfy the business/clients requirements related to the AIR platform.
- Designed business goal-oriented performance test scenarios (e.g, Load, Stress, Regression etc.) using JMeter, Jenkins, BlazeMeter etc.
- Conducted load, stress and regression tests as per the client's requirement.
- Used monitoring tools like NewRelic and Google Logging tools to analyze the performance of various microservices under the load.
- Evaluated function, performance and design compliance of every product against design standards and customer needs.
- Maintained script version control using the GitHub repository.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing a QA perspective.
- Helped provide Performance Testing demo in many occasions to our prospective business clients showcasing the scalability, stability, responsiveness resiliency etc.
- Latest Performance Testing projects: Google - Rate Limiting, Google Spanner, Google Load Balancer etc.
Performance Test Engineer
Wipro Ltd.
London, United Kingdom
03.2019 - 09.2022
- Worked on Lloyds Banking Group's (UK client) Strong Costumer Authentication (SCA) project from its early stages.
- Reviewed the architectural design of the SCA platform to understand the end-to-end flow of various 2FA authentication (e.g., SMS, Call-Challenge, Appsign, Token) process for eCommerce payment journeys.
- Gathered non-functional requirements as per business requirements for each SCA features deployed.
- Analysed various microservices and database systems (e.g., IBM DB2, Oracle Cloud) as test pre-requisite activities.
- Produced a detailed test plan document.
- Setup mocks/stubs based on the REST or SOAP protocol to simulate 3rd party systems during tests.
- Worked with a dedicated environment delivery team to setup non-functional testing (NFT) environment as per business requirements.
- Developed scripts using LoadRunner VuGen tool and deployed them to the Performance Center (LoadRunner Enterprise) testing platform.
- Designed various performance test scenarios (e.g., Load, Soak, Breakpoint etc.) and deployed them to the Performance Center (LoadRunner Enterprise).
- Designed workload model to suit different test requirements.
- Monitored/Analysed test results using tools such as AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Splunk etc.
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
- Created performance test reports for various SCA features and got them signed-off by relevant stakeholders.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints with help of project management tools such as Jira/Confluence.
- Worked closely with Solution Architects, Developers, Business Analysts and other relevant stakeholders in a highly challenging environment.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Digital & Technology Solutions Professional (ITC)
Sheffield Hallam University
City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB, UK 09.2018 - 07.2022
Skills
Testing Tools (LoadRunner, Jmeter, BlazeMeter)
Monitoring Tools (Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, NewRelic, Google Logging)
Version control tool (GitHub)
Performance test planning
Documentation skills (Confluence, JIRA, Excel)
Troubleshooting abilities
Problem solving
Teamwork and Collaboration
Self-motivated
Able to work under pressure
Highly adaptable to dynamic challenges
CI/CD Jenkins
Timeline
Performance Test Engineer
Eagle Eye Solutions
10.2022 - Current
Performance Test Engineer
Wipro Ltd.
03.2019 - 09.2022
Bachelor of Science - Digital & Technology Solutions Professional (ITC)
Sheffield Hallam University
09.2018 - 07.2022