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Senior Performance Testing Engineer

at WellCare Health Plans (Centene)

📍 Remote-FL Hybrid 💰 $87K – $161K USD / year Posted April 14, 2026
Salary $87K – $161K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years 4 - 6 years
Education Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science)
Category QA & Testing

WellCare Health Plans (Centene) is hiring a Senior Performance Testing Engineer to implement performance testing services using automated tools. The role designs and maintains performance test scripts and suites to measure reliability, capacity, and scalability, while supporting Agile delivery and mentoring the test team.

  • Design, build, test and deploy automated performance testing solutions
  • Create and maintain an Automated Performance Test Suite for regression testing
  • Translate performance requirements into test designs and test cases
  • Apply automated tools across all phases of the SDLC in Agile teams
  • Provide charts/results and timely reporting to stakeholders; mentor the team

You will build and deploy automated performance testing solutions across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including Agile execution and regression coverage via an Automated Performance Test Suite. The environment includes microservice-based systems and cloud technologies such as Containers, Kubernetes, Kafka, and object storage, with monitoring/reporting using Dynatrace and Splunk; AWS knowledge is also included.

The ideal candidate is a senior performance testing engineer with 4-6 years of experience implementing performance testing services using automated testing tools across the SDLC. They have hands-on test automation experience for microservices (Containers, Kubernetes, Kafka) and can build and maintain an Automated Performance Test Suite for regression testing, with strong monitoring/reporting using Dynatrace and Splunk.

4 - 6 years of related experienceImplements and executes all forms of performance testing services using automated testing toolsDesignsdevelopsand writes performance test scriptsOptimizes the overall test processAbility to conduct performance testing within Agile processMaintains an Automated Performance Test Suite for regression testing
Knowledge of Neoloador other industry standard Performance testing toolChaos/Resiliency EngineeringKnowledge of AWSKnowledge of IVR testing tools such as Cyara
NeoloadorChaos/Resiliency EngineeringPythonJavaCI/CDDynatraceSplunkContainersKubernetesKafkaObject storeCyaraAWS
performance testing servicesautomated testing toolsperformance engineering best practicesperformance test scriptsSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Agile processAutomated Performance Test Suiteregression testingmicroservice based applicationsContainersKubernetesKafkaObject storeCI/CD toolsDynatraceSplunkPythonJavaIVR testingCyaraAWSChaos/Resiliency Engineering
performance testing servicesautomated testing toolsperformance engineering best practicesperformance test scriptstest process optimizationautomated tools in testing applicationsSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)charts of performance test resultstest designtest casesAgile processAutomated Performance Test Suiteregression testingmicroservice based applicationsmicroservicescloud technologiesContainersKubernetesKafkaObject storeCI/CD toolsapplication monitoring toolsDynatraceSplunkIVR testing toolsCyaraPythonJavaAWStest automation suiteScrum teamscontinuous delivery transformationautomated testing tool selectiondeploy effective testing solutionsalert of discrepancies or defectsregression testing needs identificationstakeholder reporting
leadershipmentoringtechnical oversightstakeholder communicationtimely reportingcross-functional collaboration within Agile processability to showcase impact to stakeholders
Industry Healthcare IT
Job Function Deliver automated performance testing engineering to ensure system reliability, capacity, and scalability.
Role Subtype Performance Tester
Tech Domains Python, Java, Kubernetes
Senior Performance Testing Engineerperformance testing servicesautomated testing toolsperformance engineering best practicesperformance test scriptsperformance test automation suiteAutomated Performance Test Suiteregression testingSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)SDLCAgile processScrumCI/CDcontinuous delivery transformationmicroservice based applicationsmicroservicesContainersKubernetesKafkaObject storeDynatraceSplunkCyaraIVR testingPythonJavaAWSChaos/Resiliency Engineering

Must have 4 - 6 years of related experience, Must demonstrate automated performance testing (performance test scripts and Automated Performance Test Suite), Must be able to conduct performance testing within Agile process

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