Principal Performance Engineer

MUST HAVE:

Financial Services Industry

Performance Engineering (analysis, testing, and tuning)

Developing n-tier, J2EE software applications

Performance analysis of distributed platforms including Linux, Windows, AWS, Containers and VMware (tools: Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, CloudWatch, TeamQuest)

Data exploration, analysis and presentation applying descriptive statistics and graphical techniques

Relational Databases, preferably Oracle

AWS services (Kinesis, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudWatch, Lambda, etc)

CI/CD pipeline implementations, including testing, using Jenkins or similar tool

Effective use of Excel statistical functions and sophisticated Power Point presentations

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Agile (preferably scrum)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• We have an immediate requirement for a Principal Performance Engineer to join our passionate Performance Engineering team.
• The Principal Performance Engineer is a software engineer and performance analyst with a passion for optimizing the performance of applications.
• This highly technical position is responsible for the performance engineering of Client distributed computing environments and providing analytical stress evaluations of applications/systems and service level compliance using statistical, analytical, and simulation methods.
• They will work together with developers and test engineers to deliver impactful, business-critical applications.
• Business Unit: Information Technology
  • The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable client to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential applications, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.
• Department: IT Governance & Assurance
  • The IT Governance and Assurance Department focuses on advancing organizational goals through the effective and efficient use of IT, by ensuring IT has the vital capabilities and controls to enhance the stability of Client's products. The department is also responsible for maturing core IT business management and governance capabilities.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordination / leadership of performance team and external team members, e.g., product, development, DBA, middleware, network
• Assist in the development of estimates for projects
• Assist with resource assignments and coordinate between teams at multiple locations to ensure on time delivery of projects
• Work with product and development teams to define and maintain non-functional requirements to work into test plans
• Deliver effective performance analysis, reporting and presentations to collaborators (business, development)
• Perform the analysis of relationships between the non-functional requirements and key performance metrics
• Coordinate troubleshooting of infrastructure and application issues
• Conduct root cause analysis of performance issues and bottlenecks
• Defect tracking and reporting
• Work closely with application development and other technical teams to ensure that defects are dealt with in a timely and professional manner
• Develop and maintain statistical models of key performance metrics
• Construct and maintain analytical models of applications/systems
• Proactively identify areas for further research and analysis
• Lead and participate in knowledge sharing activities
• Mitigate risk by following established procedures and supervising controls, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline with master's or equivalent experience
• Experience in the financial services industry
• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in performance engineering (analysis, testing, and tuning)
• Minimum of 4 years of experience developing n-tier, J2EE software applications
• Minimum of 4 years of experience working in Unix or Linux environments
• Expertise in performance analysis of distributed platforms including Linux, Windows, AWS, Containers and VMware (tools: Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, CloudWatch, TeamQuest)
• Extensive knowledge of the functionality and performance aspects of the above computing platforms
• Experience in advanced statistical and analytical modeling
• Excellent analytical skills including:
• Data exploration, analysis and presentation applying descriptive statistics and graphical techniques