Sr. Performance Test Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Performance Test Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the performance, scalability, and reliability of our software applications through rigorous performance testing and analysis. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, developing performance test plans, coordinating and executing comprehensive performance testing strategies to support the applications within global technology.

What youll be DOING

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Develop and implement effective performance Test strategies and plans for software projects.
• Define Performance testing scope, objectives, tools, and deliverables and identify test risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Design, develop, and execute performance test cases and scenarios.
• Conduct load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing.
• Use performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling ,PerformanceCenter) to simulate user behavior and load.
• Integrate performance tests into continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Monitor application performance in production environments using performance monitoring tools (e.g., New Relic, Dynatrace).
• Analyze performance test results to identify bottlenecks, failures, and areas for improvement.
• Work with our vendors and delivery teams to provide guidance and support whilst implementing our recommended performance testing tools and best practices.
• Drive forward the test centre of excellence roadmap to deliver performance testing improvements across Global Technology.
• Conduct training sessions and knowledge sharing for the testing team.
• Exposure to functional automation tools such Selenium, RestAssured etc will be preferred

You will report to Testing CoE Lead.

What you will BRING

Were looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant years of extensive experience into performance testing.
• Proficient in different performance testings like Load Testing, Stress Testing, Spike Testing, Soak Testing and Scalability Testing.
• Proficient in programming languages such as Java, Groovy, Python.
• Experience in defining the KPIs and metrics to measure the performance testing efficiency like response time, throughput, and error rate.
• Expertise in designing and development of the performance test automation using tools such as Jmeter, Gatling, Micro Focus Performance Center and K6.
• Analytical skills to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

Desired Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and integration with performance testing processes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate performance testing, test automation goals and influence decisions.