Senior Performance Engineer

Job Description:

More from Engineering Background
Technology Skills:
· Java/J2EE/C++ Programming - ability to read, analyze and debug code as needed
· Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
· Service Oriented Architecture (SOA including SOAP & REST implementations)
· Unix Systems (AIX, LINUX, HPUX, etc) including strong command line abilities – must be able to quickly diagnose O/S level issues as needed on Unix Hosts leveraging proper system commands.
· Application Server Technology including setup, configuration, optimization, and tuning (WebSphere Application Server, JBOSS, Apache Tomcat, etc.)· Web Server Technology (IBM IHS, Ingenix, Apache, etc.)
· Relational Databases (MSSQL, DB2, Oracle, etc) including performance analysis and optimization of databases and queries
· Containerization Concepts & Technology (Docker, RedHat OpenShift, Kubernetes)
· DataPower Appliances/IDG as well as network infrastructure and caching appliances.
· Sequel Query Language (SQL) including the ability to write ad-hoc queries as needed to fetch data or other peripheral DB tasks related to the Performance Engineering work at hand.
· Heap / Thread dump analysis
Tools Experience:
· CA Introscope/Wily
· SPLUNK
· HP Performance Center/Load Runner
· NMON, IOSTAT, VMSTAT, NETSTAT, TOP and other O/S level tools
· Atlassian Suite of Agile Tools (Jira, BitBucket, Bamboo, etc.)
· Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)· AWR Report Analysis
· IBM Heap Dump Analyzer or Equivalent
· IBM Thread Dump Analyzer or Equivalent
· Fiddler/WIreshark 
Qualifications 
· Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline, MS preferred; minimum of 8 years of performance testing/engineering experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
· Excellent oral and written communication skills. Has the ability to clearly articulate his or her thoughts & ideas both verbally and in written form.
· Ability to communicate with various levels of leadership regarding the technical strategy, direction, risks, and issues for any assigned piece of work.
· Demonstrated ability to effectively triage and diagnose performance issues in a production or test system across various technology stacks/platforms.