Description

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software testing with a focus on performance engineering.
• Strong knowledge of performance testing methodologies, including load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing.
• Experience defining performance baselines, SLAs, and workload models.
• Hands-on experience with performance testing tools such as NeoLoad or similar platforms.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Azure App Insights, Splunk, or equivalent.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps or similar test management tools.
• Solid understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience with scripting and automation, including JavaScript-based performance test development.

Required Experience & SkillsPerformance Engineering

• Design, develop, and execute performance testing strategies and scripts.
• Conduct load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing.
• Analyze performance results to identify bottlenecks, constraints, and optimization opportunities.
• Define realistic performance goals and service-level objectives using production insights.
• Identify performance risks and recommend actionable improvements before production deployment.

Technical Analysis & Automation

• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated performance testing solutions.
• Create repeatable and scalable testing processes.
• Perform root-cause analysis across applications, services, and infrastructure layers.
• Utilize monitoring and observability tools to assess system health and troubleshoot issues.
• Support performance validation within microservices, containerized, and cloud-native environments.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate performance testing early in the SDLC.
• Support QA leadership with planning, prioritization, and execution of performance testing initiatives.
• Mentor junior team members and promote testing best practices.
• Communicate testing results, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of performance testing frameworks, standards, and processes.

Nice to Have

• Experience with dependency mapping, service virtualization, and mocking tools (WireMock preferred).
• Experience with Postman.
• Understanding of functional testing and SDET practices.
• Experience supporting distributed microservices architectures and cloud-native platforms.
• Knowledge of shift-left testing and early performance validation strategies

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree