Performance Engineer

THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF POSITION:  

• The Performance Engineer manages and executes performance testing in a multi-tiered environment, including analysis and recommendations of the performance test results.  

SCOPE OF WORK  

• The position’s 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.  

• Other tasks as assigned by USAC management.  

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:  

• 6 – 8 years of Hands-on software testing tools like LoadUI, JMeter, Loadrunner   

• 6 – 8 years of Demonstrated experience with increasingly complex projects                                    

• 6 – 8 years of Hands-on QA testing experience in client server and/or web-based environment       

• 6 – 8 years of Experience developing performance test scripts                                                       

• 6 – 8 years of Experience with 3rd party testing and change management tools                                 

• 6 – 8 years of Experience with test case gathering techniques                                                             

• 6 – 8 years of Experience with automated and test management tool (JIRA/Zephyr)                         

• 6 – 8 years of RDBMS experience (MS SQL Server and/or Oracle) and ability to write SQL queries. 

• 6 – 8 years of Experience developing test strategies and plans.                                                                

• 6 – 8 years of Experience with metrics and report creation.                                                                      

• 6 – 8 years of Experience with tools used for data validation and comparison.                                        

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 circumstances