L3 Performance Test Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Performance Test Plans and secure review and approval from relevant stakeholders.
• Design, develop, and execute performance, load, and stress tests under various workload conditions.
• Develop workload models based on non-functional requirements, system architecture, and performance objectives.
• Create, maintain, and execute performance test scripts using industry-standard tools.
• Analyze performance test results to identify bottlenecks, performance issues, and areas for optimization.
• Provide actionable recommendations for system tuning and performance improvement.
• Collaborate with Development, Infrastructure, QA, Solution Architects, Technical Leads, and Test Administration teams to ensure performance requirements are met.
• Validate performance test environments and ensure proper integration with relevant systems and Systems of Record (SORs).
• Maintain performance test scripts, test data, configurations, and supporting documentation.
• Monitor and report system scalability, reliability, responsiveness, and overall performance results.
• Document Performance Test Results and facilitate stakeholder review and sign-off.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to performance testing, monitoring, and testing processes.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior performance testers or QA team members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in performance testing.
• Strong experience with one or more performance testing tools such as LoadRunner, Apache JMeter, NeoLoad, or StresStimulus.
• Proven experience designing and implementing performance test strategies.
• Experience developing workload models based on non-functional requirements and system architecture.
• Strong experience analyzing performance test results, identifying bottlenecks, and recommending tuning strategies.
• Experience collaborating with Development, Infrastructure, QA, and technical teams for system performance optimization.
• Experience with banking applications, APIs, middleware, databases, API gateways, and test environments is an advantage.
• Experience driving process improvements related to performance testing and monitoring.
• Experience mentoring junior testers or QA team members.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Technical Skills

• Performance Testing
• Load Testing
• Stress Testing
• LoadRunner
• Apache JMeter
• NeoLoad
• StresStimulus
• Workload Modeling
• Performance Test Planning
• Performance Test Scripting & Execution
• Bottleneck Identification & Analysis
• Performance Tuning & Optimization
• API / Middleware Testing
• Database Performance Testing
• System Scalability & Reliability Testing
• Non-Functional Testing
• Test Environment Management
• Performance Monitoring & Reporting

Preferred Certification

• ISTQB CTFL
• ISTQB CTAL – Test Automation Engineering (TAE)
• ISTQB CTAL – Test Analyst (TTA)