Test Engineer II, Performance Automation

Test Engineer II, Performance Automation Schedule: Monday through Friday, approximately 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Contract Duration: 12 months, with potential for extension Pay Rate: $50 to $65 per hour Openings: 1 Candidates must be local to the Plano, TX area and available to work onsite five days per week. All interviews will also be conducted onsite. Position Details Test Engineer II, Performance Automation Location: Plano, TX Work Arrangement: 100% onsite, five days per week Schedule: Monday through Friday, approximately 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Contract Duration: 12 months, with potential for extension Pay Rate: $50 to $65 per hour Openings: 1 Candidates must be local to the Plano, TX area and available to work onsite five days per week. All interviews will also be conducted onsite. Position Overview A leading global organization is seeking an experienced Test Engineer II specializing in performance testing and automation. This position will design, build, execute, and analyze performance tests for APIs, web applications, backend services, and containerized environments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands‑on experience with k6 and JMeter, with k6 being the primary testing tool. This individual should be comfortable modeling production traffic, identifying performance bottlenecks, analyzing system metrics, and partnering with technical teams to improve application performance and scalability. Key Responsibilities Build and maintain performance test scripts using k6 as the primary tool and JMeter as the secondary tool Design and execute load, stress, spike, soak, endurance, and scalability tests Test APIs, web applications, backend services, and distributed systems Translate production traffic patterns into realistic performance-testing scenarios Define performance requirements, service-level objectives, success criteria, and test strategies Analyze response times, throughput, latency percentiles, error rates, CPU utilization, memory consumption, and other system metrics Identify performance bottlenecks and collaborate with development, infrastructure, and application teams on troubleshooting and remediation Analyze application logs, platform metrics, and monitoring data Create clear performance test reports, findings, and recommendations Support benchmarking and capacity-planning efforts Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines Test applications deployed in Kubernetes and other containerized environments Communicate findings clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field 5 to 12 years of overall software testing, engineering, or related experience Strong hands‑on experience in performance testing 3 to 5 years of practical experience using k6 Deep knowledge of k6 and JMeter Experience building and maintaining performance test scripts Experience testing APIs across different architectures, web applications, and backend services Ability to design and execute load, stress, endurance, soak, spike, and scalability tests Strong understanding of cookies, sessions, headers, and authentication Ability to interpret response-time, throughput, error-rate, CPU, memory, and latency metrics Experience analyzing logs, metrics, and monitoring data to identify performance bottlenecks Experience with at least one major cloud platform, such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized applications, including environments such as Amazon EKS Scripting experience with JavaScript, Groovy, or Python Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills Preferred Qualifications Experience developing software or automation solutions using Java or Python Experience integrating automated performance tests into CI/CD pipelines Experience supporting performance benchmarking and capacity planning Experience testing cloud-native and highly distributed applications Interview Process All interviews will be conducted onsite in Plano, TX. First Round: In-person, scenario-based coding test Second Round: In-person technical and team interview Candidates should be prepared to discuss performance-test strategy, traffic modeling, k6 configuration, performance metrics, and bottleneck analysis. #J-18808-Ljbffr Cypress HCM