Performance Tester Skill Set
Screening of Performance Testing Profiles
x --> Mandatory Skills
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$ --> Optional Skills
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Skill / Level
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Tester
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Sr. Tester
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Lead
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Manager
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Remarks
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Tool and Utilities
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Expert with one performance testing tool (proprietary)
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x
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x
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x
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$
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LoadRunner, VSTS etc.
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Good in one performance testing tool (open source)
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$
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x
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x
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x
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Expert in open source testing tool would be added advantage. Few open source tool - Jmeter, OpenSTA
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Awareness of other performance related utilities
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$
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x
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x
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x
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HTTPAnalyzer, Fiddler, Netmon etc.
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Awareness about performance metrics and counters
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$
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x
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x
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x
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Perfmon, SQL Profiler etc.
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Setup
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Proficient in environment setup (SUT)
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x
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x
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x
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$
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Setup of Application servers, database servers, FMS servers etc.
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Administrator & Development
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Load Script Designing
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x
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x
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x
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$
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e.g. Jmeter script designing, LoadRunner VuGen scripting
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Awareness about at least one scripting language
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x
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x
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x
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x
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DOS, VBScript, Pert etc.
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Development experience in at least one programming language
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$
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$
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x
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x
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C#, Java etc.
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Performance Tuning
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$
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$
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$
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$
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Performance tuning at Application Server / Database Server layer
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Good knowledge in SQL scripting / designing
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$
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x
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x
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x
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Datatbase knowledge
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Application / Database design / administration / monitoring
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$
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$
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x
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x
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Application / Database knowledge in terms of monitoring
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Networking / Network architecture
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$
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$
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x
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x
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Understanding about Firewall, Routers etc.
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Technical
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Communication protocol of system under test
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$
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x
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x
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x
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HTTP, HTTPS, FTP etc.
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Good understanding of OS
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x
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x
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x
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x
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Linux, Windows etc.
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Good understanding of multi-tier applications
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x
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x
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x
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x
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Knowledge about Load Balancer, Replication etc.
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Learning
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Can explain the SUT under test elaborately
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x
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x
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x
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x
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Narrow / Broad thinking
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Application Exploration
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x
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x
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x
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x
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Knowledge about domain
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Analysis
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User community modelling and simulation
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$
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$
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x
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x
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Workload modeling
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$
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$
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x
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x
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Frequency distribution
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(Web) Log Analysis
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$
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x
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x
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x
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Statistics (for meaningful presentation and interpretation of data)
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$
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$
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x
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x
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Performance Analysis
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Reporting
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Test Plan Preparation
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$
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$
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$
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x
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Performance Test Strategy
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$
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$
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x
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x
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Performance Result Reporting
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$
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$
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$
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x
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Graphical representation of complex information
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$
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$
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$
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x
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