Performance Tester

seeking a Performance Tester (Work From Home) who knows Neo Load and can combine solid software performance testing credentials with emerging technology trends in the industry. This work will use current performance testing tools suite which includes Neo Load
. Working as a Performance Tester, you will be responsible for hands-on performance testing of content delivery applications. In this role, you will be performance and load testing Java-based and .Net based systems. You will monitor load, volume, stress, and scalability of each application. You will plan, design, develop, debug and load testing scripts. Expertise in debugging performance related issues and bottlenecks using a combination of log analysis, code analysis and tools like Load runner are key success factors in this highly visible opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Developing and executing formal performance test plans to ensure the delivery of quality software applications
• Test planning, writing test cases/scripts, test case automation, performance test execution and analysis of performance test results
• Performing functional and performance testing of web-based GUIs
• Experience with Enterprise Java Applications and new data transformation technologies
• Verifying and validating functionality by evaluating software against system requirements
• Identifying and documenting defects using reproducible test cases
• Ability to work independently to triage issues and prioritize tasks
• Writing and maintaining comprehensive test plans and reports
• Work independently on a given task with little to minimum assistance and within the framework of a team
• Communicate critical issues and status updates in a timely and proactive manner

Qualifications

• MUST HAVE 2+ years of experience working with Neo Load!!
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (or related field)
• 5 years of experience scripting and performing test automation
• 2 years of experience in performance analysis at different layer such as Database tuning and UI tuning.
• 2 years of experience in root cause analysis of performance issues using diagnostic tools like Jprofiler or JProbe.
• 2 years of experience using any leading monitoring tools like New Relic, Wily, Dynatrace, App Dynamics, JVisual
  
  VM, Perfmon and Splunk.
• A strong working knowledge of HTTP protocols
• API/Webservices Testing experience (SOAP, REST, FTP, JSON or similar)
• Experience working in a Windows and Linux environment
• Knowledge on Operating system concepts and how they relate back to applications and application containers.
• Strong hardware and software debugging skills, such as understanding concepts related to caching, rate limiting, memory utilization, GC, CPU cycles, network throughput
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in working with technical and non-technical people and the ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships among all levels of an organization.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks
• Good interpersonal skills with strong customer service orientation
• Strong communication (both verbal and written), interpersonal, and collaboration skills
• Having a developer background is a plus
• US Citizenship NOT required but must be able to pass a background check.