Cognizant ( CTS) - 27th Jan 2008 - Chennai - Performance Testing

Walkin Interview @ Cognizant (CTS) in Chennai on 27th Jan 2008

Walkin Interview Details:

Date: 27th Jan 2008
Time: 9AM -12 Noon
Venue:
Cognizant Technology Solutions,
38, Whites Road, II Floor, Chennai-14

Performance Testing

Required Skills
* 2-8 years of experience with at least 2 years of experience in Performance testing, Performance monitoring and tuning
* Excellent knowledge in end to end Performance testing process and methodologies
* Hands on experience in one of the industry standard / open source load testing tools (HP Loadrunner, Borland’s Silk Performer, Radviews Webload, Mercury Interactive’s, OpenSource tools – OpenSTA, JMeter etc)
* Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills;
* Working knowledge of Web technologies, client/server computing and databases
* Working knowledge of computer networks, networking hardware and the Internet
* Ability to operate independently or as part of a team
* Strong and assertive Oral and written communication skills
* Good time management skills; must be able to manage multiple tasks/assignments with staggered deadlines and due dates; must be able to coordinate multiple tasks/assignments for several resources
* Preferably a development background - Java or .Net with an interest in Performance Engineering
* Awareness of onsite – offshore model - Desirable

Job Responsibilities
Interact with the business, development and, infrastructure team to gather the performance testing requirements.
* Coordinate with the stakeholders different teams and define performance (non-functional) SLA’s
* Design workload scenarios
* Understand the system architecture and identify appropriate monitoring tools.
* Prepare a comprehensive performance test plan
* Document performance test design documents
* Develop load test scripts.
* Create realistic workload scenarios for Load, Stress, Volume and Endurance tests and execute tests.
* Analyze the performance test results, document preliminary and summary reports, identify bottlenecks