Senior Non‑Functional Test Engineer

Responsibilities: • Work in SAFe teams • Gather and review Non‑Functional Requirements with relevant stakeholders • Create release test strategy and test plans based on non‑functional requirements and risk analysis; drive non‑functional testing for releases • Create and review performance test cases and test scripts, including peer review • Design and execute performance, reliability, and resilience tests • Identify performance issues and drive tuning activities with relevant technology experts • Perform defect prioritization and drive defect fixing with relevant teams • Collaborate with external teams on test planning, execution, and change implementation • Create non‑functional test reports and present results to stakeholders • Support production monitoring setup by verifying monitoring in lower environments • Review and prioritize non‑functional testing activities, track deliverables, and provide status reporting • Review existing practices and actively drive improvements • Incorporate non‑functional testing activities into CI/CD   Requirements: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline (or equivalent work experience) • 7+ years of experience in testing, including 5+ years in non‑functional testing • Strong ability to manage and execute non‑functional testing in complex, large‑scale programs • Ability to work independently and within distributed teams • Experience in defining and rolling out processes and standards • Strong experience in performance testing and engineering using tools such as LoadRunner, JMeter, Gatling or similar • Experience working in Agile teams, with knowledge of SAFe methodology • Experience with CI/CD practices • Experience with Jira (mandatory); knowledge of qTest is an advantage • Ability to write and execute SQL queries and analyze AWR reports • Experience with tools such as Subversion, Jenkins, Maven, Git • Familiarity with web services technologies (XML, SOAP, JSON) • Fluent English, spoken and written • Open‑minded with the ability to set direction and goals for the team • Strong skills in planning, prioritization, and structured delivery, with a focus on quality and timeliness • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across all organizational levels • Experience working in complex environments with multiple streams, across business units and with diverse teams and vendors • Proactive, self‑driven and solution‑oriented mindset, comfortable working in evolving and changing environments • Experience in non‑functional testing and analysis (performance and/or reliability), including troubleshooting and optimization of enterprise solutions • Experience working with distributed delivery teams Nice to have: • Experience in development • Experience in banking domain, preferably payments • Experience working with Linux/Unix and cloud environments • Experience with mainframe systems