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# Technical Engineer II - Performance Engineer

- **Company:** Computer Task Group, Inc
- **Location:** Buffalo, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), C (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Application Performance Management, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, HP Loadrunner, Apache JMeter, Load Testing, Systems Development Life Cycle, Web Applications, Enterprise Software Applications, Performance Testing, Database Performance, Scalability Testing, Blazemeter, Kubernetes, Information Technology, OpenText, New Relic (SaaS), Appdynamics, Dynatrace
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3376849003&tx=KL1717FFG&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
 * 5+ years of software testing, performance testing, or performance engineering experience.
 * 3+ years of hands-on experience with OpenText Core Performance Engineering (LoadRunner Cloud) or LoadRunner Enterprise
 * Required experience with LoadRunner/VuGen, JMeter, C programming, performance testing, workload modeling, and performance analysis
 * Experience with Agile, DevOps, SDLC, web applications, APIs, and distributed systems

Education and Experience Preferred:

 * BlazeMeter, Azure Load Testing, AWS, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or New Relic.
 * CI/CD performance testing, cloud performance engineering, Kubernetes, database performance, and mobile performance testing.
 * Financial services or regulated industry experience.

Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.

## Description

* Design, develop, execute, and maintain performance tests for web, API, mobile, cloud, and distributed applications.
 * Create performance test scripts using LoadRunner Cloud, LoadRunner Professional/VuGen, JMeter, and C
 * Develop workload models, test plans, performance benchmarks, and reports.
 * Analyze results using Dynatrace/APM tools to identify bottlenecks and performance issues.
 * Support performance engineering, load testing, stress testing, scalability testing, capacity planning, and resiliency testing
 * Collaborate with development, architecture, database, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to resolve performance issues.
 * Promote shift-left performance testing and integrate performance testing into Agile/DevOps and CI/CD processes.
 * Provide technical guidance and mentor junior engineers.

Scope of Responsibilities:

 * Serve as a technical performance engineering resource supporting enterprise applications and platforms.
 * Identify performance risks and provide data-driven recommendations to improve scalability, reliability, and application performance.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities:

 * No direct supervisory responsibility; provides technical guidance and mentoring as needed.


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