Performance Test Engineer

Description & Requirements

Effectively executes against the established test approach through the creation, review, execution of performance test cases as well as the discovery of code, configuration, infrastructure related performance flaws / defects with an objective to ensure quality for the software quality product.

Performs quality assessment on performance to both technical and business stakeholder.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Create and prepare test scenarios and test cases.
- Prepare test data needed to execute test cases.
- Prepare test environment and provisioning requirements to execute the test cases.
- Execute test cases and analyze results in order to identify potential defects.
- Assess impact and escalate risks/ issues to appropriate teams/resources to ensure timely resolution.
- Perform Back testing, including interfaces, database, webservice.
- Collaborate with System Integration Test team regarding test scenario development and defect identification.
- Ensure fixes to defects found are retested comprehensively.
- Contribute / Maintain the test script library by reviewing existing scripts and develop new test cases and participate in preparation of test plans.
- Performs other duties as assigned by management.

Project Specific Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

- Participation in the creation of formal Performance Test Strategies / Approach

- Authoring of quality Performance Scripts within the designated timeline

- Determine best in class process to create data & virtual user load to meet test criteria

- Ability to perform script execution within the designated velocity and timeline

- Define problems, collect data, draw valid conclusions, and drive mitigating actions

- Be a prominent contributor within the defect triage / mitigation process of performance issues

- Autonomous testing lifecycle knowledge which includes the development of approach, impact assessment, defect management, reporting results, assessing performance against SLAs.

- Ability to mitigate problems with both business and technical orientated staff

- Partner with Infrastructure personnel to establish performance SLAs

- Work with technical based teams to measure I/O, Database, Servers, Environment performance

- Analysis and discovery of performance issues

- Establish and maintain performance standards

- Assess performance stability, consult on next steps with both technical and business teams

- Guardian of the overall performance process to ensure that quality results are accurately captured

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of experience.

may have additional training or education in area of specialization.
- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity.
- General application of concepts and principles.
- Contributes to the completion of organizational projects and goals.
- Frequent use and general knowledge of industry practices, techniques, and ...