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Platform Engineer​/Performance Tester

Job in La Grange, Cook County, Illinois, 60525, USA
Listing for: General Dynamics
Full Time, Part Time, Seasonal/Temporary position
Listed on 2026-03-03
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cloud Computing, Systems Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Responsibilities for this Position

Location:

Any Location / Remote

Full Part/Time:
Full time

Job Req: RQ212559

Type of

Requisition :

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other

Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

CI/CD, Containerization, Performance Testing

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship

Required:

No

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact supporting the Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program. The CMM program is an initiative to support the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AO) in developing a modern cloud-based solution to support all 204+ federal courts across the United States.

GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

The Platform Engineer/ Performance Tester will work as part of the CMM Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) team to deploy a secured cloud-native EDW platform and support the statutory and operational reporting, data cataloging, and other analytical objectives.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Design, implement, and maintain automated performance testing frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native applications

* Define and track key performance KPIs (e.g., response time, throughput, resource utilization, latency, error rates) based on SLAs and stakeholder requirements

* Conduct load, stress, and scalability testing to validate performance under multi-tenant conditions and concurrent user loads

* Develop and manage a performance dashboard and provide executive-level and technical-level reporting on system behavior

* Perform real-time monitoring, observability, and telemetry setup for application and infrastructure performance using modern tools and dashboards.

* Collaborate with developers, QA, SREs, and operations teams to identify performance bottlenecks and provide optimization recommendations

* Validate the performance of critical workflows and use cases, including long-running queries, search operations, and API endpoints

* Capture and report on system metrics such as CPU, memory, disk, network, and application-specific logs for tuning and diagnostics

* Support canary release functions to allow end-user beta testing in production-like environments

* Contribute to the performance section of the Monthly Status Report (MSR) and sprint-level performance documentation

* Ensure alignment of performance testing strategy with Dev Sec Ops  and MLOps processes for continuous integration and delivery

* Developing and executing formal performance test plans to ensure the delivery of quality software applications

* Writing and maintaining comprehensive test plans and reports

* Verifying and validating functionality by evaluating software against system requirements

* Identifying and documenting defects using reproducible test cases

* Work independently to triage issues and prioritize tasks

* Responsible for supporting cloud solution resources, both IaaS and PaaS, that enable the business to securely run sensitive workloads within a cloud

* Implementing and designing server, network, and software configurations for a cloud computing infrastructure and applications with a focus on Dev Ops principles

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE &

QUALIFICATIONS:

* Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree and 1+ years' experience with deploying and managing applications and systems to commercial and private clouds, or equivalent years of experience

* Experience in performance engineering and automated testing of cloud-based applications and platforms

* Strong knowledge of performance testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling, Load Runner, Blaze Meter, or k6

* Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Git Lab CI, Azure Dev Ops, or Git Hub Actions

* Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, New Relic, Cloud Watch, or Elastic Stack

* Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or JavaScript for automation of testing and reporting workflows

* Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and…
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