Performance Test Engineer

```Overview:
We are seeking a skilled Performance Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a Performance Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the optimal performance and scalability of our software applications. You will work closely with the development team to identify performance bottlenecks and implement solutions to enhance the overall performance of our systems.

Locations: Tampa, FL/ Dallas, TX/ Jersey city, NJ

Job Description:

• 6-month assignment likely to be extended or converted based on the performance and budget.
• Hybrid: 3 days onsite.
• 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.
• 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).
• 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.
• 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 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).
• Experience in the financial services industry.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline with Masters or equivalent experience

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $65.00 - $75.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance

Experience level:

• 8 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Performance engineering: 6 years (Required)
• Java: 4 years (Required)
• Unix: 4 years (Required)
• Scripting: 4 years (Required)
• Load testing: 6 years (Required)
• Jmeter: 6 years (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Tampa, FL 33647