Performance Test Engineer

Performance Test Engineer

Okemos MI ( 5 days Onsite)

24 Months

Rate: $60/hr

Primary Job 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Position requires a bachelors degree in computer science or engineering and seven years of experience in applications and systems performance testing monitoring and evaluation and five 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.

Required Skills:

Performance Test Management