Senior Load and Performance Test Engineer

Job Title: Senior Load & Performance Test Engineer

Location: Remote

Experience: 5+ Years

Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Load & Performance Test Engineer to design, execute, analyze, and optimize performance testing for large-scale enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with enterprise performance testing tools, application performance monitoring (APM), and performance engineering best practices. Experience supporting Oracle PeopleSoft ERP applications is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and execute load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests for enterprise applications.

• Develop and maintain reusable performance test scripts aligned with business processes.

• Simulate high-volume workloads ranging from 5,000–10,000 concurrent virtual users.

• Analyze application performance, identify bottlenecks, and recommend optimization strategies.

• Configure and execute geographically distributed load tests.

• Create detailed performance reports, dashboards, and executive summaries.

• Monitor application health using Real User Monitoring (RUM) and Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools.

• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.

• Collaborate with developers, infrastructure, cloud, database, and QA teams to resolve performance issues.

• Support production readiness assessments and peak-load validation.

• Provide ongoing performance engineering guidance and knowledge transfer.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in Load & Performance Testing.

• Strong experience with one or more of:

  • LoadRunner

  • NeoLoad

  • JMeter

  • BlazeMeter

  • Gatling

• Experience with APM/RUM platforms such as:

  • Dynatrace

  • AppDynamics

  • New Relic

  • Datadog

• Strong understanding of:

  • Performance Engineering

  • Capacity Planning

  • Stress Testing

  • Spike Testing

  • Endurance Testing

• Experience analyzing CPU, Memory, Network, JVM, Database, and Application performance metrics.

• Knowledge of REST APIs, Web Services, and enterprise web applications.

• Experience integrating performance testing into Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar CI/CD platforms.

• Strong SQL skills and performance troubleshooting experience.

• Excellent analytical and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle PeopleSoft ERP/SIS performance testing experience.

• Experience with Oracle Database performance tuning.

• Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform).

• Scripting experience using Java, Groovy, JavaScript, or Python.

• Performance Engineering or LoadRunner certification is a plus.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Oracle Campus Solutions, HCM, Finance, or Supply Chain modules.

• Experience supporting large-scale higher education or public sector environments.

• Familiarity with Agile, DevOps, and automated testing frameworks.

Responsibilities Include:

• Performance Test Planning

• Test Script Development

• Test Execution

• Real-Time Monitoring

• Root Cause Analysis

• Performance Optimization Recommendations

• Executive Reporting

• Stakeholder Collaboration

• Production Readiness Validation

• Ongoing Performance Engineering Support