1 IBM Performance Test Engineer Job

Responsibilities

Design performance test plans, test cases and automation performance test cases for a given release.

Develop and implement automated performance test frameworks and scripts using NodeJS, Shell scripts, Perl Scripts, and Python.

Collaborate with stakeholders and development teams to understand product performance goals and ensure comprehensive performance test coverage.

Execute, analyse and generate performance reports for product functionalities.

Identify and analyse performance bottlenecks, and issues and provide recommendations to resolve them.

Participate in capacity planning activities to ensure optimal utilization of resources with high throughput.

Continuously validation of product performance to identify any degradation due to changes.

Participate in design reviews, product performance certification, and release activities to support the software development lifecycle.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field. Minimum 12 years of experience, including at least 4 years of experience in performance engineering.

 Must have: 

Hands-on experience working with LDAP and Directory concepts including Directory Schema, Directory Structure, LDIF etc.

Hands-on experience with VMWare, KVM, containers and various deployment techniques

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, ROSA etc.) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Hands-on experience with APM tools (Instana, NewRelic).

Conceptual understanding of different software performance metrics.

Experience with analysing core dumps, SQLs, explain plans and resource utilization.

Experience with PostgreSQL and DB2 databases.

Strong understanding of software development methodologies and performance testing best practices.

Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git), ticketing systems (e.g. Jira) and CI/CD tools.

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.

The right candidate should possess strong communication skills, be a collaborative team player, is adept at independent decision-making, and is capable of providing recommendations to stakeholders.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Knowledge of SCIM, Federated & Virtual Directory Concepts

Familiarity with database query tuning and knowledge of database administration.