Senior Performance Engineer

Pyramid Consulting, Inc; Roanoke (TX); Hybrid; USD 89,544 - 92,299; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) plan

Paid sick leave

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer for a hybrid contract role in Texas. This position involves designing and executing performance tests, developing strategies, and collaborating across teams to enhance system performance. Candidates should have at least 8 years of experience in performance engineering and a relevant degree. Familiarity with tools like JMeter, Docker, and cloud services is essential. Excellent problem-solving skills and an ability to work in a dynamic environment are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Performance Engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree or 6+ years with a Master’s in relevant fields.
• Experience with cloud services (AWS or Azure).

Responsibilities

• Design and execute load and stress tests.
• Create performance test strategies and integrate into CI/CD processes.
• Analyze performance metrics to identify bottlenecks.

Skills

Load testing

Performance optimization

Collaboration

Analytical problem-solving

Monitoring tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

JMeter

LoadRunner

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Tableau

Grafana

Job description

Pyramid Consulting, Inc provided pay range

This range is provided by Pyramid Consulting, Inc. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$65.00/hr - $67.00/hr

Immediate need for a talented Senior Performance Engineer. This is a 12+ Month Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Westlake, TX (Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID: 25-95821

Pay Range: $65 - $67/hour. Employee benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and execute load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests using tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or inhouse built tools.
• Create performance test strategies, scenarios, and scripts aligned with application architecture and business requirements.
• Integrate performance tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation.
• Development experience in Java, Python, Perl, or SQL is nice to have.
• Understand critical production applications and their infrastructure dependencies to monitor, analyze, and detect anomalies.
• Solid understanding of resource consumption, memory behaviour, and network protocols to identify performance bottlenecks and optimize system behaviour.
• Define and track KPIs such as request rates, transactions per second, and client volumes to plan for future growth and plan adequate capacity.
• Use historical trends and predictive models to anticipate growth and ensure systems scale effectively.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to implement proactive capacity adjustments.
• Apply SLI/SLO/SLA principles and golden signals for critical applications, leveraging telemetry, anomaly detection, and observability practices.
• Analyze performance test results and system metrics to identify bottlenecks and recommend optimizations.
• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to ensure adequate capacity and performance tuning.
• Develop interactive dashboards and reports with impactful visualizations using BI Publisher and/or Tableau.
• Present findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders in a clear, concise manner.
• Utilize monitoring tools such as Datadog, Client, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and others.
• Explore new trends in automation and integrate performance testing into day-to-day activities.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Solid understanding of virtualized environments (VMware/vSphere/OLVM, OpenStack) and modern application frameworks.
• Knowledge of application modernization concepts including microservices and APIs.
• Stronger understanding of containerization technologies specifically docker and Kubernetes (Pods, services and namespaces).
• Proven experience with AWS and Azure cloud compute and storage services (AWS certification is a plus).
• Owns the outcome by taking personal accountability for delivering strong results.
• Self-directed, willing to take initiative, pragmatic and results-oriented.
• Obsessed with creating the best end-to-end customer experience.
• Excellent analytical problem‑solving skills, keen attention to detail, and a drive to solve hard problems, not just detect them.
• Able to work with remote and international team members.
• 8+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree or 6+ years with a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Our client is a leading Financial Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Information Technology

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