Technology Consultant - Senior Performance Engineer

NTT DATA, Inc.; Dadri; On-site; INR 5,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA Services in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to lead performance testing across UI, API, MQ, and batch workloads. The role requires strong expertise in LoadRunner Enterprise and Apache JMeter, with 8–12+ years of hands-on experience.

You will design workload models, analyze bottlenecks, and drive capacity planning, infrastructure sizing and performance sign-off in an Agile environment. Noida/Bengaluru presence expected.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of hands-on experience in Performance Testing and Performance Engineering.
• Strong expertise with LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE) and Apache JMeter.
• Experience performing UI, API, MQ, and Batch Performance Testing.
• Experience analyzing workloads scheduled through AutoSys.
• Strong understanding of workload modeling, performance tuning, bottleneck analysis, and scalability testing.

Responsibilities

• Define performance testing strategies, workload models, test scenarios, and performance acceptance criteria.
• Lead end-to-end performance testing activities across UI, API, MQ, and batch-processing applications.
• Design, develop, and execute performance test scripts using LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE) and Apache JMeter.
• Build workload models covering concurrent users, transaction volume, throughput, think time, and pacing requirements.
• Plan and execute load, stress, endurance, scalability, volume, and regression performance tests.
• Perform API and MQ performance testing for REST services, SOAP services, messaging platforms, and asynchronous processing systems.
• Analyze application response times, throughput, error rates, resource utilization, and system behavior under load.
• Assess batch workloads scheduled through AutoSys, including job runtimes, dependencies, execution patterns, and scheduling risks.
• Identify performance bottlenecks across applications, middleware, databases, messaging systems, and infrastructure components.
• Perform capacity assessments and infrastructure sizing exercises based on workload projections and performance results.
• Analyze CPU, memory, JVM, database, network, and middleware utilization metrics.
• Correlate performance testing results with monitoring and observability tools.
• Conduct root cause analysis for performance degradation, response time issues, throughput limitations, and application failures.
• Prepare performance reports, bottleneck analysis findings, capacity forecasts, and optimization recommendations.
• Present findings and recommendations to development teams, architects, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders.
• Support release validation, production readiness assessments, and performance sign-off activities.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, technical reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Performance Testing

Performance Engineering

Capacity Planning

Stakeholder Management

Agile/Scrum

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Tools

LoadRunner Enterprise

Apache JMeter

AutoSys

Dynatrace

Grafana

Prometheus

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Technology Consultant - Senior Performance Engineer

Date: Oct 28, 2026

Location: Noida, UP, IN

Company: NTT DATA Services

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization,

We are currently seeking a Technology Consultant - Senior Performance Engineer to join our team in Noida, Uttar Pradesh (IN-UP), India (IN).

Job Title: Technology Consultant – Senior Performance Engineer
Location: Noida/Bengaluru
Overall Experience: 8–12+ Years

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Performance Engineer with strong expertise in Performance Testing, Performance Engineering, Capacity Planning, and Infrastructure Right-Sizing across UI applications, APIs, MQ-based messaging systems, and Batch Processing workloads.

Day to Day Job Duties

• Define performance testing strategies, workload models, test scenarios, and performance acceptance criteria.
• Lead end-to-end performance testing activities across UI, API, MQ, and batch-processing applications.
• Design, develop, and execute performance test scripts using LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE) and Apache JMeter.
• Build workload models covering concurrent users, transaction volume, throughput, think time, and pacing requirements.
• Plan and execute load, stress, endurance, scalability, volume, and regression performance tests.
• Perform API and MQ performance testing for REST services, SOAP services, messaging platforms, and asynchronous processing systems.
• Analyze application response times, throughput, error rates, resource utilization, and system behavior under load.
• Assess batch workloads scheduled through AutoSys, including job runtimes, dependencies, execution patterns, and scheduling risks.
• Identify performance bottlenecks across applications, middleware, databases, messaging systems, and infrastructure components.
• Perform capacity assessments and infrastructure sizing exercises based on workload projections and performance results.
• Analyze CPU, memory, JVM, database, network, and middleware utilization metrics.
• Correlate performance testing results with monitoring and observability tools.
• Conduct root cause analysis for performance degradation, response time issues, throughput limitations, and application failures.
• Prepare performance reports, bottleneck analysis findings, capacity forecasts, and optimization recommendations.
• Present findings and recommendations to development teams, architects, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders.
• Support release validation, production readiness assessments, and performance sign-off activities.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, technical reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Basic Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of hands-on experience in Performance Testing and Performance Engineering.
• Strong expertise with LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE) and Apache JMeter.
• Experience performing UI, API, MQ, and Batch Performance Testing.
• Experience analyzing workloads scheduled through AutoSys.
• Strong understanding of workload modeling, performance tuning, bottleneck analysis, and scalability testing.
• Experience with capacity planning, infrastructure assessment, and right-sizing recommendations.
• Experience working with monitoring and observability platforms.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.

Core Technical Skills

• Performance Engineering: Load Testing, Stress Testing, Endurance Testing, Scalability Testing, Volume Testing
• Performance Tools: LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE), Apache JMeter
• UI Performance Testing: Web Applications, Transaction Analysis, Workload Modeling
• API Performance Testing: REST APIs, SOAP APIs, Request-Response Validation
• Messaging & MQ Testing: MQ-Based Systems, Asynchronous Processing, Throughput Analysis
• Capacity Engineering: Capacity Planning, Infrastructure Sizing, Peak Load Analysis
• Performance Analysis: Root Cause Analysis, Bottleneck Identification, Optimization Recommendations
• Reporting: Executive Dashboards, Performance Reports, Capacity Forecasts
• Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, SDLC

Nice to Have

• Experience in Banking, Payments, Financial Services, or High-Volume Transaction Processing Systems.
• Strong understanding of Java/JVM Performance Tuning.
• Experience with SQL and Database Performance Analysis.
• Familiarity with Linux/Unix commands and Shell Scripting.
• Experience with CI/CD-driven performance testing and automation frameworks.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with performance monitoring in production environments.
• Exposure to DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
• Experience building capacity models and infrastructure growth forecasts.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills.

Preferred Experience Profile

• 8–12+ years of Performance Engineering and Performance Testing experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise in LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE) and Apache JMeter.
• Experience leading performance testing initiatives for enterprise-scale applications.
• Strong experience in UI, API, MQ, and Batch workload performance testing.
• Experience with AutoSys batch processing analysis and optimization.
• Expertise in bottleneck identification, capacity planning, and infrastructure right-sizing.
• Experience working with monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace, Grafana, or Prometheus.
• Experience supporting performance sign-off and production readiness assessments.
• Strong presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to drive performance engineering initiatives independently and provide technical leadership.
• Performance Test Strategy and Test Plans
• Workload Models and Test Scenarios
• UI, API, MQ, and Batch Performance Test Scripts
• Performance Test Execution Reports
• Bottleneck Analysis and Root Cause Findings
• Capacity Assessment and Infrastructure Right-Sizing Recommendations
• Performance Baselines and Trend Analysis
• Release Readiness and Performance Sign-Off Reports
• Executive Status Reports and Stakeholder Presentations

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. our consulting and Industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners.NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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