Lead I - Software Testing (Performance Testing)

Test Leadership

• Lead and mentor QA and performance testing teams.
• Define test strategy, scope, estimates, and schedules.
• Act as the primary QA escalation and stakeholder interface.
• Ensure adherence to QA standards, processes, and best practices.
• Provide test and quality sign‑off for releases.

Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)

• Lead requirements analysis for functional and non‑functional aspects.
• Review BRD/FRD/Design documents to identify risks and coverage gaps.
• Own test planning, test case reviews, execution, and reporting.
• Manage defect lifecycle, triage, prioritization, and root cause analysis.
• Track and report test metrics, defect trends, and quality KPIs.
• Support UAT and production readiness activities.

Performance Testing

• Own performance testing strategy and execution.
• Design workload models and performance test plans.
• Lead Load, Stress, Endurance, Spike, and Scalability testing.
• Review and guide performance test script development.
• Analyze system metrics (response time, throughput, CPU, memory, etc.).
• Identify bottlenecks and collaborate with Dev, Infra, and DevOps teams.
• Deliver performance test reports and release recommendations.

• Performance: JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, NeoLoad
• Test Management: JIRA, ALM, TestRail, Azure DevOps
• Monitoring: Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Grafana (preferred)
• CI/CD & Others: Jenkins, Git, SQL, Linux/Windows