Performance Automation Engineer - IDC

Job Description

Job Title: QA Performance Automation Engineer

The Opportunity:

Hitachi Energy is looking for a QA Performance Automation Engineer to join our dynamic Enterprise Software R&D team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the scalability, reliability, and performance of enterprise applications through comprehensive performance testing and analysis. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including Development, QA, DevOps, Product Management, and Architecture teams to identify performance bottlenecks, validate system behavior under load, and contribute to delivering high-quality software solutions to customers. As a QA Performance Automation Engineer for the Enterprise Software R&D Unit, you will be part of the respective local department and report to the R&D Team Manager.

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain performance test scripts using Apache JMeter.
• Analyze application performance under various load, stress, spike, endurance, and scalability scenarios.
• Create and execute API performance tests using Postman and integrate them into performance test workflows.
• Monitor application and infrastructure performance using Grafana and other monitoring tools.
• Identify performance bottlenecks across applications, APIs, databases, and infrastructure components.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, QA, and DevOps teams to diagnose and resolve performance-related issues.
• Analyze performance metrics and provide actionable recommendations for system optimization.
• Prepare detailed performance test reports with findings, trends, risks, and recommendations.
• Participate in test planning, requirement reviews, and system architecture discussions from a performance perspective.
• Continuously improve performance testing processes, frameworks, and automation capabilities.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with applicable quality standards, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

• Required bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field with 3 to 6 years of experience in Performance Testing and Performance Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache JMeter.
• Experience designing and executing Load, Stress, Spike, Endurance, and Scalability tests.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman.
• Hands-on experience with Grafana for monitoring and performance analysis.
• Strong understanding of application performance concepts, methodologies, metrics, and bottleneck analysis.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of SQL and database performance analysis.

• Experience with message brokers such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Knowledge of CI/CD integration, Linux, monitoring tools, and performance test automation will be a plus.