Performance Test Engineer (LoadRunner)

Job Purpose:

We are seeking a skilled Performance Test Engineer with strong expertise in Micro Focus LoadRunner and proven experience in the Banking & Financial Services sector. The role is responsible for ensuring the scalability, stability, and performance of mission-critical banking applications through effective performance engineering, testing, analysis, and optimization.

Key Accountabilities:

• Design, develop, and execute performance, load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests.
• Build, maintain, and optimize LoadRunner scripts using VuGen, Controller, and Analysis.
• Develop realistic workload models that simulate production-like user activities and transaction volumes.
• Conduct performance testing for web applications, REST APIs, SOAP Web Services, and IBM WebSphere MQ integrations.
• Analyze test results and identify performance bottlenecks across applications, middleware, databases, and infrastructure layers.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, middleware, and database teams to resolve performance issues.
• Monitor system behavior during testing and provide recommendations for performance optimization.
• Prepare performance test strategies, execution plans, and detailed test reports.
• Support performance tuning activities and validate performance improvements.
• Ensure applications meet defined performance, scalability, and availability requirements before production deployment.
• Participate in release readiness assessments and production performance validation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of software testing and performance engineering principles.
• Performance Testing certifications.

Minimum Experience:

• 4 years of hands-on experience in Performance Testing.
• Proven experience within Banking or Financial Services environments.
• Strong practical experience with Micro Focus LoadRunner.
• Experience testing enterprise-grade applications, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Experience analyzing and troubleshooting application performance issues.

Job-Specific Skills:

• Load Testing.
• Stress Testing.
• Endurance (Soak) Testing.
• Scalability Testing.
• Capacity Planning.
• Workload Modeling.
• Performance Analysis and Reporting.
• Bottleneck Identification and Root Cause Analysis.
• VuGen.
• Controller.
• Analysis.
• LoadRunner Enterprise / Performance Center (Preferred).
• Correlation.
• Parameterization.
• Runtime Settings.
• Scenario Design and Execution.
• REST APIs.
• SOAP Web Services.
• IBM WebSphere MQ.
• HTTP/HTML Protocols.
• Java Record & Replay.
• Dynatrace (Preferred).
• AppDynamics (Preferred).
• SiteScope.
• Splunk.
• Grafana.
• Prometheus.
• Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics.
• SQL Query Analysis.
• Database Performance Validation.
• Application Performance Troubleshooting.
• Web and Enterprise Application Architectures.
• Client-Server and Distributed Systems Performance Analysis.
• Digital Banking Platforms.
• Core Banking Applications.
• Payment Systems.
• High-Volume Transaction Processing.
• Banking Performance and Availability Requirements.
• LoadRunner Professional Certification.
• ISTQB Foundation or Performance Testing Certification.
• Dynatrace Associate Certification.
• AppDynamics Certifications.
• Banking or Performance Engineering Certifications.