Manager, Performance Engineer - Tax Transformation

Deloitte•Tampa, FL

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

If you are a technology leader with a passion for improving application reliability, scalability, and user experience through performance engineering, consider joining Deloitte Consulting’s AI & Engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the design and delivery of performance engineering solutions that support complex technology transformations and help clients achieve measurable business outcomes.

Requirements

Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
Ability to lead projects or workstreams
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
Ability to meet deadlines
Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others
Ability to perform job responsibilities within a hybrid work model that requires US Tax professionals to co-locate in person 2 – 3 days per week
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related discipline.
5+ years of experience in performance testing, performance engineering, or related technology delivery roles with additional experience leading performance engineering teams or technical delivery workstreams.
Demonstrated ability to plan, design, and execute performance testing, including workload modeling, capacity planning, scenario development, test-environment coordination, and performance test scripting.
Proven ability to analyze performance results, identify application, database, infrastructure, and integration bottlenecks, and communicate recommendations through technical reports and stakeholder presentations.
Ability to travel up to 25%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.
Ability to travel up to 20%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
One of the following active accreditations obtained: Licensed CPA in state of practice/primary office if eligible to sit for the CPA, Licensed attorney, Enrolled Agent, ISTQB Certified Tester, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect or Azure DevOps Engineer, SAFe DevOps Practioner, ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE).

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated proficiency with LoadRunner, JMeter, NeoLoad, or comparable tools, including reusable frameworks and CI/CD integration.
Experience with performance engineering for cloud-native, microservices, API, distributed, or event-driven architectures across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Experience using Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Datadog, Splunk, or comparable platforms for application, infrastructure, and database performance analysis.
Experience provisioning test data and environments, maintaining requirements traceability, and managing performance-related defects and dependencies.
Proven analytical, problem-solving, communication, and mentoring skills, including presenting technical findings to executives; relevant cloud, Agile, performance-testing, quality, or project-management certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the analysis of nonfunctional requirements and translate them into performance engineering strategies, workload models, test scenarios, scripts, and traceability documentation.
Plan and coordinate performance testing activities across the software development lifecycle.
Design, develop, and maintain performance test scripts using tools such as LoadRunner, JMeter, or NeoLoad.
Lead the execution of load, stress, endurance, scalability, and volume testing.
Analyze test results using monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Datadog, or Splunk.
Identify application bottlenecks, perform root-cause analysis, and recommend performance improvements.
Collaborate with client, onshore, and offshore teams to manage dependencies, resolve issues, and escalate delivery risks.
Prepare performance test strategies, execution plans, dashboards, reports, and executive-level presentations.
Ensure that performance engineering deliverables meet agreed scope, quality, timeline, and methodology standards.
Guide and mentor performance engineers and review test scripts, execution results, and technical documentation.
Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.
Contribute to continuous improvement of performance engineering methods, accelerators, reusable assets, and delivery practices.
Build strong working relationships with client stakeholders and communicate technical findings clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiences.