Principal Test Performance Engineer

Job Title: Principal Test Performance Engineer Location: Boston, MA (Hybrid - 3 Days onsite) Duration: 12 months CTH Visa: Candidate must be eligible to work on W2 or C2CJob Description: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline with Masters or equivalent experience Minimum of 7 years of related experience Minimum of 4 years of experience developing n-tier, J2EE software applications Experience developing tools with JMS/IBM-MQ/Kafka messaging system Minimum of 4 years of experience working in Unix or Linux environments Minimum of 6 years of experience in performance engineering (analysis, testing, and tuning) Expertise in performance analysis of distributed platforms including Linux, Windows, AWS, Containers and VMware (tools: TeamQuest, OMi, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk) Substantial knowledge of the functionality and performance aspects of the above computing platforms Experience in advanced statistical and analytical modeling Excellent analytical skills including: Data exploration, analysis and presentation utilizing descriptive statistics and graphical techniques Time series analysis and forecasting Key Performance and Volume metrics relationship modeling Understanding of queuing networks modeling and simulation modeling concepts and experience with one of the industry standard analytic modeling tools TeamQuest, Metron-Athenee, HyPerformix, and BMC Experience in scripting (Perl, Unix shell, Python, Terraform, Chef, Jenkins) Understanding of RESTful web service, JSON, and XML Experience in Relational Databases, preferably Oracle Experience working with AWS services (Kinesis, Elastic Beanstalk, Cloudwatch, Lambda, etc) Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementations, including testing, using Jenkins or similar tool Expert MS Office skills. Effective use of Excel statistical functions and advanced Power Point presentation skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Experience working with Agile teams (preferably scrum) In-depth knowledge of the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC) Experience in the financial services industry

Created: 2026-04-02