Senior Performance Tester

Job Summary

Senior Performance Tester

Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute performance testing strategies for web, mobile, API, and enterprise applications.
• Develop and maintain reusable performance test scripts.
• Conduct Load, Stress, Spike, Endurance (Soak), and Volume testing.
• Analyze application performance bottlenecks and provide optimization recommendations.
• Monitor application servers, databases, middleware, and infrastructure during performance tests.
• Prepare performance test plans, scenarios, workload models, and execution reports.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to resolve performance issues.
• Validate application scalability, stability, and reliability before production deployment.
• Participate in performance tuning of applications, databases, and APIs.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide regular status updates and detailed performance analysis reports.

Required Skills

• Strong experience with performance testing tools such as:
• Apache JMeter
• LoadRunner
• NeoLoad
• Gatling (preferred)
• Experience testing REST and SOAP APIs.
• Strong SQL knowledge for backend validation.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as:
• Dynatrace
• AppDynamics
• Grafana
• Prometheus
• Splunk
• Knowledge of JVM, GC logs, Thread Dumps, Heap Analysis, and CPU/Memory utilization.
• Experience with Linux/Unix commands and shell scripting.
• Understanding of HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP, SSL, Web Services, and Microservices architecture.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes environments is an advantage.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Banking Domain Experience (Preferred)

• Internet Banking
• Mobile Banking
• Payments
• Cards
• Core Banking

• Digital Banking Platforms

• API Banking

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Performance testing certifications (LoadRunner, JMeter, or similar) are an added advantage.

Preferred Experience

• 6–10+ years of software testing experience.
• At least 4–5 years of hands-on experience in performance testing.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Banking or financial services experience is highly preferred.

Key Competencies

• Performance Engineering
• Performance Tuning

• Root Cause Analysis

• Workload Modeling
• Capacity Planning
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment