Performance Tester/Platform Engineer

Accountabilities:

• • Design, develop, and execute performance, load, stress, scalability, and endurance testing for enterprise web applications.
  • Establish performance benchmarks, KPIs, workload models, and testing objectives based on application SLAs, contractual requirements, and expected user demand.
  • Build, configure, and maintain performance testing environments within AWS cloud infrastructure.
  • Develop and maintain automated performance test scripts using tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, or K6.
  • Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous performance validation throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
  • Conduct baseline performance assessments, capacity planning, failover testing, and resilience testing for major application components.
  • Analyze system logs, application metrics, resource utilization, and profiling data to identify performance bottlenecks and root causes.
  • Collaborate with development, DevOps, QA, and infrastructure teams to recommend and implement application and infrastructure optimizations.
  • Monitor application behavior using tools such as Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack.
  • Produce detailed performance test reports, dashboards, findings, and actionable recommendations for technical and customer stakeholders.
  • Validate application releases against defined performance, scalability, reliability, and capacity standards before production deployment.
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies, providing performance insights during sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and technical discussions.
  • Contribute to QA lifecycle activities, including test planning, test case development, execution, defect reporting, documentation, and results analysis.
  • Support continuous improvement by evaluating emerging performance engineering tools, automation approaches, AI-driven analytics, and cloud optimization practices.
  • Work effectively with customer stakeholders while contributing independently and collaboratively within cross-functional Agile DevSecOps teams.

  Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
  • 5+ years of experience with integration, regression, system, and automated testing of web-based applications.
  • 5+ years of experience in software performance testing or performance engineering, including at least 3 years working with cloud-based or distributed systems.
  • Strong hands-on experience with JavaScript for scripting, test development, and automation.
  • Expertise with modern performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, or K6.
  • Strong understanding of performance engineering principles, including concurrency modeling, resource utilization, scalability, capacity planning, and system tuning.
  • Experience testing applications in AWS environments, including technologies such as EC2, ECS, CloudWatch, and RDS.
  • Working knowledge of NodeJS, REST APIs, microservices, and front-end technologies such as ReactJS.
  • Experience integrating automated performance testing into CI/CD environments such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions.
  • Familiarity with observability and monitoring technologies including Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack.
  • Ability to interpret logs, metrics, profiling information, and performance data to diagnose complex system bottlenecks.
  • Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift and an understanding of containerized application environments.
  • Knowledge of network performance testing and distributed tracing techniques.
  • Experience with enterprise-scale or federal application performance testing is highly valuable.
  • Exposure to AI-driven performance analytics, predictive capacity modeling, FinOps, or cloud cost optimization is a plus.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, presentation, written, and verbal communication skills.
  • Consultant mindset with the ability to work confidently with senior customer stakeholders and build strong professional relationships.
  • Demonstrated ability to evaluate and apply industry tools, emerging technologies, methodologies, and performance engineering best practices.
  • Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Preferred certifications include ISTQB Performance Testing (CT-PT), AWS Certified Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer, SAFe Practitioner, or a performance engineering certification.
  • Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
  • Must be a U.S. Person, defined for this role as a U.S. Citizen, Green Card Holder/Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee.
  • U.S. citizenship is not specifically required.

  Benefits:

  • Salary: Estimated range of $96,569–$130,651, with final compensation depending on experience, geographic location, and applicable contractual requirements.
  • Remote work: Fully remote position with a full-flex work week designed to support work-life balance.
  • Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week.
  • Travel: Less than 10%.
  • Healthcare: Multiple medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts, plus dental and vision coverage.
  • Retirement: 401(k) plan with company matching contributions.
  • Paid time off: Vacation, sick, personal, and holiday leave, with additional paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury-duty leave.
  • Paid family leave: Up to 160 hours over a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.
  • Insurance: Short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel insurance options.
  • Career development: AI-powered career tools, learning opportunities, and internal mobility support.
  • Professional growth: Opportunities to work with modern cloud, AI, cyber, and software technologies on mission-focused programs.
  • Work environment