Internship Loadrunner Performance Testing Jobs in Levittown, PA

We specialize in Staffing, Consulting, Software Development, and Training along with IT services to small to medium size companies. AG's primary objective is to help companies maximize their IT resources and meet the ever-changing IT needs and challenges.

In addition, AG offers enterprise resource planning and enterprise application integration, supply-chain management, e-commerce solutions, and B2B public exchanges and B2B process integration solutions. Our company provides application analysis, design, development and programming, software engineering, systems development, testing, integration, and implementation, and management consulting services to various clients - including governmental agencies and private companies - throughout the United States and India.

We provide these services in multiple computing environments and use technologies such as client/server architecture, object-oriented programming languages and tools, distributed database management systems, state-of-the-art networking, and communications infrastructures. Our honest and realistic approach to recruiting dictates that AG does not entice or lure engineers from their employers. We represent only high caliber technical professionals who have committed to making a change required by career.

The Performance Test Lead is responsible for providing end to end performance testing leadership and solutions while working within a cross-functional team environment of onshore and offshore team members. The Lead is responsible for designing and developing the performance test strategy and ensuring quality development of performance test scripts and tests. The Lead will be involved with troubleshooting performance issues, root cause analysis, and primarily driving issues to appropriate resolutions.

Responsibilities:

• Provide end to end performance test solutions for various projects within a program.
• Possess the ability to write performance tests with HP VuGen and design tests in Performance Center/LoadRunner.
• Draft performance test artifacts, including test plans and test summaries.
• Assess and ensure team members design, create and maintain performance test scripts.
• Possess the ability to assess the quality of performance test scripts and tests.
• Develop workload models based on good-enough realism.
• Work with team members to define/enhance processes and strategies associated with performance testing.
• Applies appropriate performance testing technologies to meet the short and long term goals of the testing organization with a focus on improving overall testing efficiency
• Troubleshoot performance issues in collaboration with architecture and development teams. Performs root cause analysis and drives issues to appropriate resolutions.
• Improve the reliability and repeatability of performance testing.
• Works with project teams, Architecture teams, Agile teams and QA test leads to establish performance testing scope and effort.
• Actively participates in and supports the software development life cycle and project management process.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail at all times; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Technical Skills - Pursues training and development opportunities; strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; shares expertise with others.
• Initiative - Seeks increased responsibilities and takes ownership of tasks at hand; looks for and takes advantage of opportunities.
• Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts the success of team above own interests; supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
• Planning and Organizing - Coordinates time and prioritizes tasks to ensure work is completed effectively.
• Decision Making - Compares data from different sources to draw conclusions and develop appropriate testing strategies.
• Communication - Clearly conveys information and ideas both verbally and written.
• Ability to multi-task.

Skills:

• Experience with HP Performance Center/LoadRunner
• Experience with VuGen protocols (Citrix, HTTP/web, TruClient)
• Experience with Performance Monitoring Tools (i.e. dynaTrace, AppDynamics, etc.)
• Experience working in an Agile environment preferred

Qualifications & Experience:

• 6 or more years of IT Performance Testing experience.
  
• Experience working with offshore teams
  
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or equivalent business experience.
  

GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS

DURATION: 6+ Months Contract 

INTERVIEW: Phone then Face to Face

LOCATION: Princeton NJ OR Indianapolis, IN