Performance Tester
About The Position
The Performance Tester analyzes performance testing requests and collaborates with software developers, business analysts, quality analysts, project managers, architects, and IT leadership to understand system functionality and architecture. The role reviews test requests, plans, and results with stakeholders, then recommends ways to address inefficiencies. The position creates and updates performance test plans and designs, develops, and maintains automated performance-testing processes and scripts using tools such as JMeter and NeoLoad. It analyzes results from performance-testing tools and uses monitoring tools—including IBM Instana, SentryOne, BMC Apptune, and Splunk—to track application performance metrics, behaviors, and trends. The tester coordinates performance-test execution, which may occasionally take place outside normal working hours, tracks work in JIRA, and documents results in Confluence. The role also coordinates team goals and priorities with other IT Performance Testing team members and performs other duties as requested. This is a contract-to-hire position based in Lansing, Michigan, with a hybrid workplace. The hourly pay range is $22.00–$28.00. Individual pay depends on factors including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, and internal equity. Benefits may be available depending on eligibility, job classification, and length of employment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Above-average written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to produce adequate quality and quantity of work.
- Ability to use a PC and work within a performance-testing suite.
- Ability to learn new software tools.
- Ability to organize, analyze, and interpret data.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments while meeting established schedules and deadlines in an organized manner.
- Ability to manage a project from start to finish and independently initiate work on a new project.
Nice To Haves
- Experience analyzing performance metrics.
- Experience with performance-testing tools.
- Experience with server-monitoring tools.
- Experience with SQL and generating database queries.
- Foundational understanding of programming languages or technologies such as Java, Python, C, C#, C++, HTML, CSS, or JavaScript.
- Understanding of automation or scripting solutions such as PowerShell and Selenium.
- Knowledge of Agile software-development principles, processes, and tools.
- Skills in automation, Selenium, performance testing, test automation, automated testing, APIs, SQL, LoadRunner, or quality assurance.
Responsibilities
- Read, analyze, and interpret performance-testing requests.
- Collaborate with software developers, business analysts, quality analysts, project managers, architects, and IT leadership to understand system functionality and architecture.
- Review performance-testing requests, test plans, and test results with stakeholders.
- Recommend solutions to stakeholders for inefficiencies identified through testing.
- Write new test plans and update existing plans for performance tests across various applications.
- Design, develop, and maintain performance-testing automation processes and scripts using tools such as JMeter and NeoLoad.
- Use, analyze, and interpret results from performance-testing tools.
- Use monitoring tools such as IBM Instana, SentryOne, BMC Apptune, and Splunk to track application performance metrics, behaviors, and trends.
- Coordinate performance-test execution; occasional tests take place outside normal working hours.
- Track work and document progress in JIRA.
- Document test results in Confluence.
- Work with the IT Performance Testing team to organize goals and priorities.
- Assist with other duties as requested.
Benefits
- Medical insurance, if eligible.
- Dental insurance, if eligible.
- Vision insurance, if eligible.
- Critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage, if eligible.
- 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions, if eligible.
- Voluntary life and AD&D insurance for employees and dependents, if eligible.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage, if eligible.
- Health Spending Account (HSA), if eligible.
- Transportation benefits, if eligible.
- Employee Assistance Program, if eligible.
- Time off or leave, which may include PTO, vacation, or sick leave, if eligible.
