Performance Tester Job Wilmington area,Delaware USA,Quality Assurance

We are looking for an experienced Performance Tester to join our QA team and be responsible for designing, executing, and analyzing performance tests for enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with performance testing tools, scripting, test execution, monitoring, and performance analysis.

Responsibilities

Design and develop performance test strategies, scenarios, scripts, and test plans based on business and technical requirements.
Develop and execute load, stress, endurance, scalability, and volume tests
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Create and maintain performance test scripts using Load Runner/Load Runner Professional, JMeter, or similar tools
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Analyze application performance, response times, throughput, resource utilization, and system bottlenecks.
Work closely with developers, business analysts, architects, Dev Ops, and infrastructure teams to identify and resolve performance issues.
Perform baseline, benchmark, load, and regression performance testing
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Monitor application and infrastructure performance using tools such as Dynatrace, App Dynamics, Splunk, Grafana, or similar monitoring solutions
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Analyze test results and prepare detailed performance reports with recommendations for optimization.
Identify performance bottlenecks across application, database, API, network, and infrastructure layers.
Execute performance testing for Web applications, REST/SOAP APIs, microservices, and backend systems
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Participate in capacity planning and help determine system scalability and performance thresholds.
Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines where applicable.
Troubleshoot scripting and test execution issues and maintain reusable performance test assets.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the software development and release lifecycle.

Required Skills

5+ years of experience in Performance Testing/Engineering
Strong hands-on experience with Load Runner and/or JMeter
Experience with Performance Test Planning, Scripting, Execution, and Analysis
Strong understanding of Load, Stress, Endurance, Volume, and Scalability Testing
Experience testing REST/SOAP APIs and web applications
Strong knowledge of SQL and database performance analysis
Experience with application monitoring and performance analysis tools such as Dynatrace, App Dynamics, Splunk, or similar
Experience with Java, .NET, or other enterprise application environments
Knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP, web services, APIs, and distributed systems
Experience analyzing CPU, memory, disk I/O, network utilization, response time, throughput, and transaction performance
Good understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum, and defect management
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

Preferred Skills

Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
Experience integrating performance tests with Jenkins, Git Lab, Azure Dev Ops, or similar CI/CD tools
Experience with Gatling, Neo Load, or Blaze Meter
Knowledge of Kafka, microservices, and event-driven architectures
Experience with Python, Java, or scripting languages
Experience working in large-scale banking/financial services environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field preferred.

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