Sr. Performance Engineer

• Posting Date: 29/02/2020
• Ref: 200229
• Position: Sr. Performance Engineer
• Location: Jordan
• City: Amman
• Sector: IT Services
• Years of Experience 7+
• Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or any IT related fields
• Salary:
• Description:
  Sr. Performance Engineer Quality Engineering Services – Amman, Jordan

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  Job Specifications

  • 7+ years of experience in a similar role
  • Solid scripting in http/html web, Java and web services protocols of Jmeter and Strong beanshell programming expertise with Jmeter
  • Jenkins, Maven, and Jmeter and CI experience is a must
  • Strong programming skills Beanshell
  • Familiar with selenium testing
  • Ability to setup complex test scenarios to model production workloads
  • Experience with test planning, strategy, test script development and test execution
  • Very strong Linux Skills
  • Strong understanding of all parameters which influence performance of the application like JVM, heap, memory, cache, threads, db pools etc.
  • Ability to monitor JVMs, analyze heap dumps, analyze queries, analyze logs and memory profiling
  • Ability to monitor and collect result data, analyze and pinpoint bottlenecks and guide developers in fixing performance issues
  • Good Knowledge of AWS systems, Cloud watch, Load Balancers in AWS
  • Performance tuning skills for Web Sphere / Web Sphere commerce server
  • Understanding of web/app/db layers, thread contention, network infrastructure
  • Experience diagnosing and debugging performance bottlenecks by interpreting test results and analyzing metrics gathered using tools
  • Database knowledge, indexes, and SQL optimization techniques
  • Diagnostic Tools like New Relic or App Dynamics is needed
  • Plan, design, execute and maintain different types of performance tests like load, stress, endurance, spike, capacity etc.
  • Develop performance test plans based on discussions with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Good team player with the ability to handle multiple concurrent priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
  • A wide degree of creativity, latitude and multi-tasking is expected
  • Ability to work weekends based on Project Demands and based on short notification in a fast-paced environment

  Job Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and implement performance and scalability tests in Jmeter
  • Convert Load Runner Scripts into Jmeter
  • Work with business owners to identify performance testing requirement and product load model
  • Be the performance expert on key projects to evaluate and improve the performance
  • Monitor APM tools, analyze and report performance results along with recommendations and bottlenecks
  • Collaborate, work and share knowledge with other team members
  • Flexible working hours to accommodate requests from different time zones
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