Performance Engineer

IBA InfoTech Inc.

Boston, MA, United States

about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

5 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

ibainfotech.com

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) JavaScript (Programming Language) Application Performance Management JIRA Unix Software as a Service Linux Fiddler (Software) Groovy Monitoring of Systems JSON Python (Programming Language)

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NoSQL Performance Tuning Requirements Management Selenium Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) SoapUI Software Engineering SQL Databases Test Case Web Services Extensible Markup Language (XML) Performance Testing Grafana Scalability Testing Blazemeter Information Technology Restful APIs Appdynamics Jenkins

Job description

Improve our performance tool stack to speed up and facilitate the analysis of the application performance, while leveraging on the test scenario developed by the component and E2E testers. Conduct study, compare tools, present results to the management.
Improve, document and communicate the performance stream processes in order to facilitate the contribution of the development team to extend our performance campaign. Help to build performance engineering best practices, standardization and strategies
Work with the project team to develop a comprehensive performance testing strategy, including detailed performance testing requirements.
Work with the project team to analyze changes introduced and assess potential performance impact and level of performance testing needed.
Collaborate with the software development teams to translate the performance requirements into appropriate test cases.
Design, script and execute load, stress, and scalability testing.
Deliver comprehensive performance testing reports and present them to the software development and project team.
Profile client and server calls triggered by the system and provide performance related feedback.
Lead the collaboration effort on performance tuning applications and systems under test.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
7+ years of experience in performance testing discipline
5+ years of experience with test toolset (ALM, JMeters, Blazemeter, Smartbear suite, Taurus, SOAP UI)
5+ years of experience with application performance monitoring software (Grafana, Blazemeter)
Preferred experience with trace tools such as Fiddler, HTTPWatch, and AppDynamics
Experience testing SOAP and REST webservices; understanding of SaaS delivery model
Experience testing Java / JavaScript WebApps
Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.
Working knowledge of UNIX, LINUX, Jenkins.
Proven experience and best practices in requirements management, test case development, test analysis and reporting results
Detailed oriented, demonstrated discipline and analytical problem solving skills.
Ability to learn and actively seek new skills and knowledge to keep up with the changing technology field.
Ability to think outside the box, adapt to circumstances, learn from co-workers, and share information and experiences.
Must have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate in a positive and professional manner, both verbally and in writing
Leadership, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with proactive customer service skills
Must be self-motivated, results oriented, and drive toward completing goals and projects on time
Ability to multi-task, manage priorities and mentor/direct others
Ability to work collaboratively with diverse groups and individuals