Performance Test Engineer

PTR Global; Plano (TX); In loco; USD 110.000 - 170.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

PTR Global is seeking a Performance Test Engineer to design and execute load and performance testing across APIs, services, and front-end applications. You will develop scripts using JMeter and k6, run diverse test scenarios, and analyze metrics to guide tuning and capacity planning.

The role emphasizes strong analytical skills, cloud familiarity (AWS/Azure/GCP), and collaboration with DevOps to embed performance testing into CI/CD pipelines. Plano, TX office-based position with on-site work.

Competenze

• Strong experience in performance testing.
• Deep knowledge of JMeter and k6.
• Total 5–12 years of overall experience.

Mansioni

• Build and maintain performance test scripts in JMeter and k6.
• Run load, stress, soak, spike, and endurance tests.
• Test applications, APIs, and backend services.
• Analyze response times, throughput, error rates, CPU, memory, and other metrics.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and work with teams to troubleshoot.
• Define performance goals and success criteria.
• Create performance test reports.
• Support benchmarking and capacity planning.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.

Conoscenze

Performance testing

JMeter

k6

APIs testing

Web applications

Log analysis

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

AWS

Azure

GCP

EKS

Formazione

Strumenti

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

EKS

Descrizione del lavoro

Performance Test Engineer - W2 Only (No C2C)

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain performance test scripts in JMeter (2nd) and k6 (1st priority)
• Run load, stress, soak, spike, and endurance tests
• Test applications, APIs, and backend services
• Analyze response times, throughput, error rates, CPU, memory, and other metrics
• Identify performance bottlenecks and work with teams to troubleshoot
• Define performance goals and success criteria
• Create performance test reports
• Support benchmarking and capacity planning
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines

Requirements:

Qualifications/ What you bring (Must Haves) –

• Highlight Top 3-5 skills Strong experience in performance testing
• Deep knowledge of JMeter and k6
• JMeter (2nd) and k6 (1st priority)
• K6 – 3 to 5 years of experience
• Experience testing APIs (All API Architecture ) and web applications
• Ability to analyze logs, metrics, and monitoring data
• Familiarity with Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP (Any cloud would work)
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized applications (EKS etc)
• Total - Min 5 -12 Years of overall experience.