Performance Test Engineer

SOTI; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SOTI in Mississauga, Canada is seeking a Performance Test Engineer to plan, execute, analyze, and improve performance testing across SOTI products and platforms.

You will monitor system metrics, identify bottlenecks, write reports, and collaborate with development, QA, DevOps, and infrastructure to validate performance and drive root-cause analysis. The role also supports networking and IT tasks as needed and offers a hybrid workplace.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent hands‑on experience.
• Strong experience in performance testing, performance engineering, benchmarking, load testing, stress testing, and endurance testing.
• Hands‑on experience with tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar performance testing tools.
• Good understanding of application performance metrics, system resource utilization, monitoring, logging, and bottleneck analysis.
• Working knowledge of Windows and Linux administration, virtual machines, cloud or on‑premises infrastructure, and environment troubleshooting.
• Good understanding of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, firewalls, routing basics, and connectivity troubleshooting.
• Experience with scripting or automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar tools is preferred.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Handle performance testing activities including test planning, estimation, scenario design, environment setup, execution, analysis, and reporting.
• Execute benchmark, load, stress, endurance, scalability, and other non‑functional tests to validate product performance and stability.
• Monitor application, database, server, CPU, memory, network, and garbage collection metrics to identify bottlenecks and performance risks.
• Analyze logs, performance graphs, session reports, and monitoring data to provide meaningful insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Identify memory leaks, connection issues, response time degradation, resource constraints, and system bottlenecks across applications and environments.
• Prepare detailed performance status reports, document findings, and follow up on defects and performance issues through closure.
• Collaborate with development, QA, DevOps, infrastructure, and feature teams to support performance validation and root cause analysis.
• Support networking and IT administration needs as a secondary responsibility, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, firewall basics, endpoint/server troubleshooting, and environment connectivity issues.
• Assist with virtual machine setup, maintenance, patching, configuration, and availability only when required to support performance test execution or environment readiness.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive setup, monitoring, reporting, or validation tasks using scripting.

Skills

Performance testing

Benchmarking

Load testing

Endurance testing

Bottleneck analysis

Monitoring

Scripting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

JMeter

LoadRunner

Profiling tools

Job description

SOTI is committed to providing its employees with endless possibilities; learning new things, working with the latest technologies and making a difference in the world.

Job Title: Performance Test Engineer

Location: Mississauga, Canada (Hybrid)

Who We Are

At SOTI, we are committed to delivering best in class mobile and IoT device management solutions. We are looking for out of the box thinkers that appreciate the art of creating great software. To us, being visionary is more important than doing things the way they’ve always been done.

What’s in it for you?

The People - From our humble origins in our founder’s basement, to our industry leading position today, SOTI has worked hard to foster a company culture that we can all believe in. A culture that emphasizes personal growth, continuous innovation and fun.

The Growth - Our environment fosters new ideas, fresh perspectives, and the ability to take them over the goal line. SOTI is a fast‑paced environment with a global reach that encourages you to make your mark and be part of something big!

The Technology - You’ll get the chance to work with leading edge technologies and take on complex and interesting projects, as part of highly collaborative and agile teams. You will work alongside SOTI’s partners which include leading tech giants that will keep you on the cusp of emerging technologies.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for a Performance Test Engineer who will primarily focus on planning, executing, analyzing, and improving performance testing activities for SOTI products and platforms. The role will also support networking, infrastructure, and IT administration activities when needed, including virtual machine maintenance, environment readiness, and troubleshooting support.

What You’ll Do

• Handle performance testing activities including test planning, estimation, scenario design, environment setup, execution, analysis, and reporting.
• Execute benchmark, load, stress, endurance, scalability, and other non‑functional tests to validate product performance and stability.
• Monitor application, database, server, CPU, memory, network, and garbage collection metrics to identify bottlenecks and performance risks.
• Analyze logs, performance graphs, session reports, and monitoring data to provide meaningful insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Identify memory leaks, connection issues, response time degradation, resource constraints, and system bottlenecks across applications and environments.
• Prepare detailed performance status reports, document findings, and follow up on defects and performance issues through closure.
• Collaborate with development, QA, DevOps, infrastructure, and feature teams to support performance validation and root cause analysis.
• Support networking and IT administration needs as a secondary responsibility, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, firewall basics, endpoint/server troubleshooting, and environment connectivity issues.
• Assist with virtual machine setup, maintenance, patching, configuration, and availability only when required to support performance test execution or environment readiness.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive setup, monitoring, reporting, or validation tasks using scripting.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent hands‑on experience.
• Strong experience in performance testing, performance engineering, benchmarking, load testing, stress testing, and endurance testing.
• Hands‑on experience with tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar performance testing tools.
• Good understanding of application performance metrics, system resource utilization, monitoring, logging, and bottleneck analysis.
• Working knowledge of Windows and Linux administration, virtual machines, cloud or on‑premises infrastructure, and environment troubleshooting.
• Good understanding of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, firewalls, routing basics, and connectivity troubleshooting.
• Experience with scripting or automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar tools is preferred.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

If you want to bring your ideas to life, apply at SOTI today.

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Hiring.

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