What are the responsibilities and job description for the Performance Tester position at Apex Systems?
Job Description
Job#: 1321393
Job Description:
Role: Remote Performance Tester
Type: Long Term Contract
Location: Remote- Indianapolis, IN based
Apex Systems is looking for a SDET to help establish and move forward our clients' test automation framework. The SDET will play a role in Agile planning, providing advice and guidance, and monitoring emerging trends. You will be working closely with the Performance Tester and Test Automation team.
Please see the information below and if you are interested in this opportunity, please send an updated copy of your resume to
Responsibilities
Desired Skills
EEO Employer
Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or
Job Description:
Role: Remote Performance Tester
Type: Long Term Contract
Location: Remote- Indianapolis, IN based
Apex Systems is looking for a SDET to help establish and move forward our clients' test automation framework. The SDET will play a role in Agile planning, providing advice and guidance, and monitoring emerging trends. You will be working closely with the Performance Tester and Test Automation team.
Please see the information below and if you are interested in this opportunity, please send an updated copy of your resume to
Responsibilities
- Researches, designs, recommends, and drives performance strategies for emerging technologies such as cloud, or containerization
- Designs and implements availability, scalability, and performance plans for various platforms
- Provides leadership and mentorship for performance engineering processes, tools, and best practices
- Diagnoses, tracks, and manages performance issues to resolution in testing and production environments
- Designs, scripts, configures, and runs performance tests to validate production readiness of software applications and infrastructure for stability and performance against Non-Functional Requirements
- Procures, compiles, and conditions test data as needed to properly simulate test scenarios
- Designs, builds, and uses dashboards that enable efficient monitoring of applications and systems running in production environments to troubleshoot issues and report findings
- Provides summaries and assessments of the application's performance, emphasizing trends over time, conducting deep dive analysis when necessary
- Collaborates with Application Development teams during story design to ensure new application features are developed in a performant and resilient manner
- Fosters collaboration and participates in the Performance Engineering Community of Practice, a technical platform that enables knowledge sharing, cross-collaboration, standardization, and innovation
- Serves as a subject-matter expert (SME) on methods of integrating testing best practices into the application development lifecycle to successfully reduce friction, identify potential problems early, and improve cross-collaboration
Desired Skills
- 8 years of experience with Test Automation Frameworks
- Hands-on experience creating Proof of Concept work for an enterprise organization
- Demonstrated leadership and ability to work with others, both internal to ISG and with others in the broader enterprise test organization
- Knowledge and experience with complex technical electrical, mechanical, and/or software systems, including ability to triage issues when found
- Ability to write detailed test plans identifying proper test location, such as unit, product, system, or automated test environments
- Agile development understanding
- Ability to clearly communicate complex issues to a large group of stakeholders and track progress toward a goal
- Demonstrated problem solving skills & ability to work independently
- Familiarity with application architecture, design, capacity planning, and application performance best practices
- Familiarity with container technologies
- Familiarity with open source load testing tools
- Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases - querying, profiling, and performance tuning
- Understanding of On-Prem and Cloud
EEO Employer
Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or
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