Kforce has a client that is seeking a Performance Architect in Newton, MA. Summary: The Performance Architect will analyze system performance metrics and identify bottlenecks, providing recommendations for optimization and improvement. They will collaborate with development and operations teams to integrate performance considerations into the software development lifecycle, ensuring performance is a key focus from the outset. This role will develop and maintain performance testing frameworks and tools, ensuring they are up to date with the latest technologies and best practices.* Must have experience implementing and recommending performance improvements on cloud (GCP/Azure) and on-prem for tiered environments; Must be able to implement and recommend performance improvements on cloud (GCP/Azure) and on-prem for tiered environments * Must have experience troubleshooting, isolating, and resolving applications code issues and other technical problems (hardware, software, Infra and network) * Must be able to establish and enable golden signal for Application Health, build dashboards, identifying and establishing SLA's, set up alerting, logging and tracing as required * Must be able to use network profiling using tools like WireShark, Fiddler as necessary to troubleshoot issues