Performance Testing Lead

Position Title: Performance Testing Lead

Location: Sacramento CA

Duration: 12 Months with possible extension

Mandatory Qualifications

• At least seven (7) years of experience performing performance testing or performance engineering for large scale enterprise systems.
• At least four (4) years of experience in a lead role managing performance testing teams including planning execution and reporting of performance test cycles.
• At least four (4) years of experience designing and implementing end-to-end performance test strategies including workload modeling scripting execution and reporting.
• At least four (4) years of experience executing load stress endurance and spike testing including validation against defined performance SLAs (response time throughput error rate).
• At least four (4) years of experience translating non-functional requirements into measurable performance test scenarios including volumetric models and workload distribution.
• At least four (4) years of hands-on experience using performance testing tools like LoadRunner JMeter or equivalent and performance monitoring tools like Elastic Dynatrace or equivalent.
• At least four (4) years of experience testing APIs (REST/SOAP) validating latency throughput and error handling.
• At least four (4) years of experience using test management and defect tracking tools like Micro Focus ALM Azure DevOps Jira.
• At least four (4) years of experience using SQL or similar technologies for test data preparation and validation.
• At least four (4) years of experience conducting bottleneck analysis and providing documented tuning recommendations based on performance results.
• A Bachelors degree in a Business Administration Information Technology (IT) or Engineering field.
• Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.
• Desirable Qualifications
• At least ten (10) years of cumulative experience performing performance testing or performance engineering for large scale enterprise systems.
• At least seven (7) years of cumulative experience leading enterprise-scale performance programs including demonstrated improvements in SLA compliance or throughput optimization.
• At least five (5) years of experience integrating performance testing into CI/CD pipelines like Azure DevOps Jenkins with automated pass/fail gates.
• At least three (3) years of experience performance testing cloud-based or SaaS systems including autoscaling and distributed load strategies.
• One (1) year experience supporting large scale benefit systems (eg: Unemployment Insurane or Disability Insurance) meeting defined large scale enterprise system criteria.
• Possesses one or more of the below certifications:
• ISTQB Certified Tester Performance Testing (CT-PT)
• Open Text LoadRunner Professional Certification
• Possession of a Masters degree in a Business Administration IT or Engineering field.

Required Skills:

Performance Testing