Job responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and execute performance test plans and strategies for complex systems and applications.
- Develop and maintain performance testing scripts using industry-standard tools (e.g., JMeter, BlazeMeter, Gatling).
- Monitor system performance in production environments and provide recommendations for improvements.
- Implement and advocate for SRE pillars, including reliability, scalability, performance, and capacity planning and Collaborate with software developers, architects, and IT operations to optimize system performance and participate in capacity planning and scalability assessments.
- Develop and maintain service level objectives (SLOs), service level indicators (SLIs), and service level agreements (SLAs). And, ensure performance testing aligns with business requirements and SLAs.
- Automate operational processes to improve system reliability and efficiency.
- Conduct post-incident reviews and implement improvements to prevent future incidents.
- Work with Java and Java Spring Boot applications to ensure optimal performance and scalability, and utilize Kubernetes for container orchestration and management.
- Use Splunk for log analysis and monitoring to gain insights into system performance.
- Mentor and guide junior performance engineers in best practices and methodologies.
- Analyze and Identify performance test results, bottlenecks and provide detailed reports with actionable insights, and work with development teams to implement solutions.
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in performance engineering, performance testing, or a related field.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Proficiency in performance testing tools such as JMeter, BlazeMeter, or Gatling.
- Experience with monitoring tools like Dynatrace, New Relic, or AppDynamics. And, familiarity with Splunk for log analysis and monitoring
- Proficiency in Java and Java Spring Boot and Experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration.
- Solid understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills and also has the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) is a plus.