Performance Engineer

Job Description:
Technical Skills
• Experience with the following tools
o MicroFocus Load Runner –
§ Advanced skills w/ min of 6 years' experience
§ Developing custom scripts using C and SQL using non-standard protocols
§ Experience writing scripts with no record and playback
§ Experience scripting on a non-web based application using custom controls
o MicroFocus Quick Test Professional – Advanced skills, developing custom scripts without use of record and playback
o Microsoft Visual Studio
o Perform (or similar) data creation and analysis
o Selenium and iMacros
o Write and debug C# and JAVA code
o Performance Testing Cloud Hosted Applications (Azure/AWS/GCP)
• Experience in performance diagnostics & analysis, capacity planning, and architecting for performance
• Detailed knowledge of Solutions Architecture technologies and processes, and is capable of providing professional advice and guidance to our stakeholders. Has the ability to integrate multiple technologies and capability into the solutions architecture design.
• Develop and maintain custom tools using C#, SQL, and JAVA
• Demonstrated ability to specify data collection and thresholds and to analyze complex results. Provides recommendations or solutions including basics linear trending. Exhibits knowledge of management reporting process and guidelines.
• Contributes to and is consulted during infrastructure architectural activities by applying select architectural techniques and technical knowledge. Understands and leverages infrastructure architectural principles for cross-functional purposes. Works with vendors as well as internally.
• Knowledge of performance testing process and methodology for different types of software projects. Knowledge of standard performance testing processes and techniques. Strong ability to understand business requirements. Provides strong analysis of performance testing results.
• Understands technology and technical concepts; Produces written materials with a consistent approach and tone; Communicates effectively with stakeholders and project team members regarding technical concepts
• Demonstrates awareness of major external technology vendors and understands critical information about future-oriented technologies.
• Advanced to Expert knowledge on Load Modelling
• Advanced knowledge on Omniture / NetMon / Fiddler / HttpWatch / WireShark / PAL / LogParser
• Advanced knowledge on Network concepts, Proxy, Load Balancer, AD, DNS, Cluster Failover
• Advanced knowledge on Network Virtualization / Service Virtualization
• Advanced knowledge on PowerShell / VB Scripting / C / JavaScript / C# / Java / Python
• Advanced knowledge on Windows/Linux OS Internals - analyzing system health, IIS / SharePoint / SAP / Salesforce / Web Sphere / JVM / Web Logic / SQL Server 2016/2019, Oracle / MongoDB, SAP Hana, CosmosDB, DynamoDB
• Advanced knowledge on Data Analytics (Tableau, QlikView, QlikSense, Apache Spark Jobs)
• Advanced knowledge on Content Delivery Network (CDN)
• Advanced knowledge on Application Performance Management (New Relic, AppDynamics, Dynatrace)
• Advanced knowledge on Monitoring Cloud Services (Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, Google Stackdriver, Prometheus)
• Advanced knowledge on Monitoring Containers and Kubernetes cluster
• Advanced knowledge on Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery process
• Be the POC for delivery and drive all calls
• Build Eminence across teams
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, & Architecture teams, advocating for the end user experience
• Big Picture thinking
• Planning and Scheduling projects
• Inspiring and Motivating the team
• Reporting Performance Engineering metrics
• Strong Communication Skills
• Strong Interpersonal Skills

Other Qualifications
• Experience is a large-scale global environment with multiple applications
• Experience with both web and client application and technologies