Performance and Volume Test Analyst

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Role: Performance TesterDuration: 6 MonthsLocation: Telford Inside IR35 Do you want to be part of an award winning Global organisation at the fore-front of technology? Why wait apply now!

What you'll do:

* Perform static test analysis of performance test acceptance criteria, test approach and test evidence, following test execution by the technical teams who are doing the performance testing.

* Participate in technical review calls to provide input and steer on test direction

* Assure test scenarios from technical documentation and identify any dependencies

* Work with the technical teams to review and assure their performance test scenarios and test evidence

* Ensure all subordinate test documentation and test evidence (e.g. JMeter reports) are produced by the appropriate technical team, with clear traceability back to the acceptance criteria

* Check that the performance tests planned by the teams doing the testing provides appropriate coverage of both expected and unexpected behaviour

* Undertake traceability of the acceptance criteria against the test evidence / results to ensure the component/s have been tested accurately

* Validate infrastructure utilisation statistics from the performance test execution runs undertaken by the technical teams (i.e. CPU, RAM, Memory and Storage capacity)

Required Skills:

* Excellent communication skills, written and verbal

* An understanding of Performance & Volume Test (PVT) testing

* Infrastructure testing experience (with at least 3 years focused on Non-Functional Testing)

* Good understanding of Risk Based Testing (RBT) and Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)

* Good understanding of agile delivery lifecycles

* Experience of JIRA and Confluence

* An understanding of how infrastructure utilisation statistics are reported

* Able to hold complex test discussions with architects, SMEs and Operational Teams

* ISTQB Advanced Level Technical test analyst

Essential Personal Qualities:

* A strong teamwork ethic with a proven ability to work collaboratively

* Highly developed critical thinking, interpretative and analytical abilities

* A strong eye for detail and keen focus on results, with a flexible 'can do' approach

* Assertive and confident

* An ability to assess test results both in technical terms and in non-technical (summary) terms, internally

* An ability to work both in isolation, managing one's own time, and working as part of a small team.

* Flexible and creative, working around logistical and technical blockers to progress