About The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled
Senior Team Member, Test Automation & Performance Test Lead to join our team at RHB Bank. This role focuses on designing, executing, and managing performance and automation testing to ensure enterprise-class applications meet performance, scalability, and reliability standards. You will play a key role in strengthening application quality while supporting business and IT objectives.
What You Will Be Doing
Assessment & Planning
- Collaborate with project teams, business analysts, and application teams to understand system requirements, workload models, SLAs, and performance expectations.
- Conduct feasibility studies for performance testing requirements and prepare assessment reports with cost/benefit justifications.
- Prepare effort estimations, resource plans, and test schedules for performance testing phases.
- Identify critical business transactions, performance risks, and peak workload scenarios for test planning.
- Develop and maintain the Performance Test Plan, conduct walkthroughs with stakeholders, and obtain formal sign-off.
Script Design & Development
- Design, develop, and maintain performance test scripts and scenarios using industry-standard tools (e.g., LoadRunner, JMeter) covering web, API, database, and backend layers.
- Build and maintain workload models and test data strategies simulating real-world user behavior.
- Develop reusable and modular performance testing scripts to maximize efficiency.
- Customize and extend performance testing tools where required, including scripting protocols and reporting enhancements.
Execution & Analysis
- Plan, coordinate, and execute load, stress, endurance, scalability, and failover tests in collaboration with project and infrastructure teams.
- Monitor system performance during test execution, capturing metrics across application, database, server, and network layers.
- Analyze test results to identify bottlenecks, constraints, and performance issues; collaborate with developers, DBAs, and infrastructure teams to drive resolution.
- Provide clear, actionable reports with performance insights, trends, and optimization recommendations to stakeholders.
- Track and manage defects and issues identified during performance tests until closure.
Test Closure
- Maintain and update performance test artefacts, scripts, scenarios, and results in a central repository for reusability.
- Capture lessons learned, tuning recommendations, and best practices to continuously improve performance testing capabilities.
- Provide test closure reports with comparative performance baselines for future reference.
Leadership & Continuous Improvement
- Stay current with emerging tools, technologies, and methodologies in performance testing and recommend adoption where beneficial.
- Mentor, coach, and upskill team members on performance testing frameworks, scripting, and analysis.
- Drive initiatives to reduce test cycle time, increase automation, and improve test efficiency across performance testing engagements.
What We're Looking For
- Strong experience in performance and automation testing for enterprise applications.
- Expertise with performance testing tools such as LoadRunner, JMeter, or equivalent.
- Solid understanding of web, API, database, and backend performance layers.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills.
- Ability to mentor and guide junior team members and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
What We Offer
At RHB Banking Group, we foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that empowers employees to reach their full potential. We offer competitive remuneration, professional development opportunities, and a supportive culture that encourages growth and excellence.
