Performance Engineer

Our client, a IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a Performance Engineer for their Vienna, VA location.


Requirements:

• Professional experience as Performance Engineer with good hands-on experience in implementing performance & high availability strategies to optimize the efficiency of applications.
• Strong hands-on skills with test script development using Neoload, JMeter & LoadRunner. Experience in executing performance tests (load/stress/endurance) using Neoload/JMeter/LoadRunner and performance monitoring using APM tools to identify performance issues
• Hands-on experience in APM tools like Dynatrace & AppDynamics to conduct root cause analysis for performance and scalability bottlenecks
• Able to analyze Splunk logs, Dynatrace distributed traces, Appdynamics Snapshots, method hotspots and response-time hotspots to identify slow components and provide recommendations
• Experience in performance testing for Cloud deployments, Docker/Kubernetes containerized applications and microservices
• Strong knowledge on Java/Python, SQL query creation and manipulation skills
• Experience in Auto-Scaling, Chaos and failover testing to measure and test for Pod/Node failures, Network exhaustion, CPU/memory saturation, Container startup failures and Dependency failures etc.
• Strong ability to track and contribute to technical discussions around application integration and high-availability, resilience and observability
• Individual Contributor with good communication skills
• Seeking a Performance Engineer with strong expertise in performance testing, monitoring, and application scalability for cloud-native and distributed systems.
• The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing and executing load, stress, and endurance tests using NeoLoad, JMeter, and LoadRunner, while leveraging Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and Splunk to identify performance bottlenecks and conduct root cause analysis.
• This role requires experience with cloud deployments, microservices, Docker/Kubernetes environments, high availability, resilience testing, and observability practices.
• The successful candidate will collaborate with technical teams to optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability while driving performance engineering best practices across the organization.

Top 3 skills required for this role:

• Neoload, JMeter
• Performance Testing
• Performance Monitoring using AppDynamics, Dynatrace
• 8-10 Years of Experience

Skills:

• Category Name Required Importance Experience
• Cloud Platform Assurance Performance Testing Yes 1 6 + Years
• Iaas:Automation & Analytics ppDynamics Analytics Yes 1 6 + Years
• Infrastructure Services Kubernetes Yes 1 6 + Years
• NonFunctional Testing NeoLoad Yes 1 6 + Years
• QEA_NEW Jmeter Yes 1 6 + Years

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities