Job Title: Performance Test Engineer
Location: Dublin (Hybrid)
Duration: Initial 6-Month Contract
Industry: Banking

We are seeking an experienced Performance Test Engineer to join our banking client's technology team on an initial 6-month contract. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring system performance and scalability across large distributed applications, working closely with development, infrastructure, and operations teams to identify, diagnose, and resolve performance bottlenecks.

• Design, develop, and execute performance, load, and stress tests to assess system scalability and reliability.

• Use tools such as JMeter (or similar) to simulate user loads and measure system response under varying conditions.

• Analyse system metrics, including CPU, memory, disk, and network utilisation, to identify and diagnose performance issues.

• Collaborate with software engineers and architects to recommend and implement performance tuning across distributed systems.

• Provide detailed reports on performance test results, including root cause analysis and optimisation recommendations.

• Develop and maintain automated performance test scripts as part of the CI/CD pipeline.

• Support continuous improvement by contributing to performance test frameworks and best practices.
  
  

• Proven experience in software performance testing within large-scale or distributed system environments.

• Strong hands-on experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, or similar.

• Experience with monitoring and profiling tools for identifying performance bottlenecks (e.g., Grafana, Kibana, New Relic, AppDynamics).

• Proficiency in analysing system and application metrics to identify issues and drive improvements.

• Strong understanding of software engineering principles and familiarity with Java or another programming language.

• Experience working within Agile or DevOps environments.

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
  

About Korn Ferry

Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com