Performance Engineering Lead #3079

Dallas, IA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Performance Engineering Lead
Contract Length: 12 Month Contract (with potential extension)
Location: Dallas TX (3-4 days onsite)

**The Consultant must be based in Dallas TX and available for onsite work as well as in-person interviews.**

We are seeking a Performance Engineering Lead to drive enterprise-wide performance engineering strategy across platforms and application teams. This role goes beyond test execution and focuses on designing scalable performance frameworks improving performance visibility and enabling teams to deliver reliable high-performing applications that can support both current demand and future growth. The ideal candidate will act as a trusted advisor to development infrastructure and testing teams while continuously advancing performance engineering maturity.

Qualifications

10 years of experience in performance engineering with deep knowledge of scalability and reliability principles
Hands-on expertise with performance testing tools such as NeoLoad and JMeter
Proven experience evaluating performance tool ecosystems and recommending improvements
Strong understanding of application API database and infrastructure performance analysis
Experience with cloud-native performance and scalability testing
Exposure to APM and monitoring tools such as Grafana and Dynatrace
Experience working in Agile and Waterfall environments with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI a plus)
Ability to quickly understand complex application architectures and provide actionable feedback
Comfortable working in a hybrid model and flexible to support critical testing activities when needed

Key Responsibilities

Define and lead performance engineering strategy standards and governance across application teams
Serve as a central point of contact for performance testing best practices within the Testing Enablement function
Assess current performance capabilities and identify bottlenecks across applications APIs databases and infrastructure
Evaluate pilot and implement performance testing tools and frameworks to improve scalability and performance visibility
Design develop and maintain reusable performance test scripts and frameworks
Define SLAs SLOs and capacity benchmarks in collaboration with enterprise architecture teams
Partner with project teams to translate business and technical requirements into effective performance test strategies
Create and promote standardized intake processes for performance testing across new initiatives
Design realistic load models aligned with production traffic and extreme demand scenarios (including storm-related events)
Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous performance testing practices
Collaborate closely with developers product owners and infrastructure teams to identify performance improvement opportunities
Monitor performance test results and metrics to drive measurable improvements in system reliability and scalability
Stay current with emerging performance testing technologies and recommend enhancements to testing leadership
Support shift-left and test-driven development practices by enabling teams earlier in the delivery lifecycle

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Performance Engineering LeadContract Length: 12 Month Contract (with potential extension)Location: Dallas TX (3-4 days onsite)**The Consultant must be based in Dallas TX and available for onsite work as well as in-person interviews.**We are seeking a Performance Engineering Lead to drive enterprise-...

10 years of experience in performance engineering with deep knowledge of scalability and reliability principles
Hands-on expertise with performance testing tools such as NeoLoad and JMeter
Proven experience evaluating performance tool ecosystems and recommending improvements
Strong understanding of application API database and infrastructure performance analysis
Experience with cloud-native performance and scalability testing
Exposure to APM and monitoring tools such as Grafana and Dynatrace
Experience working in Agile and Waterfall environments with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI a plus)
Ability to quickly understand complex application architectures and provide actionable feedback
Comfortable working in a hybrid model and flexible to support critical testing activities when needed

Key Responsibilities

Define and lead performance engineering strategy standards and governance across application teams
Serve as a central point of contact for performance testing best practices within the Testing Enablement function
Assess current performance capabilities and identify bottlenecks across applications APIs databases and infrastructure
Evaluate pilot and implement performance testing tools and frameworks to improve scalability and performance visibility
Design develop and maintain reusable performance test scripts and frameworks
Define SLAs SLOs and capacity benchmarks in collaboration with enterprise architecture teams
Partner with project teams to translate business and technical requirements into effective performance test strategies
Create and promote standardized intake processes for performance testing across new initiatives
Design realistic load models aligned with production traffic and extreme demand scenarios (including storm-related events)
Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous performance testing practices
Collaborate closely with developers product owners and infrastructure teams to identify performance improvement opportunities
Monitor performance test results and metrics to drive measurable improvements in system reliability and scalability
Stay current with emerging performance testing technologies and recommend enhancements to testing leadership
Support shift-left and test-driven development practices by enabling teams earlier in the delivery lifecycle