Performance Tester – Platform Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Create and implement performance, load, stress, and endurance testing protocols.

• Establish performance benchmarks and KPIs based on SLAs, SOW requirements, and user load models.

• Construct, configure, and sustain performance testing environments within AWS.

• Develop test scripts and integrate them into CI/CD workflows.

• Perform baseline performance evaluations and capacity planning for CMM components.

• Work collaboratively with developers, DevOps engineers, and QA teams to identify performance bottlenecks and optimize configurations.

• Evaluate test outcomes and generate performance reports with suggestions for optimization.

• Ensure that releases comply with federal performance and reliability standards prior to production deployment.

• Assist in failover and stress testing to validate fault tolerance and scalability.

• Engage in Agile ceremonies and provide performance insights during sprint planning and retrospectives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• Over 5 years of experience in integration, regression, and system testing utilizing automated testing tools for web-based applications.

• More than 5 years of experience in software performance testing and engineering.

• At least 3 years of experience with cloud-based or distributed systems.

• Proficient in writing test cases and plans, executing test scripts, reporting defects, and creating test result reports.

• Experience throughout the entire QA life cycle and QA documentation processes.

• Strong skills in JavaScript for scripting, test development, and automation.

• Familiarity with JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, or K6.

• In-depth knowledge of performance engineering principles, concurrency modeling, resource utilization, and performance tuning.

• Experience in testing AWS environments, including EC2, ECS, CloudWatch, and RDS.

• Working knowledge of NodeJS, REST APIs, microservices, and ReactJS.

• Experience in incorporating performance tests into CI/CD pipelines.

• Ability to analyze logs, metrics, and profiling data.

• Familiarity with Datadog, Prometheus, ELK Stack, or Grafana.

• Experience in performance testing for federal or enterprise-scale applications.

• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.

• Understanding of network performance testing and distributed tracing.

• Exposure to AI-driven performance analytics or predictive capacity modeling.

• Knowledge of FinOps and cloud cost optimization strategies.

• Excellent skills in presentation, communication, analysis, documentation, problem-solving, and making recommendations.

• Ability to collaborate with high-level customer stakeholders and cultivate customer relationships.

• Experience with industry tools, solutions, methods, best practices, and emerging technologies.

• Capability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

• Eligible to obtain a position of Public Trust with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

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

• Travel requirement of less than 10%.

• Public Trust/Other Required: BI Full 6C (T4).

• Clearance level must be able to possess: None; clearance level must be able to obtain: None.

• Preferred or beneficial certifications include ISTQB Performance Testing Certification (CT-PT), AWS Certified Solutions Architect–Associate or DevOps Engineer, SAFe Practitioner (SPC/SSM), and Performance Engineering Certification.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.

• 401K with company match.

• Competitive pay.

• Paid time off.

• Full-flex work week.

• Medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts.

• Dental plan options.

• Vision plan.

• Vacation, sick, and personal time.

• Paid holidays.

• Paid parental leave.

• Military leave.

• Bereavement leave.

• Jury duty leave.

• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees.

• 10 paid holidays per year.

• Paid Family Leave of up to 160 hours in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.

• Short- and long-term disability benefits.

• Life insurance.

• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance.

• Personal accident insurance.

• Critical illness insurance.

• Business travel and accident insurance.

• AI-powered career tool identifying career steps and learning opportunities.

• Internal mobility team.

• Award-winning culture of innovation.

• Military-friendly workplace.