SC Cleared Performance Test Lead

• Performance Test Engineer - SC Cleared
• Location: Leeds or London (Hybrid) - 50% onsite
• 12 month contract
• £475 - £500 per day

We're partnering with a highly respected UK organisation undergoing a significant technology transformation and are looking for a Performance Test Engineer to help ensure the scalability, resilience, and reliability of critical digital platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design performance, load, stress, and volume testing activities.
• Develop and implement performance testing strategies and non-functional requirements.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Monitor application and infrastructure performance using observability and diagnostic tools.

Essential Experience

• Performance testing using tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, or similar.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Splunk, New Relic, or Dynatrace.
• Scripting and automation skills using Python, JavaScript, or similar technologies.
• Understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, and modern containerised environments.

Desirable Experience

• Kafka, IBM MQ, or similar middleware technologies.
• CI/CD tools including GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Git.
• Databricks, ELK stack, or reporting platforms such as Tableau.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.