Performance Testing Lead - Assistant Vice President

Position Overview:
Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) provide services across the globe. Performance testing & engineering is key to establish service level agreement & achieve excellent user experience. Non-functional testing group supports 200+ application across multiple line of business within TTS group.
TTS NFT team is looking for Performance Engineering Lead who will take ownership of multiple applications Performance testing solutions & play SME role to engage with Development, Architect & Business team to gather the requirements & design the Performance testing approach to certify the application changes before Production deployments. This role required to work closely with Global NFT team & expected to lead & mentor team. Position is expected to play dual role of manager as well as handle delivery for assigned LOB or multiple critical applications on need basis. Person should have strong knowledge to lead Non-Functional Testing (Performance Testing & Engineering) for applications with complex architecture and should have exposure in monitoring, profiling & analyzing with industry standard tools.
Responsibilities:
This role is for Performance Testing Lead & expected to have SME level knowledge to drive the non-functional testing solution for applications with complex architecture, Middleware application along with Service virtualization & Data Management. Overall responsibility of Performance Engineering and Performance Testing Tasks for engaged projects - including strategy, estimation, planning, execution oversight, metrics reporting and risk management. Bottom-line responsibility for providing thought leadership and expertise concerning Non Functional Testing for the team, its members and the deliverables. Manage, Train and Mentor (as needed) Performance Engineers and Testers in the team.
Primary Skills: Performance Testing & Engineering.
Tools: Loadrunner Enterprise with Web, Web Services (Rest, Microservices), MQ (Java), AWR analysis, JVM Profiling, Application Profiling, AppDynamics , Kibana & Log Analysis, SPLUNK, CA Service Virtualization (LISA).
Strong Understanding of JVM, Operating System & RDBMS is mandatory
The implementation and execution of a performance test framework for non-functional testing (load, volume, stress, capacity and scalability) which validate business non-functional requirements.
Produce and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) around the testing performed. Manage best in class service quality and manage SLA accordingly
In-depth knowledge and working experience with LRE, App Dynamics and Open Source performance/monitoring tools
A strong knowledge of / experience with profiling application end to end performance and identifying application and hardware / operating systems bottlenecks
Experience in identifying and providing tuning recommendation for various infrastructure components such as Application Servers, Database Servers, PEGA, Message Buses and Web Servers
Experience of working in Agile testing methodology
Good collaboration & ability to communicate with technical & non-technical stakeholders
Develop performance test artefacts including Performance test strategy and test plans/estimates, & KPI reports.
Collaboration with other teams including Development, Architect, Business and Production Support
Strive towards the continuous process improvement & test framework / scripts optimization to achieve efficient testing solutions
Attention to details & ability to automate repetitive tasks
Preferred hands on experience with one or more programming knowledge i.e. Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, Ruby, etc
Business domain knowledge of Corporate Digital Channels, Payments, Receivable & Treasury will be added advantage
Qualifications:
5+ years in Performance engineering role. Ability to work independently or within groups on projects assigned
Requires in-depth knowledge, understanding and analytical thought. Exhibits comprehensive knowledge of several areas within IT Quality and has a good understanding of the industry.
Strong understanding of testing & engineering processes. In depth understanding of the Systems Development Lifecycle and solid experience in several phases of systems development, preferably in testing program management. Must demonstrate confidence in their abilities
Education:
Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience
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Job Family Group: Technology
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Job Family:Technology Quality
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Time Type:Full time
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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:$94,300.00 - $141,500.00
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Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.
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Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.
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