Lead, Integration & Test Engineer

L3HHCM20•Melbourne, FL

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

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.