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# Load Test Architect

- **Company:** Professional Technology Integration (PTI)
- **Location:** Harrisburg, PA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Interactive Voice Response, Microsoft Azure, Batch Processing, Cloud Computing, Information Systems, Databases, Database Queries, Middleware, Web Portals, Mobile Application Software, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Load Testing, Microsoft Dynamics, Systems Development Life Cycle, SAP (Applications), System Integration Testing, Performance Testing, Neoload, Test Scripts, SOAPAPI, Event Driven Architecture, Information Technology, SAP S/4HANA, Enterprise Integration, SAP BRIM (Billing and Revenue Innovation Management)
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://professionaltechintegration.com/PTICloud9/index.php?option=com_mycareer&job=apply&jpid=18796&Itemid=568

## About the Role

* Total Experience: 12+ years of progressive IT experience.
 * Specialized Experience: 8+ years dedicated to enterprise performance engineering and load testing, with at least 5+ years in a lead or architect capacity.
 * Core Tooling: Expert-level mastery of NeoLoad (scripting, workload modeling, platform administration, and reporting).
 * Enterprise ERP & Integration Expertise: Proven track record architecting performance test solutions across SAP ecosystems (SAP BRIM, SAP S/4HANA, SAP CM, SAP Datasphere) and enterprise CRM platforms.
 * Testing Disciplines: Extensive background executing stress, volume, endurance/soak, spike, and failover/resiliency testing across distributed and cloud-hosted environments.
 * Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
 * Official NeoLoad Certification.
 * Associate- or Professional-level Cloud Certifications (AWS or Microsoft Azure).
 * Hands-on experience with high-volume transactional billing and payment processing architectures., * Overall IT experience (Required 12 Years)
 * Enterprise performance engineering and load testing experience (Required 8 Years)
 * Leading enterprise performance testing initiatives (Required 5 Years)
 * Expert-level experience with NeoLoad. (Required 1 Years)
 * SAP BRIM, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Convergent Mediation (CM), SAP Datasphere, CRM platforms, APIs, middleware, and enterprise integrations (Required 1 Years)
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field. (Required 4 Years)
 * NeoLoad certification (Highly Desired 1 Years)
 * Cloud certifications (Azure or AWS) (Highly Desired 1 Years)

## Description

We are seeking a Performance Load Test Architect / Lead to own and direct the enterprise-wide performance engineering and testing strategy for a large-scale enterprise transformation program. In this role, you will define testing governance, design complex workload models, oversee end-to-end performance execution across diverse enterprise platforms, and serve as the subject matter expert on system scalability, capacity planning, and performance diagnostics.

Strategy & Governance

 * Define and own the overall enterprise performance engineering strategy, testing standards, methodologies, and quality governance.
 * Establish Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and system acceptance criteria across core business workflows.
 * Review enterprise solution architecture early in the SDLC to identify scalability bottlenecks, infrastructure limits, and architectural risks.
 * Provide technical leadership for infrastructure sizing, cloud resource planning, and capacity modeling.

Performance Engineering Leadership

 * Architect, lead, and direct performance testing across a complex enterprise ecosystem, including:
 - SAP platforms (SAP BRIM, SAP Convergent Mediation, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Datasphere)
 - Enterprise CRM platforms (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement)
 - Enterprise middleware, messaging queues, and event-driven architectures
 - REST/SOAP APIs, high-volume batch processing jobs, and billing/financial engines
 - Digital channels including web portals, mobile applications, and IVR/chatbot platforms
 * Define enterprise workload profiles for high-concurrency users, peak transaction volumes, batch settlement cycles, and customer service operations.
 * Review, calibrate, and approve test plans, test scripts, workload distributions, and execution timelines.

Tooling, Automation & Monitoring

 * Lead the implementation, administration, and optimization of NeoLoad as the enterprise performance testing platform.
 * Design reusable scripting frameworks, robust data parameterization models, and automated performance regression pipelines.
 * Architect end-to-end APM and observability strategies spanning application runtimes, database layers, middleware queues, and cloud/hybrid infrastructure.
 * Conduct in-depth root-cause analysis on throughput drops, API latencies, JVM memory behavior, thread contention, and database query bottlenecks.
 * Deliver performance dashboards, executive reporting, and actionable tuning recommendations to engineering leads and executive leadership.