The Senior/Performance test specialist will be responsible for driving existing production performance inefficiencies to resolution, as well as working closely with both product and engineering teams to ensure new products meet the performance demands of our customers. Analysis, design and implementation of tests, providing data supporting design assumptions, and verifying the requirements have been met, will also be an important part of your role. In addition, your contribution to a performance engineering culture, ensuring engineers are building in performance during the design phase is key to success.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DELIVERABLES
Deep-dive production performance metrics, as well as performance test analysis, to identify system bottlenecks, define system capacity, and compare benchmarks
Work with the CloudOps team to understand / clarify performance related issues / conditions, then work with SMEs to identify solutions to address issues
Contribute to the delivery of quality product by engineering teams, as it relates to performance, stability, scalability, and reliability
Advise engineering teams on scalability and performance strategies
Partner with database engineer to design/build/execute performance tests
Develop automated performance execution and monitoring solutions / tools
Gather detailed performance requirements and measurements to be validated
Drive the analysis, design, and development of a performance initiatives
Be a key contributor in developing a data-driven performance test suite
Assist in maintaining and provisioning performance test environments, including populating performance environments with appropriate test data and code versions
Understand the performance risk assessment and analysis of product deliverable to clearly define performance goals and develop a comprehensive test strategy
Plan, scope, schedule and implement performance testing initiatives
Consult with development subject matter experts (SMEs) to define the metrics of interest and make testing efforts relevant
Advocate of high-quality software performance and help to communicate the big picture and solutions/recommendations in an inspiring way to peers and cross functional groups
Reports to Team Lead Quality Engineering
Hands on experience in Performance Engineering
Expert level experience in monitoring tools (New Relic,AppDynamics, SQL Server Monitor, Dynatrace )
Strong experience with programming and scripting languages (Java, Python, R )
Strong experience in JMeter, LoadRunner
Knowledge of SQL with the ability to create SQL performance sets and analyze results
Understand systems environments like shared resources, components and services, CPU, memory, storage, network, etc.
Ability to analyze and identify potential performance bottlenecks
Ability to interpret and draw system diagrams
Experience working with containers, cloud, virtualization, and configuration management
Understanding of Azure and/or AWS cloud concepts and performance
Firm understanding of software engineering design patterns and anti-patterns
Algorithm Design in an asset
8 plus years of experience in Software development with focus on Performance engineering & testing in Continuous Integration, Continuous testing environment
Bachelor s degree in Programming/Systems or Computer Science or other related field (or equivalent work experience)