Quality Assurance Engineer II (Performance)

Inductive Automation is a company focused on industrial automation innovation, and they are seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer II to identify performance issues and validate systems under various configurations. The role involves deep troubleshooting skills, collaborating with multiple teams, and maintaining a proficient understanding of the company's software.

Responsibilities:

• Identifying low to moderate priority performance issues within a complex application environment, including the debugging of errors and parsing of logs and stack traces
• Working with other divisions (support, sales engineering, etc) to stay up-to-date on the performance of Ignition, and to gather information on common customer setups for the variety of different industries that Ignition is used in
• Debugging multiple areas of the tech stack (Web Browser, Java applications, Mobile applications) in order to analyze resource usage
• Utilize tools like Wireshark for traffic filtering and packet analysis to troubleshoot network-related performance issues
• Use tools for quick application development and infrastructure deployment (Docker, Vagrant, Terraform) to simulate various production environments
• Setup and query SQL databases (MS SQL Server, MySQL) to analyze data integrity and query performance
• Demonstrating sufficient proficiency in relevant Ignition product areas, and adequately testing all areas
• Maintaining a proficient understanding of the company, our primary software deliverable and its purpose (Ignition), and our customer base
• Collaborating with Developers, Product Managers, and QA Generalists to clarify requirements and provide feedback on functionality, usability, and performance
• Identifying, documenting, and tracking defects using issue tracking tools, ensuring clear communication and resolution processes
• Staying up to date with industry trends, tools, and technologies to continually enhance testing strategies

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering OR at least 4 years experience working in a related field
• Must have at least 2+ years of experience in a test automation engineering role focused on performance testing
• Performance testing experience in the following areas: Proficiency in tools like JMeter, K6, or Gatling
• Experience with APM tools like Grafana/Prometheus
• Strong understanding of HTTP/HTTPS protocols and REST APIs
• Good programming knowledge and proficiency with at least one language, including understanding of functions, conditional statements, and basic object oriented concepts (Python, Java/JavaScript, C++)
• Good troubleshooting skills within a complex application environment, including debugging of errors, identifying performance issues, parsing of logs and stack traces, and determining reproducible steps for issues
• Experience with coding in at least one modern IDE (Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm)
• Familiarity with the SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) and each of the phases
• Good proficiency with source control management systems, such as Git, and common usage (clone and checkout of repositories and specific branches, commits and merge conflicts)
• Experience with setup and querying of SQL databases (MS SQL Server, MySQL, similar)
• Familiarity with Windows, Linux (Ubuntu), and macOS platforms, including working from the command line, and debugging issues with applications running as a service
• Experience with deploying applications using virtualization software (VMWare, Docker Desktop, Kubernetes), including creating images, debugging running containers, and use of persistent data (volumes)
• Experience with bug tracking systems and writing proper bug reports
• Experience using agentic AI in support of software quality activities, utilizing strategic implementation and proper governance
• Experience with tools for quick application development and infrastructure deployment (Docker, Vagrant, Terraform, similar)
• Debugging of Java platform and Swing/JavaFX applications using JProfiler (or similar profiling tool)
• Experience with Maven and Gradle build tools, especially in coordinating builds with automated testing
• Configuring continuous integration/continuous development servers (Jenkins), including creating and maintaining jobs/pipelines
• Familiarity with manufacturing industry and HMI/SCADA software