Automation Test Engineer (Performance Testing)

Quick Facts

• Role: Automation Test Engineer (Performance Testing)

• Duration: 12-month contract (possible extension)

• Location: Plano, TX (onsite)

Description

A performance test engineering role focused on building and maintaining load and scalability test automation using JMeter and k6. You will execute load, stress, soak, spike, and endurance tests for applications, APIs, and backend services, then analyze response times and other metrics to recommend fixes. You will also create performance test reports and help integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain performance test scripts in JMeter (primary) and k6 (priority)

• Run load, stress, soak, spike, and endurance tests

• Test applications, APIs, and backend services

• Analyze response times, throughput, error rates, CPU, memory, and other metrics

• Identify performance bottlenecks and troubleshoot with teams

• Define performance goals and success criteria

• Create performance test reports

• Support benchmarking and capacity planning

• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines

Requirements

• Strong experience in performance testing

• Deep knowledge of JMeter and k6

• Experience testing APIs and web applications

• Understanding of HTTP/HTTPS, cookies, sessions, headers, and authentication

• Ability to analyze logs, metrics, and monitoring data

• Scripting knowledge in JavaScript, Groovy, or Python

• Familiarity with Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps

• Strong communication and analytical skills

• Cloud experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform

• Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized applications (e.g., EKS)

Benefits

• 12-month contract with possibility of extension