skillventory - A Leading Talent Research Firm

Principal Performance Engineer

skillventory - A Leading Talent Research Firm

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New Hampshire • Texas • United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudGrafanaJavaJMeterPerlPythonUnix

About the role

  • Perform load and chaos tests to validate system performance, resiliency, and stability.
  • Create load test scripts to generate target concurrency and load on systems.
  • Provide technical assistance to improve system performance, capacity, resiliency, and scalability.
  • Perform root cause analysis of performance issues and suggest corrective actions.
  • Oversee system performance lifecycle and identify key metrics for performance improvements.
  • Evaluate system performances and recommend improvements.
  • Generate periodic performance reports for management review.
  • Identify and provide innovative solutions that improve the capabilities of the performance engineering center of excellence.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related subject.
  • 10+ years of experience in information technology.
  • Hands on experience in Performance scripting, execution and analysis using Jmeter/Locust /k6 performance tools.
  • Ability to design complex scenario test suites.
  • Ability to setup observability dashboards for performance monitoring and analysis.
  • Ability to analyze the root cause of Performance issues using Datadog/AWS CloudWatch/Grafana Dashboards.
  • Experience in Shell/Python/PERL/UNIX scripting.
  • Exposure to JAVA, AWS Cloud fundamentals.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
performance scriptingload testingroot cause analysisperformance analysisobservability dashboardsShell scriptingPython scriptingPERL scriptingUNIX scriptingJAVA
Soft Skills
technical assistanceproblem-solvinganalytical skillsinnovative solutionscommunication
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science