Job Role : Senior/Lead Performance Tester

Total Experience : 5+ Years

Location : Kolkata, Indore, Shillong

Education : Bachelors degree in Computer Science/Engineering or similar

Role & Responsibilities :

- Define performance testing objectives and scope with stakeholders.

- Develop comprehensive test plans and strategies.

- Create realistic test scripts and scenarios emulating real-world workloads.

- Ensure test environment mimics production.

- Monitor system performance (response time, throughput, error rates, utilization).

- Identify bottlenecks, root causes, and provide improvement recommendations.

- Create detailed reports with metrics, charts, and logs.

- Communicate progress, issues, and results to stakeholders.

- Mentor junior testers, provide training, and share best practices.

- Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams.

- Stay updated with tools, techniques, and best practices.

- Maintain accurate test artifacts (plans, scripts, reports).

Must Have :

- Experience in creating/executing load test plans, monitoring, analyzing results, and identifying optimization opportunities.

- Strong understanding of performance tuning concepts (GC, CPU cycles, memory utilization, context switching).

- Experience with Web/Mobile applications and Web Services (SOAP, REST APIs).

- Expertise in JMeter for load/stress/non-functional tests.

- Skills in Test Planning, Estimation, Strategy, Workload Design.

- Experience coordinating with cross-functional teams (DBA, Dev, Sys Admins).

- Strong troubleshooting and RCA skills for production issues.

- Prior experience with LoadRunner, JMeter, Dynatrace, Splunk.

- Good Oracle DB knowledge (SQL execution plan, AWR, SQLT Reports).

Good to Have :

- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, and container-based applications.

- Knowledge of enterprise integration technologies (Web Services, MQ, DB).

- Experience with Visio, Gantt charts, SharePoint.

- CI integration with performance testing.

- Programming experience in any language.

- Experience with Hudson and Jenkins.