Mid | Senior Level Performance Test Engineer

SUMMARY:
We’re looking for a highly skilled Mid-Level to Senior Performance Test Engineer to join an exciting 24-month contract opportunity with one of Southern Africa’s leading financial institutions. This is your chance to contribute to a transformative programme modernising the region’s digital payments infrastructure. In this role, you’ll play a critical part in a high-visibility initiative focused on optimising and sustaining robust payment systems. You’ll work across performance, functional, and regression testing, while leading UAT coordination and ensuring alignment with best practices and industry standards. If you're passionate about quality, scalability, and cutting-edge financial technology, we want to hear from you.

POSITION INFO:
Requirements

• 5 - 10 years' experience in Performance Test execution
• 5 - 10 years' experience in Performance Test execution of integration platforms and reports
• 5 - 10 years' experience in conducting functional testing, performance testing and regression testing as well as co-ordinating and reporting on user acceptance testing preparation, execution and sign off
• Extensive knowledge of HP ALM
• Experience in working on banking and payment system projects
• An understanding of ETL
• Experience in developing the SQL queries for validation data and testing back-end data advantageous
• Knowledge of UFT and LoadRunner advantageous
• Strong understanding of the payments environment and terminology

• Participate in the project throughout the remaining life cycle of a project. The Performance Test Engineer will be responsible to planning, execution and obtaining sign-off of all testing deliverables.
• Define the test approach for the project and highlighting and mitigating risks.
• Prepare test data to align to the testing scenarios in each technical environment.
• Assist with enforcing the Testing Centre of Excellence (TCoE) standards within the project.
• Design and Implement Performance Test Plans: Create comprehensive test strategies and plans to validate system performance against Technical (Performance & Automation) requirements.
• Execute Performance Tests: Conducting various types of performance tests, such as load, stress, and endurance tests, to assess system behaviour under different conditions.
• Analyse Test Results: Examine test data to identify performance bottlenecks, such as slow response times, high resource usage, or errors.
• Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis: Investigate performance issues, pinpointing the root cause of problems, and recommending solutions.
• Collaborate with Development Teams: Work closely with developers, architects, and other stakeholders to implement performance improvements and optimizations.
• Develop Performance Test Scripts and Frameworks: Create and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks to ensure consistent and efficient testing.
• Stay Up-to-Date: Keep current with the latest performance testing tools, techniques, and industry best practices.
• Capacity Planning: Assist in capacity planning by analysing performance data and predicting future resource needs.
• Document Test Results and Findings: Create detailed reports and documentation to communicate performance test results and recommendations.