Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (Performance Testing - Jmeter)

Who We Are:

In today’s work environment, employees use a myriad of devices to access IT applications and data over multiple networks to stay productive, wherever and however they work. Ivanti elevates and secures Everywhere Work so that people and organizations can thrive.

While our headquarters is in the U.S., half of our employees and customers are outside the country. We have 36 offices in 23 nations, with significant offices in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Sydney, Shanghai, Singapore, and other major cities around the world.

Ivanti’s mission is to be a global technology leader enabling organizations to elevate Everywhere Work, automating tasks that discover, manage, secure, and service all their IT assets. Through diverse and inclusive hiring, decision-making, and commitment to our employees and partners, we will continue to build and deliver world-class solutions for our customers. 

Our Culture - Everywhere Work Centered Around You

At Ivanti, our success begins with our people. This is why we embrace Everywhere Work across the globe, where Ivantians and our customers are thriving. We believe in a healthy work-life blend and act on it by fostering a culture where all perspectives are heard, respected, and valued. Through Ivanti’s Centered Around You approach, our employees benefit from programs focused on their professional development and career growth.

We align through our core values by locking arms in collaboration, being champions for our customers, focusing on the outcomes that matter most and fighting the good fight against cyber-attacks.  Are you ready to join us on the journey to elevate Everywhere Work? 

Why We Need you!

We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with a strong focus on performance and scalability testing to join our Neurons ITSM team. As the platform continues to scale and integrate new capabilities, performance, reliability, and responsiveness become mission-critical. Your expertise will help us validate system behavior under load, proactively identify bottlenecks, and ensure a seamless experience for our enterprise customers across the globe.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Handle design, development, and execution of performance and load testing strategies for the Neurons ITSM platform.
• Build and maintain scalable performance test frameworks for REST APIs, UI workflows, and backend services.
• Integrate performance testing into the CI/CD pipelines to catch regressions early in the development cycle.
• Simulate realistic customer scenarios and complex workloads to validate system behavior under stress and high concurrency.
• Analyze performance test results, identify bottlenecks, and collaborate with Dev/SRE teams for root cause analysis and tuning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define performance benchmarks, SLAs, and KPIs.
• Monitor and report on performance metrics using tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, or CloudWatch.
• Continuously improve test coverage for critical business flows and customer use cases.
• Support scalability planning and capacity testing in cloud (Azure) and hybrid environments.
• Maintain and enhance test infrastructure to mirror production-like environments for accurate performance simulation.

To Be Successful in The Role, You Will Have:

• 6+ years of experience in QA or software engineering, with a focus on performance testing.
• Expertise with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner etc.
• Strong scripting skills in JavaScript, Python, or a similar language for automation.
• Solid experience with system integration testing for large enterprise cloud or on-premise products.
• Proficiency in analyzing and troubleshooting resource usage (CPU, memory, I/O, network).
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, CloudWatch).
• Familiarity with RDBMS and NoSQL databases and their performance tuning.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as Azure and microservice-based architectures.
• Understanding of Windows OS internals and configuration impacts on performance.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with Dev, QA, SRE, and Product teams.
• Solid grasp of Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of security best practices, OWASP, and threat modeling is a plus.
• Domain knowledge in ITIL or IT Asset Management is preferred.

This job posting will remain active until a qualified candidate is identified.

At Ivanti, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Ivanti believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

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