Vijay Jadav

Experienced Observability Engineer with hands-on expertise in OpenTelemetry, AWS Managed Prometheus, and Grafana for building scalable monitoring and alerting solutions that improve systemreliability and performance insights.

Ø Over 20+ years’ experience in performance testing / Engineering that includes 6 years of USA

on-site experience and current working in UK (5+ years)

Ø Worked with fortune 500 companies – The Coca-Cola Company, McDonalds, Liberty

Mutual, MetLife, Chubb Insurance, Specsavers.

Ø Domain’s spreading across e-commerce, Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Commercial

Insurance, Personal Insurance and Healthcare

Ø Extensive experience in Performance Engineering, focusing on application monitoring,

observability, and cost optimization across AWS and Azure cloud environments.

Ø Designed and implemented AWS CI/CD pipelines to automate performance testing,

observability setup, and deployment workflows, improving release efficiency and reliability.

Ø Developed and customized Grafana dashboards integrating metrics from AWS CloudWatch,

AWS Managed Prometheus, and Azure Monitor to deliver unified visibility into system

health, latency, and performance KPIs.

Ø Configured and maintained AWS Synthetics Canaries for proactive endpoint monitoring,

improving uptime and optimizing observability spend.

Ø Leveraged AWS CloudWatch and Azure Monitor for advanced alerting, anomaly detection,

and performance trend analysis.

Ø Proficient in performance monitoring and analysis tools including Dynatrace, New Relic,

CA Wily Introscope, Workstation, and Ignite Performance Intelligence to identify

bottlenecks and optimize application performance.

Ø Integrated observability alerts with Slack for real-time incident notifications, reducing mean

time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to recover (MTTR).

Ø Utilized Bitbucket for version control and JIRA for tracking performance issues, optimization

initiatives, and cross-team collaboration.

Ø Partnered with DevOps and Cloud teams to right-size infrastructure, improve scalability, and

achieve measurable cost optimization across environments.

Ø HP Certified Professional – skilled in HP LoadRunner and Virtual User Generator, with

multi-protocol expertise including Web (HTTP/HTML), SAP GUI, FTP, SOA/Web Services,

SMTP, Java, and Citrix.

Ø Hands-on experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, NeoLoad, WAPT,

VSTS, LoadUI NG Pro, SoapUI, and HP Mobile Center.

Ø Proficient in all phases of the performance testing lifecycle — strategy, workload modeling,

scripting, execution, analysis, and reporting

Ø Developed and standardized performance testing toolkits, including processes, checklists,

best practices, and automation utilities for consistent, scalable testing.

Ø Collaborated with development, QA, and DevOps teams to improve application scalability,

reduce latency, and optimize infrastructure costs.

Ø Provided strategic guidance as a Performance Architect for large-scale transformation

programs.

Ø Coordinated effectively with clients, vendors, and cross-functional teams, ensuring high-

quality deliverables and timely execution.

Ø Coached and mentored peers to foster a high-performing, knowledge-driven culture.

Ø Delivered enterprise-level testing and performance optimization solutions for clients such as

McDonald’s, The Coca-Cola Company, and Liberty Mutual.

Bachelor of Computer Engineering