Performance Test Engineer

Performance Test Engineer

Location: Okemos, MI ( 3 days onsite 2 days remote)

Local nearby Candidates required

Interview Type – In person

Job Type: W2 Contract

Experience Need –Minimum 8+ years

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.

Skills Required:

• Position requires a bachelor’s 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.