Performance Testing

Performance Test Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and execute performance, load, and stress test scripts.
• Analyze test results and identify performance bottlenecks across application layers.
• Define test strategies and performance metrics based on business and technical requirements.
• Create and maintain performance test plans, scenarios, and workload models.
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, and architecture teams to recommend performance improvements.
• Perform capacity planning and forecast scalability issues.
• Work with monitoring tools (e.g.,

  Dynatrace

  ,

  AppDynamics

  ,

  Grafana

  ,

  Datadog

  ) to analyze server and application performance.
• Create detailed reports and dashboards to communicate performance findings to stakeholders.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Mentor junior team members on performance testing best practices.

Required Skills:

• 78 years of experience in

  performance testing and engineering

  .
• Proficient in tools like

  Apache JMeter

  ,

  LoadRunner

  ,

  Gatling

  , or

  Neoload

  .
• Strong understanding of

  application architecture

  ,

  network protocols

  , and

  server resource utilization

  .
• Good programming/scripting skills in

  Java

  ,

  Python

  ,

  Shell

  , or

  Groovy

  .
• Experience in

  API performance testing

  (REST, SOAP).
• Solid knowledge of

  SQL

  and working with large datasets.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring/observability tools (e.g.,

  New Relic

  ,

  Datadog

  ,

  Dynatrace

  ).
• Familiar with

  cloud platforms

  like

  AWS

  ,

  Azure

  , or

  GCP

  .
• Understanding of

  CI/CD tools

  (e.g.,

  Jenkins

  ,

  GitLab

  ,

  Azure DevOps

  ).

Good to Have:

• Experience with

  Kubernetes

  ,

  Docker

  , and containerized app performance testing.
• Knowledge of

  service virtualization

  for dependent systems.
• ISTQB or performance testing tool certifications.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.