Performance tester

System Canada resources have a broad range of skills in different technologies. The large skill-set has been made possible by a conscious focus on strengthening our skills base. Every person selected for our team brings something new, something that adds to our offerings. We learn continuously, both on the job and through formal training programs.

1.        Performance testing

o        Professional Skills:

§        The behavioral requirements of this role are as follows:

§        High level of personal commitment to each task, a can do attitude anda drive to deliver. Ability to pitch communication at different audiences appropriately, from technical colleagues to managers in the business.

§        Strong communication skills to be able to communicate at all levels.

§        Ability to gather and understand requirements, create test plans and result documents

§        The ability to have a proactive approach to problem solving

§        Good analysis skills in order to aid in trouble shooting and problemsolving

§        Good testing principles as well as good defect management skills

§        Strong Project Planning capability

§        Demonstrated ability to Lead and Coordinate, and Assist multiple

§        Teams and projects in local and remote locations.

o        Roles & Responsibilities:

§        Project staff assignments.

§        Perform toll gate inspection of deliverables.

§        Support project escalations with application teams and technology partners.

§        Provide clear and proactive communication to management.

§        Identifying and Assisting project teams with application and system tuning needs.

§        Participate in process definition and training.

o        Qualifications

§        Must have full life-cycle experience in large, global multi-tiered systems

§        Excellent interpersonal relationship and communication / presentation skills

§        Strong technical documentation skills

§        Demonstrates initiative and is a self starter

§        Knowledge of testing methodology, automated test/load tools (i.e.LoadRunner) and test documentation procedures

§        Knowledge of the application/architecture being tested and its integration points

o        Technical Skills:

§        3+ years performance testing experience using HP Load Runner

§        3+ years business analysis experience

§        3+ years system administration/engineering (AIX, Windows) -or- development experience

§        3+ years hands-on experience developing VuGen scripts

§        3+ years hands-on experience building and executing LoadRunner scenarios

§        3+ years hands-on experience analyzing and interpreting LoadRunner results (LRA/LRR)

§        Experience handling multiple concurrent projects

§        Understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC)

§        Strong business and technical writing skills

§        3 + years working with Websphere, Oracle 10G , MS SQL, Sybase, UNIX AIX, C, K, Perl, Transfer protocols -MQ & MQ Client, XML , XML parsing