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Job Title: Performance Engineer
Job Location: Columbus, OH
Job Type: Contract
Job Description:
- Design and implement performance test strategies for MDM applications and services.
- Develop and execute load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing.
- Analyze system performance metrics and identify bottlenecks across application, database, and infrastructure layers.
- Validate performance of data ingestion, data synchronization, data matching, and data governance workflows.
- Work closely with MDM architects, developers, and infrastructure teams to resolve performance issues.
- Create workload models simulating real-world data volumes and transaction patterns.
- Monitor system behavior using APM and monitoring tools.
- Provide performance tuning recommendations for applications, middleware, and databases.
- Prepare performance test reports and present findings to stakeholders.
- Support performance testing in CI/CD pipelines.
- Ensure performance compliance with SLA and NFR requirements.
Required Technical Skills
Performance Testing Tools
- JMeter / LoadRunner / NeoLoad / Gatling or similar tools
- Experience designing distributed load tests
MDM & Data Systems
- EXPERT Experience with MDM platforms such as:
- Informatica MDM
- STIBO
- Reltio
- IBM InfoSphere MDM
- Understanding of data governance and data quality workflows
- Experience testing ETL and data integration pipelines
Database & Query Optimization
- Strong knowledge of SQL performance tuning
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
- Ability to analyze execution plans and optimize queries
Monitoring & Observability
- Dynatrace / AppDynamics / Splunk / Grafana / Prometheus or similar tools
Cloud & Infrastructure
- Experience with AWS / Azure / GCP environments
- Understanding of microservices and API performance testing
- Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years in performance engineering or performance testing
- 3+ years of experience working in enterprise data or MDM projects
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Excellent communication and documentation skills