Performance Tester

- Responsible for planning and execution of performance test cases; scenario building; execution and analysis.
- Working with software developers, system engineers and DBAs to identify and resolve bottle-necks and optimize applications
- Adherence to all QA processes and procedures
- Work with in-house development teams and outsourced partners as part of a global development team
- Aid in the setup and maintenance of test environment hardware and software to support the requirements.
- Assist with training and support of other internal/external test team members.
- Provide performance test expertise to the development team and offshore partners
- Work with project bug database and database workflows
- Produce Performance Engineering Reports
- Some functional testing of application may be required

QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or four year degree, or equivalent
- experience
- A minimum of three years Performance Engineering/Testing experience.
- Extensive performance test tool experience required (HP LOADRUNNER, Borland SilkPerformer, Rational/IBM, Quotium, QTest, OpenSTA, JMeteretc.)
- Requires thorough knowledge of testing methods and the software development life cycle, particularly within an Agile/Scrum development environment
- Must be highly process orientated
- Requires excellent familiarity with Windows, Solaris and Linux Operating Systems and hardware
- Requires familiarity with generic Test management systems and defect tracking databases
- Requires good problem-solving and analytic skills
- Requires ability to work with minimal guidance
- Previous experience working on large scale .Net/J2EE development projects required
- Requires strong organizational, communication, and administrative skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communications skills
- Pro-active, self motivated, results oriented
- Must be a team player
- Experience working on Learning/Educational Management Systems development desirable
- Experience working with outsourced development and QA desirable
- ISEB/ISTQB Certification desirable