Performance Engineer

Overview

Experience:

• Experienced in developing performance engineering processes, policies, procedures, and standards for performance engineering and leading efforts to implement those.
• Will analyze performance results to identify bottlenecks and suggest optimizations, participate in discussions and planning with development and will design and implement overhead, scalability, stability, and stress tests using industry standard tools and developed software.
• Proficient in end-to-end performance assurance, early performance assessment, and validation of commercial and non-commercial on-premises and cloud-based applications.
• Demonstrated ability to build or configure tools to conduct performance tests.
• Strong overall architectural understanding of large systems development with a focus on performance.
• Expertise in identifying and resolving performance issues on a variety of server subsystems (CPU, Memory, Threads, I/O, etc.) and operating systems counters.
• Designed and Developed automated Performance, Stability, Scalability, and Reliability tests.
• Extensive experience in Performance Testing and Monitoring tools such as JMeter/Blazemeter, Splunk, AppDynamics, Thousand Eyes, etc.
• Experience with test data setup tools like K2View a plus
• Good working knowledge of operating systems, databases and programming languages (both procedural and object).
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $57.60 to $64 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits! 

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.