Sr. Performance Engineer

iCIMS Talent Acquisition • Full-time • Rai Durg, Hyderabad • 1m ago

Responsibilities

Core Skills:

Performance Testing and Engineering: Load testing tools (JMeter, Load Runner, etc.), APM and Logging (Grafana, Sumo Logic, New Relic, etc.), Cloud infrastructure and monitoring (AWS, CloudWatch, etc.)

Essential Job Functions

Lead the performance testing program, collaborating closely with agile teams and architects to build and maintain framework(s) to benchmark application performance across all layers of the application stack
Apply advanced performance testing methodologies and best practices.
Help setup production performance analysis framework and build-out strategies to load test the system
Analyze test results, configure analysis graphs, and compile comprehensive performance test reports.
Diagnose root causes of performance issues and implement optimization solutions to enhance application performance.

Qualifications

Minimum of 10 years of experience in performance testing, preferably in a high-transaction SaaS environment, with proficiency in tools such as JMeter or Load Runner.
Expertise in handling HTTP/HTML, web services, and asynchronous calls.
Good-to-great understanding of memory and CPU utilization, throughput, latency, etc.
Experience with monitoring and analysis tools like New Relic, Grafana, Sumo Logic, and AppDynamics.
Experience with profiling and heap analysis tools
Proficiency in at least one programming language.
Experience with databases including MS SQL Server and MySQL
Familiarity with AWS a plus
Self-motivated, able to learn and research issues independently with a keen eye to details
Must be passionate about wanting to make the software performance better i.e. “wont-quit-till-I-figure-out-the-root-cause mentality”
Good analytical and problem-solving skills combined with technical writing and communication skills
Familiarity with Agile/SCRUM SDLC strongly preferred