Firm Name: Costco

Numbers of Jobs: Performance Test Analyst

Education Need: Graduate

Job Hours: 8

Payment: $20-$30/Hours

What's Job City: Seattle

Job Details:

• Costco's culture, which fosters a workplace unlike any other in the high-tech sector, is the secret to the company's success. The value that Costco places on its employees is amply documented in articles from numerous publishers, including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our priority is our members and staff. Costco has a reputation for being generous and devoted to the community as a result of its philanthropy. In order to motivate its staff to actively engage in volunteering, the company supports a variety of charitable giving opportunities. In 2021, Costco donated over $58 million to organizations like the United Way and Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
•  Costco IT, the third-largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries, is in charge of ensuring the technical viability of the business. We continue to foster a family-oriented environment where employees can thrive despite our size and swift international growth. Look no further than Costco's ranking of seventh on Forbes' list of the world's best employers for proof.
•  To deliver the Costco performance testing model in an agile and iterative manner, performance test analysts must take part. Evaluation of a performance request, planning, scripting, executing, and reporting are the five main deliverables of the performance testing model. As a shared service, the performance testing team supports each and every line of Costco's products. The primary objective of the team is to support the delivery of platforms, solutions, and/or applications that adhere to and/or surpass SLAs for IT and business performance. Performance Test Analysts from different organizations must collaborate as a shared service in order to set the right performance metrics and benchmarks for the systems under test, which may be on-premises, in the Cloud, or hybrid. The team has made it their mission to support the organization's long-term growth and success.
•  If you want to be a part of one of the BEST companies "to work for" in the world, all you have to do is fill out an application and let your career be completely reimagined.

 ROLE.

•  creates, develops, and maintains performance test scenarios and scripts that are reliable, reusable, and efficient and that meet the requirements laid out in the performance test plan.
•  creates and communicates precise projections for the usage of performance resources and testing schedules.
•  Analyzes pertinent business content, participates in requirement and use case reviews, and collaborates with the project team to determine the need for performance testing.
•  Work with resources from IT and the business to define and create performance test objectives, test environments, and test data requirements.
•  assembles transaction and workload data for performance testing and analyzes business metrics.
•  performs activities related to performance testing throughout the course of a project.
•  analyzes and documents project-relevant performance metrics from backend systems, network and monitoring tools, and automated performance test tools.
•  performs performance flaw analysis, logging, and tracking, ensures that flaws are fixed, and tests any code modifications discovered during the performance testing phase.
•  analyzes and displays test execution outcomes as well as performance metrics.
•  creates and maintains performance testing-related quality assurance documentation.
•  creates standardized performance testing policies, practices, and documentation standards and ensures they are followed.
•  ensures that the outputs meet the required performance, which aids the code review process.
•  controls the coding standards for source code, version control, and deployment.
•  develops and evaluates potential solutions, implements those solutions after careful consideration, and frequently foresees issues before they arise or before they get worse.
•  Performance QA status is prepared and reported once per week.
•  Observe Costco's rules for working from home.

 REQUIRED.

•  3+ years of software development experience with real-world applications.
•  experience in performance testing that has accumulated over the course of at least two years.
•  programming in objects for at least a year.
•  demonstrated proficiency in Java, C, C++, or a language similar to those.
•  experience with automation or performance testing software.
•  knowledge of performance testing methods and techniques.
•  knowledgeable about writing performance test scripts and scenarios that accurately reflect the project's development and testing requirements.
•  Automated test script customization is done using programming languages.
•  Working well with technical teams and subject-matter specialists (architects, system designers, operations, etc. ) to resolve problems brought on by performance testing.
•  being able to write complex documents that still effectively, succinctly, and thoroughly explain technical concepts to Costco's stakeholders and the business community.
•  Innovative, artistic, amazingly responsive, and very conscious of time restraints.
•  It is preferred to have solid experience with both the Waterfall and Agile SDLCs.
•  a thorough understanding of on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
•  good familiarity with caching and load balancing models.
•  responsible, diligent, and capable of working well without much direction.

 Recommended.

•  a four-year degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent work experience.
•  a working knowledge of monitoring programs like SCOM, Dynatrace, and Splunk.
•  knowledge of Oracle, MS SQL, or DB2.
•  experience with scripting, scenario creation and execution, performance metric collection and analysis, and load testing using MicroFocus Loadrunner or a comparable tool.
•  having the capacity to pick up new protocols quickly, as well as practical knowledge of running and maintaining scripts using various protocols.
•  It is preferred that you have prior knowledge of Java/C programming.
•  possessing expertise in mobile performance testing and/or automated QA testing.
•  understanding how to performance test PowerBI reports.
•  knowledge of Microsoft Azure at a basic level.
•  knowledge and practical experience with the SAFe Agile Framework.
•  knowledge of MicroFocus WebDev.
•  working knowledge of F5 load balancing and Akamai caching.
•  familiarity with ERP tools like SAP.
•  Candidates with knowledge of HP ALM, Visual Studio Team Test, and Team Foundation Server should be given preference.
•  Experience in creating and testing web services is preferred.
•  Understanding of XML, SOAP, and WSDL is preferred.

 The mandatory documents.

•  introduction letter.
•  Resume.

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 Slopes of Pay:.

•  Level 1 - $70,000 - $95,000.
•  Level 2 - $90,000 - $120,000 .
•  Level 3 - $115,000 - $150,000.