Lead Performance Tester

Lead Performance Test Engineer

Location: UK (Remote / Hybrid)

Clearance: BPSS required, SC strongly preferred

Location : London, birmingham, newcastle, work from home

Contract / Permanent: Open

Salary - 60k -75k pa

About Scrumconnect Consulting

Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy, recognised for delivering impactful technology solutions across UK government departments. Our work has positively influenced the lives of over 40 million UK citizens. With a strong commitment to user-centred design and agile delivery, and more to deliver innovative digital services that matter.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Lead Performance Tester / Performance Engineering Lead to provide end-to-end ownership of performance testing and performance assurance across complex digital services.

This role acts as the performance authority , accountable for defining strategy, leading delivery, and providing formal recommendations on production readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the performance testing strategy for assigned services or programmes
• Lead volumetric analysis, performance risk assessment, and test scoping
• Define entry/exit criteria, success measures, and acceptance recommendations
• Provide performance engineering expertise , including architectural input
• Lead and coordinate load, stress, soak, and scalability testing activities
• Oversee integration of performance testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Analyse results and lead root-cause analysis of systemic performance issues
• Produce and sign off Test Completion Reports and readiness assessments
• Engage with senior stakeholders, architects, and governance forums
• Support Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT) and live readiness
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and best practices in performance

Essential Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience leading performance testing for large-scale systems
• Strong background in performance engineering , not just tool execution
• Proven ability to make design and architectural recommendations
• Experience with cloud platforms (especially AWS )
• Deep understanding of:
• Distributed systems
• Microservice architecture
• Scalability, resilience, and capacity planning
• Confident stakeholder engagement at technical and leadership levels
• Experience operating in governed or regulated environments

Desirable

• Public-sector or government programme experience
• Experience with APM, monitoring, observability, or AI-assisted analysis
• Familiarity with GDS or enterprise assurance frameworks

Scope & Accountability

• Accountable for end-to-end performance testing outcomes
• Owns performance risk, strategy, and assurance for assigned services
• Provides formal recommendations on test exit and production readiness
• Leads and mentors performance testers across engagements
• Acts as the senior escalation point for performance-related issues
• Represents performance capability in governance and assurance forums