Performance Engineer - Stress and Performance Tester
Remote
Visa Sponsorship
AI Summary
Design, execute, and analyze performance tests for distributed systems. Collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to improve scalability and system efficiency. Develop and maintain test scripts to simulate real-world traffic and system behavior.
Key Highlights
Design and execute performance tests for distributed systems
Collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to improve scalability and system efficiency
Develop and maintain test scripts to simulate real-world traffic and system behavior
Key Responsibilities
Test strategy & execution
Design, develop, and execute performance test plans, scenarios, and workloads
Build, maintain, and customize test scripts to simulate real-world traffic and system behavior
Monitor system health using observability tools
Identify constraints and performance degradation patterns
Analysis & troubleshooting
Identify bottlenecks and isolate root causes
Provide clear, actionable recommendations
Service virtualization
Design and implement stubbed or virtualized services
Collaboration
Work with developers, architects, and platform teams
Resolve performance issues and improve system design
Technical Skills Required
Job Description
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Job Title: Stress and Performance Tester
Contract Length: 24+ Month contract
Location: Charlotte, NC 28262/ Irving, TX / Chandler, AZ
Hybrid (3 days on site/ 2 days remote)
Ref# 246007
This role focuses on performance engineering across distributed systems. The engineer will design, execute, and analyze performance, load, and capacity tests while working closely with engineering and DevOps teams to improve scalability and system efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
Test Strategy & Execution
- Design, develop, and execute performance test plans, scenarios, and workloads
- Build, maintain, and customize test scripts to simulate real-world traffic and system behavior
- Monitor system health using observability tools
- Identify constraints and performance degradation patterns
- Identify bottlenecks and isolate root causes
- Provide clear, actionable recommendations
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- Design and implement stubbed or virtualized services
- Enable controlled and repeatable testing environments
- Work with developers, architects, and platform teams
- Resolve performance issues and improve system design
- Define and validate performance benchmarks including SLAs, response times, and concurrency limits
- Design and execute performance, load, and capacity tests
- Build and enhance scripts using LoadRunner and Postman
- Analyze microservices performance in Kubernetes/OpenShift environments
- Monitor systems using Splunk, SPLOC, Grafana, and AppDynamics
- Perform root cause analysis across application, infrastructure, and network layers
- Evaluate JVM performance (garbage collection, CPU, memory, heap, threads)
- Develop service virtualization (stubs/mocks)
- Test event-driven systems using Kafka and Redis
- Contribute to CI/CD performance engineering and shift-left practices
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- Experience with performance testing tools
- Experience testing RESTful and SOAP APIs and distributed systems
- Understanding of Kubernetes/OpenShift (OCP)
- Experience with cloud-based microservices architectures
- Experience with observability tools (Splunk, SPLOC, Grafana, AppDynamics)
- Knowledge of JVM performance tuning and memory management
- Experience with service virtualization
- Scripting/programming experience (C, Java, Python, or similar)
- Experience with Kafka
- Experience with Redis
- Experience integrating performance testing into CI/CD pipelines
- Understanding of API gateways and middleware
- Knowledge of network concepts (latency, proxies, load balancing)
- Experience troubleshooting across multiple system layers
- Experience in regulated environments
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- Strong analytical and critical thinking ability
- Ability to isolate and resolve issues quickly
- Clear communication of technical findings
- Self-driven and able to work with minimal oversight
- Ability to operate in fast-paced environments
- Strong ownership and accountability
- Own performance testing efforts end-to-end
- Deliver data-driven insights and recommendations
- Identify and escalate risks early with mitigation strategies
- Troubleshoot complex, multi-layered system issues
- Maintain documentation for testing approaches and results
- Improve performance engineering practices
- Ensure performance is integrated into development lifecycle
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