**Role & seniority: ** Performance Test Specialist (5–8 years), performance testing/engineering; typically manages 3–6 FTEs.

**Stack/tools: **

Performance monitoring/APM: HP Diagnostics, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, OpenView Sitescope, Wily (or similar)
Profiling/tuning: application profiling and performance engineering tools (incl. APM)
DB/perf analysis: AWR report analysis
Platforms: Windows & UNIX
Top 3 responsibilities:
- Translate NFRs/SLAs into performance test plans/strategies and execute them end-to-end (requirements → design → scripting → execution → analysis/reporting/troubleshooting).
- Use APM/profiling/monitoring to identify and isolate performance bottlenecks across tiers; provide tuning and tuning-support recommendations with dev teams.
- Ensure realistic testing via data-driven scripts/scenarios, coordinate test environments/test data/tools, and provide executive status reporting.
Must-have skills:
- Performance testing engineering lifecycle experience (strategy, test design, scripting, execution, analysis, troubleshooting)
- Strong understanding of application architecture and ability to recommend performance strategies
- Proficiency in APM/performance monitoring and profiling; bottleneck diagnosis (crashes, hung threads, memory leaks, etc.)
- Ability to interpret AWR reports
- Test environment/test data/tool planning; change/release coordination f

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Role Description

Performance Test Specialist with 5 to 8 years of relevant experience in performance testing and engineering

Requirement Gathering and Analysis Ability to understand NFRs and translate them into specific Design and Testing goals Effectively capture and build a strategy to validate NFRs Test Plan and test Strategy Ability to effectively execute the testing strategy

Understand applications including the underlying architecture and technology stack to recommend appropriate strategies and ensure the system performance is within defined SLAs

Participate in all phases of the Performance Testing Engineering lifecycle Requirement Gathering Design Development Scripting Execution Analysis Troubleshooting Reporting

Leverage Application performance management and profiling tools to identify isolate and resolve performance bottlenecks

Provide Support tuning recommendations Work with development team to test and implement recommendations

Coordinate with all stakeholders teams to identify performance bottlenecks across all tiers components layers

Analysis and resolution of critical and complex application issues like crashes hung threads memory leaks etc

Ensure test scripts and test scenarios simulate real world scenarios Data driven script development and test execution

Manages test team work effort and allocation throughout test planning preparation and execution to ensure that testing is completed on time and within budget

Manages knowledge retention and asset reuse

Provide regular executive summary status to QA Lead

Determines requirements for test environments test data test infrastructure and tools and coordinates with Project Teams

Plans schedules and manages the installation and application of patches to QATesting Tools using change management and release management processes

Typically manages a project with a team size ranging from 3 to 6 FTEs

Experiences on Performance Engineering profiling and tuning experience including experience working with APM tools such HP Diagnostics DynaTrace App dynamics etc

Should have performance monitoring experience across Windows and UNIX platforms with OpenView Sitescope Wily or similar tools

Ability to understand and analyze AWR reports

Ability to adapt and learn quickly in a complex and dynamic environment

Strong written oral presentation skills

Must be able to work both independently and within a group

Excellent technical interpersonal analytical and problemsolving skills

Ability to Multitask Prioritize and Manage time

Specialist - Quality Engineering

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