Performance Tester/ Automation Engineer with IRS MBI Clearance

3M Consultancy LTD - Washington, DC

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Washington, DC

About the position

The Automation Engineer / Performance Tester role involves developing and analyzing tests for products and systems, collaborating with engineering departments, and applying advanced consulting skills. The position requires innovative problem-solving and the ability to work independently while mentoring team members. Candidates must have IRS MBI clearance and a strong background in performance engineering, Agile methodologies, and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and analyze tests for products and systems.
• Collaborate with other engineering departments as necessary.
• Apply advanced consulting skills and extensive technical expertise.
• Develop innovative solutions to complex problems.
• Work without considerable direction and mentor team members.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with performance engineering in design, development, and performance testing.
• Experience in Agile development, Sprints, Story Reviews, Scrum, and 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.

Nice-to-haves

• 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.