QA Engineer III

Project Overview

Client is seeking a Senior Performance Test Engineer to support the performance quality and reliability of enterprise systems released into production. This is a hands-on performance testing role focused on performance engineering throughout the entire testing lifecycle.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing scripting executing monitoring and analyzing performance tests across large-scale enterprise platforms. Candidates must have deep expertise with LoadRunner and JMeter and should be actively involved in day-to-day performance testing activities rather than serving primarily in management QA analyst or automation-focused roles.

This role plays a critical part in ensuring applications meet performance service-level agreements (SLAs) business objectives and production readiness standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive performance testing strategies plans and test scenarios.
• Design build and maintain performance testing scripts using LoadRunner and JMeter.
• Execute performance load stress spike and endurance/stability testing.
• Analyze application behavior and performance metrics including response times throughput latency error rates CPU utilization and memory consumption.
• Monitor application performance using tools such as Dynatrace Datadog and other monitoring platforms.
• Gather and analyze usage data to understand customer behavior and user transaction flows.
• Identify test data requirements and collaborate with cross-functional teams to prepare and maintain test environments.
• Coordinate performance testing activities with project managers developers and business stakeholders.
• Produce detailed test reports and communicate findings risks and recommendations.
• Track document and report performance-related defects and assist development teams with issue resolution.
• Lead performance testing efforts across enterprise projects and ensure proper test coverage.
• Recommend and implement improvements to performance testing processes methodologies and tools.
• Stay current with emerging performance engineering technologies AI-assisted testing capabilities and industry best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Business Administration or a related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Performance Engineer or Performance Test Engineer.
• Proven experience performing hands-on performance testing throughout the full testing lifecycle.
• Strong experience with:
  • Requirements gathering
  • Test planning
  • Script development
  • Test execution
  • Results analysis
  • Metrics reporting
• Experience testing large-scale enterprise platforms such as SAP Salesforce JDA or similar systems.
• Experience working within Agile development environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent attention to detail and time management skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams.

Technical & Soft Skills

Required Technical Skills

• LoadRunner (Required)
• JMeter (Required)
• Performance Testing
• Load Testing
• Stress Testing
• Spike Testing
• Endurance/Stability Testing
• Performance Engineering
• Performance Monitoring
• Dynatrace
• Datadog
• GitHub
• Agile Methodologies
• AI-Assisted Testing Tools:
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Claude
• Test Script Development
• Performance Metrics Analysis

Highly Desired Skills

• SAP Migration Projects
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP HANA
• Enterprise Platform Performance Testing
• Dynatrace Monitoring and Analysis
• AI-driven Performance Testing Practices

Preferred Technical Skills

• NeoLoad
• LoadComplete
• Performance Center
• AppDynamics
• Splunk
• NinjaOne
• Google Analytics
• Adobe Analytics
• Open Web Analytics
• SQL
• Relational Databases
• Database Architecture Concepts
• DevOps Methodologies
• CI/CD Pipelines
• SAFe Agile Framework
• Mobile Testing Tools:
  • Appium
  • BrowserStack
  • HeadSpin

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Decision-making abilities
• Strong organizational skills
• Quality-focused mindset
• Ability to work independently in remote environments
• Commitment to Agile delivery principles