Performance Test Engineer

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Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced
Performance Test Engineer
with strong expertise in
load and performance testing
to ensure the
scalability, reliability, and stability
of enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will work closely with
Development, QA, and DevOps teams
to identify performance bottlenecks and improve overall system efficiency.
Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute performance, load, stress, spike, and endurance tests using Apache JMeter and BlazeMeter
• Analyze performance test results and identify application, database, and infrastructure bottlenecks
• Collaborate with development, QA, and infrastructure teams to troubleshoot performance issues and perform rootcause analysis
• Create and maintain performance test plans, scenarios, scripts, dashboards, and reports
• Monitor application performance and system behavior during testing cycles
• Validate performance requirements and SLAs
• Participate in performance tuning and retesting after fixes
• Support preproduction and production performance testing when required
• Provide clear performance metrics, dashboards, and recommendations to stakeholders

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in performance and load testing
• Strong handson experience with Apache JMeter
• Experience using BlazeMeter for cloudbased performance testing
• Solid understanding of performance testing concepts:

• Load testing
• Stress testing
• Spike testing
• Soak / Endurance testing
• Scalability testing

• Experience analyzing performance metrics:

• Response time
• Throughput
• CPU utilization
• Memory utilization
• Error rates

• Good understanding of HTTP/HTTPS, REST APIs, and web applications
• Experience validating backend and database performance
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problemsolving skills
• Good communication and documentation skills

Good to Have

• Experience in banking or financial services domain
• Familiarity with monitoring tools:

• Splunk
• CloudWatch
• Datadog
• Grafana
• Prometheus
• AppDynamics

• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and integrating performance tests into automation frameworks
• Basic scripting knowledge (Java, Groovy, or Python)
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure