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Why PWC

At PwC, you will be part of a vibrant community of solvers that leads with trust and creates distinctive outcomes for our clients and communities. This purpose-led and values-driven work, powered by technology in an environment that drives innovation, will enable you to make a tangible impact in the real world. We reward your contributions, support your wellbeing, and offer inclusive benefits, flexibility programmes and mentorship that will help you thrive in work and life. Together, we grow, learn, care, collaborate, and create a future of infinite experiences for each other. Learn more about us.

At PwC, we believe in providing equal employment opportunities, without any discrimination on the grounds of gender, ethnic background, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, religion or other beliefs, perceived differences and status protected by law. We strive to create an environment where each one of our people can bring their true selves and contribute to their personal growth and the firm’s growth. To enable this, we have zero tolerance for any discrimination and harassment based on the above considerations.

• →Test Strategy & Execution: Design, build, and execute comprehensive load, stress, endurance (soak), and scalability test scripts.    

• →Bottleneck Identification: Monitor server infrastructure, database metrics, and application logs during test runs to isolate performance degradation and bottlenecks.    

• →Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Partner with software developers to profile code, review slow SQL queries, and resolve memory leaks or concurrency issues. 

• →CI/CD Integration: Integrate automated performance testing scripts into continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. 

• →Reporting & Benchmarking: Establish performance baselines, track KPIs across releases, and present clear diagnostic reports to technical stakeholders.     

• Experience: 6 

• + years of hands-on experience in performance testing and software engineering. 

• Tools Expertise: Proficiency in standard performance testing tools (e.g., Apache JMeter, Gatling, or LoadRunner). 

• Monitoring & APM: Practical experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Dynatrace, New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana). 

• Scripting & Coding: Strong coding/scripting foundations in Java, Python, or JavaScript for custom test scenarios. 

• Databases & Protocols: Solid understanding of web protocols (HTTP/HTTPS, REST APIs) and database query optimization (SQL).    

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.  

• Experience: 6 

• + years of hands-on experience in performance testing and software engineering. 

• Tools Expertise: Proficiency in standard performance testing tools (e.g., Apache JMeter, Gatling, or LoadRunner). 

• Monitoring & APM: Practical experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Dynatrace, New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana). 

• Scripting & Coding: Strong coding/scripting foundations in Java, Python, or JavaScript for custom test scenarios. 

• Databases & Protocols: Solid understanding of web protocols (HTTP/HTTPS, REST APIs) and database query optimization (SQL).    

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.  

4 to 9 years 

BE/B.Tech/MBA/MCA