Automation Performance Test Engineer

Job#: 3036946

Job Description:
Automation Performance Test Engineer

Location: Home, Maryland (Remote)

Role Overview

The Automation UI Performance Test Engineer is responsible for ensuring the scalability, responsiveness, stability, and overall performance of complex web-based applications. This role focuses on designing, executing, and analyzing UI performance, load, stress, and endurance tests. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams to deliver a high-quality user experience under varying load conditions, operating with minimal supervision to support a culture of reliability and performance excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute UI-focused performance, load, and stress test scripts using JMeter or comparable tools.
• Develop performance test strategies, scenarios, and workload models that reflect real-world user activity.
• Analyze test results to identify bottlenecks, memory leaks, latency issues, and scalability constraints.
• Collaborate with Developers, DevOps engineers, Architects, and Product Owners to troubleshoot performance issues and recommend optimizations.
• Integrate performance testing activities into CI/CD processes for continuous validation.
• Participate in UI functional testing tasks to support end-to-end validation across multiple environments.
• Document performance testing findings, provide actionable insights, and maintain performance dashboards.
• Ensure compliance with specific testing frameworks, SDLC processes, and quality guidelines.
• Proactively track and maintain performance baseline metrics across releases.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, and Sprint Reviews.
• Provide mentorship and technical input to other testing team members.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in performance testing for UI/web applications.
• Strong hands-on experience with JMeter or similar performance/load testing tools (e.g., LoadRunner, Gatling, k6).
• Experience designing scalable performance tests that simulate real-world load patterns.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret performance data and provide optimization recommendations.
• Experience working within Agile or SAFe development environments.
• Ability to create clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and performance test documentation.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to partner effectively with technical and product teams.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and deliver results with minimal supervision.
• Experience with UI test automation tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, or Java-based frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience documenting performance test cases and results in TestRail or similar tools.
• Familiarity with 508 accessibility testing using JAWS or similar tools.
• Prior experience supporting federal health-care systems.
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Tableau, or Grafana for performance monitoring/visualization.
• Experience in security testing using Burp Suite or similar tools.
• Familiarity with AI/ML-assisted analysis or performance optimization techniques.

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