Suresh Pulivarthi

Contact: (678) 559 – 8411

E-Mail: pulivarthisuresh@yahoo.com

Professional Summary

A Technology Architecture Manager set with over 13 years of IT experience. Specialized in

Performance Engineering and Testing, Test Environments Management, Test Management and

Deployment / CutoverManagement for Cloud Applications, SAP software product and solution, Oracle

EBS, Sterling CPQ, salesforce.com and Singl.eView Billing. Implemented methodologies and solutions

for a range of processes across multiple industries including Retail, Banking, Utilities, Life Sciences and

Communication &Media.

Highlights

  · Strategy /Approach

  · Non Functional and Functional

Requirement Gathering and KPI Definition

  · Planning

  · Environment Management

  · Deployment / Cutover

  · Test Data Management

  · Risk / Issue Management

  · Capacity Management

  · Performance Test and Monitoring Tools Setup

  · Performance Workload Models Definition

  · Performance Monitoring and Analysis

  · Performance Diagnosis

  · Functional Automation Test Architecture

  · Defect Management

  · Status Management

Technical Skills

Application and DBs:

  · Cloud Applications: E-Commerce, MyAccount, salesforce.com

  · SAP Applications: ECC, BW, CRM, BPC, HANA, BWA, EPM, Bex Reports, ESS, eLedger

  · Oracle EBS Applications: OLFM, MDM, CCB, SOA, MWM

  · Other Applications: Sterling CPQ, Singl.e.view

  · Database Servers: Oracle, SAP HANA, DB2, SQL Server

APM Tools:

  · AppDynamics, Dynatrace, HP Diagnostics, HP SiteScope, CA Wily Introsccope, BMC, Quest

Spotlight, OEM, SAP Solution Manager, SOASTA mPulse

Service and Network Virtualization Tools

  · CA Service Virtualization, HP NV

Capacity Management Tools

  · Hyperformix

Performance Test Tools:

  · HP Performance Center, HP Load Runner, SOASTA CloudTest, Borland Silk Performer, JMeter

Functional Automation Tools:

  · HP UFT, Worksoft Certify

Test Management Tools:

  · HP ALM Quality Center, Borland Silk Central

Work Experience:

Company: Accenture – (July, 2012 – Current)

Title: Technology Architecture Manager

Project#1: Duquesne Light – Pittsburgh, PA

Delivery Lead for AMI Release 5.0 Performance Engineering / Testing and Test Environment

management for Oracle Application components –MDM, CC&B, MWM, BI, SOA and Cloud Application

(duqlight.com).

  · Define performance test approach, requirement and KPIs and Test Plan

  · Provide oversight of the performance test phase activities with client test resources

  · Certify performance test approaches, simulation models, performance monitoring and

diagnosis approach

  · Manage performance tools setup, test preparation, execution, monitoring and defect triage

  · Deep dive diagnosis of performance issues using Dynatrace and OEM

  · Manage code packaging and migration to SIT and Performance test environments

  · Liaison with infrastructure and development teams for performance analysis and tuning

  · Manage status, issue escalation, and expectations of senior technology and business partners

Tools: HP LoadRunner, SOASTA CloutTest, ALMQuality Center, Control-M, Dynatrace, OEM and Quest

Spotlight

Project#2: Pitney Bowes - Shelton, CT

Tech Arch Manager for IMPACT Program's Applications SAP (ECC, SNC, SRM, PI, SLT, HANA), OLFM,

Sterling CPQ and salesforce.com’s Deployment / Cutover activities and performance Engineering

global delivery.

  · Define program level performance test strategy for applications: SAP, OLFM, Sterling CPQ,

salesforce.com

  · Manage Deployment / Cutover activities including environment refresh, DB Backup/ Restore

and transport management / code migration.

  · Manage client expectations on requirements, test plans, execution and test results accuracy

  · Certify performance test approaches, simulation models, and analysis for each release

  · Support the team on monitoring and deep dive diagnostics using APM tools

  · Manage status, issue escalation, and expectations of senior technology and business partners

Tools: Borland Silk Performer, Borland Silk Central, Solution Manager, CA Wily Introscope, BMC,

AppDynamics

Project#3: Bank of America - Charlotte, NC

SAP Performance Engineering Manager for FSR Program's Applications SAP ECC, BW, BPC, HANA,

BWA, CE Portal, EPM and Bex Reports performance test global delivery.

  · Collaborate with architects, developers, and production support to design performance test,

define SLAs, and resolve defects

  · Manage client expectations on timelines, testing feasibility and test results accuracy

  · Certify performance test approaches, simulation models, and analysis for each release

  · Support the team on monitoring and deep dive diagnostics as needed

  · Prepare performance model to translate production volume data to load simulation designs

  · Manage test preparation, test data, test execution and analysis

  · Deep diagnosis of performance issues using SAP Solution Manager and Standard Tcodes.

  · Manage status, issue escalation, and expectations of senior technology and business partners

  · Increase proportion of delivery from IDC team via skills growth, enhanced documentation,

and transition processes

Tools: HP Performance Center, MS VSTS, SAP Solution Manager and CAWily Introscope

Project# 4: Costco Wholesale - Issaquah, WA

SAP Program Performance Test Lead for multiple SAP Implementation projects of SAP ECC, CRM, BI,

Costco.com and POS.

  · Identify Performance requirements, identify Architects key performance concerning areas

  · Define and certify performance test approach, resource estimation and test plans

  · Manage test data requirements, Performance Test tools setup, test preparation, and test

execution

  · Performance monitoring and diagnosis, defect triage and reporting.

  · Coordinate with application functional, technical and environment teams on issues,

environment readiness and performance tuning.

  · Manage overall status and risks / issues

Tools – HP Performance Center, HP SiteScope, HP Diagnostics, SAP Solution Manager and HP ALM

Project#5: Cable One - Phoenix, AZ

Performance engineering lead for finance and billing applications – SAP ECC Finance, Single.eView CM

and CB

  · Review/Analyze Project System Architecture/Landscape, Application Design Documents,

Interface Design Documents and gathering performance test Requirements (Key business

functions/transactions and SLA’s) in coordination with the client business and development

stake holders.

  · Reviewed legacy productions system statistics log files to evaluate Peak time volumes of key

user activities and design Day-in-the-Life scenarios for combined business functions load test.

  · Designed and Maintained Requirement Traceability Matrix, Test Work Plan, Detailed Test

Execution Plan and reviewed/sign-off with client business and development stake holder.

  · Evaluated HP Load Runner tool license requirements for performance testing of SAP ECC

Finance, Singl.eView billing application (CM Web/CB GUI) including number of Vusers by

Protocol, Controllers and Monitoring tools.

  · Setup and configured application/server monitors in HP SiteScope tool including SAP

Monitors, Unix Resources Monitors, J2EE Monitor (Oracle Glassfish Server), JMX Monitor

(JBOSS Server), Oracle Database and Web Services.

  · Managing and guiding offshore team in performance script creation, scenario creation and

execution, test data management and generating graphical analysis reports for several

servers’ performance counters.

  · Creating test batch files for E2E Batch Cycle Test to run according 24 hour production batch

cycle window.

  · Liaison with technical teams for defect troubleshooting and tuning.

  · Responsible for reviewing the performance test results with development and business stake

holders.

Tools: HP Load Runner, HP Diagnostics, HP SiteScope, HP ALM Quality Center

Company: GB Tech Inc (December, 2007 – July, 2012)

SAP Application Lead

Project#1: Sempra Utilities - San Diego, CA

Delivery Lead for functional and performance testing of CCM project applications: SAP CRM 7.0, SAP

PI 7.1, and BW/BI 7.1.

  · Review and Analyze Business Requirements, BPD’s, BPP’s and FSD’s along with Functional,

Development and Business teams.

  · Identify the performance test requirement and identify key performance concerns in

collaboration with Architecture and infrastructure team.

  · Designed and maintained test strategy, test plan and peer reviewed with support teams and

final sign off from key stake holders.

  · Managing testing efforts for the project with the help of Functional/Develop Teams, BSA’s and

users for Unit Test, Integration Test, End-to-End Test, UAT & Regression Test and training

resources on Quality Center.

  · Coordinate solution readiness and environment readiness with the Process Teams,

Basis/Environment Team & security team for various types of testing

  · Identify test data requirements and manage test data for different test cycles of functional

and performance testing

  · Manage and involved in test case design & execution of different Test Phases including

Integration Test, End-to-End, UAT and Regression test for applications SAP CRM, BW/BI, Web

Application, Marketing Applications (ENS & Silverpop) etc.

  · Designed work load model for SAP CRM for Load Test, Stress Test and Endurance Test Cycles.

  · Setup and configured Performance test tools (HP Performance Center & Load Generators) and

setup performance monitors various systems in scope.

  · HP Performance Center 11 & Virtual User Generator is utilized for Performance testing of

SAP CRM scenarios using SAP Web protocol.

  · Responsible to monitor the various performances graphs and identified the bottle necks.

  · Performance Reports were generated for required entities using Performance Center.

  · Coordinate with environment and development teams for defect resolution and performance

tuning.

  · Daily/Weekly Status Reports were generated from HPQC based on different entities such as

Requirements, Tests, Execution Status and Defects.

Tools: HP ALM Quality Center 11, HP Performance Center 11

Project#2: TARGET - Minneapolis, MN

SAP Consultant for managing SAP/ HP tools administration and automation architect for TGT$100

program applications: SAP ECC, BPS, BCS and GRC tool suite

  · Responsible for Quality Center Administration and support for whole SAP Test program

services, including maintaining Domains, Projects and projects customization.

  · Extensively worked QC project customization to support defined testing process, including

Maintain users, User Groups, Project Entities, module access, Automail and Workflow setup.

  · Created user defined functions to support the HPQC custom workflow process.

  · SAP Solution Manager Adapter for Quality Center configured for EIM to synchronize solman

and QC for business blueprint, test execution and defects.

  · Created batch jobs in SAP Solution Manager to transfer data between Solution manager and

Quality Center.

  · Responsible for transfer test requirements from SAP Solution Manager and maintaining Test

Plan, Test Lab and Requirement Traceability matrix across different phases of SAP

implementation program.

  · Designed and Developed the SAP BPT Automation Architecture with SAP TAO & QTP as

execution engine

  · Designed and executed Automation test plan and Automation test design standard

documents

  · Architecture was designed with TAO Functions, QTP utility functions, error handling and

recovery scenarios.

  · Extensively used configuration files, properties files, excel and data tables to data drive the

scripts and automation suite

  · Generic function libraries developed using TAO to generate reusable functions, and Setting up

the startup files for the loading the libraries and configuration in QTP.

  · Designed automation test review checklist and conducted peer reviews.

  · Responsible for providing automation architectural guidelines to offshore/onsite automation

test development team and perform dry run to qualify the scripts developed by team.

Tools: SAP Solution Manager, SAP TAO 2, HP Quality Center, HP QuickTest Pro, and EIM.

Project#3: MERCK & CO, Inc - Lebanon, NJ

SAP Automation Architect for functional and performance testing of project applications: SAP ECC,

GTS and SRM

  · Analyzed Business Requirement Documents and involved in development through testing and

deployment along with the Configuration team.

  · Coordinated with the Basis Administration team and Security Administration team to setup

testing client, Schedule the transports and User Authorizations.

  · Involved in designing themanual test cases for GMPs, GLPs &GCPs (FDA regulatory Practices)

relevant transactions using Business Requirements and BPP’s.

  · Executed different GMP & GxP (GLPs & GCPs) relevant transaction at different stages of

validation process such as IQ, OQ & PQ.

  · Coordinated with Business users & Configuration team to ensure that Test Requirements are

met through proper system configuration.

  · Manual test cases were executed after every refresh process.

  · Involved in meeting with Change Management & Release Management teams to ensure the

business requirements and transport process.

  · Responsible to Create and maintain test cases for Integration testing and Regression testing

and User Acceptance testing (Security Testing).

  · Responsible for installing & Maintaining Mercury automation tools HP QuickTest

Professional/ UFT, HP LoadRunner and Quality Center.

  · Responsible to maintain Administration module in the Quality Center (QC).

  · Designed automation architecture for functional and performance testing.

  · Managed development and execution of automation tests for Regression testing and User

Acceptance testing.

  · Managed development and execution of performance testing script using HP LoadRunner.

  · Liaised with technical teams for troubleshooting and fixing of functional and performance

defects.

  · Manage Overall status, escalations, risks and issues with technical and business stakeholders.

Tools: HP QuickTest Professional / UFT, HP Quality Center and HP LoadRunner.

Company: Sysintelli Inc (October, 2006 – November, 2007)

Sr. Software Engineer

Project: NOKIA - Irving, TX

SAP Quality Assurance Analyst for functional and performance testing for SAP applications &modules:

FICO, MM, PM, PP, SD, PM, BI, CRM, SCM, HR, eRecruitment and Enterprise Portal (ESS &MSS).

  · Studied and analyzed the Business Scenarios and Business Process Procedure (BPP) document

and involved in development along with the Configuration and SME’s.

  · Coordinated with the Basis Administration team and Security Administration team to setup

testing client, Schedule the transports and User Authorizations.

  · Responsible in gathering the test requirements from Solution Manager and maintaining Test

Strategy, Test Plan and Requirement Traceability matrix.

  · Designed and executed Test Cases in different phases of testing such as String/Unit testing,

Integration testing, Regression testing and User Acceptance Testing (security testing

  · Responsible for gathering required data for different phases of testing.

  · Responsible to Install and configure HP automation tools such as Quality Center and QuickTest

Professional and also responsible for Quality Center Administration.

  · Responsible to Quality Center Administration activities, such as maintaining Domains,

Projects, and User setup, Configuration, Restore process and maintain authorizations.

  · Extensively worked on Test Components which was created automatically using TAO (Test

Acceleration Optimization)

  · Business Process Automation tests were developed and executed using Quality Center &

QuickTest Professional (QTP).

  · Business Process Testing (BPT) techniques were used to develop automation tests.

  · Responsible to develop and maintain VB Script Library file and User Defined functions in

support of automations tests.

  · Defining the performance goals and objectives based on the client requirements and inputs

  · HP LoadRunner 9.0 is used to develop Performance test scripts.

  · SAPGui, SAPWeb and Web (HTTP/HTML) protocols were used to develop performance

tests.

  · Parameterized the Scripts for different login Id’s, they were initially run in Stand-alone

mode and various bugs were rectified.

  · Responsible to monitor the various performances graphs and identified the bottle necks.

  · Performance Reports were generated for required entities using Analyzer in Load Runner

Responsible for Coordinating with the team member test scripts execution and also

responsible for coordinating with Functional & Development teams to resolve the defects

Tools: HP Quality Center 9.2, HP QuickTest Pro 9.5, and HP Load Runner 9.2

Company: Digitek Business Solution Inc (January, 2006 – October, 2006)

Software Engineer

Project: MeadWestvaco - Richmond, VA

Software engineer for functional and performance testing of SAP ECC and CRM applications.

  · Reviewed the Business Requirement documents with the Configuration team to understand

the Business process.

  · Coordinated with Business Users & Configuration team, to ensure that Test Requirements are

met through proper system configuration.

  · Involved in designing Test Cases and scripts for functional/ Unit Testing, integration, and

regression testing of SAP R/3 and tested SAP modules: FICO (General Ledger, Controlling,

Account Payables, Account Receivables, Closing), HR (OM, PA, TM, TEM), PM and CRM.

  · Coordinated with Basis Administration (DBA), Batch Coordinator, and Test Environment

Support to set up and schedule the technical test environment(s), and ensured the required

data for the test environment is available in the respective databases.

  · Coordinating with the development team for bug resolution and acted proactively in all

phases of testing including creation of test scenarios, test sets, and test scripts.

  · Developed performance test scripts using HP LoadRunner protocols – SAPGui and SAP

web

  · Designed workload simulations in the Controller and four workstations were made active

to run the Scenario.

  · Responsible to monitor the various performances graphs and identified the bottle necks.

  · Performance Reports were generated for required entities using Analyzer in Load Runner and

Performance Center.

  · Participated in the team meetings to discuss the issues arising during the various stages of

testing.

Tools: Quick Test Pro (QTP), Test Director 8.2, VB Script and C.

Company: Rrootshell Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (May, 2002 – December, 2005)

Software Engineer

Project: Small Industries Development Bank, India

Test Engineer for online Retirement Plan Services application developed using .Net framework and

oracle 10g.

  · Studied and analyzed the Functional Requirements Specifications

  · Written and execution of test plans, test cases based on business requirements of the

application.

  · Conducted the Functional, System, Integration and Regression of the web application.

  · Extensive use of Win Runner’s TSL in creating User-defined functions and complied modules.

  · Development and Maintenance of Test Scripts in TSL, GUI Map for the application.

  · Creation of several test scripts using WinRunner that includes data-driven tests, batch tests

and exception handling.

  · Coordination with the development team to report, track and facilitate the resolution of tests

failure from time to time

  · Extensive use Test Director for Test Cases Management and Defect Tracking

Tools: Win runner and Test director.

Education:

  · B.E, (Bachelor of Engineering), University of Madras, INDIA.