Senior Performance Engineer
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Job Description
We are seeking a seasoned Senior Performance Engineer to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled professional to expand their expertise and share knowledge. We require an experienced individual who can work both collaboratively and independently to meet client needs.
Responsibilities include:
* Ensuring applications are performant, reliable, and scalable
* Developing, executing, and analyzing performance testing strategies and solutions
* Participating in software release validation and hardware upgrades
* Collaborating with Application Development teams on application performance issues
* Implementing shift-left performance testing in the CI/CD pipeline delivery
* Working with DevOps teams to identify and verify tuning enhancements for applications
* Assisting in the triage of production performance issues in a fast and efficient manner
* Ability to work on and execute multiple project engagements simultaneously
* Mentoring and assisting junior members of the team, including reviewing and advising on requirements gathering, test design, scripting, and analysis
Requirements
Senior-level knowledge with over 10 years of industry experience in performance engineering practices is required for this role. We are looking for an individual who can take on the responsibility of performance testing engagements and troubleshoot performance issues from the outset. The ideal candidate will have:
* 10+ years of experience in Performance Engineering, at least 3 years of which should be in a senior role
* Experience with LoadRunner, NeoLoad, JMeter, Selenium, or similar test automation tools
* Application Performance Management tool experience, such as Broadcom DXI O2, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or New Relic
* Experience in analyzing production data and modeling realistic test scenarios
* Ability to build custom tooling to streamline work processes
* Analysis of and identification of performance issues in Java applications, containerized and serverless environments, MSSQL, Oracle Databases, DynamoDB, front-end applications developed with JavaScript technologies, UNIX/Linux systems, Windows Server, and cloud computing platforms, specifically AWS
* Experience in troubleshooting network performance issues
* Trend analysis of performance testing results
* Understanding of security principles and implementing these in performance testing
* Experience with CI/CD tools, such as CDD and Jenkins, specifically with integrating performance testing into pipelines
* Creation/configuration of synthetic application monitoring
Desired Skills
The following skills are desired but not essential:
* Front-end web development experience, specifically using JavaScript
* Configuration and administration of Apache and Java environments
* Experience with Grafana, Influx DB, Prometheus, or similar solutions
* Experience with OTEL
* Experience working in agile environments
Benefits
Candidates should hold appropriate RTWs for Ireland, i.e., Stamp 1G Spousal, Stamp 4, Irish/British/EU passport.
For more information, please visit the application link.