Performance Tester

Overview:

Role: Performance Tester

Location: Waltham, MA

Duration: 6 months

Primary skills:

• Strong understanding of Performance Test Planning, Test Strategy creation, and scenario design.

• Ability to interpret Non Functional Requirements (NFRs) and translate them into measurable test objectives.

• Hands on expertise with NeoLoad (preferred), JMeter or LoadRunner

• Strong experience conducting: Load Testing, Stress Testing, Endurance/Soak Testing, Spike Testing, Scalability Testing. Skilled in configuring test workloads, test data, and execution environments.

• Ability to analyze performance results and recommend performance improvements and tuning strategies

• Hands on experience with APM (Application Performance Monitoring) tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and New Relic

• Experience executing performance tests in AWS or Azure environments

• Experience integrating performance tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools

• Demonstrated success as a self-starter with strong ownership.

• Ability to collaborate and motivate cross-functional teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for stakeholder engagement.

Secondary skills:

• Utility domain or Kraken knowledge

• Develop Grafana dashboards for performance monitoring

• Mentor team members and contribute to building a high-performance culture.

• Collaborate effectively with developers, architects, DevOps, and product teams to ensure performance readiness.

Develop comprehensive Performance Test Plans, Test Strategies, and Test Scenarios aligned with the Non Functional Requirements (NFRs).

• Design, script, and execute performance tests using tools such as NeoLoad, JMeter.

• Plan and conduct various types of performance tests, including Load, Stress, Soak/Endurance, Scalability, and Spike Testing.

• Identify performance bottlenecks and provide recommendations to improve system performance and scalability.

• Monitor application and infrastructure performance using tools like Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and New Relic.

• Drive observability best practices across logs, metrics, and tracing.

• Execute performance tests across AWS or Azure environments.

• Support integration of performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.

• Collaborate effectively with developers, architects, DevOps, and product teams to ensure performance readiness.

• Proactively communicate risks, requirements, and test outcomes with the project team and leadership.

• Provide regular status reports, including monthly updates and communication of critical developments.

• Mentor team members and contribute to building a high-performance culture.

• Demonstrated success as a self-starter with strong ownership.

• Ability to collaborate and motivate cross-functional teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for stakeholder engagement