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Amit Topkar
Lead Product Performance Test Lead
Pune
Summary
With over 16 years of expertise in several domains, I've led teams in automation, manual, performance, and security testing. My area of expertise is orchestrating thorough testing methodologies to assure software product quality and security. Throughout my career, I've continuously supplied robust testing solutions that are adapted to each domain's specific needs, resulting in excellence and effective risk mitigation.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Lead Product Performance Test Engineer
Wolters Kluwer
2 2023 - Current
- Develop and implement comprehensive performance testing strategies.
- Design test plans that address performance requirements and objectives.
- Identify key performance indicators (KPIs) and establish benchmarks.
- Lead and mentor a team of performance test engineers.
- Provide technical guidance and support to team members.
- Foster a collaborative and productive team environment.
- Execute performance tests, including load, stress, endurance, and capacity tests.
- Utilize performance testing tools and frameworks such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar.
- Analyze test results and identify performance bottlenecks and issues.
- Work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to understand application architecture and performance requirements.
- Communicate test results, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve performance issues.
- Monitor system performance during testing and in production environments.
- Analyze system performance data to identify trends and areas for improvement.
- Provide recommendations for performance optimization.
- Document test plans, test cases, and test results.
- Prepare detailed performance test reports and present findings to management.
- Maintain comprehensive performance testing documentation.
- Stay updated with the latest performance testing tools, techniques, and best practices.
- Implement continuous improvements in the performance testing process.
- Advocate for performance considerations throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Identify potential performance risks and develop mitigation strategies.
- Ensure that performance testing aligns with project timelines and deliverables.
Sr. QA
Cybage
07.2021 - 1 2023
- I handle Victra's e-commerce website testing activities, which include human and automated testing as well as rigorous security and performance evaluations. By utilizing tools like TestComplete, BurpSuite, JMeter, Azure LT, Google Page Speed, and Google Lighthouse, I guarantee maximum efficiency and durability. Further, I use New Relic to monitor the performance of applications, and I make use of Jira, Zephyr, and LambdaTest for thorough reporting and testing of mobile applications. My skills in SQL and my significant experience in leading teams, both onshore and offshore, allow me to effectively plan and execute tests, manage defects, and communicate testing progress to clients and management clearly and transparently.
- As the Test Lead for the SPM project, I oversee manual and automated testing, including Tosca for automation and JMeter, Azure Load Testing, Azure Monitoring , Kibana Elastic Search, Qtest, Cloud, Google Page Speed, and Google Analyst for performance testing. Additionally, I manage mobile testing using LambdaTest and API testing with Postman. Leading both onshore and offshore teams, my responsibilities include test planning, test case review and execution, defect management, and transparent reporting of testing progress to clients and management.
Test Lead
Tech Mahindra
10.2014 - 06.2021
- BT Global Services (GBS/Resolve) Billing & Payment Platform is a system rationalization program which comprises of various billing components with functionalities ranging from fetching data into Billing from Master Data Management. platform, reconciling/enriching data, rating, billing, invoice generation & dispatch. The applications are BGS, Phoenix, DOC1 & SIT, based on Java/J2ee, Oracle, Geneva & DOC1 technologies. Testing application in HASS instance., Test Lead, Team leading activities included reviewing TC, TC execution, talking to the onsite team to understand requirements, and tracking deliveries.
- Nasdaq, Investor Relations (IR) is project that consists of various modules; we were worked with Estimate module. In this application, the user can analyze company values of each measure (Actual or estimated) provided by the analyst or broker on yearly or quarterly basis. In this, the user also compare the selected company with peers for each measure in terms period (yearly or quarterly-based). In this tool, users can also analyze companies chart for each measure for up to 5 years., Sr Tester, Team leading activities included reviewing TC, TC execution, talking to onsite team to understand requirements, and tracking deliveries.
Sr Test Engg
Manga Infotech
2 2011 - 07.2014
Sr Test Engg
Indicom Global
02.2010 - 02.2011
Tester
Pioneer Solution Solution
06.2007 - 02.2010
Education
Bachelor of Computer Engineering (B.E.) -
MIT Collage Pune University
MBA (IT) - undefined
ICFAI Tripura
Skills
Performance Testing(Jmeter,LRE,Gatling)
Accomplishments
- valuable team player for BT - SDPM project (Tech Mahindra Ltd.)
- SPOT Award for QA reporting for the project BT – SIMPLE (Tech Mahindra Ltd.)
- Code Games (1st Prize) -Wolters Kluwer 2024
Current Role
Gathered and consolidated requirements for performance goals and test plans. Created Performance Test Data and scenarios reflecting real user experience. Prepared and published detailed Test Reports for app team and upper management. Attended strategy and planning meetings regularly with management and the Application team. Discussed current test status and suggested strategies for timely completion. Responsible for delivering multiple performance testing projects across different platforms concurrently. Architected load testing environments, considering scaling, hardware, software, bandwidth, and heap memory. Scheduled and monitored all Load Tests, analyzed results. Designed, developed, and executed load tests using JMeter, Jenkins, Git. Created JMeter Test Cases for measuring performance and functionality of web services. Executed automated test scripts using JMeter based on business/functional specifications. Conducted Benchmark testing based on performance testing results. Monitored Web Server, Application Server, and Database Server. Created and executed JMeter scenarios with Failover conditions, high volume, and Network latency. Analysed results using Blazemeter, Flood, Microfocus Cloud, APM tools such as Azure Insight, Checkmk, Kibana, New Relic, and Azure monitoring (CPU utilization, memory utilization, Network, Disk I/O). Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, BlazeMeter, JMeter, Azure Load Testing, Azure AWS. Conducted API testing and Automation using TOSCA, Test Complete, Protractor. Experienced in Security Testing using BurpSuite.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 11/08/1981
- Marital Status: Married
Projects
As the Product Performance Test Lead for WK Projects in Europe (including Basecone, Twinfield, CCH IFIRM UK, Digital Portal, and CCH Support), I oversee offshore testing operations encompassing performance testing. I utilize tools such as Xray, JMeter, Azure Load Testing, Azure Monitoring Tool, Azure Insight, New Relic, Data Dog, Splunk, Jira, Confluence, Zephyr, Azure, Google Page Speed, Google Lighthouse, and Google Analyst. My responsibilities include leading both onshore and offshore teams, planning performance tests, defining test strategy, reviewing test scripts and results, analyzing applications and infrastructure, providing recommendations, replicating live issues, conducting daily scrum calls, managing defects, and reporting testing status to clients and management.
Certification
AZURE AZ900
Interests
Timeline
AZURE AZ900
10-2023
Blazemeter(Apache Jmeter)
07-2023
Sr. QA
Cybage
07.2021 - 1 2023
Test Lead
Tech Mahindra
10.2014 - 06.2021
Sr Test Engg
Indicom Global
02.2010 - 02.2011
Tester
Pioneer Solution Solution
06.2007 - 02.2010
Bachelor of Computer Engineering (B.E.) -
MIT Collage Pune University
MBA (IT) - undefined
ICFAI Tripura
Lead Product Performance Test Engineer
Wolters Kluwer
2 2023 - Current
Sr Test Engg
Manga Infotech
2 2011 - 07.2014
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