We are looking for a hands-on Performance Test Engineer to own the performance engineering lifecycle for our applications — from workload modelling and script development through execution, analysis, and tuning recommendations. You will work closely with development, and report to QA Manager to ensure our systems are fast, scalable, and stable under real-world load.
Key Responsibilities
• Gather non-functional requirements and translate them into performance test strategies, workload models, and SLAs (response time, throughput, concurrency, error rate).
• Design, script, and execute load, stress, endurance, spike, and scalability tests using tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner.
• Perform API/web services performance testing (REST/SOAP) and database-level performance validation.
• Analyse test results to identify bottlenecks (application, database, network, or infrastructure) and work with engineering teams to resolve them.
• Prepare detailed performance test reports, dashboards, and executive summaries with clear recommendations.
• Contribute to capacity planning and pre-production performance sign-off for major releases.
Must-Have Skills
• 7 years of overall QA/testing experience, with 3+ years focused specifically on performance testing.
• Strong hands-on experience with JMeter and/or LoadRunner working on Enterprise Applications.
• Solid understanding of performance testing concepts: load, stress, soak/endurance, spike, and scalability testing.
• Experience with performance scripting for HTTP/HTML, REST/SOAP web services, and correlation/parameterization techniques.
• Working knowledge of SQL for backend validation and query performance analysis.
• Basic scripting ability (Java, Python, or Shell) for test data setup and automation of test workflows.
• Good understanding of the full performance test lifecycle — requirement gathering, planning, scripting, execution, analysis, and reporting.
• Strong at Debugging/Troubleshooting/Log Analysis.
Good-to-Have Skills
• Exposure to cloud environments (AWS/Azure) and containerized applications (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Experience integrating performance tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed system performance considerations.
• Performance testing certifications (e.g., LoadRunner/JMeter certification, Certified Performance Tester).
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently under release timelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to present findings to technical and business stakeholders.
Skills Required
- 7 years of overall QA/testing experience
- 3 or more years focused specifically on performance testing
- Hands-on experience with JMeter and/or LoadRunner in enterprise applications
- Understanding of load, stress, soak/endurance, spike, and scalability testing
- Performance scripting for HTTP/HTML and REST/SOAP web services
- Experience with correlation and parameterization techniques
- Working knowledge of SQL for backend validation and query performance analysis
- Basic scripting ability in Java, Python, or Shell
- Understanding of the full performance test lifecycle
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and log analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- Exposure to AWS or Azure cloud environments
- Experience with Docker or Kubernetes
- Experience integrating performance tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed system performance
- Performance testing certification, such as LoadRunner, JMeter, or Certified Performance Tester
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently under release timelines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
What We Do
Based in the heart of Silicon Valley, ZL Tech is the industry leader in information governance for large enterprises. The ZL Tech platform leverages a unified architecture that enables organizations to solve the challenges of compliance, privacy, e-Discovery, and records management, while harnessing their data for strategic advantage. As a Gartner Leader and the longest standing vendor in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving, ZL Tech has 22 years experience serving the Fortune 500 and beyond.
