Senior Team Member, Performance Test Lead

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Team Member, Test Automation & Performance Test Lead to join our team at RHB Bank. This role focuses on designing, executing, and managing performance and automation testing to ensure enterprise-class applications meet performance, scalability, and reliability standards. You will play a key role in strengthening application quality while supporting business and IT objectives.

What you will be doing

Assessment & Planning

• Collaborate with project teams, business analysts, and application teams to understand system requirements, workload models, SLAs, and performance expectations.

• Conduct feasibility studies for performance testing requirements and prepare assessment reports with cost/benefit justifications.

• Prepare effort estimations, resource plans, and test schedules for performance testing phases.

• Identify critical business transactions, performance risks, and peak workload scenarios for test planning.

• Develop and maintain the Performance Test Plan, conduct walkthroughs with stakeholders, and obtain formal sign-off.

Script Design & Development

• Design, develop, and maintain performance test scripts and scenarios using industry-standard tools (e.g., LoadRunner, JMeter) covering web, API, database, and backend layers.

• Build and maintain workload models and test data strategies simulating real-world user behavior.

• Develop reusable and modular performance testing scripts to maximize efficiency.

• Customize and extend performance testing tools where required, including scripting protocols and reporting enhancements.

Execution & Analysis

• Plan, coordinate, and execute load, stress, endurance, scalability, and failover tests in collaboration with project and infrastructure teams.

• Monitor system performance during test execution, capturing metrics across application, database, server, and network layers.

• Analyze test results to identify bottlenecks, constraints, and performance issues; collaborate with developers, DBAs, and infrastructure teams to drive resolution.

• Provide clear, actionable reports with performance insights, trends, and optimization recommendations to stakeholders.

• Track and manage defects and issues identified during performance tests until closure.

Test Closure

• Maintain and update performance test artefacts, scripts, scenarios, and results in a central repository for reusability.

• Capture lessons learned, tuning recommendations, and best practices to continuously improve performance testing capabilities.

• Provide test closure reports with comparative performance baselines for future reference.

Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Stay current with emerging tools, technologies, and methodologies in performance testing and recommend adoption where beneficial.

• Mentor, coach, and upskill team members on performance testing frameworks, scripting, and analysis.

• Drive initiatives to reduce test cycle time, increase automation, and improve test efficiency across performance testing engagements.

What we’re looking for

• Strong experience in performance and automation testing for enterprise applications.

• Expertise with performance testing tools such as LoadRunner, JMeter, or equivalent.

• Solid understanding of web, API, database, and backend performance layers.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills.

• Ability to mentor and guide junior team members and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

What we offer

At RHB Banking Group, we foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that empowers employees to reach their full potential. We offer competitive remuneration, professional development opportunities, and a supportive culture that encourages growth and excellence.