Tata Consultancy Services

Performance Test Lead

Tata Consultancy Services • $120K — $140K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in performance engineering and testing for enterprise applications.
  • Proficient in OpenText LoadRunner Cloud, Dynatrace, and performance monitoring tools.
  • Experience with scripting in VuGen and performance testing using REST APIs and SOAP protocols.
  • Hands-on expertise in CI/CD integration with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and GitHub.
  • Solid understanding of banking applications, including retail and digital banking systems.
  • Strong leadership skills in managing onsite and offshore teams.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute performance engineering strategies for banking applications.
  • Design workload models and structured test plans based on business requirements.
  • Develop and optimize performance test scripts across various protocols.
  • Conduct large-scale performance tests and analyze behavior under peak loads.
  • Monitor performance and conduct root cause analysis using Dynatrace and Splunk.
  • Provide comprehensive tuning recommendations for various system layers.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance application performance.

Benefits

  • Discretionary Annual Incentive for performance recognition.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employee health.
  • Family support through generous parental leave policies.
  • Convenience benefits such as commuter assistance and training reimbursement.
  • Generous time off policies including vacation and sick leave.
  • Legal and financial support options including identity theft protection and 401K plans.
Full Job Description
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
• Lead performance engineering initiatives for mission-critical banking applications using OpenText LoadRunner Cloud (LRC), LoadRunner Professional, and Dynatrace.
• Define performance testing strategies, workload models, capacity planning, and non-functional requirements to ensure application scalability and reliability.
• Design, develop, and optimize performance test scripts using VuGen, Web HTTP/HTML, TruClient, REST APIs, SOAP Services, Kafka, and MQ protocols.
• Execute large-scale load, stress, endurance, and spike testing, while integrating performance testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and GitLab.
• Monitor application and infrastructure performance using Dynatrace, Splunk, and Grafana, conduct root cause analysis, and provide tuning recommendations.
• Validate performance across retail banking, digital banking, payments, loan processing, core banking, treasury, and credit card platforms.
• Collaborate with architects, development, infrastructure, and business teams to present performance findings and drive optimization initiatives.
• Lead onsite/offshore performance testing teams, mentor engineers, establish testing standards, and champion continuous performance improvement practices.

Roles & Responsibilities
• Define and lead performance testing and performance engineering strategies for enterprise banking applications, ensuring scalability, reliability, and capacity readiness.
• Design workload models, test scenarios, and performance test plans based on business and non-functional requirements (NFRs).
• Develop, enhance, and maintain performance test scripts using LoadRunner Cloud, LoadRunner Professional, VuGen, REST APIs, SOAP, TruClient, Kafka, and MQ protocols.
• Execute large-scale load, stress, endurance, and spike tests, and analyze application behavior under peak transaction volumes.
• Monitor application and infrastructure performance using Dynatrace, Splunk, and Grafana, and perform end-to-end root cause analysis of performance bottlenecks.
• Provide performance tuning recommendations across application, database, middleware, and infrastructure layers.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and GitLab, establishing automated performance validation and quality gates.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to review results, resolve issues, and improve system performance.
• Present performance findings, risks, and optimization recommendations to senior management and project leadership.
• Lead and mentor onsite/offshore performance testing teams, review deliverables, enforce testing standards, and drive continuous performance improvement initiatives.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any
• Creative thinking.
• Building and managing relationships.
• Emotional agility.
• Technology Business Requirements Definition, Analysis and Mapping.
• Adaptability.
• Learning Agility.

TCS Employee Benefits Summary:

Discretionary Annual Incentive.

Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.

Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.

Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.

Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.

Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.

Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

Salary Range: $120,000 - $140,000 a year

About Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a subsidiary of Tata Group and operates in 149 locations across 46 countries. TCS is the largest Indian company by market capitalization and is ranked 11th on the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's biggest public companies. TCS is also the second-largest IT services company in the world by revenue and the largest employer of women in India. The company provides services in areas including IT, consulting, and business solutions.
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