Performance Test Engineer

Position: Software Engineer 4 - Contingent
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Duration: Contract

Job Overview:
In this contingent resource assignment, you will consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Software Engineering. You will review and analyze multi-faceted, larger-scale, or longer-term Software Engineering challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented factors. Additionally, you will contribute to resolving complex and multi-faceted situations requiring a solid understanding of functional policies, procedures, and compliance requirements to meet deliverables. Collaboration and consultation with client personnel will be a key aspect of this role.

Responsibilities:

• Consult on complex software engineering initiatives with broad impact.
• Analyze and resolve multi-faceted software engineering challenges.
• Collaborate with client personnel to meet deliverables and compliance requirements.
• Develop and execute performance test strategies, plans, and reports.
• Conduct automation testing and update performance scripts for scrum teams.
• Analyze application performance metrics and identify bottlenecks for tuning.
• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications:

• 5 years of Software Engineering experience or equivalent through work, consulting, training, military experience, or education.
• 7 years of experience in performance testing of Java-based applications and distributed systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with JMeter and/or BlazeMeter for load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing.
• 5 years of experience with Selenium for test automation and regression testing.
• Proven experience in test case design, test script development, execution, and results analysis.
• Strong understanding of application performance metrics and performance tuning.
• Experience analyzing JVM, application server, database, and infrastructure performance.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with AI-assisted development/testing tools like GitHub Copilot or Devin.
• Experience testing and validating applications for ADA (Accessibility) compliance.
• Experience with Playwright for modern web application automation.
• Experience writing and optimizing SQL Server queries for test data preparation and performance analysis.
• Knowledge of application monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, or Grafana.
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Pay Range: $65.00 - $70.00/hr on W2

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Salary : $65 - $70