3 days ago
Bristol, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Manage the non-functional test phase from planning and coordination through execution, risk and defect management, reporting, and closure.
- Design, script, and execute load, stress, endurance, and spike tests using Apache JMeter.
- Build, maintain, and enhance automated functional and API test frameworks and integrate them into CI/CD workflows.
- Design, deploy, and manage synthetic checks with Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics Canaries.
- Build Grafana and AWS CloudWatch dashboards for test execution, telemetry, latency, and resource utilization.
- Define non-functional requirements, perform root cause analysis, communicate risks, support Agile ceremonies, and mentor junior testers.
Requirements
- Approximately 10 years of overall commercial software testing experience, including 2–4 years of hands-on non-functional testing and test automation.
- Experience leading testing efforts, defining test plans, owning technical delivery, and communicating risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong Apache JMeter skills, including custom scripting, correlation, parameterization, and distributed load testing.
- Hands-on knowledge of AWS services including EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, and API Gateway, including monitoring under load.
- Experience configuring AWS CloudWatch Canaries and building Grafana dashboards using Prometheus, InfluxDB, or CloudWatch data sources.
- Proficiency writing maintainable UI or API automation using frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, RestAssured, or PyTest, with Python, Java, or TypeScript/JavaScript.
- Experience integrating automated and performance tests into CI/CD workflows using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline.
- Desirable experience with Terraform or AWS CloudFormation, Docker, Kubernetes, k6, Gatling, Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace, SQS, SNS, Kafka, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
- BPSS pre-screening and SC clearance are required.
Benefits
- Contributory pension scheme, private medical insurance, and 33 days of annual leave including public and privilege holidays.
- Flexible benefits including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy-and-sell holidays, and a cycle-to-work scheme.
- Flexi-time working and flexibility to work from home, the Bristol office, or customer sites.
- Access to technical academies, career rotations, and career development plans.
- The role is based in the Bristol office.
Tech Stack
Apache JMeterApache KafkaAWSCypressDatadogDockerGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGrafanaInfluxDBJavaJavaScriptJenkinsKubernetesPrometheuspytestPythonSeleniumTerraformTypeScript
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About Leidos
Leidos builds and operates technology and engineering solutions for defense, intelligence, civil, and health agencies, including systems integration, cyber, enterprise IT, sensors, and healthcare IT. It primarily sells through government contracts and long-term programs, plus managed services and mission software. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a Fortune 500 public company on the NYSE; customers include U.S. defense and intelligence agencies and civil bodies such as the FAA.