Performance Tester Skill Set


Screening of Performance Testing Profiles


x --> Mandatory Skills





$ --> Optional Skills













Skill / Level
Tester
Sr. Tester
Lead
Manager
Remarks
Tool and Utilities
Expert with one performance testing tool (proprietary)
x
x
x
$
LoadRunner, VSTS etc.
Good in one performance testing tool (open source)
$
x
x
x
Expert in open source testing tool would be added advantage.  Few open source tool - Jmeter, OpenSTA
Awareness of other performance related utilities
$
x
x
x
HTTPAnalyzer, Fiddler, Netmon etc.
Awareness about performance metrics and counters
$
x
x
x
Perfmon, SQL Profiler etc.
Setup
Proficient in environment setup (SUT)
x
x
x
$
Setup of Application servers, database servers, FMS servers etc.
Administrator & Development
Load Script Designing
x
x
x
$
e.g. Jmeter script designing, LoadRunner VuGen scripting
Awareness about at least one scripting language
x
x
x
x
DOS, VBScript, Pert etc.
Development experience in at least one programming language
$
$
x
x
C#, Java etc.
Performance Tuning
$
$
$
$
Performance tuning at Application Server / Database Server layer
Good knowledge in SQL scripting / designing
$
x
x
x
Datatbase knowledge
Application / Database design / administration / monitoring
$
$
x
x
Application / Database knowledge in terms of monitoring
Networking / Network architecture
$
$
x
x
Understanding about Firewall, Routers etc.
Technical
Communication protocol of system under test
$
x
x
x
HTTP, HTTPS, FTP etc.
Good understanding of OS
x
x
x
x
Linux, Windows etc.
Good understanding of multi-tier applications
x
x
x
x
Knowledge about Load Balancer, Replication etc.
Learning
Can explain the SUT under test elaborately
x
x
x
x
Narrow / Broad thinking
Application Exploration
x
x
x
x
Knowledge about domain
Analysis
User community modelling and simulation
$
$
x
x

Workload modeling
$
$
x
x
Frequency distribution
(Web) Log Analysis
$
x
x
x

Statistics (for meaningful presentation and interpretation of data)
$
$
x
x
Performance Analysis
Reporting
Test Plan Preparation
$
$
$
x

Performance Test Strategy
$
$
x
x

Performance Result Reporting
$
$
$
x

Graphical representation of complex information
$
$
$
x



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