Lead, Integration & Test Engineer

Job Title: Lead Integration and Test Engineer Performance Testing and Cloud Technology

Job Code: 35900

Job Location: Melbourne Florida

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a talented Integration and Test Engineer to support the design documentation and deployment of systems and services. This engineer will lead the test and evaluation processes for all performance test-related activities within mission-critical programs. They will also be responsible for verifying the system meets required performance resiliency scalability rollback/recovery and accessibility expectations across cloud and integrated environments. As an I&T Engineer you will be working to help support the global aviation community with advanced systems and services that significantly increase the safety security and capacity of global air traffic management systems to meet the growing demand of air transportation operations.

Essential Functions:

• Develop performance test strategy scenarios workload models and success criteria for services and cloud-based applications.
• Experience testing distributed systems APIs web applications and cloud-hosted platforms.
• Understanding of performance and resiliency test methods.
• Experience with automated test tools and scripting preferably Python/pytest.
• Ability to analyze logs metrics traces and infrastructure behavior.
• Verify response times throughput latency and resource utilization for key workflows.
• Execute baseline load stress soak and volume testing.
• Analyze bottlenecks across applications messaging API infrastructure and database layers.
• Monitor analyze and report on performance metrics of cloud applications and infrastructure under realistic operational conditions.
• Familiarity with OpenShift/Kubernetes AWS-hosted services APIs and messaging platforms.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts for performance testing using appropriate tools.
• Provide data-driven recommendations for performance improvements and optimizations.
• Test the non-functional requirements for the hardware and software system components within a lab environment.
• Maintain traceability between customer requirements and test procedures.
• Verify and troubleshoot system performance issues and work with the development team to resolve.
• Work daily with Engineers & Technicians to troubleshoot system issues.
• Recognize and identify opportunities to introduce automation in the testing process design and implement solutions to exploit those opportunities.
• Coordinate with the project lead as required to close project actions and issues.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and report up to the project lead.
• Stay current with the latest trends and technologies in cloud performance testing.
• Ability to obtain a FAA Public Trust security clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in programming or scripting languages such as Python Java JavaScript Bash or PowerShell.
• Experience testing service-based and event-driven architectures including request/reply publish/subscribe and point-to-point messaging patterns.
• Validating system behavior across integrated environments including cloud on-premises and hybrid deployments.
• Experience with messaging systems such as Solace JMS Kafka or similar
• Experience with API gateways or similar integration platforms
• Familiarity with Prometheus Grafana tracing and observability tooling
• Experience in government or regulated delivery environments
• Experience with Jira Zephyr Scale GitLab CI/CD and requirements traceability
• Ability to quickly adapt to new tools technologies and testing methodologies.
• Time management skills to handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Ability to think critically and creatively to identify potential issues and solutions.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite a plus
• Ability to lead and mentor junior testers and developers.
• Outstanding people and interpersonal skills. Capable of working well with internal & external customers.

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