Senior Performance Testing Engineer

Location: Richmond, Virginia 23219 (Hybrid)

Salary: $75–$80/hour, W2

Company

hirify.global provides information technology and workforce solutions through a large professional services organization operating across the U.S. and Canada.

What you will do

• Develop performance test strategies, plans, scenarios, workloads, and scripts aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Execute load, stress, scalability, volume, concurrency, and endurance testing using LoadRunner/VuGen, LRE Performance Center, and BlazeMeter.
• Analyze test results and monitoring data, identify bottlenecks and risks, and partner with application, development, architecture, infrastructure, database, vendor, and business teams on resolution.
• Administer and support OpenText ALM/Quality Center and LRE Performance Center, including projects, environments, load generators, configurations, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Document findings, risks, recommendations, and status; coordinate testing activities and support production-readiness decisions.
• Manage tool and environment incidents, provide technical guidance and mentoring, and improve testing standards, automation, processes, and tools.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software or application testing experience, including hands-on performance testing.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Technology, or Computer Engineering.
• Experience with LoadRunner/VuGen, LRE Performance Center, ALM/Quality Center, BlazeMeter, or comparable enterprise testing tools.
• Experience with ALM migration and ALM administration tasks.
• Knowledge of performance-testing methodologies and protocols including HTTP/HTTPS, TruClient, APIs and web services, ODBC/JDBC, Citrix, web/browser applications, client/server applications, and SAP protocol.
• Experience analyzing application and infrastructure monitoring data to identify performance issues.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across technical, business, and multidisciplinary teams, including leading and collaborating with others.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement in Richmond, Virginia.
• 12-month contract engagement with W2 employment.
• Full-time consultants have access to medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
• Benefits also include PTO, sick leave, and other benefits required by applicable state or local jurisdictions.

Hiring process

• No fee, product purchase, gift-card purchase, or sensitive financial information is required during application, interview, or selection.
• Banking details are requested only after accepting an offer during official payroll onboarding.