Sr. Load & Performance Engineer

Hi, I’m Balu from Thought wave, I hope you are doing well, Regarding the below role, if you are interested, please do send me your updated resume to balu@thoughtwavesoft.com or call me at 630-296-9951 ASAP Role: Sr. Load & Performance Engineer Location: Remote Duration: 6-12+ month contract Required Skills: Azure, Load Runner, TruClient, JavaScript, Splunk, Power Bi, CI/CD, Automation testing, SQL, DevOps Job Description: The Senior Load and Performance Engineer will join a strong test automation team and will be responsible for defining, creating, and maintaining load and performance tests that support a variety of applications. They will also be incorporating performance validations into the development cycle, running and evaluating both API and front-end-based performance tests, and analyzing performance metrics. WHAT YOU’LL DO • Define, design, develop and maintain automated testing scripts in JMeter and DevWeb/LoadRunner Cloud for a variety of applications and services • Create, modify, and maintain Power BI reports using Azure SQL databases and Power BI dataflows to monitor performance metrics. • Modify and maintain Javascript API code related to automatically scraping metrics for analytics purposes. • Create and modify Splunk queries. • Monitor and report analytics data from Microsoft Azure. • Troubleshoot and provide suggestions to increase load and performance of applications • Partner with developers and architects to enhance the stability and throughput of the system • Evaluate production metrics to generate effective load tests • Responsible for defining and driving innovative automation testing strategies and toolsets into our overall development processes that support and enhance the current Quality Assurance processes within the organization • Participate in both the current state and future state of test planning and execution of load and performance testing • Work with developers, product owners, application support, and business intelligence teams to help define current and future system performance and load requirements • Collaborate with SCRUM teams to incorporate the effective creation of load tests and user stories in each release cycle • Collaborate with other team members to maintain automation testing best practices • Other work-related duties as assigned WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TABLE: To perform this job successfully, you’ll need to be able to perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related discipline • 5+ years working experience in QA Automation • Experience in writing, executing, and monitoring automated test suites using a variety of technologies including, but not limited to LoadRunner Developer (Javascript/Node.js) and LoadRunner Cloud • Experience in creating and modifying PowerBI reports • Experience with Javascript (primarily Node.js) • Experience with Azure SQL databases • Proven track record implementing load and performance testing strategies and reporting solutions • Working knowledge of common software architectures (web/mobile/API/DB) • Proficiency with cloud technologies (either AWS or Azure) • Thorough understanding of SDLC, specifically automated QA processes in agile development environments • Experience with TFS or Azure DevOps, Agile process improvement, CI/CD automation, MS Build, NPM or other packages • Ability to work in complex pre-production environments • Professional attitude, leading by example • Driven and passionate about quality assurance, software development, and agile methodologies • Have great communication and interpersonal skills and deal effectively with all business units • Able to effectively communicate in English, in both written and oral forms • Other duties as required to meet the needs of the business • This job description is designed to contain a condensed overview of the skills and experience applicable to the successful performance of this role