• Lead Load Tester

    Insight Global (Johnston, IA)


    Job Description

    Design and implement scalable load balancing architectures on AWS and Azure. Lead performance and load testing to ensure high availability, optimal traffic distribution, and system resilience for enterprise data platforms. We are targeting a hourly rate of $70-80/hr

     

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    Skills and Requirements

     

    Architect load balancing solutions using AWS ALB/NLB and Azure Load Balancer/Application Gateway.

     

    Plan and execute distributed load testing to validate load balancer performance under real-world traffic.

     

    Monitor and analyze load balancer health, traffic patterns, and optimize configurations.

     

    Collaborate with Dev, QA, and Infra teams to enforce best practices in routing, security, and scaling.

     

    Automate load balancer deployment and testing within CI/CD pipelines.

     

    Documentation of architecture, test plans, and performance reports.

     

    Strong experience with AWS and Azure load balancer services.

     

    Expertise in load testing tools like JMeter, Locust, or AWS/Azure native load testing.

     

    Deep networking knowledge: HTTP/HTTPS, SSL, TCP/IP, routing algorithms.

     

    Scripting and automation skills (Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure CLI, AWS CLI).