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# Performance Architect

- **Company:** McKinsol Consulting Inc
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Application Performance Management, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Engineering, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Monitoring of Systems, HP Loadrunner, Apache JMeter, Load Testing, Standard Sql, Google Cloud, Enterprise Software Applications, Performance Testing, Grafana, Database Optimization, Gatling, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Splunk, New Relic (SaaS), Appdynamics, Dynatrace, Microservices
- **Published:** August 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/c22f9726-a684-4ef0-9ae7-f44e696c4b0c

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud platforms, and enterprise application architectures.
Experience with performance testing tools such as:
JMeter
LoadRunner
Gatling
Azure Load Testing
Knowledge of APM and observability tools:
Azure Application Insights
Dynatrace
AppDynamics
New Relic
Splunk
Strong SQL and database performance tuning experience.
Experience with CI/CD platforms and DevOps practices.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of microservices, Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native architectures.
Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud certifications.
Performance engineering or architecture certifications.
Generic Managerial Skills, If any
Ability to lead and ment

## Description

Independently own and deliver end-to-end performance testing including scripting, execution, analysis, and reporting
Roles & Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Review application and solution architectures to ensure scalability and performance requirements are met.
Establish performance goals, KPIs, and Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
Performance Engineering
Develop test plans, scripts, and automation frameworks for performance testing.
Performance Analysis & Optimization
Conduct root cause analysis for performance issues across application, database, network, and cloud layers.
Optimize APIs, microservices, databases, and distributed systems.
Monitor system performance and create dashboards for ongoing visibility.
Cloud & DevOps Integration
Support performance engineering initiatives across Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform environments.
Drive observability practices using monitoring and Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools.
Leadership & Governance
Mentor engineers on performance engineering principles and tools.
Lead performance reviews and capacity planning exercises.
Define governance processes, standards, and reporting mechanisms.
Act as the subject matter expert for performance architecture and optimization.


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