Performance Test Engineer

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 : 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 : 𝐎𝐤𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐬, 𝐌𝐈 (𝐇𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝟑 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤) 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 : 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 : 𝐈𝐧-𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: - Design and lead comprehensive performance testing strategies to validate system behavior under load, stress, and peak conditions. Align these strategies with business requirements and project goals. - Create, configure, and execute complex test scripts in JMeter to simulate real-world usage scenarios and workload patterns. Optimize and troubleshoot scripts to achieve accurate and reliable performance assessments. - Utilize Dynatrace for continuous performance monitoring, tracking key application metrics (response time, throughput, resource utilization) and diagnosing issues in real-time to support proactive performance management. - Integrate performance testing and monitoring tools within CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, ensuring that performance issues are identified and addressed early in the development lifecycle. - Perform in-depth capacity planning analysis, determining optimal infrastructure requirements to handle projected workloads and recommending strategies for scaling applications in Kubernetes environments. - Use Bitbucket for version control of test scripts, configurations, and related documentation, fostering effective collaboration and change tracking within performance engineering teams. - Collaborate with development, DevOps, and operations teams to troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and recommend tuning or architectural changes to improve application performance and scalability. - Deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot applications running in Kubernetes clusters, ensuring efficient use of resources, autoscaling configurations, and resilience under load. - Generate detailed performance reports and dashboards that present test results, analysis, and insights for various stakeholders, including senior management and engineering teams. - Conduct root cause analysis for complex performance issues, using Dynatrace and other diagnostics tools to trace issues to specific components, services, or resource configurations. - Initiate proactive approach to advocate for performance engineering best practices, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement in performance testing and monitoring processes. - Document test strategies, configurations, tuning recommendations, and lessons learned, ensuring continuity and knowledge sharing within the team. These responsibilities ensure a strong focus on performance optimization, scalability, and reliability in modern cloud-native environments, making use of advanced testing, monitoring, and automation capabilities. - Actively participate in PI planning sessions to align performance goals and establish testing strategies and set realistic performance targets. Ensure all the dependencies are identified, documented and addressed. 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: - Position requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering and seven years of experience in applications and systems performance testing, monitoring and evaluation and five years’ experience in application development. - Will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience. - Strong hands-on experience with JMeter for creating complex test scripts and scenarios. - Proficiency with Dynatrace or similar APM tools for real-time monitoring, diagnostics, and root cause analysis. - Ability to interpret performance data to identify trends, bottlenecks, and areas for optimisation. - Experience managing and optimising performance in Kubernetes environments, autoscaling, and tuning applications for efficient use of cluster resources. - Knowledge on versioning and CI/CD integration tools like Bitbucket and Jenkins for maintaining test suites. - Advanced knowledge of DB/SQL/Linux and experienced working in agile work environment. - Effective communication skills and ability to resolve complex problems and use independent judgement.