Performance Engineer

SCOPE OF WORK include the following:
Develops and maintains a thorough knowledge of business processes supported by software
systems/products
Documents business processes, contribute to training programs and materials.
Certifies each release by performing impact analysis on staging environments.
Performs impact analysis of any infrastructure changes including OS upgrades, maintenance
releases, and hardware upgrades.
Performs fail-over and recovery scenarios and documents the performance metrics.
Creates test plans, test scenarios and executes using performance tools.
Analyze results for load, stress, volume and endurance testing.
Recommends a technical approach based on performance test results and collect data to build
benchmarks to provide optimal performance levels.
Leads test case reviews, design reviews, and change control activities
Creates and contributes to test plans, test requirements, test scenarios, and test data for use during
performance testing phase of the software development lifecycle, for new and existing software
systems/products.
Ensures that performance test plans and scenarios fully exercise every aspect of the product.
Produces and presents formal test plans. leads the performance testing effort for assigned projects.
Documents and reports issues discovered during performance testing and follow-up resolution.
Defines standards, methods, and procedures for performance testing activities.
Works as part of Scrum Development Team, effectively participates in sprint planning, task
estimates, task sequencing, task assignments, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
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QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Hands-on software testing tools like LoadUI, JMeter, Loadrunner 6-8 years
Demonstrated experience with increasingly complex projects 6-8 years
Hands-on QA testing experience in client server and/or web-based environment 6-8 years
Experience developing performance test scripts 6-8 years
Experience with 3rd party testing and change management tools 6-8 years
Experience with test case gathering techniques 6-8 years
Experience with automated and test management tool (JIRA/Zephyr) 6-8 years
RDBMS experience (MS SQL Server and/or Oracle) and ability to write SQL queries. 6-8 years
Experience developing test strategies and plans. 6-8 years
Experience with metrics and report creation. 6-8 years
Experience with tools used for data validation and comparison. 6-8 years NOTE: In addition, this is the desired experience.
Experience with Project Management Software
Experience with Scrum and/or other Agile Development frameworks
Experience with Software Development
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Self-directed and able to work well in a small team environment.
Strong attention to detail and excellent diagnostic capabilities.
Strong customer service orientation.
Analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to develop new or more effective ideas, approaches, etc.
Ability to develop and execute short-range plans/decisions
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to exercise sound judgment across a broad range of circumstance