Performance Engineer

DecisionPoint seeks a Performance Engineer to support system performance monitoring, load testing, and optimization for a secure, large-scale Department of Defense (DoD) modernization program. The Performance Engineer ensures high reliability, scalability, and responsiveness across multi-enclave cloud environments by developing, executing, and maintaining performance validation and tuning processes throughout the deployment and sustainment lifecycle. 

This role focuses on the measurement, analysis, and optimization of system performance across infrastructure, application, and network layers, ensuring stable and responsive user experiences across global Service components. 

This position is fully remote. 

Note: By applying to this position, you acknowledge and consent to having your resume included in an active competitive government contract bid. 

The Performance Engineer will: 

• Design and execute performance, stress, load, and scalability tests to validate system reliability under various usage conditions. 

• Develop and implement benchmarking procedures and performance metrics, ensuring production readiness across IL2–IL5 environments. 

• Collaborate with system administrators, developers, and network engineers to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across application tiers. 

• Utilize automated testing and monitoring tools to capture performance data, including CPU utilization, I/O, latency, and throughput. 

• Conduct trend analysis and capacity forecasting to support scaling decisions and infrastructure planning. 

• Analyze system logs, metrics, and telemetry data to proactively identify degradation trends and recommend optimization strategies. 

• Contribute to the Performance Testing Report and Benchmark Metrics deliverables required during deployment and post-deployment phases. 

• Support continuous improvement of infrastructure and software performance through iterative tuning, caching, and resource optimization. 

• Provide input to architecture and deployment teams to ensure high availability, load balancing, and failover configurations meet mission uptime objectives. 

• Maintain performance baselines and validate results following application updates, database migrations, or major releases. 

• Collaborate with cybersecurity and operations teams to ensure that tuning and optimization align with DoD security and compliance standards. 

• Support 24/7 performance monitoring and issue response through established dashboards and alerting systems. 

Clearance Requirement: 

• Must hold an active Secret clearance. 

Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline. 

Experience: 

• Minimum 5 years of experience in performance engineering, systems optimization, or load testing for enterprise-scale IT systems. 

• Experience supporting performance testing and tuning in AWS GovCloud or equivalent secure cloud environments. 

Technical Knowledge: 

• Proficiency in performance monitoring and testing tools, such as JMeter, LoadRunner, New Relic, Dynatrace, or AWS CloudWatch. 

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integration of performance testing in Agile or DevSecOps workflows. 

• Working knowledge of database performance tuning (e.g., indexing, query optimization) and application profiling. 

• Experience in infrastructure optimization (CPU, memory, and network configurations) and scalability planning. 

• Knowledge of DoD system security and performance baselining requirements, including DISA STIG and SRG compliance. 

• Certifications (Preferred): 

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or SysOps Administrator. 

• Certified Performance Testing Professional (CPTP) or equivalent. 

• CompTIA Security+ CE (DoD 8570/8140 compliance). 

Skills: 

• Strong analytical and diagnostic skills for complex performance issues. 

• Ability to interpret large data sets and translate findings into actionable improvements. 

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across technical and leadership teams. 

• Detail-oriented mindset with a focus on reliability, optimization, and continuous improvement. 

• EEO and Affirmative Action Policy: DecisionPoint Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of DecisionPoint Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
• Pay Transparency Policy: In accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13665, DecisionPoint Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
• Authorization to Share Resume and Personal Information: By expressing your interest and submitting your resume for this position, you authorize DecisionPoint Corporation to share your resume, as well as personal information included on the resume, with its subsidiaries, affiliates and teaming partners for the purpose of considering you for this position and other available positions requiring comparable skills, education and experience. Should DecisionPoint Corporation. or its affiliates and teaming partners wish to initiate pre-employment discussions, you will be asked to complete an employment application and related employment documents.