Performance test lead

Synergy Solutions International Limited is a London-based Consultancy firm providing IT expertise and services as part of Software as a Service (SaaS) working model. We aim to provide affordable and efficient software expertise to individuals, start-ups, small businesses, and bigger firms. As part of serving clients with dependable and up-to-date technical expertise in the ever-changing and dynamic software world, Synergy Solutions International is now growing their team.

Job Description

Performance Test Lead

Key Skills & Experience

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in Performance Engineering and Benchmarking Large Scale systems and applications with skill in modeling the system under load and tuning the end of the technology stack
• Experience in working with different protocols using performance test tools like JMeter, Loadrunner, and SilkPerformer.
• Knowledge of API/web services testing tools, such as Postman, SoapUl.
• Good working experience in monitoring tools (Logic Monitor/App Dynamics)
• Experience in analyzing Thread dumps and Memory dumps for bottlenecks

Key Accountabilities:

• Adhere to standards and best practices throughout the testing phases of the software development lifecycle and any testing stages of any development project
• Experienced in pinpointing performance issues in live systems.
• Strong understanding of performance testing E2E (Workload modeling/Execution/Report analysis/Recommendations for improvement)
• Experience in identifying test conditions and scenarios from design documents and writing scripts to test the scenarios
• Hands-on experience in performance problem determination and root cause analysis.
• Develop Performance Test Plan
• Design Performance test scripts at the application level
• Execute and report Performance tests at different levels – identify and analyze bottlenecks by profiling and provide performance tuning recommendations.
• Evaluate Performance tools and optimize them based on the use case
• Research and develop tools and frameworks to evaluate the performance of the applications
• Working with Product Owner and Business Analyst to refine and estimate requirements
• To examine business requirements
• To assess the service level agreement and their objectives
• To create, upgrade, and maintain the performance test scripts in line with business requirements.
• To document suitable test data that is representative of customer business practices.
• To carry out performance tests and apply consistent monitoring metrics
• Agree on all estimates and time schedules for the work allocated, with the Test Lead and communicate progress and changes promptly.
• To effectively escalate important issues affecting the testing process by reporting exceptions to the Test Lead.

Job Details

• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: £30,000.00-£45,000.00 per year
• Schedule: Monday to Friday
• Ability to commute/relocate: LONDON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
• Education: Bachelor's (preferred)
• Experience: Azure & M365 Security and Administration: 5 years (required)