Performance Tester

A global, digitally enabled business that empowers a brighter future by connecting millions of people with their assets – safely, securely and responsibly. Through our two businesses MUFG Retirement Solutions and MUFG Corporate Markets, we partner with a diversified portfolio of global clients to provide robust, efficient and scalable services, purpose-built solutions and modern technology platforms that deliver world class outcomes and experiences. A member of MUFG, a global financial group, we help manage regulatory complexity, improve data management and connect people with their assets, through exceptional user experience that leverages the expertise of our people combined with scalable technology, digital connectivity and data insights.

Overview

The role of Performance Tester is to deliver agreed Performance Testing services to programs and projects. Performance tester has to work closely as per guidelines shared by Test Delivery lead to deliver PT services for various Projects running across application. He/she must adhere with agreed timelines. Must lead the analysis, planning, framework design, script preparation, maintenance, and execution of performance scripts across an enterprise application landscape.
Key Accountabilities and main responsibilities
Strategic Focus 

• Delivery of agreed Performance Testing services to programs and projects.
• Understand the Non-Functional requirements and decide on the approach and solution implementation.
• Responsible for maintaining performance tools and configuration activities in the assigned team.
• Ensure performance testing deliverables for an assigned project are successfully delivered according to an agreed implementation plan / schedule and meets identified success criteria and are therefore fit for purpose.
• Maintain high integrity, ensure delivery of solution meets industry standards and in a timely manner.
• Build relationships and liaise closely with all stakeholders across project/program benefitting and bringing value to the project with implementation of automation solution. 
• Implement best performance test practices and standards as part of Enterprise solution.
• Follow the performance test processes and procedures within the Testing practice, 
• Actively participate in and continuous improvement measures to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of automation.

Operational Management 

• Raise defects and ensure defects are retested and closed at the completion of testing.
• Prepare design document, Test plan, estimates, status and execution report for every release/build
• Identify scope/goal of the test along with verification criteria and obtain signoff from the stakeholder for the solution to be implemented.

Governance & Risk 

• Ensure key performance indicators are measured, analysed and accurately reported to stakeholders for incidents of all priorities

The above list of key accountabilities is not an exhaustive list and may change from time-to-time based on business needs.
Experience & Personal Attributes

• Tertiary qualifications in Information Technology or a related discipline
• At least 2 years in a test role with at least 3+ years in implementing performance solutions.
• Experience in performance testing of complex E2E integrated financial platform like Superannuation/Insurance/Banking highly desirable.
• Experience in understanding application architecture, overall technology landscape of the Application, Implementation, surrounding interfaces and downstream systems for Non-Functional Requirements elicitation.
• Work collaboratively with architects, delivery leads, developers, database administrators and quality.
• Build test plans and detailed performance test scripts for key user workflows using non-functional requirements.
• Develop scripts or code to simulate the business-critical transactions for various protocols like HTTP/HTML, Web services using JMeter or Load runner etc.
• Strong understanding of performance testing practices (impact assessment, workload model, scripting and data preparation, performance execution, etc.).
• Experience with Web Services and API's using SOAP UI and REST.
• Analyse performance test results and compare with the Non-functional requirements/SLA
• Identifying bottlenecks provide recommendations and co-ordinate with development team in fixing those and triaging.
• Strong experience in building Performance Engineering capabilities
• Status tracking and preparing detailed test strategy, summary reports.
• Proficient in version control, branching and merging using Source tree or GIT interface.
• Good analytical skills and troubleshooting skills to resolve technical glitches during implementation.
• Experience working in distributed delivery model with teams spread across different regions will be highly advantageous.