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Performance Test Engineers are strong candidates for H-1B visa and E-3 visa sponsorship. The role qualifies as a specialty occupation requiring a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, and many large tech and enterprise employers sponsor regularly. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Engagement Type
Contract
Description of Duties
SDLC & Quality Governance
- Follow PTC SDLC and quality governance processes to ensure performance readiness across all UBOS releases.
- Define performance testing strategy, scope, workloads, non-functional requirements, and acceptance criteria.
Performance & Load Testing Execution
- Design and execute performance, load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing using NeoLoad across UBOS components, including:
- SAP BRIM (Convergent Charging, Convergent Invoicing, FI-CA, Subscription Billing)
- SAP Convergent Mediation (CM) for high-volume tolling and event mediation processing
- SAP S/4HANA and supporting SAP modules
- SAP Datasphere for analytics, reporting, and data integration performance validation
- CRM applications (Dynamics CE customer service and case management workflows)
- Middleware and integration layers (APIs, batch interfaces, event-driven integrations)
- Customer-facing channels (web portals, mobile applications, IVR, chatbot)
- Simulate real-world enterprise workloads including tolling transactions, mediation events, billing cycles, payment processing, CRM interactions, analytics queries, batch jobs, and peak-volume scenarios.
- Validate system behavior under concurrent users, high-volume API traffic, batch processing, and large-scale SAP financial operations.
- Execute end-to-end performance testing of integrations between CRM and SAP systems, including:
- CRM SAP (billing requests, account updates, case-driven transactions)
- SAP CRM (financial updates, invoice status, customer data synchronization)
- Validation of synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns, APIs, message queues, and batch interfaces
Monitoring, Analysis & Reporting
- Monitor performance metrics including response times, throughput, error rates, resource utilization, and system saturation points.
- Analyze test results across SAP, CRM, integration, analytics, and infrastructure layers to identify bottlenecks.
- Prepare detailed performance test reports, dashboards, and executive summaries with clear go/no-go recommendations.
Tooling & Automation
- Develop, maintain, and execute performance test scripts using NeoLoad (required).
- Perform API, integration, and data-pipeline performance testing using NeoLoad capabilities.
- Integrate NeoLoad tests with CI/CD pipelines where applicable.
- Establish performance baselines and support release-to-release benchmarking and regression analysis.
Collaboration & Delivery Support
- Support Journi SIT, UAT, PI cycles, Show-backs, Go-Live, and Hypercare with performance validation.
- Promote performance testing best practices and continuous improvement across UBOS programs.
General Duties
- Fully document all created work associated with this position, including technical and functional designs and diagrams, test plans, test scripts, impact analysis reports, lessons learned, best practices for others to follow, plus any other documentation as required by the Commission. This documentation shall follow the format and/or templates as instructed by the Commission.
- Adhere to and follow all The Commission standards, policies, and procedures.
Minimum Experience/Skillset
- 8+ years of overall IT testing experience.
- 4+ years of hands-on performance/load testing experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with NeoLoad (required).
- Experience testing enterprise-scale applications with high transaction volumes.
- Experience testing SAP systems, CRM platforms, analytics platforms and complex enterprise integrations.
- Strong understanding of:
- Load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing
- API and middleware performance testing
- Batch, mediation, analytics, and asynchronous processing validation
Preferred / Additional Skills
- Experience with SAP environments (SAP BRIM, S/4HANA, ECC).
- Experience with SAP Convergent Mediation (CM).
- Experience with SAP Datasphere.
- Experience testing CRM SAP bi-directional integrations.
- Experience testing CRM-to-ERP integrations.
- Experience with tolling, transportation, or public-sector systems.
- Experience with cloud or hybrid infrastructure performance testing.
Certifications / Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
Engagement Requirements
- Candidate must reside within the Continental United States.
- Must pass ePATCH and ClearChecks background checks prior to starting.
- Position is primarily remote with onsite presence required in Middletown, PA for:
- Solution Confirmation
- PI Cycles
- Showbacks
- SIT and UAT
- Go-Live and Hypercare
- The work location will be virtual/remote until further notice. When required to be onsite, the work location will be at either The Commission’s Central Administration Building located at 700 South Eisenhower Boulevard in Middletown, PA, or The Commission’s Turnpike Industrial Park location located at 2850 Turnpike Industrial Drive, Middletown, PA.
- The resource shall attend onsite meetings at one of the Commission Middletown PA locations for 1 week per month based on the schedule set by the Commission.
- In-person interviews or work sessions with stakeholders will be conducted at the Commission facilities in Middletown, PA.
Candidate Interviewing Guidelines
We value authentic communication and real-time problem-solving during our interview process. To ensure fairness and accurately assess skills, candidates must complete interviews without assistance from Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, scripts, or external prompts.
- At the Commission’s discretion, additional interviews may be required in person at an approved Commission facility.
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Travel expenses for in-person interviews will not be reimbursed.
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The resource may be required to provide onsite post go-live support activities at one of the Commission Middletown PA locations. This includes one or more one-to-two week tours of duty onsite on a rotating basis with other team members. The post go-live support period is planned for the six months beginning immediately after the Journi is “live” with active customers.
- The resource shall attend an orientation session onsite at one of the Commission’s Middletown, PA offices. The resource shall be onsite for the full day of this orientation where they will pick up any assigned Commission Equipment, by the resource. Equipment will not be shipped and cannot be picked up by anyone other than the selected resource. Travel costs associated with picking up this equipment plus the orientation day will not be reimbursed.
- If the resource is based within a 3-hour commuting distance of the Commission’s Middletown PA offices, then no additional compensation for any travel is allowed. The rate is inclusive of any travel costs.
- If travel expenses are authorized, then the travel expenses submitted for reimbursement must adhere to federal GSA guidelines governing hotel, mileage, and meals per diem rates, and must include appropriate expense documentation (receipts). The Commission does not reimburse for purchases of alcohol. GSA Guidelines are available at: https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates?gsaredirect=portalcontent104877.
- In accordance with OST's travel expense guidelines, all travel expenses shall be submitted no later than 60 days of the travel occurrence. The individual resource and/or vendor will be responsible for any expenses submitted past the 60-day timeframe.
- Remote connectivity: computer equipment and access to required administrative services and facilities will be provided to vendor resources as required. Computer equipment for use while engaged with the Turnpike may include a laptop, iPad or other tablet device, laptop bag, monitors, wireless keyboard, mouse, or other equipment as required to perform job functions. When an engagement ends, all equipment issued to the vendor resources, including any PA Turnpike ID badges, must be returned to the Commission within 2 weeks of the resources being offboarded. All equipment shall be returned to the Commission in good working condition. The Prime Contractor will be invoiced for any unreturned equipment or equipment damaged beyond reasonable wear and tear.
- The vendor should allow a minimum of five to seven business days to fully onboard new resources. Vendor resources must:
- Complete the consultant onboarding spreadsheet provided by the Commission.
- Sign the Commission’s “Acceptable Use of Commission Technology Resources” (Policy 8.01) and the Non-Revenue Card Application Use Agreement for door access.
- Provide a contact phone number and a current professional photo.
- Must provide a copy of the results of a Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History - Record Check Certification (ePATCH) of the selected candidate dated after the release date of the Statement of Work.
- Provide a copy of the results of a National Criminal Check.
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If vendor resources will manage or access The Commission systems and/or data for the Commission, they must sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), which must also be approved and signable by their Commission supervisor.
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The Commission IT Department has established the following guidelines while working virtually and the vendor resource is expected to follow them:
- Use cameras during meetings.
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Maintain a professional appearance when in meetings and on camera.
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The Commission has eleven (11) holidays (for salaried employees) when the CAB is closed. Those holidays are New Year’s Day, M.L. King Jr. Birthday, Presidents Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
- Resources must abide by all published IT Standards, including those published publicly at http://paturnpike.service-now.com/kb.
- Overtime requests always need to have prior approval of Project Principal with the rightful reasons for overtime.
Required/Desired Skills
- Overall IT testing experience. Required 8.0 Years
- Hands-on performance/load testing experience. Required 4.0 Years
- Strong hands-on experience with NeoLoad Required
- Experience testing enterprise-scale applications with high transaction volumes. Required
- Experience testing SAP systems, CRM platforms, analytics platforms and complex enterprise integrations. Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field. Required
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Performance Test Engineer
Target employers with established engineering orgs
Large tech companies, financial institutions, and enterprise software firms file LCAs for performance engineers far more consistently than startups. Employers with dedicated QA or reliability engineering teams are most likely to have sponsorship infrastructure already in place.
Frame your specialty clearly on your resume
Performance testing sits at the intersection of QA and systems engineering. Emphasize tools like JMeter, Gatling, or Locust alongside load modeling and bottleneck analysis. This specificity helps employers justify the specialty occupation classification required for H-1B petitions.
Understand your degree-to-role alignment
USCIS requires your degree field to relate directly to the job. A computer science or software engineering degree is a clean fit. If your degree is in a tangential field, gather documentation showing how your coursework and experience bridge to performance engineering specifically.
Distinguish yourself from general QA engineers
General QA roles face more USCIS scrutiny for specialty occupation status. Positioning yourself as a performance or reliability specialist, with quantifiable work on latency reduction or throughput optimization, strengthens the case that your role requires specialized knowledge.
Ask about sponsorship early in the process
Bring up visa sponsorship before the final interview round, not after receiving an offer. Many hiring managers can confirm sponsorship willingness quickly, and it prevents wasted time on both sides if the employer has a policy against it.
Browse Migrate Mate for sponsorship-confirmed roles
Not every job posting makes sponsorship eligibility obvious. Migrate Mate filters specifically for employers willing to sponsor, so you are not spending time on applications that will not lead anywhere for international candidates in this field.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Performance Test Engineer role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes. Performance Test Engineer qualifies as a specialty occupation under H-1B visa rules because the role typically requires a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field. USCIS has approved H-1B petitions for performance and load testing roles consistently, particularly when the job description emphasizes systems analysis, architectural knowledge, and tool-specific expertise rather than general QA work.
What degree do I need for employers to sponsor my visa as a Performance Test Engineer?
Most employers and USCIS expect a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or a related technical discipline. A degree in an unrelated field is not automatically disqualifying, but you will need to demonstrate equivalency through a combination of coursework and professional experience. USCIS allows three years of relevant work experience to substitute for one year of formal education when building an equivalency case.
Are Australian citizens able to get E-3 visa sponsorship for Performance Test Engineer jobs?
Yes. The E-3 visa is exclusively available to Australian citizens and covers specialty occupations, which includes Performance Test Engineer when the role requires a relevant bachelor's degree. The E-3 has no lottery, a 10,500 annual cap that has never been filled, and can be renewed indefinitely in two-year increments. Australians in this role often find the E-3 a faster and more predictable path than the H-1B.
How do I find Performance Test Engineer jobs that offer visa sponsorship?
The most efficient approach is to search specifically within platforms built for international candidates rather than filtering through general job postings. Migrate Mate lists roles from employers who have confirmed sponsorship willingness, which removes the guesswork. You can browse Performance Test Engineer openings there and see which employers have an active track record of sponsoring engineers in this category.
Do smaller companies sponsor visas for Performance Test Engineers, or is it mainly large employers?
It is mainly larger employers. Companies with established HR and legal teams, particularly in fintech, enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, and e-commerce, file LCAs for performance engineers far more reliably. Smaller startups rarely have the compliance infrastructure or appetite for sponsorship costs and timelines. If you are targeting smaller companies, look specifically for those that have filed H-1B petitions in recent years, which is verifiable through Department of Labor disclosure data.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Performance Test Engineer jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.