Technical Engineer II - Performance Engineer

Technical Engineer II
- Performance Engineer

Are you ready to join a growing team? CTG is seeking to fill a Technical Engineer II
- Performance Engineer opening for our client.

Location:

Buffalo, NY Duration: 12 months

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain performance tests for web, API, mobile, cloud, and distributed applications.
• Create performance test scripts using Load Runner Cloud, Load Runner Professional/VuGen, JMeter, and
  
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• Develop workload models, test plans, performance benchmarks, and reports.
• Analyze results using Dynatrace/APM tools to identify bottlenecks and performance issues.
• Support performance engineering, load testing, stress testing, scalability testing, capacity planning, and resiliency testing.
• Collaborate with development, architecture, database, infrastructure, and Dev Ops teams to resolve performance issues.
• Promote shift-left performance testing and integrate performance testing into Agile/Dev Ops and CI/CD processes.
• Provide technical guidance and mentor junior engineers.

Scope of Responsibilities:

• Serve as a technical performance engineering resource supporting enterprise applications and platforms.
• Identify performance risks and provide data-driven recommendations to improve scalability, reliability, and application performance.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities:

• No direct supervisory responsibility; provides technical guidance and mentoring as needed.

Education and Experience

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software testing, performance testing, or performance engineering experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Open Text Core Performance Engineering (Load Runner Cloud) or Load Runner Enterprise.
• Required experience with Load Runner/VuGen, JMeter, C programming, performance testing, workload modeling, and performance analysis.
• Experience with Agile, Dev Ops, SDLC, web applications, APIs, and distributed systems.

Education and Experience Preferred:

• Blaze Meter, Azure Load Testing, AWS, Dynatrace, App Dynamics, or New Relic.
• CI/CD performance testing, cloud performance engineering, Kubernetes, database performance, and mobile performance testing.
• Financial services or regulated industry experience.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.