Performance Test Engineer

RxConnect Performance Test – PT Shift Lead

The PT Execution Shift Lead is responsible for coordinating the execution of each Performance Test scenario, directing the work of the Performance Test Execution team, during their shift.

• Ensuring all team members properly fulfill their roles
• Reviewing the results of tests
• Leading the triage of issues, escalating where necessary
• We work in shifts and it’s a 16/7, hence the title is PT Shift Lead.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for daily (hour to hour) test review and test execution
• Provide inputs into changes to the daily and weekly testing schedule
• Log, track & escalate issues
• Coordinate shift hand over / take over
• Own coordination of environment housekeeping (i.e. PT journal, tracking backup & restore, versions deployed in each environment, test case generation, etc)

Required Qualifications:

• IS/IT experience, including experience in Performance Testing. BS or equivalent in computer science or engineering.
• Experience with HP Load runner or similar load testing tools.
• Experience operating Jmeter, Jenkins, Java Virtual Machines.
• Experience with monitoring tools:
  Splunk, Appd, Grafana, Lpar2rrd.
• Experience with Unix commands and shell scripting.
• Good data collection/analysis/compilation/data comparison/data presentation skills.
• Knowledge of Java/J2EE technologies.
• Understanding of any version management tool like SVN, VSS etc.
• Ability to learn new technical concepts quickly
• Ability to apply technical knowledge and experiences to facilitate the resolution of various technical issues. Does not have to solve them alone, but must be able to lead a group of SMEs from different disciplines in order to arrive at a solution
• Strong interpersonal skills – including verbal and written communication.
• Strong problem solving skills: innovation, collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Operational experience with at any of the following: UNIX, Oracle, Networking or Middleware, Batch processing, Informatica, Network architecture, Storage architecture, AIX, Weblogic
• Understanding of and experience in leading development efforts on the J2EE platform.
• Knowledge of Oracle technologies:
  Oracle 11g and PL/SQL (Query plans, AWR Reports etc.)
• Understanding of performance testing concepts (CPU Utilization, Response time, network latency, think time, etc.).