Performance Architect

DCV Technologies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in London

Job summary

DCV Technologies is seeking a Performance Architect for a client in the UK postal and courier sector. The role is hybrid with three days onsite in London and a 12-month assignment.

You will define end-to-end performance strategy, develop sizing models, validate NFRs, and guide architecture decisions across applications, databases, cloud, and infrastructure to ensure scalable, resilient platforms.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in performance architecture, engineering, and optimization.
• Strong grasp of enterprise architecture and distributed systems.
• Proven ability to define and manage non-functional requirements (NFRs).
• Experience creating sizing models, capacity plans, and workload forecasts.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern end-to-end performance strategy for applications and platforms.
• Partner with CTOs and architects to ensure performance across the solution lifecycle.
• Establish and validate NFRs for scalability, availability, reliability, and response times.
• Develop sizing models, capacity plans, and workload forecasts to support growth.

Skills

Performance architecture

Performance engineering

System optimization

Enterprise architecture

NFRs definition

Sizing models

Capacity planning

Workload forecasting

Performance tuning

Performance testing

Stakeholder management

Cloud-native & microservices

Tools

Monitoring tools

Load testing tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

• Extensive experience in performance architecture, performance engineering, and system optimization.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles and distributed system design.
• Expertise in defining and managing non-functional requirements (NFRs).
• Experience creating sizing models, capacity planning strategies, and workload forecasting approaches.
• Deep knowledge of application, database, middleware, cloud, and infrastructure performance tuning.
• Proven ability to conduct end-to-end performance assessments and bottleneck analysis.
• Experience with performance testing methodologies and industry-standard monitoring tools.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, working with CTOs, enterprise architects, and senior leadership.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, microservices, and large-scale distributed platforms.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and technical decision-making capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern the end-to-end performance strategy for applications, platforms, and enterprise solutions.
• Partner with enterprise architects, CTOs, and program leadership teams to ensure performance is considered throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Establish and validate non-functional requirements (NFRs) for scalability, availability, reliability, and response times.
• Develop sizing models, capacity plans, and workload forecasts to support business growth and operational demands.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve performance bottlenecks across application, database, integration, infrastructure, and cloud layers.
• Provide architecture recommendations to optimize system throughput, resilience, and resource utilization.
• Lead performance assessments during solution design, development, testing, and production readiness reviews.
• Define performance engineering standards, frameworks, tools, and governance processes across delivery teams.
• Drive performance risk management activities and recommend mitigation strategies for critical business systems.
• Mentor engineering and architecture teams on performance engineering best practices and emerging industry trends.

Technologies

• Architect
• Cloud
• Support
• microservices

More

We are supporting a client working on behalf of the British postal service and courier company to hire a Performance Architect for a hybrid role with three days onsite in London. This is a 12-month assignment with the likelihood of further extension. The role is focused on embedding performance engineering principles across the full solution lifecycle and influencing enterprise-wide technology decisions to ensure scalable, resilient, and high-performing platforms and applications.

last updated 33 week of 2026