Principal Performance Java Test Enigineer

We have an immediate requirement for a Principal Performance Engineer to join our passionate Performance Engineering team. The Principal Performance Engineer is a software engineer and performance analyst with a passion for optimizing the performance of applications.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related discipline with masters or equivalent experience
• Experience in the financial services industry
• Minimum of 8 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: Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, CloudWatch, TeamQuest)
• Extensive 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 applying 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
• Experience working with AWS services (Kinesis, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudWatch, Lambda, etc)
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementations, including testing, using Jenkins or similar tool
• Expert MS Office skills. Effective use of Excel statistical functions and sophisticated 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)

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Relocation Assistance