What are the responsibilities and job description for the Performance Engineer position at North Star Group?
Job Description
Job Description
Proficiency in Performance Testing, profiling and monitoring tools (Certification in one or more of the following toolsets is desirable)
o HP LoadRunner
o Azure
o AppInsights
o AppDynamics
Building Performance Strategies for clients
Performance Testing (load, stress, volume, availability, etc.), and automated testing of web based and client-server systems
End-to-end phases of performance testing, including
Performance Requirements Definition
Test Planning & Scheduling
Test Environment Planning
Defining performance metrics to be captured across system and application tiers, using profiling & monitoring tools
Building performance test scripts
Performance test execution
End to end bottleneck analysis
Defining performance tuning measures end-to-end, across all tiers of applications being performance tested
Analysis of test data to identify impact on release
Root cause analysis / diagnosis of performance issues that occur on production systems
Defect Tracking and documentation
Technology Skills required :
5 years' experience in performance test and engineering
Familiarity with monitoring tool suites like AppDynamic,Azure and AppInsights
Experience with revision code source code repositories
Experience with Performance testing tools (i.e. LoadRunner)
Working knowledge of JAVA, Javascript, or and design pattern
Working knowledge of IP networking, VPNs, DNS, load balancing and firewalling
Virtualization technologies
Ability to work independently
Soft Skills
Proven success in client facing consulting engagements
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Successful teamwork experience
Work under pressure and short delivery cycle times
Experienced in interacting with large teams
