Job Title Performance Test Engineer / Performance Engineering Specialist Experience 7–10 Years Grade SG-27 Employment Type Full-Time Work Mode Hybrid Domain Healthcare Technology (Preferred) Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Performance Test Engineer / Performance Engineering Specialist to ensure the scalability reliability stability and performance of enterprise applications across distributed systems and cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in performance testing performance engineering workload modeling application monitoring bottleneck analysis and reliability engineering. The role involves designing and executing performance tests analyzing system behavior under various workloads identifying performance bottlenecks across application database infrastructure and network layers and collaborating with engineering teams to deliver highly reliable enterprise solutions. The successful candidate will contribute to performance engineering initiatives by leveraging tools such as JMeter LoadRunner Dynatrace Splunk and Grafana to improve application performance observability and production readiness. Key Responsibilities Design develop execute and maintain performance test scripts using Apache JMeter and LoadRunner. Define performance test strategies workload models test plans and execution approaches for web applications APIs microservices and distributed systems. Execute different types of performance testing including Load Testing Stress Testing Spike Testing Volume Testing Endurance/Soak Testing Scalability Testing Capacity Testing Analyze application performance across application API middleware database network and cloud infrastructure layers. Perform performance benchmarking and capacity assessments for enterprise applications. Use monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace Splunk and Grafana to identify bottlenecks and perform root cause analysis. Monitor system metrics including CPU Utilization Memory Usage Disk I/O Network Performance JVM Metrics Thread Pools Database Connections Application Transaction Metrics Conduct performance analysis for APIs microservices event-driven architectures and cloud-native applications. Collaborate with developers architects SRE teams infrastructure teams and operations teams to resolve performance issues. Participate in production incident investigations performance troubleshooting and technical war rooms. Perform database performance analysis including query optimization validation and transaction monitoring. Drive improvements in monitoring logging tracing alerting and observability practices. Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and support shift-left performance engineering practices. Prepare performance test reports dashboards trend analysis and executive summaries. Document Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and recommend preventive performance improvements. Support architecture reviews and identify scalability and reliability risks early in the development lifecycle. Ensure applications meet performance availability and reliability expectations. Required SkillsPerformance Testing & Engineering Performance Testing Performance Engineering Workload Modeling Capacity Planning Bottleneck Analysis Reliability Engineering Root Cause Analysis Performance Testing Tools Apache JMeter LoadRunner Professional LoadRunner Enterprise Performance Center BlazeMeter (Good to Have) Monitoring & Observability Dynatrace Splunk Grafana Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Distributed Tracing Log Analysis Application Metrics Analysis Azure Monitor (Good to Have) AppDynamics (Good to Have) Application & Architecture Distributed Systems Web Application Performance Testing API Performance Testing Microservices Architecture Event-Driven Architectures Cloud-Native Applications Cloud & Infrastructure Microsoft Azure Cloud Linux Administration Networking Fundamentals Load Balancers Containers Kubernetes (Preferred) Docker (Preferred) Database Performance SQL Server Azure SQL Oracle (Preferred) MongoDB (Preferred) SQL Performance Analysis Query Optimization Database Bottleneck Identification Automation & CI/CD Jenkins GitHub Actions Azure DevOps Performance Test Automation Integration Scripting Java JavaScript Groovy Python (Preferred) Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Technology or related field. 5–8 years of hands-on experience in Performance Testing and Performance Engineering. Strong experience executing enterprise-level performance testing initiatives. Hands-on expertise with JMeter and/or LoadRunner. Experience testing distributed systems APIs microservices and cloud-based applications. Strong understanding of performance engineering methodologies and best practices. Experience analyzing application infrastructure and database performance metrics. Excellent troubleshooting analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong communication and collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting mission-critical enterprise applications. Experience working in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) environments. Healthcare domain experience including Claims Processing Systems Member Portals Provider Applications Healthcare Data Platforms Experience with proactive performance monitoring and reliability engineering. Knowledge of AIOps alert correlation and observability platforms. Experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads. Certifications in LoadRunner Dynatrace Azure or cloud platforms are preferred. Success Measures Successful delivery of performance testing initiatives for enterprise applications. Improved application scalability reliability and response times. Effective identification and resolution of performance bottlenecks. Improved production stability through proactive performance engineering. Enhanced observability and monitoring capabilities. Accurate performance reporting and actionable optimization recommendations. Work Location Hybrid remote in Remote