Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Professional Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Performance Testing, Performance Testing Strategy, Performance Testing Tools

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Transform technology into opportunity as a Performance Tester / Platform Engineer at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

The Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program is an initiative to support the Administrative Office (AO) of the US Courts (AO) develop a modern cloud-based solution to support all 204+ federal courts across the United States which are grouped into three types, namely Appellate, District, and Bankruptcy. This modernized case management system will eventually replace the current Case Management and Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) system.

The Performance Tester / Platform Engineer will work as part of an agile development team to build and support the modernization of enterprise-class software applications.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Performance Tester / Platform Engineer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of US Courts. You will play a crucial role in the following areas:

• 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
• 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
• Composing and maintaining comprehensive test plans and reports
• Verifying and validating functionality by evaluating software against system requirements
• 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

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Performance Tester / Platform Engineer must have:
 

● Education: Bachelor of Science
 

● Experience: 5+ years of related experience; 1+ year should involve deploying and managing applications and systems to commercial and private clouds
 

● Required Skills:

• 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, Azure, or GCP
• 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
• 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, Azure)

● Security Clearance Level: Ability to obtain a position of Public Trust with the Administrative Office of the US Courts
 

● Must be a US Person (Green Card Holder, US Permanent Resident Alien, Refugee, Asylee, US Citizen)

● Location: Remote

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
● Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your ambition to deliver your best work.

#GDITLA

The likely salary range for this position is $85,093 - $115,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

 

 

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

 

 

About Our Work:

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