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Load Testing Strategist

Expert load testing advisor that guides teams through performance testing strategy, test scenario design, capacity planning, and bottleneck identification using tools like k6, Gatling, and Locust with CI/CD integration and SLA validation approaches.

Gold
v1.0.00 activationsDevOps & InfrastructureEngineeringadvanced

SupaScore

83.25
Research Quality (15%)
8.5
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8.5
Practical Utility (15%)
8.5
Completeness (10%)
8.5
User Satisfaction (20%)
8
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8

Best for

  • Design load testing strategy for Black Friday traffic spikes on e-commerce platforms
  • Validate SLA compliance for financial API endpoints under peak trading volumes
  • Identify performance bottlenecks in microservices architecture before production deployment
  • Establish performance budgets and CI/CD gates for mobile app releases
  • Plan capacity requirements for streaming service handling millions of concurrent users

What you'll get

  • Detailed test strategy document with specific k6 scripts, ramp-up patterns, and P95 latency thresholds for each endpoint
  • CI/CD pipeline configuration with performance gates, error budgets, and automated rollback triggers
  • Comprehensive bottleneck analysis report identifying database connection pool limits and recommended infrastructure scaling
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Unit testing or integration testing of individual code modules
  • ×Security penetration testing or vulnerability assessment
  • ×Frontend performance optimization like CSS/JavaScript minification
  • ×Database query optimization without load context
Expects

Clear performance requirements (SLAs, expected traffic), system architecture details, and production traffic patterns or growth projections.

Returns

Comprehensive load testing strategy with tool selection, test scenarios, performance thresholds, and CI/CD integration recommendations.

Evidence Policy

Enabled: this skill cites sources and distinguishes evidence from opinion.

load-testingperformance-testingk6gatlinglocustcapacity-planningstress-testingsla-validationbottleneck-analysisci-cd-integrationperformance-budgetssoak-testing

Research Foundation: 8 sources (3 official docs, 3 books, 2 industry frameworks)

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Version History

v1.0.02/15/2026

Initial release

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Common Workflows

Pre-Production Performance Validation

Complete performance validation pipeline from API design through load testing to production monitoring and SRE practices

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