Lead Performance Test Engineer - JMeter Expert

Capgemini Philippines Corp.; Metro Manila; Hybrid; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Philippines Corp. is seeking a seasoned Performance Test Lead to drive the testing lifecycle and define performance strategies for complex applications.

You will manage a team of testers, design advanced JMeter frameworks, and coordinate with infrastructure, development, and business units to ensure scalability and reliability. The role requires strong SQL tuning, cloud familiarity (Azure, AWS, GCP), and CI/CD/DevOps experience.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in performance testing/performance engineering.
• At least 2 years of experience in leading performance testing teams.
• Expert-level Apache JMeter knowledge.
• Strong SQL and database tuning knowledge.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Experience with CI/CD integration and DevOps practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define overall performance testing strategy and approach.
• Lead a team of performance testers.
• Design complex JMeter frameworks and reusable components.
• Review and approve test scripts and scenarios.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, development, DBA, middleware, and business teams.
• Plan and manage Load, Stress, Soak, Capacity, and Scalability tests.
• Identify performance risks and mitigation plans.
• Analyze bottlenecks across application, database, network, and infrastructure layers.
• Drive root cause analysis and present results to senior management.
• Support production readiness and go-live activities.

Skills

Performance testing

Leadership

Apache JMeter

SQL & DB tuning

Azure

AWS

GCP

CI/CD / DevOps

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Grafana

Dynatrace

AppDynamics

Splunk

ELK Stack

Prometheus

Job description

Capgemini Philippines Corp. is seeking a seasoned Performance Test Lead to drive the testing lifecycle and define performance strategies for complex applications.

You will manage a team of testers, design advanced JMeter frameworks, and coordinate with infrastructure, development, and business units to ensure scalability and reliability. The role requires strong SQL tuning, cloud familiarity (Azure, AWS, GCP), and CI/CD/DevOps experience.