Performance Engineer

Client : LPL


Role : Performance Engineer


Location : Austin, TX (Remote, Ok)

Skills required.
• Strong Scripting skills in Performance testing tools like JMeter/Load runner.
• Strong knowledge of and other Web Protocols. Ability to script tests, by getting into the protocol details
• Proficient in API/UI performance testing with JMeter/Blazemeter/Grafana
• Sound knowledge in API virtualization concepts
• Proficient in On prem vs Cloud( AWS) performance testing strategies
• Hands on experience in APM tools like Dynatrace/NewRelic/AppDynamics
• Good knowledge in analyzing performance logs using ELK/Splunk
• Strong analyzing/data mining skills using SQL.
• Experience on Kafka/messaging performance testing will be an added advantage.
• Strong in performance engineering concepts and CPU/Memory bottleneck analysis.
• Experience with Financial Services industry external facing /Internal Applications and microservices


Responsibilities :
• Identify Performance testing Objectives/Strategy and define non-functional requirements by working with key business and IT users and project stakeholders.
• Understand application usage models from relevant stakeholders and analyzing existing production load patterns.
• Identify and recommend Performance testing tools to be used to meet client requirements as they grow the number of concurrent users.
• Participate in design and architecture reviews.
• Develop required infrastructure including performance simulators, test bench components, analysis tools and capacity planning.
• Derive workload models appropriately scaled to the performance test environment.
• Work with multiple product teams to design, create, execute, and report on capacity, scalability, stability, and stress tests.
• Create Performance Test scripts that are robust and maintainable.
• Conduct various performance tests and schedule timeframes with key business and IT resources to monitor, witness and support the performance test analysis.
• Analyze test results and publish meaningful, pragmatic performance test metrics and results (including defects) for action by the application and infrastructure owners for remediation and repair.
• Partner with technical teams to facilitate troubleshooting of performance issues.
• Identify and receive approval for Performance Test conditions by working with key project stakeholders.