Full-Time Technical Test Analyst

Development and execution of Performance/Load Testing, Stress Testing, Endurance Testing, Capacity Testing

Definition of performance goals/thresholds/acceptance criteria with related tests

Analysis and reporting on performance test executions identifying performance bottlenecks and advising on improvements.

Support in definition/definition of test plans regarding non-functional quality characteristics (e.g., technical security, efficiency or reliability)

Non-functional testing of ICT infrastructure and data migration projects

Creation of large and complex test data sets (structured and unstructured data) and management of test data

Support to operational acceptance testing and piloting activities

Identification, re-testing of and reporting on defects

Reporting of test results

Mandatory Requirements:

Bachelor plus 9 years of working experience.

At least 9 years of experience in the area of Software Quality Assurance in the role of Technical Test Analyst

More than 5 years of experience in performance testing of different kinds of systems (web apps, web services, middleware, databases), protocols and technologies (HTTP, REST, gRPC, SOAP, JDBC)

More than 1 year of experience working in Kubernetes environments

Ability to define performance goals/thresholds/acceptance criteria with related tests, based on product conditions, standards and regulations

Good knowledge of C# or JAVA programming language or scripting languages (python, groovy) in the context of performance testing

Good knowledge of developing and executing Performance/Load Testing, Stress Testing, Endurance Testing, Capacity Testing

Good knowledge in analysing and reporting on test executions including identification of performance bottlenecks and advising on improvements

Good knowledge of the open-source Apache JMeter performance test tool for developing, executing and analysing load test scenarios

Good knowledge in the creation and management of high volumes of test data

Good knowledge of containerized environments (Kubernetes) including monitoring tools and Open Tracing.

Good knowledge of networking, load balancers, firewalls, middleware (like queuing systems), databases

Good knowledge and display of prerequisites of working in an Agile Team implementing Scrum (e.g. teamwork, clear communication).

Desirable Requirements:

Good knowledge of open-source performance testing tools other than Apache JMeter, like Taurus, K6 or Locust

Good knowledge of Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK technology stack)

Good knowledge of creating reports/dashboards with InfluxDB and Grafana

Good knowledge of executing perf tests in continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines

Good knowledge of testing other non-functional aspects like (Technica) Security, Reliability, Robustness, Recoverability

Good knowledge of testing with Remote Procedure Call (RPC) frameworks / APIs, such as gRPC

Capability of integration in an international/multi-cultural environment, rapid self-starting capability and experience in working in a team.

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