Senior Performance Test Engineer - Contract

If you are interested call Clare at 00 353 1 2541314 or e-mail

Role

The role of Senior Performance Test Engineer involves working with developers and product managers as part of a agile team to develop and execute test plans.  The performance test engineer will be required to use their considerable experience in scripting (bash, perl and/or python ) to create rich test data from customer data files to populate and test databases in a performance test environment. In addition the Test Engineer will use their experience to identify and implement process and automation improvements to improve test efficiency and coverage.

Responsibilities

- Analysing performance requirements to dimension scope of testing

- Defining Test Plans and Test Cases. 

- Define parameters required for performance test, including

1. Data Richness

2. Memory, cpu and io statistics to be met

3. System architecture to be used for performance test

- Development (automation) of test cases and test-harnesses, ensuring that scripts created are to a high standard and well maintained.

- Development of scripts to populate test database with customer data

- Identification and root cause analysis of potential bugs.

- Manage defects through a defect tracking system (JIRA)

- Recommend enhancements to existing processes and tools to improve team productivity.

- Preparation of test reports

- Working with minimal supervision to achieve committed deadlines. 

Technologies

- Experience working with high end Unix systems and Oracle RAC in a QA, development or sysadmin role.

- Strong Unix (Linux/Solaris) System Administration Skills

- 5 years experience of scripting / automation experience with one or more of Bash, Python, Perl, or Groovy.

- Experience working with Java development tools and debugging issues.

- Proven track record in performance benchmarking / profiling of Enterprise Level high throughput systems including identification of bottlenecks. 

A plus if you have

- plSQL scripting experience.

- Java programming Experience

- Experience using Jrunner to develop testcases.

- Experience using Selenium (or alternative) to automate web-based GUI testcases.

- 5 years+ test / test automation experience

If you are interested call Clare at 00 353 1 2541314 or e-mail

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