Senior Performance Test Engineer

65 Insperity Support Services, L.P.; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Insperity is seeking an experienced Performance Test Engineer to join a cross-functional team responsible for gathering non-functional requirements, developing performance tests, and analyzing issues across Insperity’s portfolio.

The role emphasizes scripting, automation with NeoLoad, and capacity planning within an Agile/Scrum setting, with opportunities to mentor junior engineers and contribute to test strategy and tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field is required.
• Five to seven years of professional experience with performance testing, including scripting and/or software development.
• Ability to work effectively in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Strong understanding of performance testing requirements and converting them to executable tests.
• Strong understanding of automation/performance scripts using NeoLoad or similar tools.
• Knowledge of parameterization, checkpoints, reusable functions, correlations, iterations, pacing and think time.
• Proficient in Performance Workload Modeling and Capacity Planning.
• Experience analyzing client-side statistics like response times, throughput, etc.
• Knowledge of web servers, application servers and databases (e.g., Apache, IIS, Tomcat, JBoss, Informix, Oracle, MS SQL).
• Experience with monitoring server performance counters using AppDynamics or similar tools.
• Strong analytical and documentation skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as an extended scrum team member on multiple teams and conduct system performance testing for reliability, capacity, and scalability.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to identify performance requirements and testing strategy.
• Design and run load, stress, spike, endurance, and scalability test scripts per application requirements.
• Monitor client-side and server-side performance with in-house and commercial tools.
• Analyze results, perform root-cause analysis, and provide improvement recommendations.
• Provide detailed test reports and metrics.
• Coordinate with Application Health and Performance team to refine tests post-deployment.
• Suggest new tools/techniques to improve testing efficiency.
• Train and mentor Associate and Mid-Level Performance Test Engineers.

Skills

Performance testing

Scripting

NeoLoad

SQL

Java/C#/.NET

AppDynamics

Performance testing analysis

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

NeoLoad

Visual Studio/TFS

Fiddler

JProfiler

JConsole/VisualVM

Job description

Insperity provides the most comprehensive suite of scalable HR solutions available in the marketplace with an optimal blend of premium HR service and technology. With more than 90 locations throughout the U.S., Insperity is currently making a difference for thousands of businesses and communities nationwide. Behind our success is the unshakeable belief in the value of our people. We value diversity, inclusivity and a sense of belonging. We celebrate work and life events, and we partner with our clients and communities to make great things happen. We’ve earned recognition time and again as a top place to work—named among the best by respected organizations like Glassdoor and U.S. News & World Report. We’re also proud to be recognized for one of the country’s Top 50 Midsize Early Talent Programs through RippleMatch’s Campus Forward Awards. There’s never been a better time to be part of Insperity, and our best work is still ahead. Learn more at Insperity.com.

Why Insperity?

Flexibility: Over 80% of Insperity’s jobs have flexibility. We want your time to have balance, whether it’s spent with coworkers, clients, family or your community.

Career Growth: Insperity provides many ways to grow with the company. We offer continuous learning programs, mentorship opportunities and ongoing training.

Well-Being: Our total rewards package includes generous paid time off, top-tier medical, dental and vision benefits, health & wellness support, paid volunteer hours and much more. We take care of our people so that you can do your best work.

This position is responsible for closely working with Product Owners, Developers, Solution Designers, and Quality Assurance personnel to gather non-functional requirements, develop and execute performance test scripts, and analyze application performance issues across multiple applications across Insperity’s portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Acts as an extended scrum team member on multiple teams and conducts system performance testing to ensure application reliability, capacity, and scalability.
• Collaborates with Product Owners, Business Users, and the Scrum team to identify performance requirements and develop a performance testing strategy.
• Designs various types of performance test scripts and executes them based on the application requirements. This can include load testing, stress testing, spike testing, endurance/stability testing, and scalability testing scenarios.
• Monitors both client-side and server-side application performance using in-house and commercial tools.
• Analyzes the performance test results, participates in root cause assessments, and provides recommendations for improvements.
• Provides detailed level test reports.
• Collaborates with the Application Health and Performance team to monitor system performance post-deployment and uses that information to continue to refine tests in pre-production.
• Suggests new tools and techniques to improve testing efficiency.
• Conducts training and provide assistance to Associate and Mid-Level Performance Test Engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field is required.
• Five to seven years of professional experience with performance testing, including scripting and custom scripting, and/or software development is required.
• Ability to work effectively in an Agile/Scrum model environment.
• Strong understanding of performance testing requirements and converting them to executable performance testing scripts.
• Strong understanding of automation/performance script creation using NeoLoad or other applicable performance test tools.
• Have an in-depth understanding of how to properly perform parameterization, use checkpoints, develop reusable functions, use correlations, schedule iterations, pacing and think time.
• Highly proficient in Performance Workload Modeling and Capacity Planning.
• Perform analysis of client side statistics like response times, throughput, hits per second etc.
• Strong knowledge of web servers (Apache, IIS etc.), application servers (Tomcat, JBoss etc.), database servers (Informix, Oracle, MS SQL etc.).
• Experience with monitoring server performance counters, e.g. CPU utilization (Host/Process), host memory utilization, heap memory usage, thread and connection pools, etc., using AppDynamics and other application monitoring tools.
• Strong analytical and documentation skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation and leadership skills.

Required skills include

• Knowledge of advanced SQL.
• Working experience with C#, Java, and .NET frameworks in order to participate in design and code inspections to proactively assist in identifying bottlenecks.
• Possesses and applies a knowledge of heap and thread dump analysis, CPU, and memory profiling data.
• Basic development knowledge for custom coding implementation in NeoLoad.
• Working knowledge of MS-Excel (macros, graphs/charts etc.) to automate any test reporting.
• Experience using Visual Studio/TFS for project management and defect tracking.
• Knowledge of Fiddler, JProfiler, Jconsole, or VisualVM.

Compensation

Insperity provides a reasonable compensation range for each posted role in accordance with applicable pay‑transparency laws. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of job‑related factors, including skills, experience, and geographic location.

The compensation range for this position, representing the pay span across all locations where this role may be filled is 93,000 - 105,875

Equal Opportunity

Insperity is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law, including criminal arrest and/or conviction records.

Our Growth is Creating Great Opportunities! Our team is expanding, and we want to hire the most talented people we can. Continued success depends on it!