Blue Pearl HQ

Senior Performance Testers

Blue Pearl HQ  •  Johannesburg, ZA (Onsite)  •  4 months ago
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Job Description


We are seeking
two experienced Senior Performance Testers

to support multiple strategic projects currently in execution across the organization. These initiatives span areas such as business separation, digitization, generation turnaround, distribution, and commercial transformation.


The successful candidates will form part of the
Testing Centre of Excellence (TCoE)

, a centralized testing function within Group IT that provides independent, specialist testing services to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions.


Testing resources will be assigned across multiple projects, playing a critical role in improving delivery timelines, system performance, and overall software quality.


Key Responsibilities


The Senior Performance Tester will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:


Performance & Non-Functional Testing


  • Analyze and understand non-functional requirements


  • Define the approach and methodology for non-functional testing


  • Produce detailed
    Performance Test Plans


  • Design, develop, and maintain load, stress, and performance test cases and procedures


  • Develop and maintain non-functional test scripts


  • Execute performance tests and analyze results


  • Log defects and manage retesting through to closure


  • Maintain the non-functional test script repository


  • Plan, execute, and report on all performance-related testing activities within assigned projects


  • Support broader performance engineering activities as required


Tools & Environment Management


  • Evaluate, select, and recommend appropriate performance testing tools


  • Set up, configure, and manage the performance testing tool suite


  • Work closely with Technical Architecture, Infrastructure, and Tools teams


  • Support walkthroughs and inspections of load and stress test procedures


Requirements


Minimum Requirements


  • ISTQB Foundation certification


  • Minimum
    5+ years’ experience

    as a Performance Tester


  • Minimum
    5+ years’ hands-on experience

    using
    LoadRunner


  • BTech in Information Technology or an equivalent qualification


  • Strong experience in non-functional testing within complex environments


  • Ability to work across multiple projects simultaneously


  • Willingness to be based onsite at
    MWP, Johannesburg


Training & Knowledge Sharing


  • Participate in TCoE knowledge-sharing sessions


  • Contribute to skills transfer and continuous improvement initiatives within the testing team


Key Competencies

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills


  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills


  • Ability to work independently and within cross-functional teams


  • Strong documentation and reporting capability


  • Attention to detail and commitment to quality delivery

Blue Pearl HQ

About Blue Pearl HQ

Blue Pearl is a market-leading CLOUD Solutions developer with extensive knowledge and insight into the latest technologies, standardised processes, advanced technical capabilities and consulting processes available, ensuring wholistic success for our clientele. We offer professional consulting to compliment your business strategy and overall management and make it our priority to add value to any business by listening, analysing and creating a conducive solution that will empower our client.

We implement a Data Analysis Process that includes inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modelling data with the end-goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and relevant information to support your decision-making. Your business cannot afford not to engage with us, allowing our data analysis to play a role in making your business decisions more scientific and helping your business achieve effective operation.

Blue Pearl’s team of experts include BI strategists, BI analysts, Data Warehouse Architects, Data Scientists, Implementation and Development experts. With the use of BI, Analytics and Big Data, we effectively partner with our customers on their mission to achieve a competitive business advantage and real ROI from the structured information we collect.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Johannesburg, ZA
Year Founded
2013
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