Performance/Resilience Test Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Create and update the non-functional test plan for review
• ▹Plan, prepare, execute and analyse non-functional testing activities
• ▹Develop a strategy for end-to-end non-functional testing of the solution
• ▹Develop performance test scripts for identified performance and resilience testing scenarios, including performance test data preparation
• ▹Execute non-functional tests including resilience, recovery, load, stress, endurance and capacity tests
• ▹Analyse resource usage during test execution to verify application performance and identify bottlenecks
• ▹Review test results, support identification of non-functional issues and make recommendations
• ▹Enable other QA engineers and developers to run non-functional tests
• ▹Provide technical assistance to improve system performance, capacity, reliability and scalability
• ▹Develop standards and best practices for robust, maintainable and performant load testing scripts
• ▹Evaluate system performance and stability and recommend improvements

Requirements

• ▹University degree in IT plus at least 6 years of experience in non-functional testing and associated tooling
• ▹Expertise in test planning, estimation, strategy, workload design, test cases design, test platform and data setup, and defect management
• ▹Good hands-on knowledge of JMeter or Gatling
• ▹Strong documentation writing skills
• ▹Ability to present findings and recommendations to team members, management and customers
• ▹Experience in agile software development and testing methodologies
• ▹Excellent command of English

Nice to have

• ▹Experience using Chaos/Kraken for resilience testing
• ▹Hands-on Java experience from an automation point of view
• ▹Experience in complex setups with several integrated systems
• ▹Experience in microservices-based, private-cloud-hosted solutions

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Remote work within the EU
• ▹Competitive remuneration (contract basis or full benefits package) based on qualifications and experience
• ▹Work as part of a team for a major European Institution in an international, multilingual, multicultural environment

About the company

EUROPEAN DYNAMICS is a leading international software, information and communication technologies company operating from multiple European and global offices, employing over 1000 engineers, IT experts and consultants, and serving government institutions, multinational corporations and public administrations.