Test Engineer II - Automation

Test Engineer II – Automation

Plano, TX (Onsite)

Contract (1 year + Possible extension)

Pay Rate

$42.86 - 46.94 an hour on W2 (DOE)

We are seeking a Performance Test Engineer with strong hands-on experience in k6 (primary) and JMeter (secondary) to design, develop, and execute performance tests for APIs, web applications, and backend services. The ideal candidate will have expertise in load testing, performance analysis, bottleneck identification, and cloud-based, containerized environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain performance test scripts using k6 (primary) and JMeter.
• Design and execute load, stress, spike, soak, endurance, and scalability tests.
• Perform performance testing across APIs, web applications, and backend services.
• Analyze response times, throughput, error rates, CPU, memory, and other performance metrics.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and collaborate with development teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Define performance benchmarks, goals, and success criteria.
• Prepare performance test reports and provide actionable recommendations.
• Support capacity planning and performance benchmarking.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.

Required Qualifications

• 5–12 years of overall experience in software performance testing.
• 2–5 years of hands-on experience with k6 (strongly preferred).
• Strong knowledge of JMeter, with k6 as the primary performance testing tool.
• Experience testing APIs across different architectures and web applications.
• Strong understanding of HTTP/HTTPS, cookies, sessions, headers, and authentication.
• Scripting experience in JavaScript, Groovy, or Python.
• Experience analyzing logs, monitoring data, and performance metrics.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized applications (EKS or similar).
• Exposure to at least one cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience writing code using Java or Python.
• Experience with cloud-native and distributed application environments.

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