Job Description
Job Title: Performance Test Engineer (CL9, Specialist)
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Salary: Competitive + package (dependent on experience)
Hybrid Working: Please note - This role will require you to work from our Newcastle, Cobalt Business Park office 3 days per week.
Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.
We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.
“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO
As a team:
Our Advanced Technology Centre is a thriving technology and innovation hub from where we deliver high quality services to a number of private and public sector clients.
You’ll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.
If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you’ll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.
In our team you will learn:
* How to provide solutions to real world problems across a variety of industries.
* How to help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.
* How best to develop your skills and hone your talents within an innovative technology environment.
You will work as part of project teams, utilising agile and/or waterfall principles, successfully collaborating with various stakeholders across specialisms including:
* Getting hands‑on with leading edge technology solutions.
* Continuing a career based on Non‑Functional disciplines including tooling and technologies, delivering industry leading solutions across all domains of Non‑Functional Testing.
* Identifying issues and risks, escalating and providing mitigating actions.
* Leading preparation, execution or review of Non‑Functional Testing.
* Demonstrating experience in result analysis and presentation of easy to read reports.
* Skilled in Performance Tooling such as JMeter, Neo Load, LoadRunner, Rational Perf Tester, K6 or Workload Scheduler.
* Conversant in Analytics Tooling such as Splunk, Google Analytics, Dynatrace, Grafana or Kibana.
* Possessing experience of working in cloud‑hosted Infrastructure would be an asset.
Key Skills required:
* Deep technology inquisitiveness - focusing on key details whilst appreciating their fit in, and impact to, the end to end architecture.
* A passion to deliver critical client system to an extremely high level of resiliency and operability.
* A thorough understanding of architectural components across complex, multi‑tiered architectures.
* An ability to conduct deep technical analysis - determining which indicators are key of solution success or failure.
* A clear thought process for investigating technical issues and steering investigations across wide stakeholder groups.
* Proven leadership in implementation of Non‑Functional Test Strategies and Test Plans.
* Ability to work in changing and challenging environments, adapting to changing requirements and priorities at short notice.
* Defect Management lifecycle experience, including tooling such as JIRA, Bugzilla or HP ALM.
What’s in it for you
At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!
Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there may be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first‑class services we are known for.
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Locations
Newcastle
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About Accenture
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We believe that delivering value requires innovation, and innovation thrives in an inclusive and diverse environment. We actively foster a workplace free from bias, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and is respected and empowered to do their best work.
At Accenture, we see well‑being holistically, supporting our people’s physical, mental, and financial health. We also provide opportunities to keep skills relevant through certifications, learning, and diverse work experiences. We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the World’s Best Workplaces™.
Join Accenture to work at the heart of change. Visit us at www.accenture.com .
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