Job Description

• Identifies application performance bottlenecks and facilitate root cause analysis of system issues to minimize impact and future occurrence. 
• Creates solutions and conduct performance tests to improve availability, performance, reliability, capacity, and scalability in the application, system or database layers 
• Analyzes performance requirements, translate into detailed performance test plans and create test scripts. 
• Assists in the design and the development teams in establishing standard SLAs and ensures the applications meet the defined SLAs. 
• Analyzes test results with engineers, product managers, other stakeholders and coordinates with the respective teams for performance tuning, memory leaks, and bug fixes. 
• Understands the system’s technical architecture, and able to identify the performance implications for different layers of system based on design discussions or architecture documents. 
• Creates and maintains test framework and scripts for Load, Stress and Endurance/soak tests.
• Maintains credibility in communication and takes actions on assigned responsibilities. 
• Parallel project orientation with accretive overlap. Has the ability to drive multiple projects concurrently and identifies when to cross leverage results. 
• Root Cause Analysis for performance optimization and architecture 
• Reviews entire environment and executes initiatives to reduce failures, defects and improving overall performance 
• Experience in Performance Monitoring tools 
• Ensure timely proactive identification of performance issues, escalating issues as warranted

Qualifications

• Hands on experience with performance testing techniques such as performance work load modeling, establishing baselines, services monitoring, and profiling system performance. 
• Experience in configuring and executing scripts using performance test tools such as JMeter, Tsung, Locust, or Loadrunner. 
• Performance testing experience working with databases such as Microsoft SQL Server and MongoDB. 
• Experience with performance monitoring tools across a wide variety of technologies. 
• Experience in testing the performance of the RESTful API. 
• Experience in summarizing performance testing results in a clear and concise manner to management. 
• Extensive understanding of web application and browser concepts (HTTP/HTTPS, connections, cookies, caching, streaming, etc.). 
• Experience handling test data in various formats (JSON, XML, CSV, etc.) while understanding data storage, encoding, encryption, data transformation, and related concepts. 
• Hands-on experience in parameterizing scripts for load, spike, stress, and soak tests. 
• Familiarity with issue tracking and SDLC tools such as JIRA. 
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum models. 
• Experience with maintaining and frequently updating performance testing scripts based on application enhancements and changes. 
• Ability to work in a group setting and collaborate by providing transparency in test results. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 
• Enthusiastic and energetic with an inherent curiosity to break code and stress test it

EXPERIENCE / EDUCATION: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field with demonstrated knowledge of algorithms, information systems, and basic programming concepts is required 
• 3+ years of experience in Load, Stress and Endurance test planning, scripting and execution. 
• 5 years of experience in Functional and/or Automation Testing

Additional Information

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