A.C. Coy
Performance Test Engineer (remote)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Arlington, VA, US
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Qa
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- A degree from an accredited College/University in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline is preferred.
- 8+ years of hands-on experience with LoadRunner Enterprise, developing and executing performance and load testing solutions for complex enterprise applications.
- 5+ years of experience working with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Unified Functional Testing (UFT) to support comprehensive software testing and quality assurance initiatives.
- Expertise in formal software testing methodologies for complex, enterprise-level applications, including test planning, execution, defect management, and quality assurance.
- Extensive experience testing software applications, identifying, analyzing, and documenting defects, and collaborating closely with developers, business stakeholders, and end users to investigate and
- Proficient with multiple defect tracking and test management tools, including Rational and Mercury, for defect reporting, tracking, prioritization, and resolution.
- Experienced in developing and maintaining comprehensive software quality documentation, including requirements specifications, test plans, test cases, test scripts, test procedures, and detailed test
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be a US Citizen or have permanent residence status (Green Card).
- Must be able to obtain Public Trust Clearance.
- Must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.
- Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last 5 years. Military Service excluded.
Full description
Overview
PLEASE NOTE: No corp-to-corp candidates will be accepted.
- Tier One Technologies is looking for a Performance Test Engineer to support our US Government client.
- This will be a 100% remote position.
- SELECTED CANDIDATES WITHOUT REQUIRED CLEARANCE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TO RECEIVE IT.
Responsibilities
- Utilize UFT (formerly QTP) to develop and maintain automated UI tests for web, desktop, and supported mobile applications, validating critical business workflows, application functionality, and end-to-end processes.
- Provide enterprise-wide support for performance testing and test automation initiatives across multiple teams and projects, leveraging LoadRunner for performance and load testing and UFT for functional and regression test automation.
- Develop, maintain, and execute automated functional and regression test suites covering key business processes, including user authentication, transaction processing, and complex application workflows.
- Integrate UFT-based automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable repeatable, efficient, and continuous functional verification throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Evaluate and recommend performance testing tools, technologies, frameworks, and methodologies to improve testing efficiency, accuracy, scalability, and overall application performance.
- Execute all phases of the performance testing lifecycle, including requirements analysis, test planning, workload modeling, script development, test execution, results analysis, bottleneck identification, defect management, and performance reporting.
- Develop, implement, and maintain performance testing policies, frameworks, standards, and best practices to promote consistency, scalability, repeatability, and compliance with organizational and security requirements.
- Analyze performance test results to identify application bottlenecks, scalability issues, resource constraints, and other performance-related defects, collaborating with development and infrastructure teams to drive resolution.
- Design, create, update, and maintain comprehensive training materials for performance testing and automation, ensuring content reflects current tools, technologies, industry trends, and organizational requirements.
- Provide ongoing coaching, mentoring, and technical training to cross-functional teams on performance testing and automation practices, strengthening testing capabilities and promoting continuous improvements in software quality and application performance.
Qualifications
- A degree from an accredited College/University in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline is preferred.