Ashish Choudhary
Summary
Performance testing professional with a robust track record in ensuring system performance and stability. Expertise in leading testing projects and optimizing processes to align with organizational objectives. Recognized for a collaborative approach and adaptability to evolving project requirements, complemented by strong analytical and troubleshooting skills that drive effective solutions. Committed to delivering high-quality results that enhance overall system reliability and user satisfaction.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Performance Test Lead
GTEN Technologies
08.2025 - Current
- Led end-to-end performance testing for Temenos domain to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance in production environments.
- Developed and executed comprehensive test strategies for high-traffic applications.
- Developed and executed load testing, stress testing, and endurance testing scripts using JMeter, to simulate real-world user traffic and validate system behavior under load.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify performance bottlenecks and recommend solutions.
- Mentored junior testers on best practices in performance testing methodologies.
- Generated detailed performance reports with actionable insights, providing recommendations to improve system architecture and codebase.
- Established performance benchmarks to align testing processes with business objectives.
- Conducted root cause analysis for performance issues, implementing corrective actions promptly.
- Analyzed performance metrics to drive continuous improvement in application efficiency.
- Facilitated knowledge transfer among team members through mentoring, training sessions, and documentation of best practices.
- Contributed to the successful delivery of high-quality software products by ensuring performance requirements were met and exceeded throughout each project lifecycle.
Performance Test Lead
Infogain India Pvt Ltd
06.2021 - 08.2025
- Executed performance testing for BFSI, Temenos, and e-commerce applications, ensuring high software quality and reliability.
- Developed comprehensive performance testing strategies to address bottlenecks and optimize system performance.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across systems.
- Gathered non-functional requirements and identified critical business scenarios for performance testing.
- Analyzed production load statistics using Google Analytics to create accurate workload models.
- Utilized tools like LoadRunner, JMeter, Gatling, and Locust to develop and implement load testing scripts for various test types.
- Detected and resolved performance issues using monitoring tools such as New Relic, AppDynamics, Splunk, and Dynatrace.
- Conducted load and stress tests on web applications to validate stability and scalability under peak loads.
- Delivered detailed performance reports to stakeholders with actionable insights and recommendations for optimization.
- Optimized automated testing processes, improving efficiency and reducing manual intervention.
- Integrated performance monitoring tools into the development lifecycle, enabling continuous testing and performance tracking.
- Assisted development teams in code optimization, providing best practices to improve application performance based on industry standards.
- Performed root cause analysis for performance-related issues and implemented corrective action plans.
- Evaluated application scalability, load balancing, and performance metrics to ensure alignment with system requirements.
- Monitored system resources (CPU, memory, disk space, network) during performance testing to ensure optimal performance.
- Provided technical guidance to team members, promoting best practices in performance engineering.
Senior Performance Engineer
Publicis Sapient
09.2018 - 05.2021
- 2.4 years of extensive experience in performance testing with e-commerce and energy domains, with clients worldwide.
- Prepared test plan, effort estimation, regression checklist, module, and project-level user documents.
- Understanding requirements using project-related documents and information from stakeholders, as well as the business end of the project.
- Developed and deployed test load scripts with LoadRunner, JMeter, and Gatling.
- Used monitoring tools like AppDynamics, Dynatrace, and ELK tools on a frequent basis.
- Conducted load, stress, and endurance tests using Performance Center, BlazeMeter, Gatling Frontline, and StormRunner Tool to simulate realistic user activities.
- Reported on findings, and made proactive and targeted recommendations to senior leaders.
- Utilized Agile software development methods to increase team efficiency.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases every timeframe, and well-organized sprints.
Senior Performance Engineer
Wipro Technology Ltd
08.2012 - 08.2018
- Executed end-to-end performance test planning for CitiBank client, including design of test approach and estimation.
- Conducted capacity planning exercises based on user load predictions for future releases.
- Collaborated with development teams to optimize code performance.
- Created test plans, scripts, and scenarios to ensure application reliability and scalability.
- Developed test schedules and conducted status reporting throughout project lifecycle.
- Utilized document analysis, requirements workshops, and surveys to gather essential project requirements.
- Conducted Black Box, Performance, Regression, and Validation testing during project release cycles.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Applications -
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Delhi01.2012
M.Tech -
BITS Pilani
Rajasthan01.2017
Skills
- Performance Testing Tools: LoadRunner, JMeter, Gatling, StormRunner
- Monitoring & Diagnostics Tools: AppDynamics, Dynatrace, New Relic, Wily Introscope, CloudWatch, Grafana, InfluxDB
- Test Execution Tools: Controller, Performance Center, Gatling Frontline, BlazeMeter
- Log Aggregation & Analysis: Splunk, ELK Stack
- CI/CD & Automation Tools: Jenkins, Git, GitHub
- Profiling & Debugging Tools: AWR, VisualVM
- Defect Tracking & Reporting: JIRA, Quality Center
- Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Agile, Kanban
- Cloud Technologies: Microsoft Azure, AWS
- Other Tools & Techniques: Scalability Testing, Load Balancing, Stress Testing, Endurance Testing, Root Cause Analysis
Certification
- AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
- DP-900: Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals
Timeline
Performance Test Lead
GTEN Technologies
08.2025 - Current
Performance Test Lead
Infogain India Pvt Ltd
06.2021 - 08.2025
Senior Performance Engineer
Publicis Sapient
09.2018 - 05.2021
Senior Performance Engineer
Wipro Technology Ltd
08.2012 - 08.2018
Bachelor of Computer Applications -
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
M.Tech -
BITS Pilani