Performance Engineer

JOB TITLE : Performance Engineer

MAJOR FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES --- Describe the major responsibilities of this job. If applicable, please include the number of employees supervised by this position.

Troubleshoots, isolates and resolves applications code issues and other technical problems (hardware, software, Infra and network).

Implement recommend performance improvements on cloud (GCP/Azure) on-prem for tiered environments.

Establish enable golden signal for Application Health, build dashboards, identifying establishing SLA s, set up alerting ,logging tracing as required.

Use network profiling using tools like WireShark, Fiddler as necessary to troubleshoot issues.( Application Script)

Perform root cause analysis of Production performance issues and recommend fixes to developers on corrective actions.

Set up run automated performance tests using Docker image , build destroy application / load test infrastructure as needed.

Design, script, configure and run performance tests (Web/Mobile /API) to validate system performance and stability.

Conduct performance analysis, benchmarking, and modeling to identify performance bottlenecks, optimize system parameters, and guide architectural enhancements.

Actively monitors the systems in PROD/non-prod environments and alerts the core group to prevent issues from happening.

Creation, maintain Performance Test Strategy roadmap for the org, Automated Test data creation strategy Reporting strategy etc.

Build good understanding of application architecture, infrastructure, Non-functional Requirements identifying production workloads.

Should be able to research on latest industry trends and enhancements to keep our tech stack latest upto mark.

RECOMMENDED EDUCATION/ EXPERIENCE/ SKILLS --- List the minimum academic credentials and/or professional certification needed to perform this job. Also indicate experience or skills required.

Bachelors in Engineering / Technology [Computers or related field] or Master in Computer Applications

4 years or above experience in Software Engineering, Performance Engineering / Performance Testing with minimum 1 year or above in Performance Engineering / Software Engineering

Strong understanding of Application /OS memory management tuning databases like Mongo DB or other NOSQL databases.

Experience in conducting Performance tests working knowledge of Chaos engineering.

Working knowledge of Devops tooling, Python , .NET ,Angular SQL is a plus.

Excellent knowledge of web technologies such as HTTP, cookies, AJAX, etc.

Experience with industry standard tools like LoadRunner or Neoload and/or JMeter is a must.

Should have hands on/ working knowledge of CI/CD IaC ( Infrastructure as code )

2+ years of experience with tools like Dynatrace/ AppDynamics/ New Relic , DB monitoring tools like SQL profilers , OEM etc.

Good work experience in distributed environment like On Prem, Azure or GCP or AWS , SaaS platforms.

Leadership skills - including but not limited to mentoring, coaching, and training abilities.

Very good problem-solving skills, communication skills and ability to work in dynamic work environment with minimal supervision.