Test automation Engineer – Woodlawn(MD) – 6+ Months contract – Only GC and Citizens
For quick consideration, you can reach me at my number 701-526-3400 or ram@fabergent.com
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· Review computer systems capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitation to determine if modification is necessary/possible within current system.
· Study existing information processing systems to evaluate effectiveness, and develop new systems to improve production or workflow as required.
· Prepare documentation for use by equipment and computer operators within the system.
· Plan and prepare technical reports and manuals.
· Provide direction to lower level engineers.
· Work closely with customer and provide necessary support needed for performance testing and capacity management in System Integrated Environment.
· Write performance test plans in support of end-to-end system performance evaluation and analysis.
· Identify the bottlenecks in the application performance, conduct analysis and provide recommendations to management to improve the performance.
· Analyze and project the impact of the application performance in production environments.
· Produce a final risk assessment showing whether there is a low, moderate, or high risk of the current peak user volume of usage to negatively impact the application's production infrastructure.
· Research new tools and test methodologies as needed.
· Designing, executing and analyzing load/stress/performance tests using HP LoadRunner and WinRunner
· Handling the entire load/performance testing independently with multiple components (developers, system administrators, DBAs)
· Gathering and analyzing of various usage statistics like peak hour usage, peak hour volume, transaction data and preparation of various load test scenarios
· Preparation of work load assumptions document in sync with the existing or projected production usage statistics
· Analysis of the test results and preparation of various graphs and reports
· Analyzing the performance of the application under test under varying loads and concurrent users
· Monitoring the system and collecting the various usage charts in terms of CPU utilization, MIPS usage, of the application servers, middle ware and backend servers
· The use of monitoring tools such as Sitescope, Introscope, BMC patrol, ITCAM, STROBE etc
· Collecting and compiling various usage reports from multiple sources and preparing the final performance analysis report
· Preparation of risk assessment and capacity management and advising management about the application performance under various load capacities
· Windows workstation setting and Microsoft office suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
· C language
· Experience in the installation and troubleshooting of the LoadRunner servers and agents, on the windows servers
· Working experience in various protocols such as HTTP, Web Services, ORACLE etc
· Working experience in the UNIX and CICS/MAINFRAMES environments
· Strong ability to work independently to support the testing activities for the customer
The candidate must be able to pass a Federal Suitability Check for a position of public trust.
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