Performance Testing - C10 (3 to 5 yrs) - Chennai

The IT Quality Analyst 2 is a developing professional role. Applies specialty area knowledge in monitoring, assessing, analyzing and/or evaluating processes and data. Identifies policy gaps and formulates policies. Interprets data and makes recommendations. Researches and interprets factual information. Identifies inconsistencies in data or results, defines business issues and formulates recommendations on policies, procedures or practices. Integrates established disciplinary knowledge within own specialty area with basic understanding of related industry practices. Good understanding of how the team interacts with others in accomplishing the objectives of the area. Develops working knowledge of industry practices and standards. Limited but direct impact on the business through the quality of the tasks/services provided. Impact of the job holder is restricted to own team.

Responsibilities:

This role is for Performance Test Analyst (IT Quality Analyst 2 - C10) who will take ownership of one or more applications Performance testing solutions & play SME role to engage with Development, Architect & Business team to gather the requirements & design the Performance testing approach to certify the application changes before Production deployments. This role required to work closely with Global NFT team. Person should have strong knowledge to lead Non-Functional Testing (Performance Testing & Engineering) for Small applications and should have exposure in monitoring, profiling & analyzing with industry standard tools. Responsibility includes conducting performance impact assessments, testing approach, planning, execution, application profiling, metrics analysis, reporting and risk management. Person in this role should be capable of  performing independently, capable of handling deliverables without need of monitoring. Should be capable of leading 1-2 members team.

Primary Skills: Performance Testing & Engineering. 

Tools: LoadRunner, MF Performance Center with Web, Web Services (Rest, Microservices), MQ (Java), AWR analysis, AppDynamics Profiling, Kibana & Log Analysis.

• Ability to assess & design the standalone component or End to End Testing approach connecting multiple components in payments flow.
• The implementation and execution of a performance test framework for non-functional testing (load, volume, stress, capacity and scalability) which validate business non-functional requirements.
• A strong knowledge of Monitoring tools that allow for analysis of system health and potential bottlenecks. i.e. App Dynamics, Kibana etc.
• Produce and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) around the testing performed. Manage best in class service quality and manage SLA/OLAs accordingly
• In-depth knowledge and working experience with Performance Center, App Dynamics and other latest Performance Engineering & Performance Testing tools and Open Source performance testing tools (Apache JMeter, WebLOAD etc)
• A strong knowledge of / experience with profiling application end to end performance and identifying application and hardware / operating systems bottlenecks
• Experience in identifying and providing tuning recommendation for various infrastructure components such as Application Servers, Database Servers, Message Buses and Web Servers
• Experience of working in Agile testing methodology
• Good collaboration & ability to communicate with technical & non-technical stakeholders
• Support active contribution in creating performance testing artefacts including Performance test strategy and test plans/estimates, optimization & KPI reports.
• Collaboration with other teams including Development, Architect, Business and Production Support
• Identify, recommend, and implement framework, strategies, and toolsets to optimize test execution, expand test coverage, and reduce risk
• Strive towards the continuous process improvement & test framework / scripts optimization to achieve efficient testing solutions
• Attention to details & ability to automate repetitive tasks
• Exhibits good understanding of procedures and concepts within own technical area and a basic knowledge of these elements in other areas.
• Requires basic understanding of how own area integrates within IT Quality to achieve objectives.
• Good to have technical & programming knowledge with one or more languages i.e.  Java, Python etc
• Business domain knowledge of Corporate Digital Channels, Payments, Receivable, Treasure & Trade will be added advantage
• Good to have exposure for developing stubs and drivers.

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years experience in Performance Testing is mandatory.

• Ability to work independently or within groups on projects assigned

• Requires in-depth knowledge, understanding and analytical thought.

• Exhibits comprehensive knowledge of several areas within IT Quality and has a good understanding of the industry.

  Strong understanding of testing processes.

• In depth understanding of the Systems Development Lifecycle and solid experience in several phases of systems development, preferably in testing program management. Must demonstrate confidence in their abilities

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

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