Performance Testing Lead - Assistant Vice President

Citi; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 133,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Performance Testing Lead to own non-functional testing for complex applications within TTS NFT. You will engage with Development, Architects and Business teams to design and implement performance testing strategies and to certify changes before production.

You will mentor a team of Performance Engineers and Testers, collaborate with Global NFT, and drive KPI reporting, risk management and continuous improvement for critical LOBs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Performance engineering and independent work capability.
• Experience with end-to-end non-functional testing in complex architectures.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and testing program management.

Responsibilities

• Drive non-functional testing strategy for SME-level impact.
• Lead delivery, planning, metrics, and risk management across projects.
• Coach and mentor Performance Engineers and Testers.

Skills

Performance testing

SME level knowledge

JVM profiling

AppDynamics

LoadRunner Enterprise

Kibana / Splunk

Agile testing

Mentoring

Stakeholder communication

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

LoadRunner Enterprise

AppDynamics

Kibana / Splunk

CA Service Virtualization (LISA)

AWR analysis

JVM Profiling

Job description

Position Overview

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) provide services across the globe. Performance testing & engineering is key to establish service level agreement & achieve excellent user experience. Non-functional testing group supports 200+ application across multiple line of business within TTS group.

TTS NFT team is looking for Performance Engineering Lead who will take ownership of multiple applications Performance testing solutions & play SME role to engage with Development, Architect & Business team to gather the requirements & design the Performance testing approach to certify the application changes before Production deployments. This role required to work closely with Global NFT team & expected to lead & mentor team. Position is expected to play dual role of manager as well as handle delivery for assigned LOB or multiple critical applications on need basis. Person should have strong knowledge to lead Non-Functional Testing (Performance Testing & Engineering) for applications with complex architecture and should have exposure in monitoring, profiling & analyzing with industry standard tools.

Responsibilities

This role is for Performance Testing Lead & expected to have SME level knowledge to drive the non-functional testing solution for applications with complex architecture, Middleware application along with Service virtualization & Data Management. Overall responsibility of Performance Engineering and Performance Testing Tasks for engaged projects - including strategy, estimation, planning, execution oversight, metrics reporting and risk management. Bottom-line responsibility for providing thought leadership and expertise concerning Non Functional Testing for the team, its members and the deliverables. Manage, Train and Mentor (as needed) Performance Engineers and Testers in the team.

Primary Skills

• Tools: Loadrunner Enterprise with Web, Web Services (Rest, Microservices), MQ (Java), AWR analysis, JVM Profiling, Application Profiling, AppDynamics , Kibana & Log Analysis, SPLUNK, CA Service Virtualization (LISA).
• Strong Understanding of JVM, Operating System & RDBMS is mandatory
• The implementation and execution of a performance test framework for non-functional testing (load, volume, stress, capacity and scalability) which validate business non-functional requirements.
• Produce and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) around the testing performed. Manage best in class service quality and manage SLA accordingly
• In-depth knowledge and working experience with LRE, App Dynamics and Open Source performance/monitoring tools
• A strong knowledge of / experience with profiling application end to end performance and identifying application and hardware / operating systems bottlenecks
• Experience in identifying and providing tuning recommendation for various infrastructure components such as Application Servers, Database Servers, PEGA, Message Buses and Web Servers
• Experience of working in Agile testing methodology
• Good collaboration & ability to communicate with technical & non-technical stakeholders
• Develop performance test artefacts including Performance test strategy and test plans/estimates, & KPI reports.
• Collaboration with other teams including Development, Architect, Business and Production Support
• Strive towards the continuous process improvement & test framework / scripts optimization to achieve efficient testing solutions
• Attention to details & ability to automate repetitive tasks
• Preferred hands on experience with one or more programming knowledge i.e. Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, Ruby, etc
• Business domain knowledge of Corporate Digital Channels, Payments, Receivable & Treasury will be added advantage

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Performance engineering role. Ability to work independently or within groups on projects assigned
• Requires in-depth knowledge, understanding and analytical thought. Exhibits comprehensive knowledge of several areas within IT Quality and has a good understanding of the industry.
• Strong understanding of testing & engineering processes. In depth understanding of the Systems Development Lifecycle and solid experience in several phases of systems development, preferably in testing program management. Must demonstrate confidence in their abilities

Education

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

Job Family Group

Technology

Job Family

Technology Quality

Time Type

Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range

$94,300.00 - $141,500.00

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Additional Information

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