Job Description :
Job Tittle: Performance Tester
Location: Chicago, IL
Job Type: Contract
Visa Status: US Citizen, Green Card, GC-EAD, H1B, H4EAD, TNEAD
Job Description:
Around 7-15 years IT experience in software quality assurance and application performance testing
Experience with software performance testing on web based applications and web services involving windows environments
Experience with applications involving protocols like web (HTTP/HTML), web services (SOAP and REST API), Ajax (TruClient and Click & Script) and Oracle (NCA and Web App 11i)
Extensive experience with HP Loadrunner and HP ALM Performance center
Experience with open source performance testing tools like Apache Jmeter and SOAP UI
Experience in all phases of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
(like requirements gathering & analysis, test planning, test designing, test script development, environment setup, test execution, defect tracking, reporting, regression testing and test closure)
Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with both waterfall and agile methodologies
Extensive experience in effort estimation, gathering non-functional requirements (NFRs) and converting them to performance test plan
Experience in creating and executing performance test strategy
Extensive experience in all phases of performance testing including test planning, test scripting, test execution, defect tracking and management
Extensive experience in developing traversal flow document from test plan
Extensive experience in creating robust performance test scripts with multiple protocols in challenging scenarios and following the best standard.
Experience in developing strategies to create test data for scripts involving complex procedures
Experience in coordinating with multiple project teams for performance testing environment availability
Extensive experience in executing performance tests up to 10,000 virtual users and ability to spontaneously handle challenges during test execution
Extensive experience in monitoring and analyzing test environment servers using enterprise monitoring tools like New Relic, Perfmon or Linux server logs
Proficient in analyzing performance test results and working with technical teams to resolve the bottlenecks
Experience in designing and executing projects involving content delivery networks like Akamai
Experience in developing and maintaining project check lists during each phase of the project
Experience in managing and upgrading performance center including installing load generator software on machines and configuring them to Performance Center
Experience in managing and leading multiple simultaneous projects and team members as a project lead
Experience in training new project resources with performance testing process, methodologies and tools
Experience in creating knowledge repository documents based on the new technologies in projects and preparing case studies
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, multitask and handle critical projects
Good communication skills, technical problem solving skills and ability to acquire new skills autonomously