Performance Load TestAnalyst

Job Title : Performance Load Test Analyst

Location : Columbia, SC

Duration : 6 Months, likely extenions

Duties :

• Assist in development and make recommendations for tuning of systems to achieve acceptable performance. Working with the Development and support areas, design automated and manual tests simulations for load and stress testing of various complex company systems and applications. Participate in performance tracking and issue resolution. Mentor more junior members of the Performance Load Testing team.
• 20% Work closely with Analysts and team members to understand business requirements for a work request. Provide input, to the System Designer and System Analyst, on technical assumptions, constraints, approaches, risks, deliverables and estimates, particularly as they relate to load testing. Evaluate proposed simulations and provide technical expertise in the design of the load test simulations.
• 20% Develop or oversee the design, coding, testing and debugging of automated load test scripts. Confer with user representatives and team members to gain knowledge of systems under test. Mentor and advise junior members of the performance testing team in their work efforts.
• 20% Evaluate application system's stability and performance by reviewing monitoring data and making recommendations for improvement. Evaluate interrelationships of system components and design proper simulations to uncover potential bottlenecks. This includes evaluating different layers of the system and architecture.
• 20% Document success and failure of individual load test events and how they relate to historical data. Run statistical analysis on data gathered and effectively communicate technical information and processes to relevant stakeholders (cross-functional groups, clients).
• 20% Analyze trends, results, capacity and utilizations of systems and participate in recommendations to system improvements and architectural revisions of those systems.

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Understanding DevOps practices and helps in managing cloud-based analytics pipelines and deployments.

Experience with GitHub Actions, version control, automated testing, and deployment of workflows.

AWS Services - DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, Step Functions, Artifact

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