One of our Federal Government Clients is seeking to engage a Senior Performance Tester – EL1
Please check below all the job details
* Contract Duration: 03 Years (12 Months initially + 24 Months extension)
* Work Location: Canberra and Melbourne (03 Months initial onsite and later hybrid available)
* Eligibility: You must need to have NV1 Security Clearance or above.
* Tentative Start Date: 1st July 2026
Key duties and responsibilities
Performance Testers examine and report on the responsiveness and stability of systems and their components under workloads.
Key duties and responsibilities
The Specified Personnel will be responsible for providing the following deliverables including but not limited to:
* Preparing, developing and executing test cases using the framework.
* Coaching, mentoring, and developing team capability through leadership and on‑the‑job support.
* Planning and managing the performance testing lifecycle within program and project constraints.
* Coordinating performance test resource, estimates, schedules, and delivery activities.
* Building and maintaining effective relationships with project managers, test managers, ICT teams, and business stakeholders.
* Providing technical guidance on performance testing tools, environments, data, and systems.
* Identifying, managing, and escalating test risks, issues, and dependencies.
* Developing positive team ethos with different stakeholders through positive participation and communication.
* Analysing business changes and conducting impact assessments.
* Contribute to the test performance framework and its improvement.
Specified Personnel will be expected to transfer skills and knowledge to departmental staff and ensure appropriate documentation is stored in accordance with the Department’s recordkeeping policy and practices.
The Specified Personnel will be responsible for producing the following deliverables, including but not limited to:
* Performance test plans, schedules, estimates, and reports.
* Clear and up‑to‑date performance testing documentation and quality standards.
* Timely risk and issue reports with defined mitigation strategies.
* Stakeholder confidence in performance testing outcomes and recommendations.
* Technical Documentation.
Technical skills
* Performance Testing & Analysis
* Performance Script Development
* LoadRunner
* NeoLoad
* JMeter
* SOAP UI / Load UI
* Test Scenario Design (Load, Stress, Endurance, Spike)
* Performance Test Execution, Bottleneck Identification & Root Cause Analysis
* Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Tools
* Web Services & API Performance Testing
* HTTP/HTTPS Protocols
* Performance Metrics & Reporting
* Log Analysis
* SQL & Database Performance Validation
* Azure DevOps
* Linux / Unix / Bash basics
The Next step is easy: If you are interested, you may send an email to ***email_hidden***
Referral incentive program: As always, we have the candidate referral incentive program through which you will get
$1000 for each successful referral after the successful selection and joining of the referred candidates