Raghavendra Kulkarni

Performance Test Lead / Analyst - Tata Consultancy Services

(2021-10)

Client: Royal Bank of Scotland. Projects: eForms, GMS, Paperless

Agile Product Release Ownership: Owned and executed complex performance testing strategies (Load, Stress, Endurance) across multiple banking product lines, actively participating in all stages of product release within a fast-paced Agile framework.
Microservices & API Architecture: Formulated advanced workload modeling and test techniques to validate the scalability of distributed microservices, Service Bus queues, and APIs under high-concurrency conditions.
CI/CD Pipeline Experimentation: Contributed to the design and implementation of performance engineering frameworks, conducting experiments to integrate automated load testing scripts into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
Chaos Engineering & AI Integration: Orchestrated Chaos Testing experiments to validate system resilience under real-world failure scenarios. Strategically leveraged AI acceleration tools, including Copilot and GitLab duo, to rapidly debug pipeline build failures, inject missing runtime plugins, and resolve complex environment dependencies.
Observability & Log Analysis: Led a small team for the GMS project; analyzed monitoring logs and system alerts utilizing AppInsights, DX-APM, and Cloud Foundry to deliver root-cause analysis and logical conclusions to stakeholders.
Full Lifecycle Management: Managed end-to-end performance engineering for the Paperless project from non-functional requirement (NFR) gathering to successful production Go-Live execution.

Consultant / Performance Tester - Capgemini

(2020-02 - 2021-09)

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered with Product Managers, Solution Architects, and QA teams in Agile sprints to analyze architecture designs, evaluate performance risks, and provide precise effort estimation.
Scripting & Load Generation: Designed, maintained, and optimized highly reusable load testing scripts in LoadRunner and JMeter to simulate complex user behaviors across geo-dispersed setups.
Full-Stack Monitoring & Diagnostics: Leveraged AppInsights, AppDynamics, and DX-APM to monitor overall system performance, isolate query latencies in SQL Server, and resolve architectural data bottlenecks.
Resource & Delivery Management: Successfully managed, resource-allocated, and delivered two high-visibility, parallel product testing projects without schedule slippages.
Technical Mentorship: Led technical training sessions on LoadRunner and JMeter, with LoadRunner being in focus, alongside App Dynamics and App Insights tools to uplift team technical capabilities and versatility.

Senior Systems Analyst / Performance Tester - Sonata Software Ltd

(2015-02 - 2020-02)

Client: Johnson & Johnson Healthcare

Framework Design & Scripting: Developed robust performance testing scripts and customized frameworks using JMeter and LoadRunner to execute complex test techniques (Load, Stress, Endurance, Breakpoint).
Infrastructure Diagnostic Analysis: Monitored system health and application tiers using Dynatrace and Perfmon, capturing application logs to identify performance anomalies across servers and relational databases (SQL Server/Oracle).
Strategic Reporting: Authored comprehensive performance benchmark reports, correlating test metrics into clear, actionable logical conclusions for executive stakeholders to drive system efficiency upgrades.
End-to-End Execution: Independently steered multiple software product lines through the entire QA lifecycle—from initial NFR gathering up to production Go-Live.

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