Real Time Performance Tester

Title : Real Time Performance Tester

Location : long term contracting position located in Vienna, VA. LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY - initially remote

This is a remote role that will return to onsite work in the future in Vienna, VA (will NOT remain remote).

Note - If candidate is not a US Citizen, you'll need to provide their passport number and DOB so I can verify their travel.

Qualification and Education Requirements :

Demonstrated experience in load test, stress test, stability test and test automation.

Design comprehensive test strategies for real-time Kubernetes applications, covering functional, performance, stress, and fault tolerance testing aspects.

Develop and maintain detailed test cases for various scenarios including message queuing, event processing, distributed system interactions, and real-time data streaming.

Conduct load and stress testing to identify performance bottlenecks in real-time applications running on Kubernetes clusters, optimizing resource allocation and scaling mechanisms.

Implement real-time monitoring solutions to track application health metrics, latency, throughput, and resource usage during testing, identifying potential issues proactively.

Proficiency in automated testing frameworks like Selenium, JMeter, or other relevant tools for real-time application testing.

Working experience in PySpark / Python and Databricks and proficiency in SQL.

Knowledge of real-time communication protocols (e.g., WebSockets, MQTT), event streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka), and distributed system design principles.

Hands on experience in PowerShell, Windows batch scripting is a plus.

Agile Delivery Azure DevOps / Boards, JIRA

Proficiency in agile delivery metrics terminology

Advanced database scripting (backup, restore, data migration and health checks)

Knowledge of CI / CD integration for databases.

Desired Qualifications and Education Requirements

Master s degree in information technology or the equivalent combination of training, education, and experience

Please use the skills matrix below and please remember no resumes over 5 pages and experience must start on page 1 :

Overall professional experience

Real Time Performance Testing

Load test, stress test, stability test and test automation

Designing comprehensive test strategies for real-time Kubernetes applications (covering functional, performance, stress, and fault tolerance testing aspects).

Developing / maintaining detailed test cases for various scenarios including message queuing, event processing, distributed system interactions, and real-time data streaming.

Conducting load and stress testing in real-time applications running on Kubernetes clusters

Implementing real-time monitoring solutions to track application health metrics, latency, throughput, and resource usage during testing, identifying potential issues proactively.

Automated testing frameworks (Selenium, JMeter, or other relevant tools for real-time application testing)

PySpark / Python

Databricks

Real-time communication protocols (e.g., WebSockets, MQTT), event streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka), and distributed system design principles.

PowerShell

Windows batch scripting

Agile Delivery Azure DevOps / Boards, JIRA

Advanced database scripting (backup, restore, data migration and health checks)

CI / CD integration for databases.

Banking / financial industry

Does your candidate have a Master's degree in Information Technology?

Where does your candidate currently live?

Any issues working onsite in Vienna, VA when this team returns to onsite?

What is your candidate's status (USC, GC, H1B)?

A similar role came out in December, please confirm whether or not your candidate's resume was submitted to this same role?

Please confirm whether your candidate's resume has EVER been submitted to NFCU.

Please provide your candidate's LinkedIn profile.