Senior Performance Testing Engineer - Team Lead

Overview

Serve as a Senior Performance Testing Engineer and Team Lead within the System Performance Testing function, leading end-to-end performance testing activities across complex, enterprise-scale applications. Collaborate with application, infrastructure, architecture, development, and DevOps teams to support scalability, stability, reliability, and performance tuning.

What you'll do

• Lead the end-to-end performance testing lifecycle, including requirements analysis, workload modelling, scripting, execution, monitoring, and reporting.
• Design and execute Load, Stress, Endurance, Spike, and Volume tests using LoadRunner.
• Develop and enhance scripts using LoadRunner VuGen, including correlation, parameterisation, checkpoints, and rendezvous points.
• Define performance test strategy, test plans, and success criteria for complex applications.
• Execute tests using Controller and Load Generators across distributed environments.
• Perform in-depth performance analysis using LoadRunner Analysis.
• Identify performance bottlenecks across application, database, middleware, and infrastructure layers.
• Prepare detailed performance test reports, dashboards, and recommendations.
• Provide go / no-go recommendations based on performance outcomes.
• Integrate LoadRunner tests with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or New Relic.
• Correlate test results with server-side metrics including CPU, memory, JVM / GC, database, and network.
• Participate in root cause analysis and performance tuning discussions.
• Work closely with development, architecture, infrastructure, and DevOps teams.
• Mentor junior performance testers and review scripts, executions, and analysis.
• Participate in design and architecture reviews from a performance perspective.
• Support production performance issues and tuning initiatives when required.

What you'll need

• 8–10 years of strong, hands-on expertise in Micro Focus / OpenText LoadRunner.
• Overall 7-9 years of experience in Testing.
• 5-6 years of experience in Performance / Non-Functional Testing.
• Strong hands-on expertise with LoadRunner, including VuGen, Controller, and Analysis.
• Experience testing Web/HTTP, REST, and SOAP applications.
• Strong scripting skills in C and JavaScript.
• Experience with performance engineering concepts and best practices.
• Experience with Dynatrace or similar APM tools.
• Strong understanding of JVM concepts, garbage collection, and databases, including SQL, pooling, and latency.
• Good knowledge of Linux / Unix commands and networking fundamentals.
• Experience testing applications hosted on cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Exposure to CI/CD tools including Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and Git, and pipeline integration.

Nice to have

• JMeter exposure.
• Experience in BFSI, Retail, E-commerce, or Telecom domains.
• Experience with performance testing of high-transaction, mission-critical systems.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India.