Performance Engineer

Overview

We are seeking a Performance Engineer to support testing and optimization of enterprise‑scale applications. This role focuses on ensuring systems meet performance, scalability, and reliability standards prior to production deployment.

• JMeter for performance, functional, and load testing
• Load Runner for simulating user activity and analyzing system behavior
• Dynatrace for monitoring, test execution control, and diagnostics
• Understanding of middleware, databases, and web technologies in distributed environments
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with a focus on root cause analysis

• Execute performance, load, and functional testing using industry‑standard tools
• Gather performance and capacity requirements from technical teams
• Conduct iterative testing cycles and optimize based on results
• Analyze system behavior under load and compare against expected outcomes
• Produce clear performance reports and communicate findings to engineering teams
• Partner with developers, QA, and infrastructure teams to implement improvements
• Support scalability planning and contribute to capacity management initiatives
• Ensure testing aligns with organizational standards around risk, compliance, and quality

• Join a growing performance engineering team with opportunities to influence processes and best practices
• Collaborative environment with strong peer support and knowledge sharing
• Stable team with low turnover and long‑tenured engineers

This position plays a key role in ensuring critical applications are capable of handling increasing user demand and transaction volume, reducing the risk of outages and enabling a stable, scalable technology environment.

Contract position based out of Plano, TX.

The pay range for this position is $70.24 - $73.68/hr eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long‑term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Hybrid position in Plano, TX.

This position is anticipated to close on Feb 25, 2026.

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.