About the role

As a Performance Test Lead, you will make an impact by leading performance testing and engineering efforts - designing test strategies and building the monitoring infrastructure that helps teams catch performance issues before they reach customers. You will be a valued member of the Quality Engineering team and work collaboratively with development, operations, architecture, and product teams.

In this role, you will:

• Design and lead execution of performance test strategies (load, stress, and endurance testing), including NFR collection, workload modeling, KPI definition, and test planning/reporting
• Write and maintain performance test scripts using JMeter, LoadRunner, and K6
• Configure and maintain performance monitoring and alerting using Dynatrace, Splunk, and other APM tools, setting thresholds and analyzing infrastructure/application metrics to identify root causes
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, or Bamboo) and build supporting automation/scripting
• Partner with customer-side managers, engineering, and architecture teams to scope requirements, propose solutions, and communicate results and recommendations

Work model:
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position based out of a client or Cognizant office in Sydney, NSW. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

What you need to have to be considered

• Strong background in performance testing/performance engineering, with strong troubleshooting and bottleneck-analysis skills
• Hands-on experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter and LoadRunner (K6 experience a strong advantage)
• Proven experience with NFR collection, workload modeling, KPI definition, test strategy/plans, and performance reporting
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools (Dynatrace, Splunk, New Relic, or similar APM tools), including interpreting infrastructure and application metrics during test runs
• Experience integrating performance testing into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, or Bamboo) with supporting scripting/automation

These will help you stand out

• Experience with cloud-based performance testing and monitoring
• Basic programming skills (Java, JavaScript, Python) and query-writing ability
• Strong customer-facing communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills
• Experience scripting in Gatling
• Familiarity with the broader SDLC and cross-functional collaboration with dev/ops/product teams