Performance Tester

H R PUNDITS INC; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work from home options

Job summary

A technology consulting firm is seeking an experienced Performance Tester for its Milwaukee, WI location. This role involves leading performance testing efforts, mentoring engineers, and ensuring high standards of performance, scalability, and reliability. Ideal candidates will have significant experience with JMeter, K6, and cloud performance testing, along with strong communication and leadership skills. Flexible work-from-home options are available.

Qualifications

• 7 to 10+ years of performance testing/architect experience with client-facing roles.
• Strong knowledge of web technologies, messaging layers, data layers, and mobile devices.
• Experience in developing performance testing frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Performance Engineers.
• Provide technical leadership to technology teams.
• Analyze and interpret technical data for stakeholders.

Skills

Performance Testing

Capacity Planning

Performance Architecture Design

JMeter

K6

Artillery

Dynatrace

New Relic

Scripting Languages

Cloud Application Performance Testing

Chaos Testing

Tools

Open-source Distributed Performance Testing Frameworks

Job description

Job Title : Performance Tester Loc: Milwalkee, WI

JD:

7 to 10+ years as performance Testing/Architect with client facing experience.

Must possess a strong knowledge of technologies like web, web services, messaging layers, data layer and Mobile devices.

Primary skills: JMeter, K6, Artillery.

Secondary skills: Dynatrace, New Relic.

Very strong experience in performance diagnostics, capacity planning, and performance architecture design.

Must have excellent record of mentoring and leading the Performance Engineers to even greater accomplishments to ensure that application meets the highest standards of Performance, Scalability, and Reliability in the industry.

Must have experience in cloud application performance testing.

Must possess exposure to scripting language.

Experience in developing utilities/accelerators for performance testing.

Must have experience in Chaos testing.

Must possess strong experience using and implementing best practice programs with respect to load generation, bottleneck analysis, usage of 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 /interpret technical data - performance metrics from application, database, OS, and Network.

Expert ability to identify / 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 performance testing framework.

Experience in 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 required.

Expertise in tuning various complex architectural applications in meeting performance requirements.

Establish performance engineering process.

Expert troubleshooting and reasoning skills.

Must have strong written and oral communication skills and be able to successfully liaison with cross-functional groups.

Excellent interpersonal and conflict management skills; able to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Flexible work from home options available.