Performance Test Engineer, Non-Functional

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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DVT

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1999

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Insurance • Logistics

DVT is a global custom software development and data engineering company. With over 600 staff across offices in South Africa, Kenya, the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands, DVT provides a range of services including custom software development, mobile app development, Microsoft services, staff augmentation, AI solutions, and cloud application services. DVT partners with clients to transform their businesses through digital transformation and agile consulting. The company focuses on delivering IT solutions across various sectors such as retail, banking, insurance, education, and media. DVT is known for its expertise in software engineering and application modernization, providing agile teams and IT professionals to meet diverse technological needs.

📋 Description

• Design and execute performance, load, stress, endurance, and resilience testing activities • Develop and maintain performance testing frameworks and reusable testing assets • Perform API testing and validation across REST and SOAP services • Analyse application and system performance to identify bottlenecks and risks • Produce detailed test reports and present findings and recommendations to stakeholders • Contribute to non-functional test strategy, planning, estimation, and test execution activities • Collaborate with developers, architects, product owners, and operations teams throughout the SDLC • Support root cause analysis and performance optimisation initiatives • Leverage monitoring and observability tools to validate application behaviour • Contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes, tooling, and quality practices

🎯 Requirements

• ISTQB Foundation certification or equivalent testing qualification • 5+ years of software testing experience, with at least 3 years focused on non-functional or performance testing • Proven experience in performance, load, stress, scalability, and reliability testing • Strong API testing experience with REST and SOAP services, request chaining, parameterisation, and functional validation • Hands-on experience with Postman, JMeter, and LoadRunner or NeoLoad • Experience creating and maintaining test frameworks and test assets • Experience analysing and presenting test results to technical and business stakeholders • Strong defect management and reporting experience • Experience working in Agile environments • Knowledge of Azure ecosystems and cloud-hosted applications • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated delivery practices • Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog, Dynatrace, Grafana, and Azure Application Insights • SQL for test data creation, validation, and analysis • Jira and Confluence experience • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities • Ability to interpret performance metrics and identify root causes • Attention to detail and a quality-first mindset • Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team • Strong reporting and documentation skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Continuous staff training • Sponsored technical events across the AWS & Azure ecosystem • Learning, internal speaking, and training opportunities • Opportunity to work with latest technologies and established developers globally