Performance Test Engineer

Charlotte, NC, US • Posted 5 hours ago • Updated 4 hours ago
Full Time
No Travel Required
On-site
$90,000 - $110,000/yr
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Skills

  • COBOL
  • CICS
  • load runner
  • Performance Testing
  • SQL
  • application tunning
  • Database

Summary

Performance Engineer 
Work Location: Charlotte, NC (Onsite)
Experience: 8 - 10 Years 
Role:Full time / Permanent Role

Job Description:

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
 
We are seeking an experienced Performance Testing & Performance Engineering professional with a minimum of 8 years of experience in performance testing, performance analysis, and application tuning. The ideal candidate should possess strong hands-on expertise in HP NonStop systems, Mainframe technologies, and enterprise-scale performance engineering engagements.
The candidate will be responsible for designing and executing performance test strategies, identifying bottlenecks, conducting root cause analysis, and working closely with development, infrastructure, middleware, and business teams to ensure system scalability, stability, and reliability.
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
8+ years of experience in Performance Testing and Performance Engineering
Strong experience with HP NonStop (Tandem) systems
Strong experience working with Mainframe environments (COBOL, CICS, DB2, IMS, JCL)
Hands-on expertise in LoadRunner / Performance Center
Strong knowledge of workload modeling and performance test planning
Expertise in Load, Stress, Endurance, Volume, and Scalability testing
Experience analyzing performance metrics and identifying system bottlenecks
Strong SQL and database performance analysis skills
Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as:
· Dynatrace
· Splunk
· AppDynamics
· SiteScope Strong understanding of application architecture, middleware, APIs, and backend systems Excellent troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills
 
Roles and Responsibilities
· Gather and analyze Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) and performance SLAs.
· Develop comprehensive performance test strategies, plans, and workload models.
· Design and develop performance test scripts using LoadRunner and JMeter.
· Execute load, stress, endurance, scalability, and capacity tests.
· Monitor application, database, and infrastructure performance during test execution.
· Analyze CPU, memory, disk I/O, network, and application performance metrics.
· Perform detailed performance diagnostics for HP NonStop and Mainframe applications.
· Identify performance bottlenecks and provide tuning recommendations.
· Work closely with Development, Infrastructure, Middleware, DBA, and Architecture teams to resolve issues.
· Prepare performance test reports, analysis findings, and executive summaries.
· Support production performance assessments and capacity planning activities.
· Participate in performance triage calls and drive issue resolution.
 
HP NonStop / Mainframe Responsibilities · Performance analysis and tuning of HP NonStop applications.
· Experience with NonStop SQL and system resource monitoring.
· Analyze transaction processing performance across NonStop environments.
· Strong understanding of Mainframe batch and online transaction processing.
· Monitor and optimize CICS regions, DB2 databases, and batch workloads.
· Conduct throughput and response-time analysis for mission-critical applications.
· Collaborate with infrastructure teams to improve system efficiency and capacity.
 
Preferred Skills
· Banking or Financial Services domain experience
· Experience with CI/CD and performance automation
· Python or Shell scripting knowledge
· Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology
· Exposure to cloud-based performance testing environments
· Knowledge of Kafka, MQ, and API performance testing

 

 

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Company Info

About TATA Consultancy Services Limited

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is the technology partner of choice for industry leading organizations worldwide. Since its inception in 1968, TCS has upheld the highest standards of innovation, engineering excellence, and customer service.

It has set an aspiration to become the world's largest AI-led technology services company and is enabling its clients to transform themselves across the full AI stack, from infrastructure to intelligence. Rooted in the heritage of the Tata Group, TCS is focused on creating long term value for its clients, its investors, its employees, and the community at large.

With a highly skilled workforce spread across 55 countries and 202 service delivery centers across the world, the company has been recognized as a top employer in six continents. With the ability to rapidly apply and scale new technologies, the company has built long term partnerships with its clients – helping them emerge as perpetually adaptive enterprises.

Many of these relationships have endured into decades and navigated every technology cycle, from mainframes in the 1970s to artificial intelligence today.

TCS sponsors 14 of the world’s most prestigious marathons and endurance events, including the TCS New York City Marathon, TCS London Marathon and TCS Sydney Marathon with a focus on promoting health, sustainability, and community empowerment.

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