Job#: 3036946

Job Description:

Location: Home, Maryland (Remote)

The Automation UI Performance Test Engineer is responsible for ensuring the scalability, responsiveness, stability, and overall performance of complex web-based applications. This role focuses on designing, executing, and analyzing UI performance, load, stress, and endurance tests. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams to deliver a high-quality user experience under varying load conditions, operating with minimal supervision to support a culture of reliability and performance excellence.

• Design, develop, and execute UI-focused performance, load, and stress test scripts using JMeter or comparable tools.
• Develop performance test strategies, scenarios, and workload models that reflect real-world user activity.
• Analyze test results to identify bottlenecks, memory leaks, latency issues, and scalability constraints.
• Collaborate with Developers, DevOps engineers, Architects, and Product Owners to troubleshoot performance issues and recommend optimizations.
• Integrate performance testing activities into CI/CD processes for continuous validation.
• Participate in UI functional testing tasks to support end-to-end validation across multiple environments.
• Document performance testing findings, provide actionable insights, and maintain performance dashboards.
• Ensure compliance with specific testing frameworks, SDLC processes, and quality guidelines.
• Proactively track and maintain performance baseline metrics across releases.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, and Sprint Reviews.
• Provide mentorship and technical input to other testing team members.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in performance testing for UI/web applications.
• Strong hands-on experience with JMeter or similar performance/load testing tools (e.g., LoadRunner, Gatling, k6).
• Experience designing scalable performance tests that simulate real-world load patterns.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret performance data and provide optimization recommendations.
• Experience working within Agile or SAFe development environments.
• Ability to create clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and performance test documentation.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to partner effectively with technical and product teams.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and deliver results with minimal supervision.
• Experience with UI test automation tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, or Java-based frameworks.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder.

• Experience documenting performance test cases and results in TestRail or similar tools.
• Familiarity with 508 accessibility testing using JAWS or similar tools.
• Prior experience supporting federal health-care systems.
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Tableau, or Grafana for performance monitoring/visualization.
• Experience in security testing using Burp Suite or similar tools.
• Familiarity with AI/ML-assisted analysis or performance optimization techniques.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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