Responsibilities

- Performance Test Planning &
- Design

- Analyze requirements and design performance test strategies, scenarios, and workload models.

- Develop and maintain automated performance test scripts using LoadRunner, JMeter, or similar tools.

- Test Execution &

- Monitoring

- Execute load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests.

- Monitor application, infrastructure, and database performance using approved monitoring tools.

- Performance Analysis

- Analyze test results, identify bottlenecks, and perform root-cause analysis.

- Provide recommendations to improve application performance, scalability, and stability.

- Reporting &

- Communication

- Prepare performance test reports and present findings to project stakeholders.

- Track performance issues through resolution and validate optimization efforts

- Collaboration

- Partner with development, infrastructure, database, and QA teams to support performance engineering activities.

- Contribute to release readiness and performance risk assessments.

- Mentorship &

- Continuous Improvement

- Support and mentor junior team members.

- Contribute to testing standards, reusable assets, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

- 35 years of experience in Performance Testing and Performance Engineering.

- Strong expertise in LoadRunner (Controller, VuGen, Analysis, Performance Center) and/or Apache JMeter.

- Experience designing and executing performance test strategies for enterprise applications.

- Strong understanding of system architecture, application servers, APIs, databases, and cloud technologies.

- Experience performing root-cause analysis using monitoring and observability platforms.

- Hands-on experience with Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic,



SiteScope, Grafana, Azure Monitor, or equivalent monitoring solutions.

- Knowledge of API performance testing and service-oriented architectures.

- Understanding of database performance concepts, SQL query analysis, and performance tuning fundamentals.

- Experience with Git, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar CI/CD platforms.

- Experience supporting Agile and DevOps delivery models.

- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Must Have

- Robust hands-on experience with LoadRunner and/or JMeter.

- Experience independently leading performance testing engagements.

- Experience analyzing application, infrastructure, and database performance metrics.

- Experience working in large enterprise environments with multiple annual releases.

- Ability to communicate technical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice to Have

- Exposure to Selenium or functional automation frameworks.

- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform).

- Experience with containerized environments and Kubernetes.

- Understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.

- Exposure to shift-left performance testing practices.

- Performance testing certifications or tool-specific certifications.

Education / Professional Experience/ Qualifications

- 3–5 years of experience in Performance Testing, Performance Engineering, or Quality Engineering.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

- Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise-scale applications and digital transformation initiatives.

📌 Hiring For Performance Testing - Senior Associate - Hyderabad
🏢 Grant Thornton
📍 Hyderabad