Performance Load Test ArchitectLead

Performance Load Test Architect/Lead Analyst

Location: Middletown PA (Hybrid)

Position Type: Contract

In Person Interview

Complete Description:

• Define and own the overall performance engineering strategy for the Journi program.
• Develop enterprise performance testing standards governance methodologies and best practices.
• Define workload models using historical production metrics and anticipated business growth.
• Establish non-functional requirements (NFRs) service level objectives (SLOs) service level agreements (SLAs) and performance acceptance criteria.
• Lead performance planning activities for Solution Confirmation PI Planning SIT UAT Go-Live and Hypercare.
• Review solution architecture to identify scalability risks performance bottlenecks and infrastructure constraints early in the SDLC.
• Provide technical leadership for capacity planning and infrastructure sizing recommendations.
• Performance Engineering Leadership
• Lead performance testing across:
• SAP BRIM
• SAP Convergent Mediation (CM)
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP Datasphere
• Dynamics CRM Customer Engagement
• Middleware
• REST/SOAP APIs
• Batch processing
• Event-driven integrations
• Customer web portal
• Mobile applications
• IVR and chatbot platforms
• Define enterprise load profiles for concurrent users transaction volumes billing cycles payment processing toll transactions financial processing and customer service operations.
• Review and approve performance test plans scripts workloads and execution schedules developed by performance analysts.
• Architecture Monitoring & Analysis
• Define enterprise monitoring strategy across application middleware SAP database infrastructure and cloud platforms.
• Analyze application response times throughput resource utilization JVM metrics database performance middleware queues API latency and infrastructure bottlenecks.
• Lead root-cause analysis with development SAP CRM infrastructure middleware and vendor teams.
• Recommend application tuning database optimization infrastructure scaling and configuration improvements.
• Validate system readiness for production deployment.
• Tooling & Automation
• Lead implementation and administration of NeoLoad as the enterprise performance testing platform.
• Define reusable scripting frameworks and standards.
• Establish automated performance regression testing for major releases.
• Develop performance dashboards and executive reporting.
• Collaboration & Leadership
• Present performance status risks bottlenecks and mitigation strategies to executive leadership and project governance boards.
• Fully document all created work associated with this position including technical and functional designs and diagrams test plans test scripts impact analysis reports lessons learned best practices for others to follow plus any other documentation as required by the Commission. This documentation shall follow the format and / or templates as instructed by the Commission.
• Adhere to and follow all The Commission standards policies and procedures.

Minimum Experience/Skillset

• 12 years of overall IT experience.
• 8 years of enterprise performance engineering and load testing experience.
• 5 years leading enterprise performance testing initiatives.
• Expert-level experience with NeoLoad.
• Experience architecting performance testing solutions for enterprise-scale applications.
• Strong experience with SAP BRIM SAP S/4HANA SAP Convergent Mediation (CM) SAP Datasphere CRM platforms APIs middleware and enterprise integrations.
• Experience designing production workload models using historical production metrics.
• Strong knowledge of:
• Capacity planning
• Performance engineering
• Scalability architecture
• Stress endurance spike and failover testing
• API and middleware performance testing
• Batch processing optimization
• Cloud and hybrid infrastructure performance
• Performance monitoring and diagnostics

Certifications / Education

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or related field.
• NeoLoad certification preferred.
• Cloud certifications (Azure or AWS) are preferred.

Required skills:

• Overall IT experience Required 12 Years
• Enterprise performance engineering and load testing experience Required 8 Years
• Leading enterprise performance testing initiatives Required 5 Years
• Expert-level experience with NeoLoad. Required
• SAP BRIM SAP S/4HANA SAP Convergent Mediation (CM) SAP Datasphere CRM platforms APIs middleware and enterprise integrations Required
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or related field. Required
• NeoLoad certification Highly desired
• Cloud certifications (Azure or AWS) Highly desired

Required Skills:

Enterprise performance engineeringload BRIM SAP S/4HANA SAP Convergent Mediation (CM) SAP Datasphere CRM platforms APIs middleware and enterprise integrationsCloud certifications (Azure or AWS)NeoLoad certification