Sutherland: Tech Lead - QA - Performance Testing — Hyderabad, TS, India

About Sutherland

Sutherland works in business and digital transformation, combining technology services with business-process expertise. Its employer descriptions identify artificial intelligence, automation, cloud engineering and advanced analytics as areas of activity. The company uses products, platforms and service delivery to improve business operations and customer experiences. Its stated approach brings human expertise together with AI, adapting technology and process changes to the needs of the organisation receiving the service rather than providing only a standalone software product.

The position and its setting

Sutherland lists Tech Lead - QA - Performance Testing in Hyderabad, TS, India, under reference REF46986J. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 29 September 2026
• Brands: Sutherland

Responsibilities and work described

• A Performance Engineer to design and execute performance testing across web applications, BI workloads, and ETL/data models in a SAFe environment
• The role requires hands-on experience with Apache JMeter, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and Playwright for custom web, BI, and ETL performance scripting
• Azure DevOps pipeline experience is required
• Learn quickly is essential
• Hands-on use of GitHub Copilot is needed; familiarity with MCP is a plus
• Validate ETL pipeline and data-model performance — job runtime, data volume handling, transformation throughput, and downstream reporting impact
• Assess BI performance — report/dashboard load times, query response, concurrent user load, and refresh/batch windows
• Integration: performance tests into Azure DevOps pipelines with automated quality gates, reporting, and release readiness checks
• Identify bottlenecks, publish clear findings, and work with development, QA, data, and operations teams
• Participate in SAFe ceremonies (PI Planning, Sprint Planning, System Demo, Inspect & Adapt) and deliver against iteration/PI goals
• Use GitHub Copilot (and MCP where available) to accelerate scripting, analysis, and documentation

Essential requirements and candidate background

• 4–8 years in performance engineering or test automation with a performance focus
• JMeter
• Test plans, correlation, parameterization, assertions, distributed execution, and result analysis
• Playwright + JavaScript/TypeScript and Python for custom client-side, BI, and ETL performance scripting
• Experience performance-testing web applications, BI tools, and ETL/data models
• Azure DevOps
• Pipelines, CI/CD, test execution, and reporting
• Knowledge: SAFe and ability to operate in Agile Release Trains
• Understanding: HTTP/APIs, data flows, and core performance metrics (latency, throughput, error rate, concurrency, job duration)
• Communication, root-cause analysis, and fast learning ability

Education and qualification routes

• Degree / qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Practical experience with GitHub Copilot; familiarity with MCP is a plus
• Deeper ETL / data pipeline background
• BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Cognos, or similar
• K6, Grafana, Datadog, Application Insights, or other observability tools
• Cloud experience (Azure preferred)
• Education

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: Remote
• Advertised location: Hyderabad, TS, India

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Pay and application dates

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How to apply to Sutherland

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Practical preparation: Python

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Relevant skills

• Python
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• CI/CD
• Azure
• MCP
• APIs
• Power BI