Senior QA Analyst testing Nelson’s digital K - 12 learning products across frontend, backend, API, and database layers. Building automation and investigating accessibility, performance, and infrastructure quality issues.
About the role
- Performance Tester investigating cloud application bottlenecks for Tecsys, a healthcare supply-chain software provider. Designing load tests and driving Kubernetes, JVM, AWS, and PostgreSQL issues to root cause.
Responsibilities
- Design and execute performance, load, stress, scalability, and endurance tests
- Build realistic workload models and performance test plans
- Investigate performance issues across Kubernetes, AWS, Java/JVM, application logs, and PostgreSQL
- Build and maintain performance tests using JMeter and critical UI validations using Playwright
- Analyze pod/node metrics, resource limits, autoscaling, JVM behavior, slow queries, execution plans, locks, and indexing
- Use monitoring and APM tools such as Datadog to identify regressions and validate improvements
- Create and troubleshoot test environments and large-scale test datasets
- Work directly with developers to identify issues and verify fixes
- Use Python for scripting, automation, and analysis
- Independently determine whether performance issues originate in the application, Kubernetes/AWS infrastructure, JVM, logs, or PostgreSQL, and drive them to root cause
- Support Tecsys Elite, an enterprise supply chain platform for warehouse, healthcare, hospital, and pharmacy operations
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on performance or scalability engineering experience
- Recent experience testing applications in cloud and Kubernetes environments
- Strong hands-on experience with JMeter
- Experience with Playwright and APM/monitoring tools such as Datadog
- Practical knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, JVM performance, and PostgreSQL troubleshooting
- Experience reviewing database execution plans and investigating slow queries
- Comfortable with Linux, Git, Python, and modern IDEs
- Able to independently configure and troubleshoot test environments and data
- Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills
- Experience with WMS, supply chain, healthcare, pharmacy, SRE, platform engineering, or backend development is an asset
- Must be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada, or have a valid Canadian work permit
Benefits
- Digital-first work environment
- Freedom and flexibility to work in the most productive way
- Conveniently located offices and collaborative workspaces
- Diverse and inclusive workplace
- Accommodation available for applicants selected for an interview
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