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Position: Performance Architect
Location: Atlanta, GA
Duration: 12 Months
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Performance Architect to lead performance testing initiatives for enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing performance test strategies, creating test scripts, executing performance tests, analyzing results, identifying bottlenecks, and collaborating with development and infrastructure teams to ensure applications meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and execute Performance, Load, Stress, Spike, Endurance, and Volume testing.
- Develop and maintain performance test scripts using tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, or Gatling.
- Analyze performance test results and identify application, database, middleware, and infrastructure bottlenecks.
- Define workload models and test scenarios based on business requirements and production usage patterns.
- Monitor system performance using tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, or New Relic.
- Perform root cause analysis and provide recommendations for performance optimization.
- Collaborate with Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure, and Architecture teams to resolve performance issues.
- Validate system performance against SLAs, KPIs, and Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).
- Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
- Prepare detailed performance reports and present findings to stakeholders.
- Support capacity planning, scalability testing, and production performance monitoring.
- Mentor junior performance testers and review performance testing deliverables.
Required Skills
- Experience in Performance Architect and Performance Engineering.
- Hands-on expertise with JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, Gatling, or BlazeMeter.
- Strong understanding of Web Applications, APIs, Microservices, and Distributed Systems.
- Experience in analyzing JVM, .NET, Database, and Infrastructure performance metrics.
- Strong SQL skills and database performance analysis experience.
- Knowledge of REST APIs, SOAP Services, Kafka, MQ, and Middleware technologies.
- Experience with Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform).
- Understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized environments.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.