work from home - Senior Load & Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities

• Work on multiple phases of a project and/or multiple small projects of moderate scope and sometimes complex assignments
• Select appropriate standards, methods, tools and applications for project use
• Create and execute basic non-functional test scripts following a given set of guidelines and sets up test environments, data and monitors
• Design, code, test and document simple programs or scripts and assist in the implementation of software which forms part of a properly engineered system
• Accurately identify project risks and report effectively to relevant stakeholders.
• Manage issues, risks, actions, dependencies, and defects to the success of the project
• Coordinate the information gathering and reporting process, conduct research to define problems and prepare responses to anticipated questions
• Creates traceability records, from test cases back to requirements.
• Report on system quality and collect metrics on test cases
• Maintain the status of project and provides guidance to the work of junior team members, works across teams to achieve group goals

Job Requirements

Qualifications

• Relevant third level qualification or equivalent work experience

Desirable:

• Certification in NFT tools such as LoadRunner, LoadUI, MSVS, Fortify, etc.

Skills

• Excellent client-facing skills
• Experience using JMeter
• People management skills - introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encouraging mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions
• Team work and emotional intelligence
• Good self-management – continuous performance is both an objective and a mind-set
• Has an innovative approach – a bold thinker and doer, matching creativity with vigilance
• High value on openness and transparency

Experience

• Experience and knowledge in NFT / performance tools. Must have JMeter but others such as performance Center/LoadRunner/StormRunner, LoadUI etc
• Intermediate theoretical knowledge in quality engineering methodologies and has awareness of opportunities provided by new and emerging technologies/products
• Applications/technology knowledge and problem solving skills, building on specialist domain knowledge and has practical experience of engineering tools and platforms required to deliver
• Proficient in at least one programming language (ideally VB, Java or C#) and script language (i.e. Shell, Perl)
• Knowledge of Cloud concepts and virtualisation
• Experience working in a DevOps or Agile environment