Performance Engineer

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline with Masters or equivalent experience
Minimum of 7 years of related experience
Minimum of 6 years of experience in performance engineering (analysis, testing, and tuning)
Minimum of 4 years of experience developing n-tier, J2EE software applications
Minimum of 4 years of experience working in Unix or Linux environments
Expertise in performance analysis of distributed platforms including Linux, Windows, AWS, Containers and VMware (tools: TeamQuest, OMi, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, DataDog)
Substantial knowledge of the functionality and performance aspects of the above computing platforms
Experience in advanced statistical and analytical modeling 
Excellent analytical skills including:
Data exploration, analysis and presentation utilizing descriptive statistics and graphical techniques
Time series analysis and forecasting
Key Performance and Volume metrics relationship modeling
Understanding of queuing networks modeling and simulation modeling concepts and experience with one of the industry standard analytic modeling tools – TeamQuest, Metron-Athenee, HyPerformix, and BMC
Expertise in load testing tools, such as JMeter, LoadRunner etc.
Experience in scripting (Perl, Unix shell, Python, Terraform, Chef, Jenkins)
Experience using JMS/IBM-MQ messaging system
Understanding of RESTful web service, JSON, and XML
Experience in Relational Databases, preferably Oracle, MSSQL
Experience working with AWS services (Kinesis, Elastic Beanstalk, Cloudwatch, Lambda, etc).
Experience working with Azure services (Virtual Machine, Service Bus, Kubenetes Services).
Experience working with MongoDB
Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementations, including testing, using Jenkins or similar tool
Expert MS Office skills. Effective use of Excel statistical functions and advanced Power Point presentation skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience working with Agile teams (preferably scrum)
In-depth knowledge of the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC)
Experience in the financial services industry