Performance Tester

Berkeley Square IT; Farnborough; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech consultancy in Farnborough is looking for an experienced Performance Tester for a 6-month contract, predominantly remote. The ideal candidate must possess strong performance testing skills for backend and API/WebServices applications, knowledge of various performance tools like JMeter and Gatling, and expertise in performance analysis and tuning. SC Clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Join team as a performance tester on a remote basis.
• Conduct performance testing on backend and API/WebServices applications.

Skills

Performance testing experience of backend, API/WebServices applications

Hands-on Performance testing experience using JMeter, Gatling

Experience with Apache ServiceMix

Expertise in performance analysis and designing performance tests

Knowledge in identifying bottlenecks and tuning suggestions

Experience with performance monitoring tools like Splunk

Writing complex SQL queries

Using PowerShell

Tools

JMeter

Gatling

Apache ServiceMix

Splunk

Job description

Performance Tester - 6 Month Contract - SC Clearance required

My client is seeking an experinced performance tester to join their team, working on a predominately remote basis.

Candidates must have the following skills / experience:

• Strong performance testing experience of backend, API/WebServices applications.
• Hands-on Performance testing experience using various performance tools such as JMeter, Gatling, etc.
• Experience with using Apache ServiceMix.
• Expertise in performance analysis and designing performance tests around load, stress, and soak testing.
• Knowledge in identifying bottlenecks and provide tuning suggestions.
• Experience and understanding of performance monitoring & diagnostic tools such as Splunk, physical architectural elements of complex systems.
• Experience writing complex SQL queries on multiple databases and tables.
• Experience using PowerShell.

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge or experience of cloud platforms such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.