Senior Performance Engineer – IRS Clearance & Load Testing

3M Consultancy; Washington; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A government consulting firm in Washington is seeking a Sr. Performance Engineer/Performance Tester to support IRS projects. This role requires active IRS MBI clearance and involves designing and executing performance tests for large-scale IRS applications. Candidates should have over 5 years of performance testing experience and be skilled in tools like LoadRunner, JMeter, and SQL. The position includes collaborating with developers and providing tuning recommendations to ensure system reliability and scalability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of performance testing experience required.
• Hands‑on expertise with LoadRunner, JMeter, or NeoLoad.
• Strong SQL skills needed for backend validation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and run performance test plans, scripts, and scenarios.
• Monitor system metrics and analyze application performance under load.
• Document results and provide actionable recommendations.

Skills

Performance testing experience

LoadRunner

JMeter

NeoLoad

SQL

AWS/Azure

Dynatrace

AppDynamics

Splunk

Job description

A government consulting firm in Washington is seeking a Sr. Performance Engineer/Performance Tester to support IRS projects. This role requires active IRS MBI clearance and involves designing and executing performance tests for large-scale IRS applications. Candidates should have over 5 years of performance testing experience and be skilled in tools like LoadRunner, JMeter, and SQL. The position includes collaborating with developers and providing tuning recommendations to ensure system reliability and scalability.