Performance Testing Lead

DHANU GLOBAL ENTERPRISES, INC.; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DHANU GLOBAL ENTERPRISES, INC. is seeking a Performance Testing Lead to drive end-to-end performance programs for large-scale enterprise systems.

You will plan, model workloads, execute tests, and report results against defined SLAs, while guiding a team of testers. Experience integrating performance tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/Jenkins) and strong API testing skills are required to ensure reliable system performance.

Qualifications

• Seven+ years of performance testing/engineering for large enterprise systems.
• Four+ years in a lead role managing performance testing teams.
• Four+ years designing end-to-end performance test strategies.
• Four+ years executing load, stress, endurance and spike tests against SLAs.
• Four+ years translating requirements into measurable test scenarios.
• Four+ years hands-on with LoadRunner, JMeter or equivalent; monitoring tools.
• Four+ years testing APIs (REST/SOAP) for latency and throughput.
• Four+ years using test management/defect-tracking tools (ALM, Azure DevOps, Jira).
• Four+ years using SQL for test data preparation and validation.
• Four+ years bottleneck analysis with tuning recommendations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Admin, IT or Engineering; substitutions allowed.

Responsibilities

• Lead performance testing programs across enterprise systems.
• Plan, execute and report on performance test cycles and results.
• Model workloads and validate against defined SLAs.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/Jenkins).
• Analyze bottlenecks and provide tuning recommendations.
• Coordinate with QA, development, and operations teams.

Skills

Performance testing leadership

Test planning & execution

Workload modeling

SLA validation

Translating requirements to tests

API testing (REST/SOAP)

Test data preparation

Bottleneck analysis

CI/CD integration (Azure DevOps/JJ)

Defect tracking & test management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Engineering/Business

Experience may substitute education year-for-year

Tools

LoadRunner

JMeter

Elastic

Dynatrace

ALM

Azure DevOps

Jira

SQL

Job description

Position Title: Performance Testing Lead

Duration: 12+ Months with possible extension

Mandatory Qualifications

• At least seven (7) years of experience performing performance testing or performance engineering for large scale enterprise systems.
• At least four (4) years of experience in a lead role, managing performance testing teams, including planning, execution, and reporting of performance test cycles.
• At least four (4) years of experience designing and implementing end-to-end performance test strategies, including workload modeling, scripting, execution, and reporting.
• At least four (4) years of experience executing load, stress, endurance, and spike testing, including validation against defined performance SLAs (response time, throughput, error rate).
• At least four (4) years of experience translating non-functional requirements into measurable performance test scenarios, including volumetric models and workload distribution.
• At least four (4) years of hands‑on experience using performance testing tools like LoadRunner, JMeter or equivalent and performance monitoring tools like Elastic, Dynatrace, or equivalent.
• At least four (4) years of experience testing APIs (REST/SOAP), validating latency, throughput, and error handling.
• At least four (4) years of experience using test management and defect tracking tools like Micro Focus ALM, Azure DevOps, Jira.
• At least four (4) years of experience using SQL or similar technologies for test data preparation and validation.
• At least four (4) years of experience conducting bottleneck analysis and providing documented tuning recommendations based on performance results.
• A Bachelor’s degree in a Business Administration, Information Technology (IT) or Engineering field.
• Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.

Desirable Qualifications

• At least ten (10) years of cumulative experience performing performance testing or performance engineering for large scale enterprise systems.
• At least seven (7) years of cumulative experience leading enterprise-scale performance programs, including demonstrated improvements in SLA compliance or throughput optimization.
• At least five (5) years of experience integrating performance testing into CI/CD pipelines like Azure DevOps, Jenkins with automated pass/fail gates.
• At least three (3) years of experience performance testing cloud-based or SaaS systems, including autoscaling and distributed load strategies.
• One (1) year experience supporting large scale benefit systems (eg: Unemployment Insurane or Disability Insurance) meeting defined large scale enterprise system criteria.
• Possesses one or more of the below certifications:
• ISTQB Certified Tester Performance Testing (CT-PT)
• Open Text LoadRunner Professional Certification
• Possession of a Master’s degree in a Business Administration, IT or Engineering field.