Performance Test Engineer
Information Technology | Hybrid in Alpharetta, GA | Contract
Working Model: Home-Based
Job Description:
Assist in project planning, scheduling, budgeting and tracking activities.
Provide support in project design, development and deployment activities.
Develop automated test scenarios and environments for performance testing.
Review and recommend improvements to existing test procedures.
Design and develop test strategies and plans to verify that applications and systems under test to meet expected SLA’s.
Design, implement, execute, and analyze performance and load tests for services and applications. •Execute performance tests that exercise the applications and systems under test in areas such as capacity, longevity and stress.
Conduct system performance testing to ensure system reliability, capacity and scalability.
Work with testing team to develop performance test plans and cases.
Analyze test results and coordinate with development teams for bug fixes.
Generate test summary reports for management review.
Analyze root causes of performance issues and provide corrective actions.
Suggest new tools and techniques to improve testing efficiency.
Understanding of software development and QA processes.
Performance analysis of production data for ongoing assessment and tuning of performance test approach.
Manage multiple performance testing projects.
Responsible for performance modelling, benchmarking, capacity planning and infrastructure optimization.
MUST HAVE SKILLS:
Three years of experience with Performance modelling, benchmarking, capacity planning and infrastructure optimization
Two years of experience with Stakeholder management and ability to communicate technical results to Leadership
Experience with Broadband Internet Industry Testing Standards, Okla Speed Test and general Speed Test Architecture
DESIRED SKILLS:
Familiarity with Peak Trimmed Mean (PTM) Methodology
Develop performance test plans and cases
Understanding of APIs and using Postman or similar application
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
Degree in Computer Science or a similar engineering discipline.