Performance Tester

Performance Tester Contract

Locations: Kansas City MO Boston MA New York NY Philadelphia PA Cleveland OH Richmond VA Atlanta GA Chicago IL St. Louis MO Minneapolis MN Dallas TX San Francisco CA

• Candidates must reside within commuting distance of any one of the above locations.
• Preferred Location : Kansas City MO

Duration: 12 Months (Extension & Conversion Possible)
Experience Level: Senior (10 Years)

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Performance Tester to support Financial Services in delivering and optimizing mission-critical payment systems. This role focuses on ensuring scalability reliability and performance across high-volume financial platforms including real-time and batch processing systems.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams including engineering infrastructure product and security to drive end-to-end performance testing strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end performance testing (requirements planning scripting execution and reporting)
• Design and execute load stress spike volume and failover tests
• Develop and maintain test scripts using LoadRunner JMeter or similar tools
• Perform API and application performance testing and integrate into CI/CD pipelines
• Analyze system performance across front-end and back-end components
• Monitor system resources (CPU memory network) during test execution
• Identify performance bottlenecks and provide optimization recommendations
• Collaborate with engineering architecture and infrastructure teams
• Maintain test artifacts in Git/Subversion and integrate with Jenkins
• Generate detailed performance reports and metrics dashboards
• Participate in agile ceremonies code reviews and release cycles

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of performance testing experience
• Proven experience in large-scale enterprise environments
• Strong hands-on experience with:
  • LoadRunner JMeter Performance Center
  • Programming: Java Python JavaScript
• Experience with AWS/cloud-based and MQ applications
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Load modeling and test design
  • Bottleneck analysis and performance tuning
  • Statistical analysis and performance metrics
• Experience with monitoring tools like Dynatrace Splunk
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins) and version control (Git/SVN)
• Proficiency with IntelliJ/Eclipse
• Strong understanding of Java performance concepts (threads memory I/O)
• Bachelors degree in a related field (or equivalent experience)

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder
• Must have at least 3 years of U.S. residency
• No visa sponsorship available
• Must pass enhanced background screening (education employment criminal credit references)