Senior Team Member, Performance Test Lead

RHB Banking Group; Selangor; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent banking institution in Malaysia seeks a highly skilled Senior Team Member, Test Automation & Performance Test Lead. You will design, execute, and manage performance testing for enterprise applications, focusing on quality and efficiency. With tools like LoadRunner and JMeter, you'll collaborate with teams to ensure optimal performance and scalability, while also mentoring junior members and driving continuous improvement initiatives. This role offers competitive remuneration and a supportive culture for growth.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Strong experience in performance and automation testing for enterprise applications.
• Expertise with performance testing tools such as LoadRunner, JMeter, or equivalent.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior team members and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and manage performance and automation testing.
• Collaborate with project teams to identify performance expectations.
• Analyze test results to identify bottlenecks and performance issues.

Skills

Performance testing

Automation testing

LoadRunner

JMeter

Analytical skills

Tools

LoadRunner

JMeter

Job description

About The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Team Member, Test Automation & Performance Test Lead to join our team at RHB Bank. This role focuses on designing, executing, and managing performance and automation testing to ensure enterprise-class applications meet performance, scalability, and reliability standards. You will play a key role in strengthening application quality while supporting business and IT objectives.

What You Will Be Doing

Assessment & Planning

• Collaborate with project teams, business analysts, and application teams to understand system requirements, workload models, SLAs, and performance expectations.
• Conduct feasibility studies for performance testing requirements and prepare assessment reports with cost/benefit justifications.
• Prepare effort estimations, resource plans, and test schedules for performance testing phases.
• Identify critical business transactions, performance risks, and peak workload scenarios for test planning.
• Develop and maintain the Performance Test Plan, conduct walkthroughs with stakeholders, and obtain formal sign-off.

Script Design & Development

• Design, develop, and maintain performance test scripts and scenarios using industry-standard tools (e.g., LoadRunner, JMeter) covering web, API, database, and backend layers.
• Build and maintain workload models and test data strategies simulating real-world user behavior.
• Develop reusable and modular performance testing scripts to maximize efficiency.
• Customize and extend performance testing tools where required, including scripting protocols and reporting enhancements.

Execution & Analysis

• Plan, coordinate, and execute load, stress, endurance, scalability, and failover tests in collaboration with project and infrastructure teams.
• Monitor system performance during test execution, capturing metrics across application, database, server, and network layers.
• Analyze test results to identify bottlenecks, constraints, and performance issues; collaborate with developers, DBAs, and infrastructure teams to drive resolution.
• Provide clear, actionable reports with performance insights, trends, and optimization recommendations to stakeholders.
• Track and manage defects and issues identified during performance tests until closure.

Test Closure

• Maintain and update performance test artefacts, scripts, scenarios, and results in a central repository for reusability.
• Capture lessons learned, tuning recommendations, and best practices to continuously improve performance testing capabilities.
• Provide test closure reports with comparative performance baselines for future reference.

Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Stay current with emerging tools, technologies, and methodologies in performance testing and recommend adoption where beneficial.
• Mentor, coach, and upskill team members on performance testing frameworks, scripting, and analysis.
• Drive initiatives to reduce test cycle time, increase automation, and improve test efficiency across performance testing engagements.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience in performance and automation testing for enterprise applications.
• Expertise with performance testing tools such as LoadRunner, JMeter, or equivalent.
• Solid understanding of web, API, database, and backend performance layers.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior team members and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

What We Offer

At RHB Banking Group, we foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that empowers employees to reach their full potential. We offer competitive remuneration, professional development opportunities, and a supportive culture that encourages growth and excellence.