Senior QA Performance Engineer

UNIVERSAL Technologies is seeking a Senior QA Performance Engineer with over 8 years of software testing experience and deep expertise in performance testing, cloud platforms, and test automation. This is a remote role operating during standard business hours, Monday through Friday, and candidates must reside in the EST Time Zone.

WHO WE ARE: UNIVERSAL Technologies, LLC is a Women-Owned (M/WBE) IT solutions and consulting company focused on delivering enterprise systems that significantly improve our clients' IT performance. We work across the IT spectrum including Development, Business/Systems/Data Analysis, Project Management, Cyber Security, Network Engineering, and High-Level System Architecture. We take pride in the services we provide and the supportive, flexible environment we offer our consultants. Our goal is to help grow your career while contributing to innovative, impactful projects.

WHAT WE OFFER:
Our W2 employees can expect the following benefits:

• Competitive pay
• Health/Dental Insurance
• Group Life Insurance
• 401K
• HSA/FSA
• Pre-Tax Transportation Program
• Generous Paid Time Off/Holiday Policy

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE: Candidates who do not meet the mandatory qualifications will not be considered.

• 8+ years of overall software testing experience
• 7+ years of performance testing experience with OpenText/Microfocus Performance Center/LoadRunner
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Azure and/or AWS, and familiarity with cloud services
• Understanding of API gateways, proxies, and securing API endpoints (rate limiting, API tokens, etc.)
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB)
• Experience with Git, Azure DevOps Pipelines, or equivalent CI/CD tools
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills; ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• High level of responsibility and the ability to work independently
• Excellent technical writing skills with the ability to create clear, structured documentation

PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with Azure services including App Service, Logic Apps, Blob Storage, and Data Lake
• Familiarity with Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services
• Experience using Azure Monitoring services

SOFT SKILLS:

• Strong teamwork and communication abilities
• Ability to adapt in fast-paced, collaborative environments
• Detail-oriented with excellent time management and documentation skills

SCOPE OF SERVICES:

• Identify performance bottlenecks and collaborate with developers, architects, and business owners
• Translate application workflows into performance testing scenarios
• Communicate performance compliance standards and load expectations
• Work with test leads to select performance testing tools and develop performance test scripts
• Define performance test types (stress, stability, breakpoint, etc.)
• Determine monitoring points and coordinate with support teams
• Design and execute performance tests, analyze results, and report findings
• Recommend fixes for performance issues and sign off on applications for production deployment
• Maintain Citywide performance testing standards and contribute to performance test labs
• Assist in troubleshooting production issues by reproducing them in staging environments
• Contribute to the documentation and creation of performance test strategies, plans, scripts, and metrics
• Support QA labs and tools including test management platforms

UNIVERSAL Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.