- The primary focus of the role involves designing and implementing performance testing strategies and frameworks to ensure the scalability, reliability, and responsiveness of software applications under various workloads.

- Performance Test Architects play a critical role in evaluating and optimizing application performance, identifying bottlenecks, and ensuring that applications meet performance requirements.

- Performance Test Architects are instrumental in ensuring that software applications can handle the expected user loads, perform optimally, and meet performance requirements.

- They contribute significantly to the overall quality and reliability of the applications by identifying and resolving performance-related issues early in the software development lifecycle.

- The role works closely with Test Managers, Test leads, Dev Leads, Developers, Business and Systems analysts, test analysts & engineers and with business stakeholders.

Areas of Responsibility :

- Develop and Implement Performance Testing Strategy

- Create performance testing roadmaps and plans for different projects and applications.

- Design and develop efficient performance testing frameworks that can simulate realistic user loads and measure application performance effectively.

- Identify and implement suitable performance testing tools and technologies to enhance testing efficiency.

- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather performance testing requirements and design test scenarios that reflect real-world user behaviour.

- Develop performance test scripts using performance testing tools and scripting languages.

- Analyse production usage patterns and create workload models that accurately represent user behaviour and traffic patterns.

- Collaborate with IT and DevOps teams to set up and configure test environments that closely resemble production environments.

- Execute performance tests and monitor application performance during testing.

- Analyse performance test results to identify performance bottlenecks and areas for improvement.

- Collaborate with development teams to suggest performance optimisations and design changes based on performance test findings.

- Provide recommendations for improving application performance and scalability.

- Evaluate application scalability and provide capacity planning recommendations to ensure the application can handle increasing user loads.

- Integrate performance tests into the continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline for regular performance validation.

- Implement performance monitoring tools and analyse performance metrics to proactively identify and address performance issues.

- Create comprehensive performance test reports and document performance testing processes, methodologies, and findings.

- Provide guidance and training to team members on performance testing best practices, tools, and techniques.

Must-Have Requirements :

- Proven experience 10+ years as a Performance Test Architect or a similar role in performance testing and engineering.

- Strong proficiency in performance testing tools such as Gatling (must), JMeter, or LoadRunner , Grafana Cloud K6 and hands-on experience with scripting languages (e.g., JavaScript, Python).

- Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing performance testing frameworks.

- Experience with workload modelling and performance test planning.

- Familiarity with performance monitoring and profiling tools.

- Knowledge of CI/CD practices and integrating performance testing into the CI/CD pipeline.

- Solid understanding of application performance tuning and optimisation techniques.

- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have Requirements :

- Proven ability to mentor and guide team members in performance testing best practices.

Location: Hyderabad

This position is for a client of Vertex, which is an IT Services Company

Education : UG: B.Tech / B.E. in Any Specialization