Performance Architect

• Define and own the enterprise performance engineering strategy, frameworks, and best practices.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders on performance, scalability, and reliability considerations.
• Provide architectural guidance to ensure performance is built into systems from design through production.
• Lead performance assessments across applications, identifying systemic bottlenecks and optimization opportunities.
• Establish and drive performance governance models, including SLA/SLI/SLO definitions aligned with business outcomes.
• Standardize tools, methodologies, and processes across multiple applications and portfolios.
• Drive continuous performance improvement initiatives across release cycles and transformation programs.
• Design and oversee execution of advanced performance testing strategies (load, stress, endurance, scalability).
• Build and present executive-level insights, dashboards, and performance reports to stakeholders.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, operations, infrastructure, and business teams to integrate performance into the SDLC and DevOps pipelines.
• Mentor and guide performance engineers, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and proactive optimization.

Do you have experience in System performance monitoring?, * Deep expertise in performance engineering and architecture across distributed and enterprise systems.

• Strong hands-on experience with LoadRunner, including Citrix Protocol (mandatory).
• Proven experience testing and optimizing Citrix-based desktop applications.
• Hands-on expertise in scripting, execution, and analysis in Citrix environments.
• Strong experience with JMeter or similar open-source performance tools.
• Experience with Dynatrace or equivalent observability and APM platforms.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate metrics into business-impacting insights.
• Experience designing scalable performance frameworks and reusable assets.

Performance Tools: Jmeter and LoadRunner Monitoring + Reporting Dashboards: Dynatrace, New Relic, Grafana, and Splunk CI/CD & DevOps Pipelines: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, * Experience in Finance / Auto Finance domains.

• Proven track record of enterprise-level standardization across multiple applications.
• Experience defining performance governance frameworks, SLAs, SLIs, and SLOs.
• Experience driving performance validation within Agile / DevOps / CI-CD environments.
• Exposure to cloud performance engineering (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern architectures (microservices, APIs).
• Strong stakeholder management and consultative engagement experience., * Architecture
• Jmeter
• Strategic mindset

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• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance, Salary and Other Compensation: The hourly for this position is between $80 - $90 per hour. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [life insurance] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance]

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