Sample Cloud Tester Profile

	Cloud Tester
Role Definition	Technical member of Cloud testing team
Pre-Requisites	Past experience of performing functional testing of applications with one or more specialized areas such as performance, load/ stress and security etc. Experience testing RESTful and SOAP based web services Solid understanding of HTTP/S; Knowledge of JSON, XML and queue based messaging No prior understanding of Cloud is required
Mandatory Skills	Basic understanding of Cloud deployment models Basic Understanding of Cloud provided infrastructure and services Basic understanding of security related aspects, impact of Cloud on security and ability to create secure test data for Cloud based testing Ability to provision hardware/ software and setup test environment in the Cloud Working knowledge of relational databases and applicable Operating System (OS) Ability to understand metrics such as page load times, network latency, response times etc., correlate it with requirements and report bugs wherever there are gaps Ability to inject (large scale) data and traffic from multiple locations spread across the world (whenever required)
Optional Skills	Basic understanding of Cloud Provider's costing model Basic understanding of NoSQL databases Knowledge of multi-tenancy architectures Knowledge of testing for mobile enviornments and devices Azure: - Visual Studio based load test service
Certification (Optional)	None
Supervision	Close supervision required
Line reporting	Reports to Test Manager
Interactions	With Whom: Testing and development teams; No customer interaction