Performance Tester/Platform Engineer

Clearance Level None Category Professional Engineering Location Remote, Working from the USA Key Skills For Success Performance Testing Selenium Structured Query Language (SQL) ##### **REQ\#:****RQ222784** ##### **Public Trust:****BI Full 6C (T4\)** ##### **Requisition Type:****Regular** ##### **Your Impact** Own your opportunity to support the missions that matter. From working with technologies like AI, cyber and cloud to careers in intelligence and health, we offer endless opportunities to apply your expertise to create a safer, smarter world while building new skills to propel your career forward. **Job Description** ------------------- The **Performance Tester** supports the **Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program** for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) by designing, executing, and analyzing performance, load, and scalability tests for enterprise\-class applications deployed in the AWS cloud. Working as part of Agile DevSecOps teams, this role ensures that CMM applications built using **React, NodeJS, and AWS** meet or exceed defined performance, reliability, and capacity objectives. The Performance Tester identifies performance bottlenecks, validates system resilience, and collaborates closely with development and infrastructure teams to optimize end\-to\-end system performance. **Key Responsibilities:** * Develop and execute **performance, load, stress, and endurance tests** to validate system scalability and responsiveness. * Define **performance benchmarks and KPIs** based on application SLAs, SOW requirements, and user load models. * Build, configure, and maintain performance test environments in **AWS cloud infrastructure**. * Design test scripts using **JMeter, LoadRunner, or K6**, integrating them into CI/CD pipelines for continuous performance monitoring. * Conduct **baseline performance analysis** and capacity planning for major CMM components. * Collaborate with developers, DevOps engineers, and QA teams to identify performance bottlenecks and tune system configurations. * Analyze test results and prepare detailed **performance reports**, recommending optimization strategies. * Validate that application releases meet **federal performance and reliability standards** prior to production deployment. * Support **failover and stress testing scenarios** to verify system fault tolerance and scalability under load. * Participate in Agile ceremonies and provide performance insights during sprint planning and retrospectives. **Tools \& Technologies:** * **Performance testing:** JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, K6\. * **Monitoring:** Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack. * **CI/CD integration:** Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions. * **Reporting:** Power BI, Tableau, or Grafana dashboards. * **Collaboration:** Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, MS Teams. **Required Qualifications, Skills \& Experience:** * **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or relevant field) * *