Performance Engineer

Technical Engineer II (Performance Engineer)

Location: Buffalo, NY 14203 or Wilmington, DE 19801 (Hybrid Role)

Duration: 12+ Months Contract Role + Extension

Pay Range: $50/hr. to $60/hr.

Skill Set Details

• Performance Engineer
• Work onsite in Buffalo, NY, or Wilmington, DE
• OpenText CPE/LoadRunner experience required
• C Language skills required

Skill Set

• OpenText CPE/LoadRunner (Required)
• Performance Engineering/Performance Testing (Required)
• C Programming/C Language (Required)
• Dynatrace/JMeter/Blazemeter (Bonus Skills - Preferred, not required)

Overview

The Performance Engineer serves as a technical contributor responsible for designing, developing, executing, and analyzing performance testing solutions that ensure applications, services, and platforms meet scalability, reliability, and performance objectives. This role partners closely with application development teams, architects, infrastructure teams, and project stakeholders to identify performance risks early, support shift-left testing practices, and provide data-driven recommendations for performance optimization

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain performance test scripts, scenarios, and frameworks for web, API, mobile, cloud, and distributed applications.
• Lead performance testing activities across all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including planning, scripting, execution, analysis, and reporting.
• Develop and maintain performance test assets using OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) and related tooling.
• Create and maintain automated performance test scripts using C and other applicable scripting languages.
• Analyze performance test results using Dynatrace and other monitoring tools to identify bottlenecks, root causes, and areas for optimization.
• Collaborate with application development, architecture, database, middleware, and infrastructure teams to resolve performance issues.
• Provide performance engineering guidance and best practices to development teams to support shift-left performance testing initiatives.
• Review application architectures, designs, and requirements to identify performance risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Develop performance test plans, workload models, success criteria, and executive-level performance reports.
• Support capacity planning, scalability testing, resiliency testing, and failover validation efforts.
• Assist in establishing and maintaining performance engineering standards, processes, and governance practices
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance on performance testing methodologies and tools.
• Participate in troubleshooting complex production and pre-production performance issues.
• Maintain documentation of performance testing frameworks, scripts, procedures, and results.
• Understand and adhere to company risk, security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.

Education and Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in software testing, performance engineering, or a related technical engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) or LoadRunner Enterprise.
• Experience developing and maintaining performance test scripts.
• Experience analyzing application performance and troubleshooting performance bottlenecks.
• Experience working within Agile and DevOps environments.

Education and Experience Preferred

• Experience with BlazeMeter performance testing platforms.
• Experience with cloud-based performance testing in Azure or AWS environments.
• Experience using Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic, or similar Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools.
• Financial services or highly regulated industry experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale digital, mobile, API, and distributed systems.
• Performance testing certifications or industry-recognized technical certifications.

Required Technical Skills

• OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) - Required
• LoadRunner Professional / VuGen - Required
• JMeter - Required
• C Programming - Required
• Performance Test Design and Workload Modeling
• API Performance Testing
• Web Application Performance Testing
• Performance Analysis and Bottleneck Identification
• Dynatrace or Equivalent APM Tools
• SDLC, Agile, and DevOps Methodologies
• Capacity and Scalability Testing

Preferred Technical Skills

• BlazeMeter - Preferred
• Azure Load Testing
• CI/CD Integration of Performance Testing
• Mobile Performance Testing
• Database Performance Analysis
• Kubernetes and Container Technologies
• Cloud Performance Engineering

Competencies

• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to influence without authority and work effectively across multiple teams.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to independently prioritize and manage multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Continuous learning mindset with a passion for software quality and performance engineering.

Success Measures

• Early identification and mitigation of performance risks.
• Consistent delivery of high-quality performance testing solutions.
• Reduction in production performance incidents.
• Increased adoption of shift-left performance testing practices.
• Timely and actionable performance reporting and recommendations.
• Strong partnerships with development and technology teams.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually – as applicable.