Performance Test Lead
Posted 1 week ago by Square One Resources
£450 Per day
Inside
Onsite
Cardiff, Wales
Summary: The Performance Test Lead will play a crucial role in a major Cloud Transition Programme for NHS Wales, overseeing the migration of over 90 applications to Azure and Google Cloud from 2026 to 2028. This position requires a strong background in performance testing, particularly in cloud migration and complex enterprise environments. The role is based in Cardiff, requiring on-site presence three days a week, and offers a competitive daily rate. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing performance test plans, executing test cycles, and providing performance tuning recommendations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop performance test plans for each wave and major infrastructure changes.
- Execute performance test cycles and document outcomes.
- Provide performance tuning recommendations with supporting evidence.
- Produce performance test summary reports.
Key Skills:
- Demonstrable expertise in performance testing within cloud migration or complex enterprise environments.
- Experience with cloud networking performance validation (latency, packet loss, bandwidth, resilience).
- Strong experience of automated performance test tooling (JMeter, Azure App Testing).
- Capability in Azure architecture performance modelling.
- Strong reporting, governance alignment, and stakeholder communication skills.
- Experience with multi-vendor or multi-supplier delivery environments (desirable).
- Prior NHS or healthcare-regulated performance testing experience (desirable).
Salary (Rate): £450 daily
City: Cardiff
Country: Wales
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
A fantastic client is delivering a major Cloud Transition Programme (CTP) running from 2026-2028, migrating over 90 national NHS Wales applications from on-premise datacentres into Azure and Google Cloud - and are hiring a Performance Test Lead
Location Cardiff- 3 days a week on site
£450 a day inside IR35
Performance Test Lead
Essential Skills & Experience
- Demonstrable expertise in performance testing within cloud migration or complex enterprise environments.
- Experience with cloud networking performance validation (latency, packet loss, bandwidth, resilience).
- Strong experience of automated performance test tooling (JMeter, Azure App Testing (formally Azure Load)
- Capability in Azure architecture performance modelling.
- Strong reporting, governance alignment and stakeholder communication skills.
Desirable Skills
- Experience with multi-vendor or multi-supplier delivery environments.
- Prior NHS or healthcare-regulated performance testing experience.
Deliverables
- Performance test plan per wave and/or major infrastructure change.
- Executed performance test cycles with documented outcomes.
- Performance tuning recommendations and associated evidence.
- Production of performance test summary reports.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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