QA Analyst/Performance Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by 1752143417
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The QA Analyst/Performance Engineer role is focused on conducting automated and manual tests to ensure software performance meets user requirements. The position requires expertise in performance testing tools, particularly LoadRunner, and a solid understanding of programming languages such as C. The candidate must be based in New York or nearby cities for occasional project milestone visits, while primarily working remotely. The role demands a minimum of 5 years of experience and relevant certifications in testing methodologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct automated and manual tests to ensure software performs adequately and meets user requirements.
- Understand the overall organizational landscape and technology to plan, construct, and execute various types of tests.
- Utilize LoadRunner scripting with protocols like Http, HTML, Webservices, and True client.
- Employ other performance tools such as Visual Studios and Webload.
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of C language, including data structures and multithreading.
- Design, develop, and manage test plans and supporting test cases based on business and functional requirements.
- Execute various types of performance tests including load, stress, volume, and endurance tests.
- Validate fail-over/recovery scenarios and measure impact on response times during execution.
Key Skills:
- Expertise in design, development, and creation of test plans and supporting test cases.
- Proficiency in LoadRunner and other performance testing tools.
- Strong programming skills in C, C#, and Java.
- Experience with technologies such as App Dynamics, Splunk, and Microsoft Test Manager.
- Certifications: ISTQB or CSTE certification, Advanced LoadRunner certification.
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Graduate or above in a relevant field.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: New York
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Please Note:
- 100% remote but the candidate must be from NY or nearby cities as occasional visits may be required at critical project milestones
- Work Hours Full time 40 hrs a week.
Responsibilities:
- Will conduct automated and manual tests to ensure software performs adequately and meets the user requirements.
- Must understand the overall organizational landscape and technology and plan, construct, and execute product tests, system tests, unit tests, load tests, volume tests, penetration and network tests.
- Experience in LoadRunner scripting with protocols like Http, HTML, Webservices, True client.
- Exposure and experience in other popular performance tools such as Visual Studios, Webload, etc.
- Solid understanding of C language, including data structures, collections framework and multithreading.
Requirements
Key Requirements:
- Expertise in design, development, and creation of test plans and supporting test cases for computer systems and business applications based on business and functional requirements.
- Design test approaches and manage the end-to-end quality life cycle of DIIT projects.
- Design and develop automated scripts using LoadRunner based on business use cases for the application.
- Design scenarios in LoadRunner to evaluate the performance of the application.
- Execute various types of performance tests such as load, stress, volume, and endurance tests.
- Validate fail-over/recovery scenario and measure any impact to response times and interruptions during execution of these scenarios.
Experience:
- Minimum 5+ years
- Certifications: ISTQB or CSTE certification, Advanced certification in LoadRunner from HP/Microfocus.
- Must be proficient in Technologies: C, C#, Java, LoadRunner Http, HTML, Webservices, True client, Visual Studios, Webload, App Dynamics, Splunk, SOAP UI / Rest client, Microsoft Test Manager /Microsoft Coded UI or other testing suites
Education:
- Graduate or above.