Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Performance Testing Architect with strong expertise in Performance Testing, Performance Engineering, and Architecture Assessment. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing performance testing strategies, identifying system bottlenecks, providing architectural recommendations, and driving measurable performance improvements across enterprise applications, with a strong preference for experience in mobile banking applications.
Primary Responsibilities
- Define and execute end-to-end performance testing and performance engineering strategies.
- Analyze application architecture and recommend performance optimizations from an architectural perspective.
- Design, develop, and maintain performance test scripts using JMeter.
- Execute load, stress, soak, spike, and scalability testing.
- Identify performance bottlenecks across application, service, database, and infrastructure layers.
- Perform root cause analysis and collaborate with development, DevOps, QA, and architecture teams to implement solutions.
- Define, monitor, and report key performance metrics including latency, throughput, concurrency, and error rates.
- Prepare detailed performance reports with trends, insights, and actionable recommendations.
- Manage test data, environments, and technical dependencies.
- Drive performance signoff activities and ensure performance objectives are achieved.
Required Skills
- 10+ years of experience in Performance Testing and Performance Engineering.
- Strong hands-on expertise with Apache JMeter, including:
- Test Plan Design
- Correlation & Parameterization
- Assertions
- Groovy/BeanShell Scripting
- Distributed Load Testing
- Experience evaluating application architecture and providing performance-focused recommendations.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON payloads, authentication mechanisms, and API testing tools.
- Experience with APM and monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, New Relic, AppDynamics, or Azure Monitor.
- Experience with Git version control, branching, merging, and repository management.
- Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and root cause analysis skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Self-driven with the ability to work independently and take ownership of performance initiatives.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in Mobile Banking or Financial Services applications.
- Exposure to AI/ML-driven performance testing or analytics.
- Knowledge of cloud-native architectures and observability platforms.