Performance Tester

Noir Consulting; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm is seeking a Performance Tester to develop and execute performance testing strategies. The ideal candidate will need a minimum of three years' experience in performance engineering, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in LoadRunner. This role is based in Peterborough with a hybrid work model and offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits

Bonus

Benefits

Qualifications

• At least three years of experience in performance engineering or system testing.
• Experience in a large-scale Microsoft-based environment.
• Strong analytical thinking and experience with monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute performance test strategies.
• Collaborate with teams to validate performance requirements.
• Build usage models and run structured load tests.

Skills

Performance engineering

System testing

LoadRunner proficiency

Analytical thinking

Collaboration in Agile

Tools

LoadRunner

Dynatrace

SQL Server

IIS

Windows Server

Job description

Overview

Performance Tester - Financial Technology - Peterborough / Hybrid

The ideal candidate will have a meticulous approach to performance testing in a fast-paced, regulated environment where system reliability is critical to business success.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute performance test strategies using industry-standard tools including LoadRunner, Dynatrace and Splunk.


• Collaborate with developers, engineers and QA specialists within an Agile delivery model to validate non-functional performance requirements and support early bottleneck detection and resolution.


• Build usage models that emulate real-world traffic and usage patterns, run structured load tests, and analyze application logs, metrics and traces to deliver meaningful insights.


• Participate in performance engineering to ensure applications meet scalability, performance and availability requirements.

Qualifications

• At least three years of experience in performance engineering or system testing, ideally in a large-scale Microsoft-based environment.


• Proficiency with LoadRunner components (VuGen, Controller, Analysis).


• Experience with distributed applications built on .NET Framework, SQL Server, IIS, and Windows Server.


• Strong analytical thinking and experience with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace.


• Proactive, detail-focused mindset and collaborative, Agile working style.

Location & Compensation

Location: Peterborough, UK / Hybrid

Salary: £50,000 - £65,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.