Performance Test Engineer / Okemos, MI

Primary Job Responsibilities :

• Design and lead comprehensive performance testing strategies to validate system behavior under load, stress, and peak conditions. Align these strategies with business requirements and project goals
• Create, configure, and execute complex test scripts in JMeter to simulate real-world usage scenarios and workload patterns. Optimize and troubleshoot scripts to achieve accurate and reliable performance assessments.
• Utilize Dynatrace for continuous performance monitoring, tracking key application metrics (response time, throughput, resource utilization) and diagnosing issues in real-time to support proactive performance management.
• Integrate performance testing and monitoring tools within CI / CD pipelines using Jenkins, ensuring that performance issues are identified and addressed early in the development lifecycle.
• Perform in-depth capacity planning analysis, determining optimal infrastructure requirements to handle projected workloads and recommending strategies for scaling applications in Kubernetes environments.
• Use Bitbucket for version control of test scripts, configurations, and related documentation, fostering effective collaboration and change tracking within performance engineering teams.
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, and operations teams to troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and recommend tuning or architectural changes to improve application performance and scalability.
• Deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot applications running in Kubernetes clusters, ensuring efficient use of resources, autoscaling configurations, and resilience under load.
• Generate detailed performance reports and dashboards that present test results, analysis, and insights for various stakeholders, including senior management and engineering teams.
• Conduct root cause analysis for complex performance issues, using Dynatrace and other diagnostics tools to trace issues to specific components, services, or resource configurations.
• Initiate proactive approach to advocate for performance engineering best practices, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement in performance testing and monitoring processes.
• Document test strategies, configurations, tuning recommendations, and lessons learned, ensuring continuity and knowledge sharing within the team. These responsibilities ensure a strong focus on performance optimization, scalability, and reliability in modern cloud-native environments, making use of advanced testing, monitoring, and automation capabilities.
• Actively participate in PI planning sessions to align performance goals and establish testing strategies and set realistic performance targets. Ensure all the dependencies are identified, documented and addressed.

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