Senior Performance Testing Engineer

*Only W-2 candidates who are local to the Richmond, VA area will be considered, no C2C*
Computer Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) is seeking a talented Senior Performance Testing Engineer to join our Client's dynamic team.
Job at a glance:

• This is a long-term contract, with an initial term of 12 months, planned for extension and/or permanent placement
• Pay rate is $70-$80/hr W2 + eligible to sign up for benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401k) on day 1
• Hybrid position, onsite 3 days/wk and remote 2 days/wk

Job Description:
High Level Project Overview
The Senior Performance Testing Analyst plans, coordinates, executes, and supports performance testing for enterprise technology solutions. This role collaborates with application teams, developers, architects, infrastructure teams, database administrators, vendors, and business stakeholders to validate performance, scalability, reliability, and production readiness. The analyst also administers and supports OpenText ALM/Quality Center and LRE Performance Center and serves as a senior technical resource for the Testing team.
Key Responsibilities

• Develop performance test strategies, plans, scenarios, workloads, and scripts aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Execute load, stress, scalability, volume, concurrency, and endurance tests using LoadRunner/VuGen, LRE Performance Center, and BlazeMeter.
• Analyze results, identify bottlenecks and risks, and partner with technical teams to drive resolution.
• Administer and support OpenText ALM/Quality Center and LRE Performance Center, including projects, environments, load generators, configurations, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Manage and resolve incidents and service requests related to performance-testing tools and environments.
• Document test results, findings, risks, and recommendations, and communicate status to technical and business stakeholders.
• Coordinate testing activities across teams and support production-readiness decisions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to team members.
• Improve testing standards, automation, processes, and tools.

• Experience with LoadRunner/VuGen, LRE Performance Center, ALM/Quality Center, BlazeMeter, or comparable enterprise testing tools.
• Experience with ALM migration and ALM admin tasks.
• Knowledge of performance-testing methodologies and protocols such as HTTP/HTTPS, TruClient, APIs and web services, ODBC/JDBC, Citrix, Web/Browser applications, Client/server applications and SAP protocol.
• Experience analyzing application and infrastructure monitoring data to identify performance issues.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across technical and business teams.

• Strong communication skills both verbal and written
• Ability to lead, collaborate, or work effectively in a variety of teams, including multi-disciplinary teams

• 10+ years of software or application testing experience, including hands-on performance testing.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Technology, or Computer Engineering

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