Lead Performance Tester

Lead Performance Tester Location: London Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum, plus benefits Security Clearance: SC eligible is required (candidates must be eligible for UK security clearance) Start Date: ASAP The Role We''re looking for a Lead Performance Tester to work across our UK government clients, owning performance assurance for complex, high-volume digital services. You''ll act as the performance authority across several business areas. You''ll lead a team of senior performance engineers to deliver an exceptional service, plan how incoming work is sized and staffed, and give the formal recommendation on whether a service is ready for release to production. Key Responsibilities Own the performance testing strategy for your business areas, including volumetric analysis, performance risk assessment and test scoping. Define non-functional requirements, entry and exit criteria and success measures, and sign off Test Completion Reports and production readiness recommendations. Provide performance engineering expertise, including architectural and design input, and lead root cause analysis of systemic performance issues. Lead load, stress, soak, scalability and resilience testing, and build performance testing into CI/CD pipelines. Engage senior stakeholders, delivery managers and architects, turning performance risk into terms they can act on and holding your position under challenge. Lead a team of senior and mid-level ..... full job details .....