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- OPPORTUNITY:
- Performance Test Engineer
- LOCATION:
- McLean, VA
RESPONSIBILITIES:
– Work with product owners and stakeholders to understand project requirements
– Formulate performance/load test strategies to include all applicable components: UI, Mobile, Web services, etc…
– Identify and recommend functional and performance test tools as needed
– Define and set up required test environments for testing as needed
– Develop and execute performance/load tests and create benchmarks for reference
– Analyze test run results, prepare reports, communicate and help remediate issues
– Participate in the design and development for test automation and support
– Performance Test Engineer reports to the System Team Manager
– Local travel may be required up to 10% of the time
REQUIREMENTS:
To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:
– Bachelor’s degree in a related field and ten (10) years’ experience
– Must have a current, active Secret (or higher) clearance
– Experience with software development and scripting (Java, C, Perl, Python, JavaScript, Shell …)
– Experience troubleshooting errors/failures/bottlenecks and doing root cause analysis
– Hands-on experience using performance test tools (LoadRunner, JMeter, Performance Tester …)
– Hands-on experience with diagnostics and performance monitoring tools
– Deep understanding of web application and browser concepts (HTTP, connections, cookies, caching, streaming, etc.)
– Experience writing SQL code against relational databases such as MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server
– Experience testing Web services (SOAP/WSDL or REST-based)
– Experience in both Windows and UNIX environments
– Working knowledge of various data formats (JSON, XML, CSV, etc.), data storage, encoding, encryption, data transformation, and related concepts
DESIRED:
Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:
– Working knowledge of Identity management, authentication, and authorization