Performance Test Specialist – Guidewire

Ascendion; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascendion is seeking a Performance Test Specialist with 6–9 years of experience to establish a repeatable performance-engineering capability for Guidewire applications. You will validate system behavior under expected and extreme workloads and provide actionable insights to improve production readiness.

You will define testing approaches, develop reusable JMeter scripts, coordinate test data and environments, and collaborate with engineering to drive root-cause analysis and performance

Qualifications

• Hands-on expertise with JMeter for load and performance tests.
• Experience testing Guidewire applications end-to-end.
• Ability to design reusable performance scripts and workload models.
• Strong data-driven analysis and reporting to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define performance, load, stress and volume-testing approaches.
• Develop, execute, and maintain reusable performance scripts.
• Establish scalable performance practices across releases.
• Identify bottlenecks and collaborate on root-cause analysis.
• Prepare test data, execution plans and performance docs.
• Monitor response times, throughput and resource usage.
• Provide performance reports with risks and release readiness.

Skills

Apache JMeter

Guidewire performance testing

Performance scripting

Test execution

Web/API testing

Bottleneck analysis

Test data coordination

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Grafana

Datadog

Dynatrace

Job description

We are looking for a Performance Test Specialist in Guidewire applications with 6–9 years of experience who can establish and execute a repeatable performance-engineering capability across targeted applications, validating system behavior under expected and extreme workloads and providing actionable insights to improve production readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Define performance, load, stress and volume-testing approaches based on application and business requirements.
• Develop, maintain and execute reusable performance-test scripts and scenarios using Apache JMeter.
• Establish repeatable performance-testing practices that can scale across releases and applications.
• Work with business and technical stakeholders to identify critical business journeys and define appropriate workload models.
• Prepare test scenarios, test data, execution plans and performance-testing documentation.
• Execute baseline, load, stress and volume tests based on agreed non-functional requirements.
• Monitor and analyze response times, throughput, error behavior and resource-utilization indicators available during testing.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and collaborate with engineering teams to support root-cause investigation and remediation.
• Compare performance results across test cycles/releases and highlight regressions.
• Coordinate performance-test environments, test data and dependencies.
• Provide clear performance test reports covering observations, issues, risks and release-readiness considerations.
• Support Guidewire performance-testing requirements using JMeter.
• Build reusable scripts, datasets and execution approaches to improve efficiency across subsequent releases.
• Support performance-related improvement initiatives and knowledge transfer to Client teams.
• Explore approved AI/GenAI accelerators for performance analysis where appropriate, subject to Client controls and human validation.

Must-Have Skills

• Strong Apache JMeter expertise
• Performance, load, stress and volume testing for Guidewire products
• Performance script development and correlation
• Test execution, analysis and reporting
• Understanding of web/API performance testing
• Performance bottleneck analysis and RCA support
• Test-data and environment coordination
• Strong analytical and stakeholder communication skills

Good-to-Have

• AI/GenAI-assisted performance test scenarios and script generation
• Familiarity with AI-assisted monitoring and predictive analytics using tools such as Grafana, Datadog, or Dynatrace.