Responsibilities

• Liaise closely with Development and Product Management to better understand the software product capabilities and requirements.
• Capture and document required performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) for the product under test
• Write test scripts in Java and Python to model performance of the product.
• Perform scheduled nightly systematic and careful performance tests.
• Provide continuous and detailed performance metrics and analysis to Development and Product Management.
• Identify and document performance bottlenecks in the software.

Essential Requirements

• Qualified to ISEB/ISTQB Foundation level – Software testing.
• Degree qualified to 2.1 level – desirable.
• 3+ years of experience testing Web/SOAP/REST applications.
• Experience of using test tools, enterprise and open source.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate at all levels.
• Experience of testing using an automated test tool such as Selenium, QTP or Fitnesse
• A commitment to quality and a thorough approach to work.
• Experience of testing online gaming applications – desirable.
• Extensive experience testing under UNIX/Linux.

Desired Requirements

• Working knowledge of XML.
• Experience of scripting (eg Bash, Perl, Python).
• Experience of Unix environments.
• Experience with various development methodologies; Agile, TDD or Waterfall.
• Basic understanding of TCP/IP network fundamentals.
• Database experience (any vendor).
• Experience using version control systems (Subversion, CVS, etc.).
• Experience with LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) testing.