What are the responsibilities and job description for the Performance Engineer position at Allied Consultants, Inc.?
Overview
Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 33 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced
Performance Engineer
to be a key resource on a technical services team.
Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.
Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background check
Allied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.
Location of job : Hybrid- 4 days remote with 1 day (Wednesday) required to be onsite. Candidate must be local to Austin,TX
Responsibilities
Client requires the services of 1 Performance Engineer, who meets the general qualification of Developer 3 and the specifications outlined in this document for client's - Social Services Applications team.
- Analyzes and evaluates application, system and ecosystem performance and scalability across multiple tiers with particular emphasis on the data tier in both cloud and on-prem environments.
- Identifies performance and scalability bottlenecks and issues and propose solutions to resolve the same.
- Simulates user / system traffic / load using scripts or other mechanisms, measure, evaluate and analyze component behavior.
- Optimizes code, queries, and system configurations to improve response time, scalability, and resource efficiency (CPU, memory, I / O).
- Analyzes and interprets Oracle wait events, AWR Raw data and trace and correlate observations and analysis to system behavior.
- Generates and analyzes AWR, ASH and ADDM reports.
- Extrapolates system behavior under representative load to predict system behavior under full load / stress.
- Extrapolates system behavior from application and data tier metrics.
- Communicates complex results, analysis, and metrics to diverse technical and non-technical audience.
- Evaluates and predicts future performance needs based on application usage trends, traffic patterns, and growth projections.
- Conducts detailed root cause analysis (RCA) on performance issues to pinpoint the underlying cause of slowdowns or failures.
Develops software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, and studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes. Investigates problem areas. Prepares and installs solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements :
Preferred :
