Performance Tester job vacancy

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Position: Performance Tester

Location: Englewood Cliff , NJ

Duration: 12+ months

Job Description:

Build and maintain a performance testing environment and associated scripts that allows the end-to-end application stack to be tested to scale regularly
Build and execute negative testing / chaos testing to ensure that systems meet requirements for fault tolerance.
Integrate performance testing into the CI/CD pipeline and work with development teams to ensure all changes are tested prior to production deployment
Work with business to understand projections for system utilization and assist development teams in translating the projections into system test targets
Analyze system performance from real world scenarios to ensure that load testing NFRs properly reflect application utilization and update test scripts as appropriate.

Qualifications/Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a relevant field
Minimum 3 years experience in a performance testing role for a cloud application
Expertise in building and executing tests in at least one framework such as BlazeMeter/JMeter, Gatling, and Akamai Soasta.
Understanding of multiple cloud computing platforms and the impact of CDN on performance testing
Programming experience in a scripting language (Python, Bash, etc…)
Familiarity with CI/CD and containerization technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker

Desired Characteristics

Experience with a digital media direct-to-consumer business highly preferred
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, comfortable communicating with technical and non-technical colleagues and executives.
Ability to understand large complex software systems and their interdependencies.
Availability to travel as required