FRFS Fedwire Performance Tester, Non-Employee
hace 21 días
Kansas City
Job DescriptionPosition Overview Position: Performance Tester - Payment Systems Type: 12-month contract (potential extension and conversion to permanent) Rate: Up to $70/hour Start Date: January 2026 Locations: Multiple major metropolitan areas available (BOS, NY, PHIL, CLEV, RICH, ATL, CHI, STLS, MPLS, KC, DAL, SF) Candidates must live within a commutable distance to one of the headquarter locations listed above) About the Opportunity Our client, a leading financial institution, is seeking an experienced Performance Tester to support critical payment systems infrastructure. This is an excellent opportunity to work with enterprise-level payment processing systems in a stable, prestigious environment. You'll be part of a team dedicated to ensuring the performance, reliability, and scalability of mission-critical financial services platforms that serve institutions across the United States. Key Responsibilities Performance Testing • Conduct comprehensive performance testing, encompassing requirement gathering, test planning, scripting, execution, analysis, and result reporting, • Assess system communication protocols to determine appropriate scripting approaches, • Design and establish load test scenarios for various performance tests including load, stress, volume, and failover tests, • Perform API performance testing and integrate into CI pipelines, • Conduct manual testing to validate vulnerabilities, • Demonstrate advanced proficiency in programming languages including Python, JavaScript, Java, Visual Basic, and Linux, • Develop and submit comprehensive performance test reports, • Analyze performance test results and provide actionable insights, • Maintain performance test scenarios and scripts, • Participate in code reviews and create/maintain test data, • Collaborate with product development, architecture, infrastructure, and engineering teams, • Coordinate with dependent teams across product lines, • Integrate security requirements into testing strategies, • Participate in agile team reviews, • Monitor server utilization and system-level statistics during test runs, • Collect and analyze performance statistics from front-end and back-end systems, • Correlate system performance data to present comprehensive reports, • Conduct production log analysis to determine target and peak load models, • Stay current with emerging performance testing technologies and techniques, • Adapt new technologies to meet evolving software development demands, • Utilize CI integration tools for continuous testing, • 8+ years of experience in performance testing, • Minimum 3+ years working on large-scale projects with minimal supervision, • 4-6 years developing performance test scripts using LoadRunner, Performance Center, JMeter, or similar platforms, • Experience with MQ, Java Cloud, and AWS application testing, • Strong experience with Apache JMeter and/or LoadRunner, • Proficiency in Java for test script development and customization, • Extensive experience with server monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, • Proficient with IDEs such as IntelliJ, Eclipse, • Experience with source control systems (Git, Subversion), • Advanced programming concepts knowledge (threads, exceptions, I/O, memory management), • Understanding of KPIs including response times, throughput, error rates, and resource usage, • Experience planning and designing performance tests for load, stress, spike, scalability, and volume testing, • Strong expertise in load generation, bottleneck analysis, modeling tools, and statistical analysis, • Proficient in analyzing and presenting performance results to technical teams, • Experience generating reports and metrics, • Excellent collaboration and communication skills Work Model: • Candidates must be located within commutable distance to one of the locations listed above, • Hybrid work arrangement with on-site requirements (varies by location and team), • Must be a US Citizen, Green Card holder, or Permanent Resident with at least 3 years of residency, • This position requires enhanced background screening due to the nature of the work, • Screening includes education/employment verification, criminal history, credit history, and reference checks, • Process is initiated upon offer acceptance and may take up to 2 months, • Employment is contingent on acceptable screening results, • Candidates can begin work pending completion of screeningCompensation & Benefits, • Rate: Up to $70/hour (depending on experience), • Contract Term: 12 months, • Extension Potential: Yes, • Performance testing experience and tools, • Relevant certifications, • Experience with financial services or payment systems (if applicable)