Performance Tester

Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) delivers a suite of payments services to financial institutions via FedLine Solutions, Fedwire Funds and Securities, the National Settlement Service (NSS), FedCash1, FedACH, Check Services, and the FedNow Service. FRFS operates as a fully integrated organization with groups dedicated to operations, technology, product and industry engagement, enterprise services, and one focused on the ongoing growth and development of the FedNow instant payment service. Our strategy defines our future direction, seeking to offer a fully integrated product suite that provides speed, resilience, and choice in meeting the payments needs of financial institutions across the United States. Through our Enterprise structure, we strive to meet the needs of the marketplace for new products and services with speed and agility, seek to provide a robust and unified customer experience, and work to create career growth opportunities for FRFS staff. We seek leaders to set the vision, strategy, values, and priorities that enable FRFS to achieve its mission. Our leaders must demonstrate a strategic, action-oriented mindset focused on intellectual curiosity, agility, accountability, and the ability to drive innovation through experimentation. To achieve our vision for a people-focused organization with a strong collaborative and innovative culture, we expect our leaders to champion an inclusive environment and demonstrate our values in how we work and interact with each other and our broader community.

Key Activities

Conduct comprehensive performance testing, encompassing requirement gathering, test planning, scripting, execution, analysis, and result reporting / sharing with stakeholders.

Assess the system under test (SUT) communication protocol to determine the appropriate scripting protocol.

Exhibit advanced proficiency in programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, Java, Visual Basic, Linux command languages, and other programming languages.

Collaborate effectively with product development & implementation teams, architecture, infrastructure, and engineering groups for performance testing and application analysis initiatives to define success criteria and evaluation methodologies.

Design and establish load test scenarios for various types of performance tests including load tests, stress tests, volume tests, failover tests, etc.

Coordinate and collaborate with other dependent teams across the product line to ensure the success of the overall test run.

Integrate security requirements and testing into the overall pipeline strategy by working with the security team & test engineers.

Conduct manual testing to validate vulnerabilities.

Monitor server utilization during test runs.

Participate in code reviews for performance test scenarios & create / maintain test data.

Evaluate non-functional requirements to determine acceptance criteria.

Engage in production log analysis to determine target and peak load models.

Upload performance test scenarios and other artifacts to Subversion and / or other management tools as directed.

Work with configuration management to schedule the execution of performance tests to support the automatic deployment of software.

Maintain performance test scenarios & test scripts.

Perform API performance testing and integrate it into the CI pipeline.

Monitor system-level statistics during performance test executions.

Develop and submit performance test reports.

Analyze performance test results comprehensively.

Collect system performance statistics from the front-end and back-end.

Correlate front-end and back-end system performance statistics to present comprehensive test reports.

Support the implementation and maintenance of performance testing tools.

Participate in reviews with agile teams and product owners.

Collaborate effectively and creatively to resolve any testing problems, bottlenecks, or issues.

Perform additional testing-related tasks as assigned.

Stay abreast of new and emerging performance testing technologies and techniques.

Adapt new and emerging technologies and techniques to meet the evolving demands in software development.

Utilize CI integration tools to support continuous integration specifically related to performance and load testing.

Modify performance testing scenarios to complement builds executed in Jenkins and other CM and automated deployment tools as directed.

• Skills

Automation, Manual testing, Quality assurance, Quality assurance testing, Agile, cloud, jira, Java, Aws, Load runner, Jmeter, Python, Dynatrace, Devops, Monitoring tools, Automation testing

• Top Skills Details

Automation,Manual testing,Quality assurance,Quality assurance testing,Agile,cloud,jira,Java,Aws,Load runner,Jmeter,Python,Dynatrace

• Additional Skills & Qualifications

Must have US citizenship or permanent residency for 3+ years.

Typically requires 8+ years of experience in performance testing, with a minimum of 3+ years of experience in a large-scale project with minimal to no supervision.

Bachelor's or higher qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent is preferred.

Experience developing performance testing scripts for MQ, Java Cloud, and AWS applications.

4-6 years of experience in performance testing and a comprehensive understanding of product performance testing concepts, methodologies, and techniques.

4-6 years of experience developing performance test scripts and execution using tools such as LoadRunner, Performance Center, JMeter, or any home-grown testing platform along with Java, Python, or other languages.

Capability to run platform / application performance testing end-to-end from requirements, planning, scripting, load test executions, to result analysis.

Experience in planning and designing performance tests for load, stress, spike, scalability, and volume testing.

Strong experience in using and implementing best practice programs with respect to load generation, bottleneck analysis, usage of modeling tools, and statistical analysis.

Extensive experience using server monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, etc.

Proficient in the analysis of performance test results for presentation to the product team / Tech operations.

Proficient in using Integrated Development Tools such as IntelliJ, Eclipse, along with Source Control Systems such as Git or Subversion.

Experience analyzing and generating reports and metrics.

Knowledge and application experience of advanced programming concepts (e.g., threads, exceptions, I / O, memory management) in the Java technology stack is required

Experience with performance testing tools like Apache JMeter and LoadRunner

Proficiency in scripting languages (Java) for developing and customizing test scripts.

Understanding of KPIS and ability to analyze response times

• Experience Level

Intermediate Level

• Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Kansas City, MO.

• Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $60.00 / hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following :

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off / Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
• Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Kansas City,MO.

• Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Dec 7, 2025.

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We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.