Performance Test Manager/Architect

Technogen; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Technogen is seeking a skilled Performance Test Manager/Architect in Atlanta, Georgia, with over 10 years of client-facing experience in performance testing. The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in performance diagnostics, capacity planning, and performance architecture.

This role involves providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and developing robust performance testing frameworks. Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years as a Performance Test Manager/Architect.
• Strong experience in enterprise application architecture.
• Expertise in diagnosing and resolving performance issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead performance diagnostics efforts and team management.
• Develop and implement performance testing frameworks.
• Mentor Performance Engineers and ensure high performance standards.

Skills

Performance diagnostics

Capacity planning

Performance architecture design

Technical leadership

Java

Big Data

Web Services

Tools

Load generation tools

Statistical analysis tools

Open source distributed performance testing frameworks

Job description

Job Description

• 10+ years performance Test Manager/Architect with client facing experience.
• Must possess a strong knowledge of enterprise application architecture and technologies including web, web services, distributed and mainframe databases, mainframe and messaging layers.
• Very strong experience in performance diagnostics, capacity planning, and performance architecture design.
• Must have a stellar record of mentoring and leading Performance Engineers to ensure applications meet the highest standards of Performance, Scalability, and Reliability.
• Must be meticulous and excel in software architecture analysis, operating system principles, hardware architectures, and troubleshooting complex performance issues.
• Must possess strong experience using and implementing best practice programs for load generation, bottleneck analysis, modeling tools, and statistical analysis.
• Must be able to provide technical leadership to other members of the technology team and to projects under test.
• Expert ability to capture, analyze, and interpret technical data – performance metrics from application, database, OS, and network.
• Expert ability to identify and resolve system bottlenecks.
• Familiarity with current technologies is required; especially in complex, transaction‑intensive web‑based systems utilizing SOA techniques, preferably implemented using Java, Big Data, and Web Services.
• Ability to clearly characterize system performance results to stakeholders.
• Must have experience in reporting test results to different functional groups and external and internal clients.
• Experience in developing a performance testing framework.
• Experience with open source distributed performance testing frameworks.
• Experience with planning and managing any of the following teams: performance diagnostic, capacity planning, performance architecture design, performance tuning, performance monitoring, or software development team.
• Ability to distill volumes of data, analyze performance results, and diagnose performance problems.
• Ability to work independently and interface collaboratively with development, engineering, and architecture teams.
• Expertise in tuning various complex architectural applications to meet performance requirements.
• Expertise in recommending architectural changes to improve system performance.
• Experience in implementing best practices in system design to meet performance requirements.
• Experience in guiding the development team throughout the development process to implement best practices in performance engineering.
• Expert troubleshooting and reasoning skills.
• Must have strong written and oral communication skills and be able to successfully liaise with cross‑functional groups.
• Excellent interpersonal and conflict management skills; able to work collaboratively in a team environment.