Performance Test Engineer

Responsibilities: 

  • Design and lead comprehensive performance testing strategies to validate system behavior under load, stress, and peak conditions. 
  • Align these strategies with business requirements and project goals
  • Create, configure, and execute complex test scripts in JMeter to simulate real-world usage scenarios and workload patterns. 
  • Optimize and troubleshoot scripts to achieve accurate and reliable performance assessments.
  • Utilize Dynatrace for continuous performance monitoring, tracking key application metrics (response time, throughput, resource utilization) and diagnosing issues in real-time to support proactive performance management.
  • Integrate performance testing and monitoring tools within CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, ensuring that performance issues are identified and addressed early in the development lifecycle.
  • Perform in-depth capacity planning analysis, determining optimal infrastructure requirements to handle projected workloads and recommending strategies for scaling applications in Kubernetes environments.
  • Use Bitbucket for version control of test scripts, configurations, and related documentation, fostering effective collaboration and change tracking within performance engineering teams.
  • Collaborate with development, DevOps, and operations teams to troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and recommend tuning or architectural changes to improve application performance and scalability.
  • Deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot applications running in Kubernetes clusters, ensuring efficient use of resources, autoscaling configurations, and resilience under load.
  • Generate detailed performance reports and dashboards that present test results, analysis, and insights for various stakeholders, including senior management and engineering teams.
  • Conduct root cause analysis for complex performance issues, using Dynatrace and other diagnostics tools to trace issues to specific components, services, or resource configurations.
  • Initiate proactive approach to advocate for performance engineering best practices, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement in performance testing and monitoring processes.
  • Document test strategies, configurations, tuning recommendations, and lessons learned, ensuring continuity and knowledge sharing within the team. 
  • These responsibilities ensure a strong focus on performance optimization, scalability, and reliability in modern cloud-native environments, making use of advanced testing, monitoring, and automation capabilities.
  • Actively participate in PI planning sessions to align performance goals and establish testing strategies and set realistic performance targets. 
  • Ensure all the dependencies are identified, documented and addressed.

Experience: 

  •  7 yrs  of experience in applications and systems performance testing, monitoring and evaluation and 7 years’ experience in application development.
  • Will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience.
  • Strong hands-on experience with JMeter for creating complex test scripts and scenarios.
  • Proficiency with Dynatrace or similar APM tools for real-time monitoring, diagnostics, and root cause analysis
  • Ability to interpret performance data to identify trends, bottlenecks, and areas for optimization
  • Experience managing and optimizing performance in Kubernetes environments, autoscaling, and tuning applications for efficient use of cluster resources.
  • Knowledge on versioning and CI/CD integration tools like Bitbucket and Jenkins for maintaining test suites
  • Advanced knowledge of DB/SQL/Linux and experienced working in agile work environment.
  • Effective communication skills and ability to resolve complex problems and use independent judgment.
  • Position requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering 
Experience: Senior
Job Type: Contract
Job Location: Greater Lansing Hybrid

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