QA Performance Engineer — Automated Testing & Performance

Integral Federal, Inc.; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Earned Bonuses & Awards

Professional Training Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Integral Federal, Inc. is seeking a QA Performance Engineer to ensure VA/OIT systems meet quality, performance, accessibility and security requirements. You will develop automated test suites, perform load testing, and support 508 compliance validation to ensure production readiness.

Join a team delivering enterprise-scale testing across Agile sprints with CI/CD and DevSecOps integration, and contribute to continuous improvement through analytics and dashboards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or an IT-related degree with 7-10 years' experience.
• Experience developing automated test frameworks across functional, regression, performance, accessibility (508), and security.
• Experience conducting pre-launch/post-launch performance testing and analyzing load/performance defects.
• Experience producing Release Quality Metrics Reports, supporting IV&V/ISQA, and validating enterprise releases.
• Experience supporting Agile/Scrum teams within CI/CD and DevSecOps environments.
• Skilled in synthetic monitoring, dashboard management, and test-result analytics.
• Ability to design reusable test frameworks and integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Develops automated test suites, performs load and performance testing, supports Section 508 compliance validation, analyzes escaped defects and quality trends, and ensures readiness for production releases.
• Create and maintain automated testing frameworks covering functional, regression, performance, Section 508 accessibility, and security testing.
• Use automated unit and system tests, test plans, and test cases to support test ‑ driven development (TDD) and secure code validation.
• Ensure test coverage across all Agile requirements, integrations, and sprint deliverables.
• Conduct pre ‑ launch and post ‑ launch performance/load testing to validate system stability, scalability, and responsiveness.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and support teams in optimizing responses, throughput, and resource usage
• Support UAT, Independent Software Quality Assurance (ISQA), and IV&V testing activities by providing required documentation, test data, and integration content
• Use Testing Dashboards to track UAT readiness and test cycle feature availability.
• Participate in continuous improvement across Sprints and PIs by analyzing quality trends, defect categories, and performance analytics
• Work with Agile Development Teams, System Teams, Integration Developers, and Architecture teams to ensure production readiness and traceability.

Skills

Test automation

Load testing

Performance testing

Section 508 testing

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Selenium

SOAPUI

Dashboard analytics

ISQA/IV&V support

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or IT-related field

Tools

Selenium

SOAPUI

Job description

Integral Federal, Inc. is seeking a QA Performance Engineer to ensure VA/OIT systems meet quality, performance, accessibility and security requirements. You will develop automated test suites, perform load testing, and support 508 compliance validation to ensure production readiness.

Join a team delivering enterprise-scale testing across Agile sprints with CI/CD and DevSecOps integration, and contribute to continuous improvement through analytics and dashboards.