Our DIRECT CLIENT is seeking a Performance Tester specializing in JMeter to support a digital platform that’s radically reinventing journalism and community engagement. Role & Responsibilities: As an integral member of the Quality Assurance team, your primary role will be developing and implementing test automation strategies, estimating automation development and maintenance, and delivering automation suites for Regression, Smoke, and Project-driven testing. Specifically, you will: • Plan the delivery of the test scripts to be automated • Create, execute, maintain automated test scripts • Contribute to identifying the test scripts that could be automated; prioritize based on business needs • Provide mentoring on automation to other QA team members Requirements • Minimum 3 years experience testing Web-based technologies * 1+ years performance testing with jmeter • Passion for finding ways to streamline testing processes • An understanding of the challenges involved in building popular applications at web scale • Proven track record of implementing automation tools; expert level ability with open source automation tools preferred • Experience implementing testing in a continuous integration environment • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience • Strong experience working with large scale consumer web-based applications • Performance testing with JMeter • Strong scripting backgrounnd • Spike, load, stress testing • Java helpful • In depth knowledge of SDLC, Waterfall and Agile methodologies