General Dynamics Information Technology · 2 days ago
Platform Engineer/Performance Tester
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$97K/yr - $131K/yr
5+ years expGeneral Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government. The Platform Engineer/Performance Tester will work as part of the CMM Enterprise Data Warehouse team to deploy a secured cloud-native EDW platform and support various analytical objectives.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingConsultingCyber SecurityInformation Technology
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
Support canary release functions to allow end-user beta testing in production-like environments
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
Identifying and documenting defects using reproducible test cases
Work independently to triage issues and prioritize tasks
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
Qualification
Required
5 + years of related experience
Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree and 1+ years' experience with deploying and managing applications and systems to commercial and private clouds, or equivalent years of experience
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
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
Demonstrated experience in optimizing computing performance and measurement
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)
Comprehensive knowledge of security compliance and security control
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related scientific or technical discipline
5+ years' experience with deploying and managing applications and systems to commercial and private clouds
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
401K with company match
Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
Dental plan options
Vision plan
Full flex work weeks
Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
15 days of paid leave per calendar year
10 paid holidays per year
Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
Company
General Dynamics Information Technology
General Dynamics Information Technology is an IT consulting company that specializes in cyber security, AI, and quantum computing. It is a sub-organization of General Dynamics.
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