About this role
<div> <div> <p><strong><span>Role Mission: </span></strong><span>Ensure business-critical applications and platforms meet defined performance, reliability, and capacity requirements before production releases through effective performance testing and analysis.</span><span> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><span>Drive the adoption of performance best practices across the software delivery lifecycle to proactively identify bottlenecks and address them to improve end-user experience.</span><span> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><strong><span>Accountabilities: </span></strong></p> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="1"> <li> <p><span>Take over existing performance test scripts from vendors</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="2"> <li> <p><span>Schedule, design and drive performance tests</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha" start="1"> <li> <p><span>Performance test strategy and execution for assigned applications and platforms.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha" start="2"> <li> <p><span>Definition and maintenance of realistic workload models, performance baselines.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha" start="3"> <li> <p><span>Identification, analysis, and communication of performance risks, bottlenecks, and capacity constraints, translated into reports for stakeholders</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="3"> <li> <p><span>Improve test reliability and time taken for performance test runs</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="4"> <li> <p><span>Improve performance of applications in terms of user experience and satisfaction</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="5"> <li> <p><span>Collaborate with engineering teams to improve application performance and resource efficiency.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <p><span> </span></p> </div> </div> <div> <div> <p><span><strong>Responsibilities:</strong> </span></p> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="1"> <li> <p><span>Design, develop, execute, and maintain load, stress, endurance, spike, and capacity tests.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="2"> <li> <p><span>Create and maintain reusable performance test frameworks and automated test assets.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="3"> <li> <p><span>Define test workloads based on production usage patterns and expected business growth.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="4"> <li> <p><span>Partner with developers, architects, infrastructure, and product teams to resolve performance bottlenecks.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="5"> <li> <p><span>Produce clear performance assessment reports, risk evaluations, and release recommendations.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="6"> <li> <p><span>Establish and maintain performance testing standards, templates, and best practices.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="7"> <li> <p><span>Support capacity planning and performance readiness assessments for major releases and platform changes.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <p><span> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><strong><span>Areas of Impact: </span></strong><span> </span></p> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="1"> <li> <p><span>Scope: </span><span>All IS applications, services, APIs, and supporting infrastructure</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="2"> <li> <p><span>Stakeholders: QA, Engineering, Program/Delivery Management, Product, Architects, Infra</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="3"> <li> <p><span>Decision Rights: </span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha" start="1"> <li> <p><span>Strongly advise on performance testing approaches, methodologies, and quality gates.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha" start="2"> <li> <p><span>Strongly advise on performance engineering tooling, automation frameworks, and license procurement decisions.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha" start="3"> <li> <p><span>Strongly advise on application and platform performance KPIs, SLAs, SLOs, and acceptance criteria.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha" start="4"> <li> <p><span>Recommend release readiness from a performance perspective based on objective evidence.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="4"> <li> <p><span>Resources: ~10 automation resources from vendors as peers, some existing licenses for BrowserStack, LoadRunner</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <p><span> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><strong><span>Ideal Track Record:</span></strong></p> </div> </div> <div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="1"> <li> <p><span>Successfully led performance test runs for </span><span>multiple enterprise-scale software releases </span><span>with demonstrable performance improvements for said software.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="2"> <li> <p><span>Identified and helped resolve critical production or pre-production bottlenecks that improved application response times, throughput, or stability.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="3"> <li> <p><span>Designed performance test plans for web and mobile applications, with clear ability to explain environmental considerations in said plans.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="4"> <li> <p><span>Designed and implemented automated performance testing frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="5"> <li> <p><span>Established performance baselines, KPIs, and testing standards adopted by engineering teams, with reports or dashboards designed to communicate such findings with non-tech stakeholders.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> <div> <ol style="list-style-type:decimal" start="6"> <li> <p><span>Demonstrated ability to influence engineering teams using data-driven recommendations and technical analysis.</span><span> </span></p> </li> </ol> </div> </div>