KellyMitchell Group · 8 hours ago
Automation Engineer
Irving, TX
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
$38/hr - $55/hr
5+ years expKellyMitchell Group is seeking an Automation Engineer to join their team in Irving, Texas. The role involves designing and executing performance tests, identifying bottlenecks, and collaborating with engineering teams to optimize system performance and stability.
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Responsibilities
Design, develop, and execute performance, load, stress, and scalability tests to assess system responsiveness, stability, and resource utilization
Identify performance bottlenecks across application, database, and infrastructure layers, and provide actionable optimization recommendations
Analyze test results and produce clear, data-driven performance reports for technical and non-technical stakeholders
Design and execute resiliency and chaos test scenarios to validate system behavior under failure conditions
Simulate real-world failure events such as service outages, network latency, and resource exhaustion; assess recovery mechanisms
Recommend, implement, and validate resiliency patterns like circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads, rate limiting, and fallbacks
Configure and maintain performance monitoring and observability tools for continuous system health tracking
Analyze real-time metrics, logs, and traces to proactively detect, diagnose, and resolve performance and stability issues
Partner with engineering teams to define performance SLIs/SLOs and alerting thresholds
Conduct capacity planning exercises to ensure systems can handle expected growth and peak workloads
Provide data-backed recommendations for horizontal and vertical scaling strategies
Support performance readiness for production releases and high-traffic events
Collaborate with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to optimize application code, database queries, APIs, and system configurations
Recommend and enforce best practices for performance tuning within microservices architectures
Define and configure Kubernetes performance parameters, including resource requests/limits, autoscaling policies, and pod distribution strategies
Ensure optimal performance and stability of containerized applications in cloud-native environments
Document performance testing frameworks, tools, methodologies, and best practices
Provide guidance, training, and support to development and operations teams on performance and resiliency engineering
Evaluate and improve testing, monitoring, and resiliency processes
Stay current with emerging performance engineering tools, cloud-native technologies, and industry best practices
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in performance engineering, automation engineering, or site reliability engineering (SRE)
3+ years of programming experience in Java, with proficiency in Spring Boot
Hands-on experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
Strong scripting skills in Python and/or Bash
Experience with observability and APM tools like Splunk, ELK Stack, AppDynamics, Datadog, or New Relic
Strong understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and resiliency patterns
Proven experience supporting and optimizing microservices-based applications in production environments
Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, and software design patterns
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
Benefits
Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
Employee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)
401K offered
Company
KellyMitchell Group
KellyMitchell is a HR firm for IT and technical staffing for organizations globally.
1001-5000 employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Cassandra Sanford
CEO and Owner
Gina Chisholm
Vice President - Business Operations
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