QA Performance Engineer

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QA Performance Engineer

Dallas, TX

Long Term contract

PURPOSE

The Quality Engineer will help develop and implement an automated testing framework that can be used for test driven development as well as continuous regression testing as part of agile scrum development including continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). In addition, this position will utilize appropriate test tools, process and practices as defined by the Director of QA and the QA Lead for performance and destructive testing, as well as building in quality standards throughout the SDLC to avoid defects and minimize rework and waste.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES & OUTCOMES

Partner with Product Owners, Developers, Cloud Engineers, Architects to develop robust performance testing approach for a microservices architecture.
Responsible to develop performance test plans, automated test scripts using tools such as Jmeter, Gatling or Similar tool.
Responsible to identify performance tuning opportunities in custom Java code, Database queries, application configurations make recommendations to other developers in the team.
Responsible for bottleneck isolation using Application Performance monitoring tools such as DataDog, Dynatrace, NewRelic, Splunk or similar tools.
Generate periodic test reports showing performance test results comparing to the target performance goals.
Come up with innovative ideas/suggestions to resolve complex performance issues/defects
Meet or exceed all defined target test goals and milestone dates for the project in order to ensure its overall success.

WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU:

Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Engineering or related preferred
7+ years of Performance testing experience in a web application environment, testing User Interfaces, backend databases, Web services, API’s, Batch/ETL application components. Experience in creating and implementing performance test methodologies, processes.
5+ years of hands-on scripting/coding experience with Jmeter, Gatling/Scala or other similar tools which uses object oriented programs
3+ years of experience using one or more Application performance monitoring tools (DataDog, Dynatrace, NewRelic, Splunk etc)
2+yrs of hands-on experience load testing REST Api’s
Prior experience in a Continuous Integration/Delivery/Testing (CI/CD/CT) environment supporting weekly or daily deployments
Should have very good understanding of various application tiers and middle-ware in a web-based development environment.
Exposure to incremental agile software development methodologies. Prior experience in working closely with Developers and Architects in solving software performance issues.
Strong troubleshooting and reasoning skills; the ability to debug and resolve difficult technical problems.

KNOWLEDGE OF

Understanding of the industry, specific WWEX business model, and unique characteristics of the Company.
Detailed understanding of Quality Assurance tools, practices and success measures. Known to others for knowledge and leadership in this area.
Agile development methodologies.
Common business practices and software product design and development.
Building collaborative relationships.

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