Performance Test Specialist - Salesforce

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Job Title: Performance Test Specialist - Salesforce

Key Responsibilities

• Define performance, load, stress and volume-testing approaches based on application and business requirements.
• Develop, maintain and execute reusable performance-test scripts and scenarios using Apache JMeter.
• Establish repeatable performance-testing practices that can scale across releases and applications.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeolders to identify critical business journeys and define appropriate workload models.
• Create test scenarios, test data, execution plans and performance-testing documentation.
• Execute baseline, load, stress and volume tests aligned to agreed non-functional requirements.
• Monitor and analyze response times, throughput, error behavior and resource-utilization indicators available during testing.
• Detect performance bottlenecks and work with engineering teams to assist root-cause investigation and remediation.
• Compare performance results across test cycles/releases and surface regressions.
• Coordinate performance-test environments, test data and dependencies.
• Deliver clear performance test reports that include observations, issues, risks and release-readiness considerations.
• Support performance-testing requirements using JMeter.
• Build reusable scripts, datasets and execution approaches to enhance efficiency across subsequent releases.
• Support performance-related improvement initiatives and knowledge transfer to Client teams.
• Explore approved AI/GenAI accelerators for performance analysis where appropriate, subject to Client controls and human validation.
  
  

Must-Have Skills

• Strong Apache JMeter expertise
• Performance, load, stress and volume testing for salesforce products
• Workload modelling and scenario design
• Performance script development and correlation
• Test execution, analysis and reporting
• Understanding of web/API performance testing
• Performance bottleneck analysis and RCA support
• Test-data and environment coordination
• Agile/DevOps delivery experience
• Strong analytical and stakeholder communication skills
  
  

Good-to-Have

• AI/GenAI-assisted performance test scenarios and script generation
• Familiarity with AI-assisted monitoring and predictive analytics using tools such as Grafana, Datadog, or Dynatrace.