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. Synechrons 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 16700 and has 57 offices in 22 countries within key global markets.

Our challenge

We are seeking an experiencedPerformance Test Leadto drive performance engineering and testing initiatives across enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have expertise in performance testing strategy workload modeling test execution bottleneck analysis and performance optimization for web API cloud and distributed systems.

Additional Information*

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other accordance with law the base salary for this role if filled within Charlotte NC is$100k - $105k/year & benefits (see below).

The Role

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end performance testing activities for enterprise applications.
• Define performance test strategy workload models and test plans.
• Design develop and execute load stress endurance and scalability tests.
• Analyze performance metrics and identify application database and infrastructure bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with development architecture DevOps and business teams to resolve performance issues.
• Prepare performance reports and provide optimization recommendations.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and support performance engineering best practices.
• Mentor junior performance testers and coordinate testing activities across teams.

Requirements:

• QA/Performance Testing experience with experience in a lead role.
• Strong experience with performance testing tools such asLoadRunner JMeter NeoLoad or Gatling.
• Experience testingWeb Applications APIs Microservices and Cloud-based solutions.
• Strong knowledge ofHTTP REST APIs SQL Java/.NET architectures and distributed systems.
• Experience monitoring applications usingDynatrace AppDynamics Splunk Grafana Prometheus or New Relic.
• Strong skills in performance analysis capacity planning and root cause identification.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such asJenkins GitHub Actions Azure DevOps or GitLab.
• Excellent communication stakeholder management and leadership skills.

Preferred but not required:

• Experience withAWS Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)environments.
• Knowledge of container platforms such asDocker and Kubernetes.
• Experience in performance engineering site reliability and application tuning.
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Relevant certifications in performance testing cloud or quality engineering.

We offer:

• A highly competitive compensation and benefits package.
• A multinational organization with 57 offices in 22 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 worlds leading tier-one banks financial institutions and insurance firms.
• A flat and approachable organization.
• A truly diverse fun-loving and global work culture.

SYNECHRONS 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 applicants gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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