QA CoE Lead Performance Engineer

PROJECT SUMMARY:

This role provides hands-on leadership and governance oversight for outsourced performance testing teams working across multiple delivery channels on concurrent projects.  Candidate is expected to provide input for the long-term strategy and roadmap for the Performance Testing CoE and work with internal support teams to drive optimization of key business applications.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participates in the review of existing process, techniques, test methodologies, design, approach, and strategy for continuous improvement
  
• Participates in the assessment of new performance test tools to determine fit in the environment
  
• Creates, monitors, and tracks software QA metrics specific to performance testing
  
• Writes, revises, verifies, and enforces performance testing standards
  
• Facilitates performance defect triage, analyzing performance metrics and logs to determine the root cause of issues
  
• Determines when performance testing is mandatory by performing project artifact reviews and  through discussions with the project teams
  
• Collaborates with project managers to develop schedules and resource allocation models for performance test engagements
  
• Communicates performance test results in terms that can be easily understood and actioned by the business or project teams
  
• Provides support for performance testing activities for large projects, small enhancements, and infrastructure upgrades
  
• Provides input to performance testing contracts and estimates based on fixed cost outsourcing model
  
• Reviews testing deliverables including the performance test plan, test scripts, test scenarios, test results, and final reports produced by suppliers for quality and adherence to QA standards
  
• Mentors, coaches, and monitors junior QA team members

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• 10+ years’ experience in performance testing and engineering
  
• Hands-on ability to plan, script, and execute performance tests based on requirements
  
• Hands-on ability to interpret and analyze performance test results
  
• Hands-on experience with APM and monitoring tools; ability to identify performance issues or bottlenecks and provide recommendations to tune systems for optimal performance
  
• Must possess a strong knowledge of enterprise application architecture and technologies including web, web services, databases, middleware and messaging
  
• Expert level experience with HP Performance Center, VuGen, LR Analysis, and HP Diagnostics or other APM tools
  
• Experience performance testing of UI based applications, web services, middleware, and batch processes
  
• Expertise of monitoring solutions and KPI’s used to determine when there are performance issues or concerns across technology stacks
  
• Must be able to create and validate load test scripts in at least three of the following protocols: HTTP, SOAP / web services, TruClient, ODBC, RTE, Visual Basic, .NET, Java
  
• Must be able to perform in-depth analysis of load tests both in real-time during test execution and post run to determine test validity, discover the root-cause of any errors or failures, and report on any performance issues or defects
  
• Experience managing performance testing in an Agile development environment
  
• Must demonstrate or possess strong experience in:
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
• Reviewing test artifacts and deliverables to provide feedback and direction
  
• Assessing risk to schedule, cost, or quality on projects and testing engagements
  
• Preparing and facilitating the implementation of test plans
  
• Managing defects 
  
• Ability to react to changing project plans and come up with creative alternatives
  
• Organizational and planning skills
  
• Analytical skills
  
• Ability to work in a collaborative “team-oriented” environment

SKILLS DESIRED:

• Experience with performance testing and monitoring tools outside of HP products
  
• Should possess an understanding of software development and implementation methodologies including both waterfall and Agile
  
• Development / code review / code profiling / performance engineering background
  
• DevOps / continuous integration experience
  
• Hands-on experience in the following technologies:
  
• Windows 2012 Server, Red Hat Linux.
  
• J2EE Application Servers, .NET, SFDC, Siebel, SAP, TIBCO
  
• Database: Oracle, MS SQL