Senior Performance Tester

Primary Responsibilities:

• The primary role of the position will be the test authoring and execution on developed software.
• You will be responsible for developing test cases and maintaining test documentation.
• You will be required to work as part of a team and will be jointly responsible for assisting with test activities where required.
• Demonstrate thorough understanding of testing issues within a complex project and organization.
• Work closely with the Software Development Team.
• Record problems and issues on the defect-tracking tool, such as Azure DevOps.
• Complete the objectives of each assignment within the agreed timeframe.
• Responsible for system/function and integration testing.
• Responsible for controlling the test configuration, data preparation and environment.
• Raising questions / ambiguities related to requirements
• Maintaining traceability matrix
• Test data preparation and execution
• Defect tracking and monitoring it to closure
• Escalating issues / risks to leads
• Keeping the test artifacts up to date in central repository
• Maintaining good relations with project team and peers
• Using best practices across QA teams
• Sound experience on concepts of Software Test Engineering (Test designing), Verification, Validation, Testing Techniques for Web and Desktop applications.
• Should have good strong understanding of black box testing methodologies.
• Understanding in all aspects of testing, including functional, regression, load, performance and system testing.
• Good understanding of SDLC and STLC
• Provides feedback on software requirement documentation pertaining to software development projects.
• Experience of writing Test Scripts, Test Cases, Use Cases from requirement documents and mock-up.
• Intermediate SQL proficiency. Ability to understand the Stored Procedures and write queries for the test data extraction and manipulation.
• Good communication & analytical skills

Must Have:

• Good understanding of SDLC and STLC
• Review business requirements, ask questions to resolve ambiguities, provide input as and when needed
• Create and Review Test Plans
• Create/review and Execute Test Cases
• Apply right test design techniques for testing requirements
• Defect Reporting and Tracking in tools such as JIRA, TFS
• Prepare test metrics and reports
• Mentor Junior Team members
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to identify and raise risks on time
• Intermediate SQL proficiency. Ability to understand the Stored Procedures and write queries for the test data extraction and manipulation.
• Must be good in written and communication (English) along with analytical skills.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to lead QA team and provide on time-updates to leadership team.
• Ability to carry out load/performance testing using JMeter or similar tools.