Job Description :
Sr. Performance Test Engineer
These positions are all Long Term Contract Positions
Interview: Face to Face OR Skype
Location: GPA. Greater Philadelphia Area.
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Looking for candidate who has experience in Financial or Banking sector with CA Wily Introscope
App Dynamics, LoadRunner, VuGen.
Description:
Sr. Performance Test Engineer
Primary Duties:
1. Work closely with team of Performance Engineers to orchestrate, conduct and participate in line of business performance testing and analysis to ensure performance, stability and scalability of applications.
2. Utilize diagnostic and monitoring tools like CA Wily Introscope, AppDynamics etc. to measure, detect, isolate and resolve performance issues found during application development performance testing.
3. Report on the possibilities of performance failures and make sound decisions for next steps
4. Measure, monitor and capture required infrastructure & application performance metrics, logs and reports.
5. Measure results against business and technical requirements.
6. Develop and validate test scripts against business unit-of-work requirements and scripting best practices.
Strong skills with Load Runner/HP Performance Center required script creation using VuGen for Web (HTTP/HTML), Web services, etc. protocols (as applicable) to emulate the application. All scripts are to be appropriately correlated, parameterized, with any check points, think time need to be added, etc.
Build custom code with the C programming language to make scripts robust and dynamic.
Review scripts with Performance Engineering Team and/or business team. Determine and validate system functions and user patterns. Build usage models based on these inputs.
7. Prioritize and manage multiple initiatives supporting multiple lines of business.
8. React accordingly to various challenges before, during and after application performance testing engagements.
9. Collaborate with Performance Engineers on the delivery of results and recommendations to the customer.
Experience Required:
5+ years of Experience with Performance testing of .NET/J2EE Applications.
5+ years of Solid LoadRunner Scripting experience. Experience with Open Source tools like JMeter, SOASTA, SOAPUI is a Plus.
Prior experience with Tuning/optimization of .NET/J2EE Applications.
Experience in writing simple monitoring and data extraction tools in Java, Python, and/or Unix shell
Diagnose issues while dealing with uncertainty and incomplete information and identify root cause
Programming experience in C, C++, Java or Python is a Must.
Experience with Shell/Perl Scripting experience is a Plus.
Build, Leverage and Maintain effective alliance with Business/Development team.
Experience with Agile Software development methodologies and able to adapt him/her-self with the fast pace environment.
Prior experience/knowledge working with Banking Domain/Application is a Plus
Conceptual Understanding of Unix, Linux, AIX, VMware, Web logic, Tomcat, SQL Server, Oracle, etc.
Strong experience with monitoring tools like CA Wily Introscope, HP Diagnostics, AppDynamics, New Relic, Dynatrace, vmstat, iostat, htop etc.
Willingness to learn and quickly adapt to new technologies and applications
Ability to work effectively in a highly collaborative team environment.
Multi task and prioritize as per the business priorities, able to handle multiple projects simultaneously
Strong technical, analytical, debugging and problem solving skills
Excellent Written and Verbal communication skill needed to communicate with internal and external customers. Has capability to understand the business unit supported and able to adjust quickly.
B.S in computer science or related field experience