Performance Tester / Automation Engineer with IRS MBI Clearance

Job Description

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

Requirements

Automation, IRS, agile, performance testing