Performance Test Engineer

Securonix is leading the transformation of cybersecurity by helping organizations stay ahead of modern threats. Security teams are no longer constrained by data or tools. They are constrained by speed, clarity, and confidence. Securonix was built to close that gap. Our mission is to enable security teams to decide and act faster across the entire threat lifecycle.

The Securonix Unified Defense SIEM is the industry's first platform powered by agentic AI and designed with a human-in-the-loop philosophy. It unifies detection, investigation, and response in a single system. Advanced UEBA delivers deep behavioral insight across users, entities, and data. Native threat intelligence continuously enriches detections and investigations with real-world context. AI reinforces every layer of the platform while keeping accountability with the security team.

Built cloud-native for scale and performance, the platform enables real-time analytics, deep investigation, and automated response without compromise. Analysts gain faster access to relevant signals. Investigations move from days to minutes. Response becomes consistent and measurable. The result is a CyberOps experience that scales as threats evolve.

Securonix is recognized as a six-time Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM and a Customers Choice on Gartner Peer Insights. The company has been featured by leading publications including WIRED, Dark Reading, and Fortune for its innovation and leadership in security operations. Organizations rely on the platform for always-available data, rapid search and investigation, continuously updated threat content, and a fully integrated Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response experience.

Backed by Vista Equity Partners, one of the world's leading enterprise software investors, Securonix benefits from deep operational expertise and a long-term commitment to innovation and growth. This partnership strengthens our ability to scale the platform, accelerate product execution, and support customers as their security needs evolve.

With more than 1,000 customers worldwide, including a meaningful portion of the Fortune 100, Securonix operates at global scale. Our ecosystem of partners and managed security service providers extends that reach, helping organizations deploy and operate with confidence wherever they do business. What drives us is how we work.

• We win as one team. We operate with trust, respect, and shared accountability.
• We are customer driven. Innovation is guided by real security challenges and measurable outcomes.
• We act with agility. Change is constant, and we stay aligned on purpose while adapting fast.
  
  

That focus is how Securonix helps organizations move from reactive security to proactive, autonomous operations.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated Performance Test Engineer with 2–4 years of experience in performance engineering and testing. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in designing, developing, executing, and analyzing performance tests for enterprise applications, APIs, and microservices.

Candidates must possess a strong understanding of AWS cloud technologies, Microservices, Apache Kafka, and distributed System Architecture, as these are fundamental to the role. The candidate will work closely with Technical Leads, Architects, Development, DevOps, and Infrastructure teams to ensure applications meet defined Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs), performance benchmarks, and production readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain performance test plans, scenarios, and scripts based on business and technical Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).
• Develop and maintain performance test scripts using Apache JMeter or similar performance testing tools.
• Design and execute API performance tests for RESTful services, microservices, and event-driven applications.
• Prepare test data, automation scripts, monitoring scripts, and reporting utilities.
• Analyze application performance, identify bottlenecks, and recommend performance improvements.
• Perform performance validation for applications deployed on AWS and Kubernetes environments.
• Analyze distributed application performance involving Microservices, Apache Kafka, and cloud-native architectures.
• Assist in analyzing JVM metrics, Garbage Collection (GC), thread dumps, heap utilization, and overall application performance.
• Prepare detailed performance test reports with observations, analysis, and tuning recommendations.
• Collaborate with Architects, Developers, Infrastructure, and DevOps teams to troubleshoot and resolve performance issues.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Harness, or similar DevOps tools.
• Support continuous performance engineering initiatives throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Participate in workload modeling, capacity planning, scalability, stress, endurance, and volume testing activities.
• Develop reusable automation utilities and frameworks to improve performance testing efficiency.
  
  

Required Technical Skills

Performance Engineering -

• Hands-on experience with Apache JMeter or similar performance testing tools.
• Strong understanding of:
• Load Testing
• Stress Testing
• Endurance (Soak) Testing
• Scalability Testing
• Volume Testing
• Workload Modeling
• Capacity Planning
• Experience defining, validating, and testing against Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).
• Experience preparing performance test reports, analysis, and recommendations.
  
  

Qualifications -

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of hands-on experience in Performance Testing and Performance Engineering.
• Hands-on experience working with AWS-based applications, Microservices, Apache Kafka, API Testing, Java/Python and distributed system architectures is mandatory.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively in Agile and DevOps environments.
  
  

Securonix provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.