Performance Test Engineer – 6 months contract

Performance Test Engineer – Track & Trace PlatformContract Duration: 6 months, with a possible 1–2-month extensionLocation: Dubai, UAE (On-site, Monday to Friday)Joining: Immediate joiners preferredRole OverviewWe are seeking an experienced Performance Test Engineer to validate the scalability, stability, reliability, and responsiveness of a high-volume pharmaceutical Track & Trace platform. The role will focus on performance testing of APIs, integrations, databases, messaging systems, and business-critical serialization and regulatory processes.Key ResponsibilitiesDefine and execute performance testing strategies, plans, workload models, and acceptance criteria.Perform load, stress, endurance, scalability, spike, volume, and failover testing.Validate performance of APIs, web applications, middleware, databases, message queues, and batch-processing systems.Analyze throughput, response times, resource utilization, database performance, and system bottlenecks.Collaborate with development, architecture, infrastructure, and QA teams to resolve performance issues.Prepare performance reports, bottleneck analysis, and capacity planning recommendations.Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and maintain reusable test assets.Required Skills & Experience4-6+ years of experience in Performance and Non-Functional Testing.Hands-on experience with JMeter, K6, LoadRunner, Azure Load Testing, or similar tools.Strong experience testing REST APIs, web applications, middleware, message queues, and batch-processing systems.Experience with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus, AppDynamics, Splunk, or Azure Monitor.Good understanding of SQL, database performance analysis, workload modeling, and capacity planning.Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.Preferred ExperiencePharmaceutical serialization or Track & Trace platforms.Knowledge of GS1, EPCIS, SAP ATTP, TraceLink, or similar solutions.Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS).Experience integrating performance testing into DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.