Company Name: NetApp
Job Description: Business Applications Load &
Performance Test Lead
Reference ID: 24434BRMOND
Job Summary: Provide leadership, direction, and guidance to
the Business Applications Load and Performance (L&P) Team
Job Details: As the Load & Performance Test Lead you
will lead the planning, execution, and reporting of all Business Application
L&P activities You will be part of a team that implements test standards
and procedures, develops, modifies, and executes software test plans; analyzes
and maintains documentation of results; and works closely with development
engineers in resolution of problems. Process and project/program management
capabilities and the ability to generate and provide clear, concise, non-technical
communications are key success factors. This position requires an individual
who is creative, a quick learner, driven to produce results and demonstrates
the ability to lead diverse teams or projects.
Job Requirements:
- Ensuring that the Load and Performance (L&P) strategy
and processes are followed by the team
- Develop and implement new and improved processes,
templates, and checklists to improve L&P effectivity
- Ensure the L&P project plans, calendars, resource
plans, and schedules are in-place and accurate
- Coordinate and approve all environmental-related changes,
refreshes, set-ups and other updates to L&P environments
- Ensure each release identifies functionality that may
impact performance to include in L&P testing
- Coordinate with infrastructure teams, development teams,
and functional teams to mitigate issues impacting L&P activities which
could be environmental, functional or technical
- Ensure analysis of the test results that from the
LoadRunner performance, Webserver/Weblogic, Oracle database, and infrastructure
teams are collected, collated, and communicated; as and when required,
communicate results and highlight issues to Management and request for
Development resources to focus on key areas
- Provide weekly status of all the above activities to
management and impacted teams
- Provide direction and guidance to L&P Team members
- Evangelize L&P value proposition to project teams
Skills Required:
- Experience managing Programs and/or Projects: planning,
executing, tracking, reporting, risks and mitigations
- Experience as a Team Lead of global resources across
multiple simultaneous L&P efforts
- Experience determining and developing Processes to help
manage consistency and improvements
- Experience with Load and Performance Testing Methodologies
- Familiarity with identifying business systems bottlenecks
and performance tuning
- Experience in systems validation in all phases of the
project life-cycle (design - development - deployment - production)
- Experience working directly with customers in defining
validation requirements, project objectives, and scope and validation strategy
- Experience in requirements gathering and documentation
using a variety of sources such as internal business analysts, end-users, and
developers
- Experience with Test Plan creation and execution
- Experience with HP Knowledgebase and LoadRunner message
boards and groups
- Strong oral and written communication skills are essential
- Self-starter and able to work independently
- Work collaboratively within a team environment of other
testers to meet aggressive goals and high quality standards
- Strong aptitude for learning new technologies
- Resourceful in identifying and applying creative ideas to
solve problems
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer
Science/Engineering/Information Systems or a Business related degree is
required; MS degree is a plus
- 8 years relevant work experience to strongly demonstrate
the following skills and knowledge: test design and management, communication
skills, analytical skills, interpersonal skills and group facilitation skills.
This should include experience with defect tracking tools and a working
knowledge of test and defect life cycle and how it ties to the SDLC process
- A minimum of 4 years of experience managing multiple
projects and leading project teams
- Experience working with Cloud Computing (ie:
salesforce.com), SOA, and Agile/Scrum Methodology
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management
solutions that help accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding
cost efficiency. Our dedication to principles of simplicity, innovation, and
customer success has made us one of the fastest-growing storage and data
management providers today.
Customers around the world choose us for our "go
beyond" approach and broad portfolio of solutions for business
applications, storage for virtual servers, disk-to-disk backup, and more. Our
solutions provide nonstop availability of critical business data and simplify
business processes so you can deploy new capabilities with confidence and get
to revenue faster than ever before. You can rely on our industry-leading
solutions to lower the cost of protecting your data, business, and reputation.
We bring together the industry's best partners and
technology to deliver services that help you maximize what you are getting from
your infrastructure. Our collaborative approach, working as one team with one
goal, means that you get a solution that is just right for you - on time and on
budget. To support your global business, we provide highly-responsive support
in local languages. From London to Austin, from Bangalore to Tokyo, we'll work
with you to solve your problems and help you reach your goals.
Discover our passion for helping companies around the world
go further, faster at www.netapp.com.
To learn more about NetApp employee benefits go to:
http://www.netapp.com/jobs/benefits.html
NetApp is an equal opportunity employer.
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