GCP Performance Engineer

GCP Performance Engineer

Location: Parsippany - NJ (Hybrid- 3 days work from office)

Experience: 10+ years

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor application and infrastructure performance in GCP environments.
• Analyze latency, throughput, and resource utilization metrics.
• Support performance testing and workload validation activities.
• Assist in tuning BigQuery queries and AlloyDB database performance.
• Work with Cloud Monitoring dashboards and alerts.
• Identify CPU, memory, disk, and network bottlenecks.

Required Skills

• Hands-on experience with GCP services.
• Knowledge of BigQuery, AlloyDB, and Compute Engine.
• Basic Python programming and optimization techniques.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools.
• Understanding of performance testing concepts.
• Optimize Python, BQ, AlloyDB, AlloyDB, Pub/Sub Process

Applications will be accepted until 11/14/2026

The annual salary for this position is between $90,000- $130,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and is subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

· Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

· Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

· 401(k) plan and contribution

· Long-term/Short-term Disability

· Paid Parental Leave

· Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.