Performance Test Lead

Responsibilities and JD in brief along with additional criteria to be considered (if any): Roles and Responsibilities: Gather non-functional requirements documents based on client SME inputs, reviewing demos of existing systems Accountable for creating application and infrastructure performance plans/models for a highly scalable, low-latency, highly-available and high-throughput system. Should have experience in defining Performance Strategy and reporting performance baselines required to certify Go-Lives. Should have strong experience in handling multiple tasks and stakeholders Consolidate inputs from project teams, estimate effort using estimation methodologies and prepare test strategy documents based on requirements, testing environment and non-functional attributes Develop or validate test design consisting of scenarios, types of testing and number of cycles of testing required for the test module Understand and performance test the APIs, abstractions and integration patterns to solve challenging distributed computing problems. Should be well versed in documenting the steps performed during course of performance tests cycle including performance test scripts used Should be able to provide mentor support emphasizing performance testing methodology, preparation, scripting, execution planning, simulation and test results reporting. Review complex test case scenarios and develop performance test scripts Ensure that the test environment is set up in collaboration with the client teams, validate test data for different modules, identify risks in data setup, ensure backup and restore process. Review infrastructure of Performance Test environment and ensure timely maintenance of Infrastructure for Performance tests. Design test scenario and execute performance tests, validate results of test executed by team, analyze test results and identify performance bottlenecks Manage onsite and offshore communications Co-ordinate with other support teams like Infrastructure, Database Admin, Network teams to complete the tests successfully. Skills /Competencies: 5-8 years of experience in Performance Testing Life Cycle activities Proficient in NFR analysis, breaking requirements into test scenarios Must-have hands-on experience with scripting and execution using JMeter, LoadRunner, AppDynamics, Dynatrace and Splunk tools using different protocols like Web Services, Ajax Truclient, MQ Protocol, SAP, JAVA etc. Must have exposure on: AWS, KAFKA, MQ Able to write Basic DB queries Knows basic Unix commands Proficient in understanding and presenting various performance testing metrics Should be able to execute and monitor different types of performance tests like Load, Stress, Endurance, Scalability tests. Hands on experience to develop performance test plans and performance test reports Should be able to plan and create test data setup approach, implement test data setup strategies required for performance testing. Good understanding of SCRUM/Agile methodology Proficiency in coding with at least one programming language (e.g. Java, JS, Python etc.) Consolidate inputs from project teams, estimate performance testing effort using estimation methodologies and prepare performance test strategy, test plan document based on requirements, testing environment and non-functional attributes Test Management Tools like Azure VSTS, ALM, Jira etc and defect life cycle Comfortable working on changes of various size and performance testing for Agile Sprints. Ability to work in a large team environment and communicate effectively with developers and other supporting teams like Database Admins, Infrastructure and Network teams. Support in triaging and troubleshooting of issues related to performance degradation incidents in production environment Monitor application performance, optimize performance bottlenecks and usage to create an application capacity model. Help optimizing system components such as CPU/Memory/Disk/Network & OS/Application software for maximizing the computer resources utilization. Work with the architects and development team to ensure proper metrics instrumentation done in software components, to help facilitate real time and remote troubleshooting/performance monitoring. Hands on experience in debugging of performance scripts, identification of performance bottlenecks using drill down analysis using monitoring tools; Interaction with various stake holders for performance issue resolution Should have sound knowledge on Enterprise Performance Management Tools such as HP Diagnostics, DynaTrace or CA Introscope along with Open Source and Native Performance tools for Web/App and DB layers Hands on experience in Unix/Linux OS environments and operating system internals, file systems, disk/storage and networking protocols. System internals. Having working knowledge with VMs and Containers. Knowledge in ORACLE/MYSQL DB tuning and optimization Effective verbal and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal, facilitation and leadership skills. Deeply self-motivated with the ability to work independently, coordinating activities within cross-regional and multi-functional teams.