Full Description

Job Description: The QA Performance Test Engineer job is responsible for the overall performance quality of systems and technology that are released into ETP's production environment. The scope of this role includes the comprehensive aspects of quality including Performance Testing Strategy and planning, design and development of automated scripts, execution of testing, analyzing results, and metrics reporting. In their role, the QA Performance Test Engineer is responsible for ensuring systems meet business performance requirements (SLAs) and overall business objectives by tracking and reporting performance test results, performance metrics (response times, error rates, throughput, CPU and memory utilization, latency, and more), identified defects, as well as documenting observations and communicating issues to development staff to assist in their resolution.

Duties And Responsibilities

Write testing strategies, test scripts and conditions to ensure effective performance test coverage

Execute performance, Load, Spike, Stress, Endurance and Stability Testing

Utilize data analytics to determine client usage characteristics and user flows

Identify test data requirements and work with other teams as needed to create and maintain test data

Coordinate and schedule testing programs with project and program teams

Reporting testing outcomes to project stakeholders

Assist in the implementation and maintenance of software testing tools

Identify, recommend, and implement process improvement opportunities for SGWS quality assurance programs

Stay up-to-date on software application testing tools and QA best practices

Recommend opportunities to lower testing costs or improve quality through alternative staffing models (e.g., gig, offshore, 3rd party)

Motivate team members to work collaboratively and effectively

Plan and document succession planning within scope of responsibility

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree (computer science, information systems, business administration or other industry related curriculum) or combination of education and equivalent experience

Two to five (2-5) years serving as a QA Performance Engineer

Demonstrated command scripting using JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad and/or LoadComplete

Experience with monitoring tools (Dynatrace, Performance Center, Splunk, AppDynamics, JProfiler, Datadog, NinjaOne)

Experience with data analytics tools (Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Open Web Analytics)

Experience with repository/version control tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, TFS, AWS CodeCommit

Experience with project management and issue-tracking software such as JIRA