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.

• 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.

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

• 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

• 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