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*Performance Test Engineer Fairfield, CT 8+ Month Contract* *Job description:* The Performance Test Engineer will support the company's Systems Performance testing objectives; the candidate must be familiar with standard software development and quality processes, methodologies, and tools. Must have a proven track record of very high technical competence that includes strong coding and or scripting skills. They will develop high quality detailed test plans, results artifacts, identify and create detailed performance test cases, test scripts that map to appropriate requirements and design specifications. The engineer will be responsible for developing and executing extensive application performance tests and analyzing performance of Infrastructure stack and application and provide recommendations for optimization. An individual with a strong background in performance testing and Analyzing multi-tier applications, and web applications is well suited for this position. Knowledge of multiple application infrastructures and strong communication skills are required for this position. *RESPONSIBILITIES* Identify and develop relationships with key individuals and groups Maintain current and accurate status of work assignments Understand functional content of assigned release/projects and the potential performance impacts Understand and validate performance test objectives Optimize test cycle efficiency and effectiveness using automation Maintain a working knowledge of test environment logical and physical software and hardware architectures Ensure application of performance testing best practices at an individual and team level Analyze performance test results and share with business, development and internal team members as appropriate Design and implement the technical infrastructure for performance test automation for each project Maintain the performance test automation environment Investigate and troubleshoot performance problems in the performance testing environments Utilize performance/load testing methodologies to identify software optimization opportunities, potential system bottlenecks and performance problems Monitor and gather the performance statistics during the test execution Create performance documents/artifacts: test plans, test designs, test cases and present testing summary reports Collaborate with performance testing leads, managers, and test members to identify and automate performance tests for specified applications Translate performance specifications/requirements/criteria into effective test designs and test cases Participate in up front application and technology requirement gathering, design and functionality reviews when required, to drive the quantitative definition of performance requirements Participate in the creation and review of performance testing plans, partitioning, test designs and test automation code Install, support, understand, and use the performance testing tools effectively Investigate and troubleshoot performance problems in a lab environment. This will also include analysis of performance problems in a production environment Develop test scenarios to properly load / stress the system in a lab environment and monitor / debug performance & stability problems. This would require monitoring and debugging technical components including key resources, performance indicators and logs Identify performance test data and coordinate the load of the data in the performance environment. Develop components of test architecture for a new platform. Interact with test team leads as appropriate. Implement elements of the Performance testing and Automation testing framework for the product. Implement elements of the functionality test harness for execution on automated testing platforms. Interact with development engineers to implement functional interface applications when necessary. Participate in documentation reviews for functional test automation documents developed by manual testing team. *EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:* Required: * 5+ years experience in the performance engineering discipline required * 5+ years experience with Client quality and performance test toolset (Load Runner and Jmeter) required. * Strong understanding of the QE process, especially in an Agile environment * Recent IP/VOIP telephony experience. * Strong experience in test case writing and LR scenario designing. * Experience in sql queries and Linux environment. * Knowledge of quality metrics. * Proven ability to perform profile/baseline, load and stress testing * Proven ability to drill down into results and complete deep dive root cause analysis * Proven experience and best practices in requirements management, test case development, test analysis and reporting results * Java diagnostics *Desired: ** Strong experience in using RQM, RTC and Perl IDE. * Strong knowledge of SIP. * Experience in working with onshore teams. * Experience with and knowledge of IP networking protocols My Best, Kavi Johnson| *Sr. Technical Recruiter CAT Technology, Inc* k...@catstaffing-us.com Voice: 201-257-5081 Ext 350 Fax: 201-342-2385 www.catamerica.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Oracle-Projects" group. 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