7/12 - This project will be starting in mid August - early September. Interviewing will start in August.
Our client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Performance Architect (Systems Performance Engineer OR Principal Performance Engineer) to join their team. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in performance testing and optimization, with a focus on communication, collaboration, and delivering business value to the C-Suite.
Must Have Attributes:
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to effectively collaborate with various stakeholders, including business teams, developers, managers, and vendors.
- Proficiency in discussing performance engineering value to the C-Suite and delivering business value.
- Ability to create and deliver performance assessments.
- Proficient in developing and implementing enterprise performance engineering strategies.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in performance testing, with a proven track record of leading performance testing initiatives.
- Skilled in performance testing tools such as Apache JMeter, LoadRunner, BlazeMeter, Gatling, NeoLoad, WebLOAD, or similar.
- Experience in end-to-end Performance Testing Analysis, Monitoring, Alerting, and System Optimization.
- In-depth knowledge of performance testing tools and methodologies.
- Strong understanding of software architecture and system design, including cloud, hosted, and on-prem environments.
- Proficiency in performance monitoring and profiling tools.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven recommendations.
- Experience optimizing cloud platforms and virtualization technologies.
- Ability to deliver services in an agile fashion.
- Proficient in teaching performance engineering best practices to various business areas, including developers, QA, SRE, Release, and performance practice.
- Curiosity in continuous learning and teachability.
Desirable Attributes:
- Relevant certifications in performance testing or system optimization are desirable.
- Skills in simulation modeling and AI.
- Ability to instrument code.
- Awareness of emerging technologies and trends impacting system performance.