Performance Test Analyst

Key Responsibilities
Lead the end to end performance testing lifecycle planning, scripting, execution, and reporting.
Define and implement performance testing strategy, methodology, and KPIs.
Collaborate with stakeholders to understand non functional requirements (NFRs).
Design realistic load models and simulate various usage scenarios.
Analyze test results and identify performance bottlenecks in the application stack.
Recommend tuning improvements for applications, databases, and infrastructure.
Mentor and guide junior performance testers and contribute to performance engineering maturity.
Ensure integration of performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.
Prepare and deliver detailed test reports, dashboards, and presentations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications
8 to12 years of experience in performance testing and engineering.
Hands-on expertise with tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, k6, or similar.
Strong skills in test result analysis, monitoring tools (e.g., Dynatrace, New Relic, Grafana), and infrastructure performance tuning.
Experience testing web applications, APIs (REST/SOAP), microservices, and cloud-native platforms.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integration of performance tests into tools like Jenkins, GitLab, or Azure DevOps.
Solid understanding of networking, databases (SQL/NoSQL), and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Proficient in scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Bash) and version control (Git)

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth — one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.

Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.

Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.