Senior Software Engineer - Maximus

5+ years' experience in Performance testing large complex projects in web based microservices architecture, with a minimum of 2 yrs experience as a lead requiring minimal supervision.

• Plan and lead Performance testing including estimation, designing, developing, execution, identifying test environment requirements, and preparing large data sets for distributed nd high-throughput performance testing

• Communicate with the development team and key stakeholders to clearly identify requirements

• Analyze test results and clearly communicate to the development team where performance bottlenecks exist

• Provide actionable corrective recommendations for discovered performance issues

• Provide walkthrough of test summary reports to stakeholders.

• Identify and communicate risks to development team

• Demonstrable technical and knowledge-sharing abilities

• Review technical debt and provide solutions for enhancements

• Identify new tooling and testing practices to improve overall operational efficiency

• Capable of developing and maintaining a performance testing framework

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of software solutions that will meet or exceed business requirements; the development effort includes designing and implementing modules to the system specifications, conducting unit testing, troubleshooting issues and producing detailed proposals to resolve issues.
- Evaluate new coding techniques, tools, modules, and implementation as appropriate.
- Lead and mentor entry and mid-level developers.
- Consult on requirements elicitation and definition.
- Design software solutions per systems requirements.
- Code software solutions per designs.
- Code reviews, unit test, and integrate coded modules.
- Assist other developers in resolving issues by providing guidance and training.
- Support testing and remediate defects.
- Support users through troubleshooting and analysis of production logs and data.
- Investigate new solutions, tools, products, and techniques to incorporate into coding standards.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management.

• Solid hands-on experience in performance testing Java applications using JMeter in an AWS environment and container orchestrated tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins.

• Experience building workload models

• Strong experience with Java programming language and scripting languages such as Groovy, Javascript

• Experience with GitHub, SVN, JIRA, X-Ray

• Working knowledge with relational (SQL) and nonrelational (NoSQL) databases

• Working knowledge on the usage of monitoring dashboards such as Grafana and creating and using time-series databases such as InfluxDB, Prometheus, AWS Timestream, or similar

• Understands the purpose of common subsystems in a web architecture - in-memory dbs, load balancers, reverse proxies, app server, web servers, dns, web protocols

• Deep understanding of Java and its internals e.g. threads, exceptions, JVM performance tuning, GC mechanisms, and heap dumps

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in related field required.
- 5-7 years of relevant professional experience required.

Excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

• Ability to do presentations and walkthroughs with Systems and Business personnel

• Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment under deadlines in a changing environment.

• Must be organized and detail oriented.

Additional Skills / Knowledge Preferred:

• Working experience in an AGILE, SCRUM environment.

• Experience with AI/ML in Performance testing

Education Requirement:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or Information Technology, or related field.

EEO Statement

Active military service members, their spouses, and veteran candidates often embody the core competencies Maximus deems essential, and bring a resiliency and dependability that greatly enhances our workforce. We recognize your unique skills and experiences, and want to provide you with a career path that allows you to continue making a difference for our country. We're proud of our connections to organizations dedicated to serving veterans and their families. If you are transitioning from military to civilian life, have prior service, are a retired veteran or a member of the National Guard or Reserves, or a spouse of an active military service member, we have challenging and rewarding career opportunities available for you. A committed and diverse workforce is our most important resource. Maximus is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Maximus provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disabled status.

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