Performance Tester

Cognizant • Australia, New South Wales • Posted July 09, 2026

Position Overview

About the role

As a Performance Test Lead, you will make an impact by leading performance testing and engineering efforts — designing test strategies and building the monitoring infrastructure that helps teams catch performance issues before they reach customers. You will be a valued member of the Quality Engineering team and work collaboratively with development, operations, architecture, and product teams.

In this role, you will:

  • Design and lead execution of performance test strategies (load, stress, and endurance testing), including NFR collection, workload modeling, KPI definition, and test planning/reporting
  • Write and maintain performance test scripts using JMeter, LoadRunner, and K6
  • Configure and maintain performance monitoring and alerting using Dynatrace, Splunk, and other APM tools, setting thresholds and analyzing infrastructure/application metrics to identify root causes
  • Integrate performance testing into CI/...