Fruition Group
Contract Performance Tester - Outside IR35
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Performance Test Engineer
Hybrid / Leeds - one day
Competitive contract rate
Why Apply?
A key contract opportunity for an experienced SC Cleared Performance Test Engineer working on a major public sector technology transformation.
- You'll take ownership of performance testing across a suite of integrated applications being migrated from on-premises into Azure.
- There is no established performance testing discipline, so you'll have genuine ownership of the approach, workload modelling, test execution, and reporting.
- The results will directly support migration sign-off, with performance evidence reported to the external Authority.
Performance Test Engineer Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end performance testing approach across the migrated estate.
- Design and execute JMeter load, stress, spike, and soak tests across applications, APIs, integrations, and database-intensive processes.
- Define NFRs, workload models, and performance acceptance criteria with technical and business stakeholders.
- Use Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and application, infrastructure, and database telemetry to identify bottlenecks and performance issues.
- Work with development and infrastructure teams on remediation and re-test fixes.
- Produce clear, evidence-based performance reports covering NFR compliance, capacity, scalability, risks, and recommendations.
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Performance Test Engineer Requirements
- Strong hands-on JMeter experience is essential, including scripting, parameterisation, correlation, and test execution.
- Proven experience delivering performance testing across complex, integrated application estates.
- Strong understanding of NFRs, workload modelling, capacity testing, and performance analysis.
- Experience with Azure performance testing, Azure Monitor, and Application Insights.
- Experience of API and integration performance testing, including working within security constraints.
- Confident challenging stakeholders and raising performance issues early, backed by clear evidence.
- Active SC clearance is essential.
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A high-visibility Performance Test Engineer contract where you'll establish and own the performance testing approach rather than simply execute someone else's test scripts.
You'll work across a complex cloud migration, influence technical decisions, and produce the evidence needed to support major migration milestones.
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