Performance Testing - VOIS

## Who we are VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value for customers by delivering intelligent solutions through Talent, Technology & Transformation. As the largest shared services organisation in the global telco industry with 30,000 FTE, our portfolio of next-generation solutions and services are designed in partnership with customers across Vodafone Group, local markets, and partner markets to simplify and drive growth. With our strategic partner Accenture, we work alongside our Vodafone customers, other Telco and tech companies to drive transformation, meet the challenges of our industry and ensure we stay relevant and resilient. This partnership is a unique, industry-first model which brings together the best of in-house and 3rd party capability. We work with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ireland, and with a network of teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, and Portugal. #VOIS #BeUnrivalled #CreateTheFuture ## About this Role We are seeking a performance testing professional to lead non-functional testing (NFT) strategy and execution across complex Telecom technology landscapes, including Cloud, CRM and Middleware domains. This role plays a critical part in shaping the QA vision, driving automation, ensuring delivery efficiency, and collaborating closely with business stakeholders, product owners, developers and multi-vendor partners to deliver high-quality, scalable and resilient solutions. ## What you’ll do * Plan, define and execute end-to-end performance and non-functional testing strategies aligned to delivery approach, project risks and business priorities. * Establish and implement a clear QA and performance testing vision, ensuring consistency, efficiency and continuous improvement across programmes. * Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements, define performance acceptance criteria, design dynamic test scripts and scenarios, and coordinate test execution. * Execute and manage performance tests, analyse results, and communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders. * Define and track testing metrics, processes, tools and reporting mechanisms to ensure effective delivery governance. * Work closely with product owners and development teams to resolve performance issues and assure quality of test deliverables. * Drive increased levels of test automation and promote reusability of test assets such as scripts and data sets across projects. * Maintain and baseline the NFT test strategy, updating it in line with changes to scope, schedule, risk profile or delivery model. * Provide input into resource planning, effort estimation and budgeting for performance testing initiatives. * Mentor team members, support capability development, and contribute to recruitment planning in collaboration with test leadership. * Communicate proactively with IT operations, developers and product teams, escalating risks and issues where required. * Deliver regular and ad-hoc status reporting in line with agreed methodologies, milestones and service levels. ## Who you are * An experienced performance testing practitioner with strong understanding of Telecom technology stacks and enterprise delivery environments. * Confident in using load and performance testing tools such as LoadRunner, JMeter and SOAP UI across multiple protocols. * Experienced in CI/CD environments and cloud-based infrastructures and applications. * Skilled in performance test scripting, execution, and detailed analysis of non-functional requirements and volumetric data. * Technically proficient with working knowledge of C, Java, VB macros, basic SQL and shell scripting to customise and enhance test automation. * Knowledgeable in Java/JVM architecture, including garbage collection, class loading, thread dumps, and database performance analysis (Oracle and...