Senior QA Performance Engineer - Automation & Load Testing

Integral; Tysons (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; 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 is seeking a QA Performance Engineer to ensure VA/DoD-related systems meet quality, performance, accessibility, and IT security standards. You will develop automated test suites, support UAT/ISQA/IV&V, and drive test-driven development within CI/CD environments.

The role emphasizes performance testing, synthetic monitoring, and dashboard analytics to improve production readiness across Agile teams and architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or IT-related field 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 and supporting IV&V/ISQA.
• Experience supporting Agile/Scrum 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.
• Public Trust

Responsibilities

• Develops automated test suites and performs load and performance testing.
• Creates and maintains automated testing frameworks for functional, regression, performance, accessibility, and security testing.
• Supports test-driven development and secure code validation with test plans and cases.
• Ensures test coverage across Agile requirements, integrations, and sprint deliverables.
• Conducts pre-launch and post-launch performance testing to validate stability and scale.
• Identifies performance bottlenecks and supports optimization efforts.
• Supports UAT, ISQA, and IV&V testing with documentation and data
• Uses testing dashboards to track UAT readiness and feature availability
• Participates in continuous improvement across Sprints and PIs

Skills

Automated test frameworks

Load testing

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

Performance testing

Section 508 accessibility

IV&V/ISQA support

Synthetic monitoring

Test data management

Education

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

Tools

Selenium

SOAPUI

Job description

Integral is seeking a QA Performance Engineer to ensure VA/DoD-related systems meet quality, performance, accessibility, and IT security standards. You will develop automated test suites, support UAT/ISQA/IV&V, and drive test-driven development within CI/CD environments.

The role emphasizes performance testing, synthetic monitoring, and dashboard analytics to improve production readiness across Agile teams and architectures.