Job Title: Automation Engineer / Performance Tester
Location: Remote.
Duration: Full-Time.
NEED IRS MBI Clearance.
Key Role:
Develops and analyzes tests for products and systems; collaborates with other engineering departments when necessary. Applies advanced consulting skills and/or extensive technical expertise; full industry knowledge. Develops innovative solutions to complex problems. Works without considerable direction; mentors and may supervise team members. Bachelors degree and 5+ years directly related experience or Masters degree and 3+ years directly related experience. Years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree for certain roles. Certifications may be accepted in lieu of a degree for certain technical roles.
Basic Qualifications:
5+ years of experience with performance engineering in design, development, and performance testing
Experience in Agile development, Sprints, Story Reviews, Scrum, DevOps
Experience with analyzing performance test results and contributing to performance test reports
Knowledge of performance monitoring tools, including AppInternals, AppDynamics, or Splunk
Ability to establish a baseline capacity before and after critical upgrades of infrastructure, configuration, and code
Ability to obtain a security clearance
Bachelor's degree
Knowledge of test-driven development techniques
Ability to develop automated test scripts using Selenium or similar test automation tools
Agile or Testing certification
Additional Qualifications:
Experience with delivering solutions using Agile SAFe framework
Experience with EA modeling and visualization tools, including Visio, Tableau, and PowerPoint
Experience in working with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Experience with leading projects, tasks, or teams
Knowledge of Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) tools Knowledge of Pega system administration best practices
Knowledge of Pega configuration in using a high-availability model in a Cloud environment such as AWS or Microsoft Azure, and AWS cloud architecture concepts
Ability to obtain Pega System Architect Certification, Pega Senior System Architect Certification, or Pega Lead System Architect Certification within 2 months of start date
Possession of excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
