Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Performance Engineer position! This is a 6-18 month contract-to-hire opportunity and will be hybrid in Buffalo, New York.
This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services. No C2C or subcontracting arrangements will be considered.
What You'll Be Doing:
Design, develop, execute, and maintain performance test scripts and frameworks for web, API, mobile, cloud, and distributed applications
Lead performance testing activities across all SDLC phases including planning, scripting, execution, analysis, and comprehensive reporting
Develop and maintain performance test assets using OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) and related tooling
Create and maintain automated performance test scripts using C and other applicable scripting languages
Analyze performance test results using Dynatrace and other monitoring tools to identify bottlenecks, root causes, and optimization opportunities
Collaborate with application development, architecture, database, middleware, and infrastructure teams to resolve performance issues
Provide performance engineering guidance and best practices to development teams to support shift-left testing initiatives
Review application architectures, designs, and requirements to proactively identify performance risks and recommend mitigation strategies
Develop performance test plans, workload models, success criteria, and executive-level performance reports
Support capacity planning, scalability testing, resiliency testing, and failover validation efforts
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance on performance testing methodologies and tools
Participate in troubleshooting complex production and pre-production performance issues
What You'll Need to Have:
5+ years of professional experience in software testing and performance engineering
3+ years of hands-on experience with OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) or LoadRunner Enterprise
Strong proficiency in C programming for developing and maintaining performance test scripts
Proven experience with JMeter for performance testing and load testing activities
Experience analyzing application performance, troubleshooting bottlenecks, and identifying root causes using APM tools like Dynatrace
Demonstrated ability to work within Agile and DevOps environments with experience integrating performance testing into CI/CD pipelines
Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Strong collaborative mindset with ability to influence without authority and partner effectively across multiple teams
Proven organizational skills with ability to independently prioritize and manage multiple concurrent performance testing initiatives