Senior Performance Test Specialist

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Ottawa, ON | Toronto, ON | Fredericton, NB Information Technology Experienced Full-time Benefits : Health Insurance Dental Insurance Paid Time Off Group RRSP Life Insurance Employee Assistance Program

PLATO is Canada's only Indigenous-led, Indigenous staffed software testing services firm. We insist on working with quality people who share our passion for quality testing and have built a team of people who also believe quality is the most important deliverable. Our team of software testing specialists believes that better software leads to a better world.

We are committed to building strong communities - PLATO trains and employs members of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities across the country and strives to build a network of 1000 Indigenous software testers across Canada. PLATO has offices on or near Indigenous communities across Canada, in Fredericton, Sault Ste Marie, Ottawa / Gatineau, Regina, Prince Albert, Calgary, and Vancouver.

We are seeking a skilled Senior Performance Test Specialist to join our team. This role involves designing and implementing performance testing plans, configuring performance testing tools and environments, and collaborating with clients to deliver high-quality testing solutions.

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What you'll do

Responsibilities

• Designing, creating and conducting large scale performance tests with tools such as LoadRunner, JMeter, and NeoLoad
• Participating in the testing and optimization of software performance, working as a consultant to support teams consisting of IT architects, infrastructure system admins, development and service center staff to ensure that IT systems deliver a reliable application
• Work closely with project stakeholders to identify and define performance thresholds and SLAs
• Supporting delivery through the creation, maintenance, and execution of performance test plans
• Assist with the detailed analysis and interpretation of results to help identify and isolate issues and propose solutions
• Build knowledge of industry leading tools and practices in the area of performance testing and disseminate knowledge through mentorship and training
• Proactively resolving complex technical issues and demonstrating innovative thinking by regularly making recommendations for new approaches to technical work and broader issues resolution through continual quality assurance and produce system environment monitoring, troubleshooting, tuning and capacity planning

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A little bit about us

PLATO

Who We Are

PLATO is a software testing and technology services company trusted by clients around the world.

In addition to providing our clients the highest quality software testing services, PLATO is creating careers in technology for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people from coast to coast to coast through our innovative train-and-employ model. Since 1997, we have been helping organizations all over the world reach their quality objectives by delivering scalable, proven, quality-centric managed services. Companies such as Apple, Suncor, TD Bank, Medavie, BCLC, LinkedIn, Boeing, and many others have gained considerable advantage from our Quality Assurance (QA), Testing, and eLearning expertise and experience.

We deliver specialized QA services to our clients with the goal of helping them increase profitability, boost customer satisfaction, manage development cycles and implement quality-centric solutions. We develop innovative approaches and solutions, designed to generate increased efficiencies, competitive advantage, and market share for our clients.