Kforce has a client that is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer in Tampa, FL. Summary: The performance engineer designs performance test strategies and approaches by working with technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure the approach/strategy is effective and comprehensive. This role requires a broad knowledge of tools, approaches, and testing techniques in various platforms (web, network, APIs, databases, etc.). They are not aligned with any one application but are assigned to various applications as needed. Responsibilities: * Take ownership and responsibility for performance testing projects from start to finish, including the full performance testing lifecycle * Develop performance test strategies/plans by driving conversations with developers, architects, product owners and other stakeholders to ensure the plan is comprehensive and effective; Present performance test strategies/plans to various stakeholders (technical and non-technical) and able to gain consensus on the plan * Responsible for requirements gathering during the performance test planning phase, which includes both business, technical, and non-functional requirements * Designs, develops, and builds the performance automation scripts * Responsible for generating and/or collecting all the prerequisite test data needed to test the application/system under test * Responsible for collecting, correlating, and analyzing the performance test results * Responsible for identifying issues and creating appropriate bugs * Responsible for documenting all assigned work items and ensuring project status is well communicated to project teams and QA Portfolio Leads * Develop test reports including observations, recommendations, and conclusions for technical and non-technical stakeholders; Present performance test reports to ensure understanding of results by our technical and non-technical stakeholders * Reviews performance test results with stakeholders and gets signoff on projects