Platform Performance Test Engineer

Job Description – Platform Performance Test Engineer

• Job Title: Platform Performance Test Engineer
• Location: San Francisco, CA
• Duration: 6 months
• GBaMS ReqID: 10958045
• Experience Required: 5+ years
• Primary Skills: Performance Testing, LoadRunner Enterprise, JMeter, ArcGIS Pro
• Domain: GIS Platform / Performance Engineering

Role Summary

• Seeking a skilled Performance Test Engineer to design, execute, and analyze performance tests for ArcGIS Pro-based environments.
• Establish performance baselines and benchmarks for GIS workflows.
• Evaluate system responsiveness, scalability, resource utilization, and overall platform performance.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, development, and architecture teams to resolve issues.

Performance Testing & Engineering

• Design and execute:
  • Performance testing
  • Load testing
  • Stress testing
  • Endurance/Soak testing
  • Scalability testing
  • Baseline testing
• Establish platform performance baselines with ArcGIS Pro installed and configured.
• Define performance benchmarks and acceptance criteria for GIS operations.
• Develop workload models simulating concurrent users and realistic GIS usage patterns.
• Measure and analyze performance across key GIS workflows, including:
  • Map opening and rendering
  • Zoom in / Zoom out
  • Panning across large datasets
  • Feature editing and saving
  • Layer refresh and redraw
  • Attribute queries and searches
  • Geoprocessing execution
  • Spatial analysis operations
  • Data synchronization and retrieval

Tool Development & Automation

• Create and maintain performance test scripts using:
  • LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE)
  • Apache JMeter
• Automate performance test execution, monitoring, and reporting.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines where applicable.
• Build reusable performance testing frameworks and assets.
• Develop automated workload and test execution strategies.

Monitoring & Performance Analysis

• Monitor client-side and server-side performance metrics during test execution.
• Analyze:
  • Response times
  • CPU utilization
  • Memory utilization
  • Disk utilization
  • Network utilization
  • Rendering performance
  • Transaction throughput
  • System scalability
• Identify performance bottlenecks related to:
  • ArcGIS Pro processing
  • Network latency
  • Data layers and services
  • Infrastructure limitations
  • Client workstation performance
• Use monitoring and profiling tools to identify root causes of performance issues.

Reporting & Collaboration

• Create detailed performance assessment reports and dashboards.
• Present:
  • Performance findings
  • Trends
  • Risks
  • Bottlenecks
  • Recommendations
• Collaborate with:
  • GIS engineers
  • Infrastructure teams
  • Developers
  • Architects
• Participate in root cause analysis and performance tuning activities.
• Provide actionable recommendations for performance optimization and capacity planning.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in:
  • Computer Science
  • Information Systems
  • GIS
  • Engineering
  • Related technical field
• 5+ years of experience in Performance Testing and Engineering.
• Hands-on experience with:
  • LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE)
  • Apache JMeter
• Strong understanding of:
  • Load Testing
  • Stress Testing
  • Soak/Endurance Testing
  • Scalability Testing
  • Baseline Testing
• Experience analyzing system performance using monitoring and profiling tools.
• Strong understanding of Windows-based environments.
• Experience working with enterprise infrastructure.
• Experience creating:
  • Test plans
  • Workload models
  • Performance reports
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ArcGIS Pro.
• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise or other Esri technologies.
• Understanding of GIS concepts, including:
  • Spatial data
  • Feature layers
  • Map services
  • Geodatabases
  • Geoprocessing workflows
• Experience with monitoring tools such as:
  • Dynatrace
  • AppDynamics
  • Splunk
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
• Familiarity with scripting languages:
  • Python
  • PowerShell
  • Java
• Experience working in AWS cloud-hosted GIS environments.

Key Performance Scenarios

• Measure initial ArcGIS Pro launch time.
• Evaluate project opening and loading performance.
• Measure large map rendering performance.
• Analyze zooming and panning responsiveness.
• Test feature selection performance.
• Measure spatial feature editing and save times.
• Analyze layer refresh times.
• Measure query execution and search response times.
• Evaluate geoprocessing task execution.
• Test multi-layer map performance.
• Analyze large dataset handling.
• Simulate concurrent users and evaluate scalability.
• Establish baseline performance and identify deviations.

Core Skills

• Performance Engineering
• GIS Platform Testing
• ArcGIS Pro
• ArcGIS Enterprise
• LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE)
• Apache JMeter
• Performance Monitoring
• Baseline Performance Analysis
• Load Testing
• Stress Testing
• Endurance/Soak Testing
• Scalability Testing
• Capacity Planning
• Root Cause Analysis
• Performance Optimization
• Reporting and Visualization
• CI/CD Performance Automation
• Windows Enterprise Infrastructure
• AWS Cloud

Role Classification

• Role Description: Platform Performance Testing
• Essential Skills: Performance Testing / Performance Engineering
• Desirable Skills: ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, GIS, AWS
• Keyword: Performance Testing
• Primary Tools: LoadRunner Enterprise (LRE), Apache JMeter
• Experience Required: 5+ years