What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Performance Engineer position at The Fountain Group?
Project 229 : Sr. Performance Engineer
We have an immediate requirement for a qualified Performance Engineer to join our passionate Performance Engineering CoE. Individual has a passion for identifying and / or optimizing system performance. This highly technical position is responsible for the performance engineering of DTCC distributed computing environments and providing analytical stress evaluations of applications / systems and service level compliance using statistical, analytical, and simulation methods. They will work hand-in-hand with developers and test engineers to deliver high performing, business-critical applications.
Responsibilities :
Coordination / leadership of performance team and external team members, e.g. product, development, DBA, middleware, network
Assist in the development of estimates for projects
Assist with resource assignments and coordinate between teams at multiple locations to ensure on time delivery of projects
Work with product and development teams to define and maintain non-functional requirements to work into test plans
Deliver effective performance analysis, reporting and presentations to stakeholders (business, development)
Perform the analysis of relationships between the non-functional requirements and key performance metrics
Coordinate troubleshooting of infrastructure and application issues
Conduct root cause analysis of performance issues and bottlenecks
Defect tracking and reporting
Work closely with application development and other technical teams to ensure that defects are dealt with in a timely and professional manner
Develop and maintain statistical models of key performance metrics
Construct and maintain analytical models of applications / systems
Proactively identify areas for further research and analysis
Lead and participate in knowledge sharing activities
Mitigate risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.
Experience :
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)
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