Platform Engineer/ Performance Tester

General Dynamics

  • USA
  • $94,676-128,092 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 14 days ago
Type of Requisition: PipelineClearance Level Must Currently Possess: NoneClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: NonePublic Trust/Other Required: BI Full 6C (T4)Job Family: CloudJob Qualifications:Skills: Agile Methodology, Performance Testing, TeamworkCertifications: NoneExperience: 1 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required: NoJob Description:Own the opportunity as a Platform Engineer/ Performance Tester and help ensure the mission is never interrupted. At GDIT, we deliver clarity with our cloud solutions and provide meaningful work. Your work will be an important part of transforming our clients for the modern age and help them face any obstacle.The Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program is an initiative to support the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AO) develop a modern cloud-based solution to support all 204+ federal courts across the United States which are grouped into three types namely, Appellate, District, and Bankruptcy. The Platform Engineer/ Performance Tester will work as part of an agile development team to build and support the modernization of enterprise-class software applications.RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Design, implement, and maintain automated performance testing frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native applications
  • Define and track key performance KPIs (e.g., response time, throughput, resource utilization, latency, error rates) based on SLAs and stakeholder requirements
  • Conduct load, stress, and scalability testing to validate performance under multi-tenant conditions and concurrent user loads
  • Develop and manage a performance dashboard and provide executive-level and technical-level reporting on system behavior
  • Perform real-time monitoring, observability, and telemetry setup for application and infrastructure performance using modern tools and dashboards
  • Collaborate with developers, QA, SREs, and operations teams to identify performance bottlenecks and provide optimization recommendations
  • Validate the performance of critical workflows and use cases, including long-running queries, search operations, and API endpoints
  • Capture and report on system metrics such as CPU, memory, disk, network, and application-specific logs for tuning and diagnostics
  • Contribute to the performance section of the Monthly Status Report (MSR) and sprint-level performance documentation
  • Ensure alignment of performance testing strategy with DevSecOps and MLOps processes for continuous integration and delivery
  • Developing and executing formal performance test plans to ensure the delivery of quality software applications
  • Writing and maintaining comprehensive test plans and reports
  • Verifying and validating functionality by evaluating software against system requirements
  • Responsible for supporting cloud solution resources, both IaaS and PaaS, that enable the business to securely run sensitive workloads within a cloud
  • Implementing and designing server, network, and software configurations for a cloud computing infrastructure and applications with a focus on DevOps principles
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related scientific or technical discipline
  • 1 - 3+ years experience with deploying and managing applications and systems to commercial and private clouds required; 5+ years experience strongly preferred
  • Experience in performance engineering and automated testing of cloud-based applications and platforms
  • Strong knowledge of performance testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, BlazeMeter, or k6
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions
  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, New Relic, CloudWatch, or Elastic Stack
  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or JavaScript for automation of testing and reporting workflows
  • Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices testing strategies
  • Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure performance characteristics, especially AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Experience with telemetry frameworks and logging standards to support traceability and root cause analysis
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze large volumes of test data, identify trends, and drive root cause identification and tuning
  • Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams and participating in sprint ceremonies
  • Experienced in providing DevSecOps implementation using GitOps, or similar tools
  • Experienced in developing, testing, and maintaining containerized applications utilizing docker, k8s, Openshift, etc.
  • Working knowledge of Source Version Control and Build/Release tools and methodologies
  • Extensive hands-on experience with Test planning, writing test cases/scripts, test case automation, performance test execution and analysis of performance test results
  • Familiarity with standard concepts, practices, and procedures of cloud technology, including Software as Service (SaaS), Platform as Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
  • Supporting large scale infrastructure migration methodologies and techniques (IaaS/PaaS) including application migrations to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
Must be US Person (Green Card Holder, US Permanent Resident Alien, Refugee, Asylee, US Citizen)GDIT Is Your Place:
  • 401K with company match
  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages
  • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
  • Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
  • Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
The likely salary range for this position is $94,676 - $128,092. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40Travel Required: NoneTelecommuting Options: RemoteWork Location: Any Location / RemoteAdditional Work Locations:Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at.Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

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