What are the responsibilities and job description for the Performance Test Architect position at ClifyX?
Job Description: Performance Test Architect
Location: Jacksonvile, Florida
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: Long term contract
Job Description:
- Define improvement areas based on best practices
- Provide clear, actionable recommendations
- Take ownership of implementing the proposed improvements
- Ensure measurable and sustained performance enhancements
- Strong proficiency with JMeter (test plans, correlation, parameterization, assertions, Groovy/Beanshell scripting, distributed load execution)
- Experience designing and executing load, stress, soak, spike, and scalability tests
- Ability to define and track performance metrics such as latency, throughput, error rates, and concurrency
- Good working knowledge of Git for branching, merging, pull requests, and repository management
- Familiarity with APM tools such as Dynatrace, New Relic, AppDynamics, or Azure Monitor
- Understanding of REST APIs, JSON payload structures, authentication, and use of tools such as Postman
- Ability to prepare and manage test data, identify environment gaps, and work through technical dependencies
- Understanding of root cause analysis, telemetry review, debugging issues, and identifying bottlenecks across app, service, and DB layers.
- Organized and detail oriented with strong analytical and problem solving abilities
- Ability to produce clear performance reports with insights, charts, trends, and recommended optimizations
- Strong collaboration skills to work effectively with developers, architects, DevOps, QA, and product teams
- Good communication skills to articulate findings, risks, and recommendations to both technical and non technical partners
- Self starter with the ability to take ownership of tasks, work independently, and proactively identify performance risks or improvements