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vijayanand Kupparao

@vijayanandkupparao

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Highly skilled Performance Engineer with 13+ years of combined experience

United States

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What I'm looking for

Looking for a challenging role that leverages my performance engineering expertise to drive continuous improvement and ensure the availability, performance, and scalability of complex systems.

As a seasoned Performance Engineer, I bring 13+ years of experience in ensuring the availability, performance, and scalability of complex systems. My expertise lies in managing operations, troubleshooting, and optimizing software applications. I am passionate about driving continuous improvement and have a proven track record of tactical collaboration with stakeholders and IT groups.

I have extensive experience in performance testing, Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Continuous Test Integration, and Continuous Test and Deployment. My skills include proficiency in managing cloud infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and automating performance engineering processes. I am well-versed in developing performance engineering strategies, defining engineering and testing requirements, and designing workload models based on production statistics analysis.

I have worked with various tools and technologies, including App Dynamics, Splunk, DataDog, Azure Cloud Monitoring, and New Relic. I am familiar with Elastic Search, Telemetry, Cloud Flare, Akamai, and Gremlin. I have experience with Google Analytics, Splunk, SiteScope, Grafana, Prometheus DB, Micro Focus LoadRunner Enterprise, APICA, and JMeter for performance testing.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Performance Engineer

Current

MetLife Insurance

Oct 2022 - Present (2 years 7 months)

Led performance testing for critical applications, identifying bottlenecks and optimizing system performance. Managed cloud infrastructure and established robust monitoring systems. Collaborated with development teams to implement performance enhancements and ensure high availability.

Performance Testing Azure DevOps Cloud Infrastructure Management Incident Management Monitoring Automation

Big Data Performance Engineer

IBM Corporation

Sep 2019 - Oct 2022 (3 years 1 month)

Conducted end-to-end performance testing for web and mobile applications, analyzing results and recommending optimizations. Developed custom load testing scripts and automated regression tests to improve efficiency.

Performance Testing LoadRunner Test Automation Performance Metrics Stakeholder Management Project Delivery

Performance Engineer

IBM Corporation

Jul 2016 - Sep 2019 (3 years 2 months)

Developed performance testing plans and strategies, executed tests, and analyzed results. Collaborated with clients and stakeholders to ensure performance requirements were met.

Performance Testing Test Strategy Test Planning Load Testing Stakeholder Management Performance Metrics Capacity Planning

Performance Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Dec 2009 - Jul 2016 (6 years 7 months)

Generated performance test plans and executed performance testing for major banking clients. Analyzed performance issues and provided recommendations for fixes.

Performance Testing Test Planning Stakeholder Management Performance Metrics Load Testing Risk Assessment Test Execution Monitoring

Performance Engineer

HCL Technologies

Oct 2015 - Jul 2016 (9 months)

Conducted non-functional vulnerability assessments and identified performance issues. Provided recommendations for performance fixes and managed resources for timely project delivery.