Why choose AstraZeneca India?
Help push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. After 45 years in India, we’re continuing to secure a future where everyone can access affordable, sustainable, innovative healthcare.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. We empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention, and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. You'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Bengaluru or Chennai, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Tech innovators
Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. Use your skills in data and technology to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.
Ownership takers
If you're a self-aware self-starter who craves autonomy, AstraZeneca provides the perfect environment to take ownership and grow. Here, you'll feel empowered to lead and reach excellence at every level — with unrivalled support when you need it.
Challenge seekers
Adapting and advancing our progress means constantly challenging the status quo. In this dynamic environment where everything we do has urgency and focus, you'll have the ability to show up, speak up and confidently take smart risks.
Proactive collaborators
Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of sharing ideas, learning and improving together helps us consistently set the bar higher. As a proactive collaborator, you'll seek out ways to bring people together to achieve their best.
Responsibilities
Job Title: Engineer - Performance Test Engineer
Grade - C3
Introduction to role
As a Performance Test Engineer, you will conduct various testing activities within IT projects, working in line with set test strategies and good testing practices. Your role involves testing software products to a highly capable level and documenting the output of the testing activities in a clear and concise manner. Testing activities include performance requirements analysis, test design, test case and test charter creation, test execution, tooling, test documentation, and test reporting. Additionally, you will coach and mentor less experienced Test Engineers.
Accountabilities
- Collate requirements from clients, help understand processes, documents associated, and suggest tests
- Understand application architectures and design performance test plans
- Review Test Strategy to understand and interpret subsequent processes and documentations for the project
- Create Test Plan to include project components, align with project plans, and walkthrough client for the same
- Create Test scripts using Open Text Loadrunner: Configure Load Injectors, Design and stabilize test scripts, Assess User requirements (protocols: Web/HTTP, Webservices, Citrix, TruClient)
- Good problem-solving skills - Involve in troubleshooting script design challenges and find workarounds
- Perform Test Execution – Design Test Scenario, configure monitoring, interpret and perform breakdown analysis for servers
- Interpret Results – Collate results from HP Analysis, interpret monitoring results and understand/document critical points of failure
- Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to understand performance bottlenecks and suggest corrective actions
- Assist interpreting ADDR and AWR reports to assess DB performance and possibly suggest improvements
- Create test summary reports by collating results and provide analysis and recommendations
- Proven data analysis and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication (Verbal and non-Verbal) skills
- Suggest new tools and techniques to improve testing efficiency
- Develop and enforce performance engineering best practices, guidelines, and methodologies
- Strong analytical skills to interpret performance data and identify key trends and insights
Essential Skills/Experience
- Technical or Business Degree or proven relevant experience.
- Highly proficient skills and experience in testing software products.
- Strong Experience working within global testing teams.
- Evidence of implementing innovative testing solutions.
- Solid knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in Agile environments.
- Advanced knowledge of software testing and exposure to automation.
- Strong analytical skills and meticulous attention to detail, ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong knowledge and skills in using testing tools and methodologies.
- Excellent domain skills.
Tools:
Testing - Loadrunner
Monitoring - AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Windows Perfmon or equivalent
Desirable Skills/Experience
- Masters degree
- GxP Validation experience
- Lifesciences domain skills
At AstraZeneca, we are driven by our need to learn and innovate with diverse perspectives. Our team is united by different backgrounds, skills, and experiences. We challenge the status quo, bring fresh perspectives, and continuously learn. By leveraging our leading technologies and exploring data, we make improved decisions that positively impact patients across the world. Empowerment and collaboration are at the core of our values, allowing us to explore new ideas and express our views freely.
Join us now to make a difference!
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
Lifelong learning
Our development opportunities are second to none. You'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career. From leadership projects and constructive coaching to overseas talent exchanges and global collaboration programmes, you'll never stand still.
Autonomy and reward
Experience the power of shaping your career how you want to. We are a high-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. Make big decisions, learn from your mistakes and continue growing — with performance-based rewards as part of the package.
Health and wellbeing
An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. That's why we have a dedicated team to ensure your physical, financial and psychological wellbeing is a top priority.
Inclusion and diversity
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive in a culture of respect, collaboration and innovation.
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