Performance Test Engineer #26-23967

Us Tech Solutions; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid in-office/remote work

Job summary

US Tech Solutions is seeking an experienced Performance Engineer for a 12-month contract in Mississauga, ON. The role focuses on end-to-end performance engineering, testing, and optimization across enterprise environments.

The position supports a hybrid in-office/remote work arrangement with 2 days in office and 3 from home. The candidate will drive performance testing efforts, analyze results, and work with developers and operations to implement fixes and optimizations.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with JMeter.
• Expertise with Dynatrace for performance monitoring.
• Experience in performance testing and engineering and workload modeling.
• Understanding of Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) and system architecture.
• Ability to identify bottlenecks and optimize applications, databases, and infrastructure.
• Experience with Splunk, Datadog and log analysis.
• Exposure to SRE/Observability practices and chaos engineering.

Responsibilities

• Perform end-to-end Performance Engineering activities, including requirement gathering and planning.
• Develop and execute performance testing scripts and scenarios.
• Define workload models and simulate production-like scenarios.
• Execute large-scale performance tests and analyze results.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and provide actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, operations teams, and stakeholders to drive improvements.
• Contribute to performance engineering strategies and continuous optimization.

Skills

Performance testing

SRE/Observability

Client-side performance

Collaboration & communication

Tools

JMeter

Dynatrace

Splunk

Datadog

Mountebank

Job description

$60-$70 per hour

Mississauga, ON

Contract

2 days in office, 3 from HomeDuration: 12 Months Contract (With Possible Extension/Conversion)

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Performance Engineer with strong expertise in end-to-end performance engineering and testing. The successful candidate will be responsible for evaluating, troubleshooting, tuning, and optimizing application performance across enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform end-to-end Performance Engineering activities, including:

• Requirement Gathering

• Performance Test Planning

• Test Scripting

• Test Execution

• Performance Analysis

• Troubleshooting

• Performance Tuning

• Reporting

• Develop and execute performance testing scripts and scenarios.

• Define workload models and simulate production-like performance scenarios.

• Execute large-scale performance tests and analyze results.

• Identify performance bottlenecks and provide actionable recommendations.

• Evaluate application stability, scalability, reliability, and performance.

• Analyze application, database, and infrastructure performance and recommend optimization opportunities.

• Work with developers, architects, operations teams, and business stakeholders to analyze performance results and drive improvements.

• Contribute to performance engineering strategies and continuous optimization initiatives.

Must-Have Skills:

JMeter

• Strong hands-on experience with JMeter .

• Ability to develop and execute performance testing scripts and scenarios.

• Experience enhancing and customizing scripts using advanced scripting techniques.

Dynatrace

• Strong expertise with Dynatrace for performance monitoring and analysis.

• Ability to perform deep-dive performance analysis and identify application bottlenecks.

• Experience providing actionable insights to diagnose and resolve performance issues.

Performance Testing & Engineering

• Strong experience in performance testing and engineering .

• Experience defining workload models and production-like test scenarios.

• Hands-on experience executing large-scale performance tests.

• Strong ability to analyze test results and identify performance issues.

• Understanding of application stability, scalability, and reliability.

Non-Functional Requirements & Architecture

• Solid understanding of Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) .

• Good understanding of system architecture and technology stacks.

• Ability to ensure comprehensive performance coverage across applications and environments.

Performance Tuning & Optimization

• Experience tuning and optimizing:

• Applications

• Databases

• Infrastructure components

• Ability to identify performance bottlenecks and implement optimization strategies.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

Splunk, Log Analysis & Datadog

• Experience with Splunk, Datadog, and log analysis .

• Ability to use observability and log data to diagnose complex performance issues.

SRE / Observability

• Exposure to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.

• Experience with Chaos Engineering.

• Experience monitoring production workloads and observability.

• Understanding of transitioning performance engineering practices toward an SRE model.

Test Data & Service Virtualization

• Experience defining test data strategies .

• Ability to collaborate with Test Data Management (TDM) teams.

• Experience developing virtual services using Mountebank for performance testing.

Client-Side & End-User Experience

• Experience with tools and techniques used to measure and improve client-side and end-user performance .

Collaboration & Communication:

• Work effectively with developers, architects, operations teams, and business stakeholders .

• Communicate performance test results and recommendations clearly.

• Provide actionable recommendations to improve application performance.

• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Focus on delivering measurable performance improvements.

About US Tech Solutions:

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com .

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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