Performance Tester

Overview

5 years relevant of performance testing / performance engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree;
Masters or PhD may be considered in addition to just years of experience

Must be either US Citizen or US Permanent Resident (Green card holder) with at least 3 years continuous permanent residence established. A Moderate Risk Background Investigation clearance is required.

• Execute, validate and review all test cases including the automation test case suite.
• Use relevant documentation to construct test cases with predetermined results and test data to verify program functionality and/or interfaces through assigned systems.
• Review output to determine whether or not the test results fulfill the established requirements, and if necessary, notify the responsible programmers, both verbally and in writing, of errors, omissions, and inconsistencies in the programs and/or documentation.
• Coordinate test activities with project stakeholders.
• Coordinate work assignments to ensure timely and accurate completion of testing.
• Provide inputs on the required testing level of effort for Unified Work Requests.

• Experience with performance strategy and modeling
• 3 years of test automation experience (e.g., Cucumber, Selenium Webdriver, UFT, etc.)
• 3 years of developing and writing SQL scripts

• Experience with the following IRS Projects:
  MeF (Modernized e-File), ITPE (Individual Tax Processing Engine), RRP (Return Review Program), IDOCS (Individual Document Specific Programs), BDOC (Business Document Specific Programs), IMF (Individual Master File), BMF (Business Master File), CADE2 (Customer Account Data Engine
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• Testing Tools: IBM Rational Functional Tester (RFT), IBM Rational Integration Tester (RIT), IBM RPT, IBM ETM, IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server, Jmeter, Junit, Parasoft - Load Test, Selenium Automated Testing, SOAPUI (free version), INFOConnect, Pegasus, Load Runner Enterprise System Administration
• Preferred Qualifications:
  
  IBM Mainframe/Unisys Mainframe DB2, Informatica Business Objects, knowledge of IRS tax administration software, TOAD, Rational CLM tools (Quality Manager, Team Concert, Doors Next Generation), Microsoft Office Suite, CTRL-M, Adobe Pro, Secure
  
  CRT, Secure Fx, IBM Mainframe (TSO and JCL), Java Batch (Spring Batch), XML/JSON testing, Agile/Iterative/Rapid Development methodologies, performance testing, cybersecurity testing, and Section 508 compliance testing
• Experience with IRS tax administration systems, IBM REXX, IBM File Manager utilities, IBM file comparison utilities, and IBM mainframe batch processing environment
• Working knowledge of updating/executing IBM JCL and knowledge of industry standard performance tools
• Knowledge of ITPE processing and proficiency with Greenplum Database, PgAdmin, and SQL

Flexible work from home options available.