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Job description:

***  no c2c ***Full time with benefits or long term hourly contract *** W2 only; 

Interview : Skype/Phone.

·       Develop Performance test plans and strategies tailored for each project or system.

·       Develop realistic workload models that mimic production system activities, load and usage.

·       Lead large performance testing efforts of 15+ stakeholders including testers, dba's, admins, etc.

·       Monitor all servers, batch jobs and performance metrics during the performance each performance test event.

·       Provide metric backed performance tuning recommendations to both infrastructure and applications teams.

·       Manage and monitor the regression and performance test documentation, SDLC documentation and risk related materials.

·       Define, implement, and evangelize performance testing best practices, processes, and policies which are established internally and by applying industry best practices.

·       Re-enforce adherence and consistency within and across  departments through audits.

·       Become the “Trusted Advisor” for both OIM and business partners in the quality assurance arena.

·       Oversees the performance Test Planning Resource Estimation & Allocation Request.

·       Ensures appropriate allocation of Performance Testing Resources for project coverage

·       Approves the "High Level" and “Detailed” Performance Test Estimates from both vendor led and internally led projects.

·       Develop, execute and maintain a Test Management Plan;

·       Develops Test Resource utilization & capacity metrics.

·       Maintains the TCOE framework and repository to ensure processes, procedures, and templates are current and in accordance to the PMO Governance standards.

·       Estimate the testing to be done and negotiate with management to acquire the necessary resources;

·       Ensure test environments and test data are in place before test execution and managed during test execution;

·       Co-operates with the State and project team(s) as required; maintains awareness of testing alternatives at a level where they can be analyzed and the most effective testing strategy selected and agreed;

·       Provide progress/status reports on testing activities to Management;

·       Ensures that any risks associated with the selected test strategy and the test plans are clearly documented and described to the State and project team(s).  Manages all risks associated with the testing and takes preventative action when any risks become unacceptable.

·       Plans, arranges and controls meetings and relations with the  and project team(s) during test planning and throughout subsequent development and testing activities. Takes responsibility at a high level for the proper conduct of such relations.

·       Provides oversight/approval of vendor unit/system integrated test plans and test results.

 

 

Required Skills

·       10 years’ experience industry knowledge of Software Testing theories and best practices

·       10 years of experience in Performance Testing and Performance Engineering Domain

·       Direct experience in application/system Bottleneck discovery for both System tuning and application tuning.

·       Must have direct experience Orchestrating large performance testing efforts of 15+ stakeholders including testers, dba's, admins, etc.

·       Experience with Rational Performance Tester is preferred or equivalent tool like LoadRunner, SilkPerformer, Blazemeter, etc.

·       Must be an expert in developing performance test strategies including formal planning, design, workload modelling, and capturing of non-functional requirements for testing.

·       Must have experience in application and system monitoring for the purposes of bottleneck discovery at all infrastructure tiers like Web, DB, App, Network, etc.

·       Must have experience in performance environment preparation, test data preparation and intake testing.

·       Batch performance analysis and processing experience is required.

·       Experience with deep diagnostics tools like Wily IntraScope or Dynatrace is a plus.

Desired Skills

·       Familiar with Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA)

·       Familiar with Medicaid Enterprise Certification Toolkit (MECT)

·       Commercial insurance and/or health care data experience

·       IBM Service Manager

·       ITIL knowledge

·       Experience with IEEE, ISO

·       Programming knowledge is a plus

·       Public sector experience is a plus

·       Project Management skills are a plus

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