Performance Test Specialist Job in Ramco Systems

Job Title: Performance Test Specialist

Location: Chennai, India

Experience: 10+ Years

Qualification: B.E / B.Tech

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Performance Test Specialist with a strong background in testing enterprise-scale applications. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience with load, stress, volume, scalability, failover, and resiliency testing, along with deep expertise in performance tools and technologies. This role requires strong analytical skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex performance issues in distributed systems, especially in cloud environments like GCP.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, design, and execute comprehensive performance testing strategies including load, endurance, stress, volume, spike, failover, and resiliency tests.
• Develop and maintain performance test scripts primarily using JMeter and other open-source tools.
• Perform load testing on enterprise applications supporting thousands of concurrent users.
• Generate detailed performance reports and share insights with stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot and analyze performance bottlenecks using profiling and monitoring tools such as YourKit, JProbe, AppDynamics, New Relic, Splunk.
• Analyze thread dumps, heap dumps, kernel logs, network stats, APM metrics, and application logs to identify CPU, memory, and resource hot spots.
• Conduct chaos testing (e.g., using Litmus Chaos) and integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines to promote shift-left testing and improve software quality.
• Collaborate with development teams to embed performance testing throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Use network analysis tools like Fiddler and Wireshark to troubleshoot webpage load and performance issues.
• Gather performance requirements, conduct capacity planning, and monitor production system performance for continuous optimization.
• Analyze architecture to identify potential performance bottlenecks and develop targeted performance test strategies.
• Perform API and microservices performance testing, ensuring efficient and scalable web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, HTTP) support.
• Continuously self-learn industry best practices and apply new methodologies to enhance performance testing effectiveness.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of hands-on performance testing experience, including testing enterprise-level applications.
• Expertise in open-source tools like JMeter/Jython and commercial tools such as LoadRunner.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices platforms, and front-end web testing.
• Strong knowledge of container technologies and large-scale distributed system troubleshooting.
• Deep understanding of web technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, HTTP.
• Proven ability to create comprehensive performance test plans, execute tests, and deliver actionable insights.
• Experience with cloud platforms like Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for performance tuning and scaling.
• Ability to analyze complex performance issues across multiple teams and technologies.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred:

• Experience with performance automation and CI/CD integration.
• Familiarity with chaos engineering tools and practices.
• Strong background in capacity planning and demand forecasting.