Performance Test Engineer

DXC Luxoft; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is seeking a senior Performance Test Engineer to ensure the performance, scalability, reliability, and stability of core banking applications and data warehouse workloads. The role focuses on end-to-end performance engineering and testing across batch processes and critical banking workloads.

You will develop and implement performance test strategies, design workload models, create data, and integrate tests into Azure DevOps pipelines.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience in performance testing across large-scale enterprise applications.
• Expertise in designing, executing, and maintaining performance test scripts using JMeter.
• Proven experience integrating performance testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and delivery processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement performance test strategies, plans, and execution schedules.
• Design realistic workload models aligned to business requirements and data volumes.
• Create and manage performance test data for multiple testing cycles.
• Develop, execute, and maintain JMeter scripts for performance testing.
• Conduct load, stress, and endurance testing; analyse results to identify bottlenecks.
• Provide optimization recommendations and present Test Summary Reports to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with development, infra, and project teams to resolve performance issues.
• Support testing of batch processing and data warehouse workloads.
• Participate in defect triage, root-cause analysis, and performance tuning activities.

Skills

Performance testing

JMeter scripting

CI/CD integration

Batch processing testing

Data warehouse testing

Test data management

Workload modelling

Root cause analysis

Tools

Apache JMeter

Azure DevOps

Job description

Project description

Core Banking Migration program for a leading Australian banking customer. The role involves ensuring the performance, scalability, reliability, and stability of critical banking applications, batch processes, and data warehouse workloads through end-to-end performance engineering and testing activities.

Responsibilities

• - Develop and maintain performance test strategies, plans, and execution schedules.- Design performance test scenarios and workload models aligned to business requirements.- Create and manage performance test data for various testing cycles.- Develop, execute, and maintain performance test scripts using JMeter.- Conduct performance, load, stress, and endurance testing.- Analyse test results, identify bottlenecks, and provide optimization recommendations.- Prepare and present Test Summary Reports (TSRs) and performance assessment findings.- Integrate performance testing within Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.- Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and project teams to resolve performance issues.- Support testing of batch processing and data warehouse solutions.- Participate in defect triage, root cause analysis, and performance tuning activities.

SKILLS

Must have

• - 9+ years of hands-on experience in Performance Testing and Performance Engineering across large-scale enterprise applications.- Strong expertise in designing, developing, and executing performance test scripts using Apache JMeter.- Proven experience integrating performance testing into Azure DevOps pipelines and CI/CD delivery processes.- Experience performing performance testing for batch processing systems and Data Warehouse platforms.- Strong capability in test data creation, management, and preparation for performance test execution.- Expertise in developing performance test strategies, plans, and execution approaches.- Experience designing workload models and realistic performance test scenarios based on business volumes.- Proficiency in performance test script development, execution, and execution management.- Strong ability to analyse performance test results, identify bottlenecks, and provide optimisation recommendations.- Experience preparing comprehensive Test Summary Reports (TSRs) and communicating test outcomes to stakeholders.- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills across application and infrastructure layers.- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to engage technical and business teams.- Experience working within Agile, DevOps, and Continuous Delivery environments.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Service Virtualisation tools, preferably Tricentis Tosca OSV.
• Prior experience in the Banking and Payments domain.
• Experience in large-scale Core Banking transformation or migration programs.
• Exposure to cloud-based performance engineering practices.
• Experience leading performance testing engagements across multiple application teams.