Performance Test Lead

Role Name: Performance Test Lead
Location: Portsmouth, NH

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Develop nonfunctional performance security test strategies with detailed processes and approaches in consultation with stakeholders
Define and execute guidelines standards and continuously improve the engineering practices
Develop detailed workload models for average peak stress and scalability load conditions
Align integrations availability and approaches to mock varied response times emulating the realworld response times ranges
Implement CICD gating process to continuously measure and monitor performance degradations
Experience in creating executing and analyzing performance test scripts for web applications APIs and database esp cloudbased implementations
Instrumentation of onpremises and cloud applications across technologies with APM tools
Build custom dashboards on APM tools such as Dynatrace DataDog Appdynamics to analyze behavior under load conditions
Ability to perform root cause analysis and identify performance bottlenecks using profiling tools and log analysis Guide dev teams to focus on right issues eliminating red herrings
Prepare clear and concise performance test reports highlighting key findings performance metrics and recommendations for stakeholders at different levels of the organization
Knowledge of web technologies protocols HTTPHTTPS TCPIP and performance optimization techniques caching compression etc
Experience with performance testing of cloud enabled and cloud native applications
Awareness of security testing concepts related to performance such as DDoS mitigation SSLTLS configurations and secure API testing
Attention to details and experienced with working and driving global teams for test outcomes
Experienced with building and training teams towards excellence
Skills Required
Minimum 10 years of performance engineering and testing experience
At least one end to end Guidewire cloud implementation experience
Proficient with performance testing tools like jmeterK6 jaeger and LoadRunner
Proficient with leveraging and instrumenting apps and services with APM tools such as Dynatrace DataDog fiddler elastic search
Experience to Site Reliability Engineering tests
Experience with building dashboards across architectural components
Active advocate of brand with excellence in communication and interpersonal skills
Preferred Skills Nice to Have
Exposure to unit testing and mobile testing
Experience in improving test coverage and test strategy
Familiarity with performance testing tools CICD tools should be good