Senior Performance Test Engineer (SC Cleared)

VIQU Limited; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VIQU Limited is seeking a SC-cleared Senior Performance Test Engineer in London with hybrid working arrangements. You will lead performance testing efforts for core applications, design end-to-end tests and ensure alignment with performance strategy and non-functional requirements.

Expect collaboration with cloud, on-premises, and CI/CD teams to drive scalable system performance. The role emphasizes hands-on test design, mentoring teammates, and delivering robust performance insights across

Qualifications

• Three years' experience leading performance testing.
• Experience with JMeter in large-scale performance tests.
• Experience with Azure/Cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute performance, load and stress tests using JMeter, Gatling or LoadRunner.
• Troubleshoot performance issues with Grafana, Splunk, New Relic or Dynatrace.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and drive performance improvements across hybrid/cloud environments.

Skills

JMeter

Azure Cloud

Test automation

Gatling

Jenkins CI/CD

Grafana/Prometheus

NFRs

Mentor juniors

Performance analysis

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cucumber

Job description

SC-ClearedSenior Performance Test Engineer | London | Hybrid | Inside IR35

My client is seeking an SC-cleared Senior Performance Test Engineer to join a forward-thinking team. You will bring proven experience in the following areas:

• Around three years' experience leading performance testing with JMeter
• Azure / Cloud (ADF would be useful but not essential)
• OAT and Functional Test Automation - tools such as Selenium, Playright, Cucumber in an Agile environment
• Own the Performance Test Engineering for a number of core critical apps
• Performance Tested end to end architecture using Gatling, Jenkins, CI/CD, Grafana, Prometheus
• Performance analysis to identify bottlenecks
• Develope non-functional requirements (NFRs)
• Drive efficiency through platform performance engineering
• Showcase skills to junior team members

You will design and execute performance, load and stress tests using JMeter, LoadRunner or Gatling, ensuring that testing aligns with the performance strategy and agreed non-functional requirements.

Working closely with technical teams to troubleshoot issues, monitor systems with Grafana and Splunk, and use diagnostics tools such as New Relic and Dynatrace. Later, you'll integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and drive improvements to ensure robust, scalable systems across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.