Systems Performance Engineer Senior

Elevance Health•Winston-Salem, NC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Systems Performance Engineer Senior is responsible for delivering application systems which meet the performance and throughput requirements of business stakeholders. This role requires associates to be in-office 1 - 2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field of study.
Seven (7) years of performance test engineering and performance testing experience, or related experience.
Performance Center.
LoadRunner.
Application monitoring tools including AppDynamics, Splunk, Wily, and CloudWatch.
CI/CD.
Jenkins.
REST.
Web services.
Databases including Oracle and SQL Server.

Responsibilities

Assist business users in defining performance SLAs, test cases, and test plans.
Lead and coordinate performance engineering efforts for medium to large initiatives.
Gather, prepare, and document test data and expected system performance characteristics.
Collect and prepare test data for execution.
Develop and execute performance tests including load, stress, endurance, fail-over, and interoperability testing.
Analyze performance test results and production systems and recommend performance tuning improvements.
Identify, report, and review defects affecting system performance and stability.
Create reports documenting performance metrics, test results, analysis, and recommendations.
Monitor production system performance.
Lead peer reviews to ensure completeness of performance test assets.
Follow SDLC and performance engineering processes.
Resolve performance and stability issues in performance test environments.
Lead performance defect triage and coordinate performance engineering activities.
Develop performance engineering work plans, project schedules, and resource estimates.
Collaborate with stakeholders to understand performance and operational requirements.
Review architectural designs for performance risks and potential issues.
Prepare capacity analyses when applicable.
Facilitate team efforts across multiple projects and/or systems; improvement of the performance engineering process in the SDLC; resolution of production performance and stability issues.