Performance Engineer, Sr.SDet

Job Overview:

As a QA Performance Test Engineer, you will bring hands-on contributions to a talented team and work to certify the performance of our mobile & desktop platforms, working on a small team aligned to an LPL Domain. You will provide consultation to the Domain Teams through your expertise in Application Performance and System Standards. You will be working within select LPL Domains to understand their architecture, applications and assisting in the identification of issues related to: Application Performance and Stability.

You work with teams designing automated tests to evaluate the performance of complex systems and then analyzing and documenting the results. You will work as part of a Scrum team that brings together Development, QA, Product and Project management.

Responsibilities:

• Drive performance and scale outcomes to ensure Domain deliveries provide needed non-functional requirements improvements and ability to scale ahead of LPL business growth
• Coordinate & create Performance Test Strategies in support of the Domain deliveries
• Identify and document KPIs and SLAs for the applications
• Perform load tests to validate system performance and stability
• Analyze tests results and work with Developers and Engineers to perform bug fixes
• Provide technical assistance to improve system performance, capacity, reliability and scalability
• Defect issues found and work with Development to resolve
• Perform root cause analysis of performance issues and suggest corrective actions
• Oversee performance test lifecycle
• Evaluate system performances and recommend improvements
• Generate periodic performance reports for management review
• Generate metrics and systematically collect data

What are we looking for?

pursue greatness

Requirements:

• BS Degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of experience or equivalent in Application Development
• 5+ years of experience in QA Performance Testing including Web and Mobile applications, with an emphasis on hands on experience developing and executing automated test scripts
• Experience with AWS Cloud
• Proficient in at least one of the following areas: (1) Experience testing solutions that conform to service oriented architecture guidelines; (2) Knowledge on Test Management Tools (JIRA, Quality Center); (3) Solid development Skills including Java, .NET; (4) Experience in SQL Server and writing complex SQL queries to perform back-end testing
• Core Competencies:
• Solid verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in component testing web and/or Windows services.
• Knowledge in Performance Test methodologies and tools
• Knowledge of Agile development methodology
• Expertise in test planning, documentation
• Defining and executing test cases
• Problem-solving and debugging skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Preferences:

• Financial and Quality Assurance and Software certifications
• Database skills, ANSI, Oracle, MS SQL Server
• CDC/Kafka strongly preferred