Performance Tester / Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, and sustain automated performance testing frameworks that are integrated into CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native applications.

• Establish and monitor performance KPIs, including response time, throughput, resource utilization, latency, and error rates.

• Execute load, stress, and scalability testing under conditions involving multi-tenancy and concurrent users.

• Create and oversee performance dashboards while providing both executive- and technical-level reports.

• Conduct real-time monitoring, observability, and telemetry setup to assess application and infrastructure performance.

• Collaborate with developers, QA, SREs, and operations teams to identify bottlenecks and suggest optimizations.

• Validate essential workflows and use cases, including long-running queries, search operations, and API endpoints.

• Capture and report metrics related to CPU, memory, disk, network, and application-specific logs.

• Contribute performance-related content to Monthly Status Reports and documentation at the sprint level.

• Align the performance testing strategy with DevSecOps and MLOps processes.

• Develop and implement formal performance test plans.

• Create and maintain detailed test plans and reports.

• Verify and validate functionalities against system requirements.

• Support Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud solutions for secure sensitive workloads.

• Design and implement configurations for servers, networks, and software within cloud infrastructure and applications, applying DevOps principles.

• Function as part of an agile development team dedicated to modernizing enterprise-class software applications for the US Courts’ Case Management Modernization Program.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree.

• Over 5 years of relevant experience.

• A minimum of 1 year of experience in deploying and managing applications and systems on commercial and private clouds.

• Proficient in performance engineering and automated testing of cloud-based applications and platforms.

• Strong familiarity with JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, BlazeMeter, or k6.

• Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines utilizing Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.

• Proficient in monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, New Relic, CloudWatch, or Elastic Stack.

• Skilled in programming languages such as Python, Bash, or JavaScript.

• Knowledgeable in Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices testing methodologies.

• Strong understanding of performance characteristics in AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Experienced with telemetry frameworks and logging standards.

• Capable of analyzing large volumes of test data to identify trends, driving root cause analysis and optimization.

• Experienced in Agile/Scrum environments and participating in sprint ceremonies.

• Experienced in implementing DevSecOps using GitOps or similar tools.

• Skilled in developing, testing, and maintaining containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.

• Familiar with source version control and build/release tools and methodologies.

• Extensive hands-on experience in test planning, writing test cases/scripts, automating test cases, executing performance tests, and analyzing results.

• Familiar with SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS concepts and practices.

• Experienced in supporting large-scale infrastructure migrations and application migrations to AWS or Azure.

• Ability to acquire a position of Public Trust with the Administrative Office of the US Courts.

• Must be a US Person: Green Card Holder, US Permanent Resident Alien, Refugee, Asylee, or US Citizen.

• Less than 10% travel is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts.

• Dental plan options available.

• Vision plan options.

• 401(k) plan with company matching contributions.

• Flexible work weeks where feasible.

• Paid time off for vacation, sick leave, personal leave, holidays, parental leave, military leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty.

• Typically, 15 days of paid leave per calendar year.

• 10 paid holidays each year.

• Up to 160 hours of paid family leave within a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.

• Short- and long-term disability benefits provided.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance coverage.

• Personal accident insurance options.

• Critical illness insurance coverage.

• Business travel and accident insurance.

• AI-driven career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities.

• An internal mobility team to support career aspirations.

• Wellness package offerings.

• Competitive compensation.

• An award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.