Performance Tester - Remote

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Performance Tester - Remote position with a Major Financial Services Company located remotely or in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, or San Francisco. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity.

Pay range: $65.00 - $75.00 per hour

Description:
We are seeking leaders who will help define the vision, strategy, values, and priorities that enable our client to achieve its mission. This role is responsible for executing end-to-end performance testing, including requirements gathering, test planning, scripting, execution, and analysis, while partnering closely with development, architecture, infrastructure, and engineering teams. The ideal candidate brings a strategic, action-oriented mindset, with strong intellectual curiosity, agility, accountability, and a passion for driving innovation through experimentation.

Responsibilities:

• Execute end-to-end performance testing, including requirements gathering, test planning, scripting, execution, analysis, and results reporting to stakeholders.
• Evaluate system under test (SUT) communication protocols to determine appropriate scripting approaches
• Partner with product development, implementation, architecture, infrastructure, and engineering teams to define success criteria and evaluation methodologies
• Design and implement load test scenarios, including load, stress, volume, and failover testing
• Collaborate across dependent teams to ensure the successful execution of performance test cycles
• Work with security teams and test engineers to integrate security requirements into the overall testing strategy and pipeline
• Perform manual testing to validate vulnerabilities
• Monitor server utilization during test execution
• Participate in code reviews for performance test scenarios and develop/maintain test data
• Evaluate non-functional requirements to establish acceptance criteria
• Analyze production logs to determine target and peak, load models
• Upload performance test scenarios and related artifacts to Subversion and/or other management tools as required
• Coordinate with configuration management to schedule test execution and support automated software deployment
• Maintain performance test scripts and scenarios
• Conduct API performance testing and integrate results into CI pipelines
• Monitor system-level metrics during test execution
• Develop and deliver performance test reports and analyze results
• Gather and correlate front-end and back-end performance data to produce comprehensive reporting
• Support the implementation and maintenance of performance testing tools
• Utilize CI tools to support continuous integration for performance and load testing

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience in performance testing, including at least 3 years on large-scale projects with minimal supervision
• 4-6 years of hands-on experience in performance testing, with strong knowledge of methodologies, concepts, and best practices
• 4-6 years of experience developing and executing performance test scripts using tools such as LoadRunner, Performance Center, or JMeter
• Advanced programming knowledge in Python, JavaScript, Java, or Visual Basic
• Experience developing performance testing scripts for MQ, Java Cloud, and AWS-based applications
• Proven ability to execute end-to-end performance testing across requirements, planning, scripting, execution, and analysis
• Experience designing performance tests for load, stress, spike, scalability, and volume testing
• Strong experience applying best practices in load generation, bottleneck analysis, modeling tools, and statistical analysis
• Experience using server monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, or similar
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and present performance test results to product and technical teams
• Proficiency with development tools such as IntelliJ, Eclipse, and source control systems like Git or Subversion
• Experience with advanced programming concepts (e.g., threading, exceptions, I/O, memory management) within the Java ecosystem

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most of whom have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20 years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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