Performance Test Engineer

Performance Test Engineer 💰 £400/day (Inside IR35) 📍 Glasgow (3 days per week onsite) 📅 6-Month Contract Our client is looking for experienced Performance Test Engineers to support the performance, scalability, stability and reliability of business-critical applications and platforms. This is a hands-on role requiring strong LoadRunner / Performance Center expertise and end-to-end ownership of performance testing, from requirements and workload modelling through scripting, execution, monitoring, bottleneck analysis and reporting. Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end performance testing for assigned applications and platforms.
• Gather and analyse non-functional/performance requirements.
• Define workload models and prepare performance test plans and strategies.
• Create and maintain performance test scripts using LoadRunner / Performance Center.
• Develop scripts across Web HTTP/HTML, TruClient and Web Services protocols.
• Prepare test data and execute load, stress, scalability and performance tests.
• Monitor applications and infrastructure during test execution.
• Analyse results and identify application, integration and infrastructure performance bottlenecks.
• Capture and report key performance metrics, risks and issues.
• Produce performance test summary reports and daily/weekly status reporting.
• Work with development, architecture, infrastructure and business teams to resolve performance issues.
• Establish and maintain performance testing frameworks, standards and best practices. Essential Skills
• 8–12 years' hands-on Performance / Non-Functional Testing experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Micro Focus/OpenText LoadRunner and Performance Center.
• Strong performance test scripting experience using Web HTTP/HTML, TruClient and Web Services.
• End-to-end experience across requirements, workload modelling, planning, scripting, execution, monitoring and results analysis.
• Strong experience identifying and analysing performance bottlenecks.
• Experience with APM/monitoring tools such as Dynatrace or AppDynamics.
• Knowledge of integration technologies such as MuleSoft, Mule ESB and/or TIBCO.
• Experience establishing performance testing frameworks and standards.
• Performance testing experience across both cloud and legacy environments.
• Strong understanding of performance, scalability, stability and reliability testing. Desirable Skills
• Experience working within Agile delivery teams.
• Banking, financial services or other large enterprise experience.
• Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
• Confident working directly with UK-based customers and technical stakeholders. Please apply with your CV and we'll be in touch. Thank you!