Performance Automation Engineer - IDC

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking a QA Performance Automation Engineer to ensure scalability and reliability of enterprise apps. You will design and execute performance tests using JMeter, validate system behavior under load, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize performance.

The role emphasizes API performance testing with Postman, Grafana-based monitoring, and delivering detailed reports with actionable recommendations. Strong SQL skills and performance analysis are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering with 3–6 years in performance testing.
• Hands-on Apache JMeter experience.
• Experience designing Load, Stress, Spike, Endurance, and Scalability tests.
• API testing experience using Postman.
• Grafana monitoring for performance analysis.
• Strong SQL and database performance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain performance test scripts with JMeter.
• Analyze application performance under load, stress, and scalability scenarios.
• Create and run API performance tests using Postman and integrate them into workflows.
• Monitor performance with Grafana and other tools.
• Identify bottlenecks across apps, APIs, DBs, and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with dev, QA, DevOps, and architecture teams to resolve issues.
• Analyze metrics and provide recommendations for optimization.
• Prepare detailed performance reports with findings and trends.
• Participate in test planning and system architecture discussions from a performance perspective.
• Continuously improve performance testing processes and automation.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards and guidelines.

Skills

JMeter

Postman

Grafana

SQL

Performance testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or Engineering

Tools

Grafana

Postman

Job description

Job Title: QA Performance Automation Engineer

The Opportunity:

Hitachi Energy is looking for a QA Performance Automation Engineer to join our dynamic Enterprise Software R&D team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the scalability, reliability, and performance of enterprise applications through comprehensive performance testing and analysis. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including Development, QA, DevOps, Product Management, and Architecture teams to identify performance bottlenecks, validate system behavior under load, and contribute to delivering high-quality software solutions to customers. As a QA Performance Automation Engineer for the Enterprise Software R&D Unit, you will be part of the respective local department and report to the R&D Team Manager.

How You'll Make an Impact:

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain performance test scripts using Apache JMeter.
• Analyze application performance under various load, stress, spike, endurance, and scalability scenarios.
• Create and execute API performance tests using Postman and integrate them into performance test workflows.
• Monitor application and infrastructure performance using Grafana and other monitoring tools.
• Identify performance bottlenecks across applications, APIs, databases, and infrastructure components.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, QA, and DevOps teams to diagnose and resolve performance-related issues.
• Analyze performance metrics and provide actionable recommendations for system optimization.
• Prepare detailed performance test reports with findings, trends, risks, and recommendations.
• Participate in test planning, requirement reviews, and system architecture discussions from a performance perspective.
• Continuously improve performance testing processes, frameworks, and automation capabilities.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with applicable quality standards, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your Background:

Must have:

• Required bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field with 3 to 6 years of experience in Performance Testing and Performance Engineering.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Apache JMeter.
• Experience designing and executing Load, Stress, Spike, Endurance, and Scalability tests.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman.
• Hands‑on experience with Grafana for monitoring and performance analysis.
• Strong understanding of application performance concepts, methodologies, metrics, and bottleneck analysis.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of SQL and database performance analysis.

Good to have:

• Experience with message brokers such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Knowledge of CI/CD integration, Linux, monitoring tools, and performance test automation will be a plus.

More About Us:

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission‑critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.