Performance Test Lead

We are

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20 years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,500 , and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets.

Our Challenge:

We are seeking experienced Performance Test Engineers to support a large-scale Data Center Migration program involving performance validation of enterprise applications.

The role requires strong expertise in end-to-end performance testing, including NFR gathering, scripting, execution, monitoring, and advanced bottleneck analysis across modern cloud-native and enterprise platforms. This position requires candidates who can ramp up quickly, work independently, and bring strong engineering depth to both first-time performance initiatives and performance re-validation scenarios.

Additional Information*

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other factors.

In accordance with law, the base salary for this role if filled within Charlotte, NC is $100K-$110K/year & benefits (see below).

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and define Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs), SLAs, and workload models.
• Design and implement performance test strategies for migration validation.
• Develop and maintain performance test scripts using LoadRunner and JMeter.
• Execute performance tests using LoadRunner and/or BlazeMeter.
• Design workload distribution models based on business usage patterns.
• Conduct performance validation for applications migrating to new data center environments.
• Perform deep-dive bottleneck analysis across application, middleware, infrastructure, and database layers.
• Work with monitoring and observability tools such as AppDynamics and Splunk for root cause analysis.
• Validate scalability, reliability, and resilience in containerized/OpenShift environments.
• Plan and execute Chaos Engineering experiments to validate system stability under failure conditions.
• Provide performance tuning recommendations to development and infrastructure teams.
• Prepare detailed performance reports and executive summaries.
• Support rapid onboarding of applications where performance testing is being conducted for the first time.

Requirements:

Performance Engineering

• Strong experience in NFR gathering and performance strategy definition.
• Expertise in performance scripting using:

o LoadRunner (VuGen, Controller, Analysis)

o Apache JMeter

• Experience executing tests using:

o LoadRunner

o BlazeMeter

• Strong knowledge of workload modeling and test scenario design.
• Experience handling large, complex, multi-application environments.
• Monitoring & Analysis
• Hands-on experience with:

o AppDynamics

o Splunk

• Strong capability in performance diagnostics and bottleneck identification.
• Experience analyzing CPU, memory, thread pools, connection pools, GC logs, and SQL performance.

Technology Stack Exposure

• Java-based applications
• .NET applications
• Containerized environments (OpenShift/Kubernetes preferred)
• Microservices architecture understanding
• Chaos Engineering
• Experience designing and executing controlled failure experiments using Gremlin
• or Chaos Mesh
• Ability to validate resilience, failover, and recovery scenarios.

Preferred, but not required:

• Experience in Data Center Migration performance validation.
• Experience testing applications undergoing infrastructure refresh or cloud
• transformation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD integrated performance testing.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) is an advantage.
• Experience handling performance testing for applications where no historical
• baseline exists.

We offer:

• A highly competitive compensation and benefits package.
• A multinational organization with 58 offices in 21 countries and the possibility to work abroad.
• 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays).
• Maternity & paternity leave plans.
• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region).
• Retirement savings plans.
• A higher education certification policy.
• Commuter benefits (varies by region).
• Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development.
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses.
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
• Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms.
• A flat and approachable organization.
• A truly diverse, fun-loving, and global work culture.

S YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.