Performance Engineering Architect

Description U.S. Citizenship is required for this position due to Department of Defense restrictions.

Who We Are

WPS Health Solutions is a leading not-for-profit health insurer and federal government contractor headquartered in Wisconsin. WPS offers health insurance plans for individuals, families, seniors, and group health plans for small to large businesses. We process claims and provide customer support for beneficiaries of the Medicare program and manage benefits for millions of active-duty and retired military personnel across the U.S. and abroad. WPS Health Solutions has been making healthcare easier for the people we serve for more than 75 years. Proud to be military and veteran ready.

Culture Drives Our Success

WPS' Culture is where the great work and innovations of our people are seen, fueled, and rewarded. We accomplish this by creating an inclusive and empowering employee experience. We recognize the benefits of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as an investment in our workforce-both current and future-to effectively seek, leverage, and include diverse perspectives that fuel agility and innovation on high-performing teams. This results in people bringing their authentic selves to work every day in an organization that successfully adapts to business changes and new opportunities.

We are proud of the recognition we have received from local and national organization regarding our culture and workplace: WPS Newsroom - Awards and Recognition

Role Snapshot

Our Performance Engineering Architect will be instrumental in developing and maintaining our Performance Engineering, Quality Engineering (QE) architectural roadmap. Will provide guidance to QA and QE teams that are performing a variety of Performance testing and nonfunctional validation during all phases of a given development process. This person will work closely with internal clients, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and developers to recommend, design, and implement effective orchestration of Performance Engineering solutions. They will develop and maintain the strategy roadmap, setup appropriate test systems, develop required logic and controller programs as necessary, to create and maintain performance capabilities.

How do I know this opportunity is right for me? If you:

• Want to play an important role in the development and implementation of an enterprise performance engineering and quality platform.
• Would enjoy being accountable for driving and producing high level Performance Engineering architecture artifacts that include current/future state of our program.
• Possess effective leadership, communication (verbal and written), and project management skills to work with various levels and divisions within organization.
• Are able to utilize critical thinking, decision-making, and independent judgment skillsets that support corporate objectives.
• Can produce a positive customer experience by practicing effective communication and being available to provide guidance and mentor others.

What will I gain from this role?

• Working with a highly skilled leadership team, focused on innovation, process improvements and honing a strategic path into the future.
• Being able to create roadmaps within QA and QE that will have strong impact to many of WPS's business areas and the company as a whole.
• Working in a transformative environment focused on strategic quality, deployment and development throughout the company.
• Being a thought leader at WPS and seeing the fruits of your efforts realized through modernization and innovation.
• Ability to help shape and improve an Agile environment (Azure DevOps).
• Experience working in an environment that serves our nation's military, veterans, Guard and Reserves, and Medicare beneficiaries.
• Working in a continuous performance feedback environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required for this position due to Department of Defense restrictions.
• Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent post high school and/or related work experience.
• 5 or more years of related work experience.
• Experience with Performance Engineering and Non-Functional testing.
• Experience with Security Testing - SAST & DAST.

Preferred Qualifications

• 6 or more years of demonstrated development experience with an emphasis on QA and QE automation.
• 5 or more years of Quality Assurance and Performance Engineering or related experience in field of Information Technology.
• Experience with multiple quality assurance platforms and methodologies.
• Experience with tools such as: LoadRunner, NeoLoad, JMeter, ADO, Selenium, Cucumber,
• Automated testing experience involving transactions, such as electronic interfaces, data transactions between system and complex administrative operations.

Salary Range

$130,000 ~ $150,000

The base pay offered for this position may vary within the posted range based on your job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and may fall outside of this range.

Work Location

We are a remote-first organization and offer remote work in the following approved states:
Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin

Remote Work Requirements

• Wired (ethernet cable) internet connection from your router to your computer
• High speed cable or fiber internet
• Minimum of 10 Mbps downstream and at least 1 Mbps upstream internet connection (can be checked at https://speedtest.net)
• Please review Remote Worker FAQs for additional information

Benefits

• Remote and hybrid work options available
• Performance bonus and/or merit increase opportunities
• 401(k) with dollar-per-dollar match up to 6% of salary (100% vested immediately)
• Competitive paid time off
• Health insurance, dental insurance, and telehealth services start DAY 1
• Employee Resource Groups
• Professional and Leadership Development Programs
• Review additional benefits: (https://www.wpshealthsolutions.com/careers/fulltime_benefits.shtml)

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Location: Lauderdale, MN, US

Posted Date: 11/22/2024