Application Performance Engineer

Eir evo talent; Waterford; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm is seeking an experienced Application Performance Engineer to enhance application performance, troubleshoot issues, and mentor team members. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience, proficiency in various performance testing tools, and a strong technical background in Java and database management. This permanent position is located in Waterford, Ireland, and offers an opportunity to work on innovative projects in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in performance engineering.
• Experience with performance testing tools like LoadRunner and JMeter.
• Ability to analyze production data for realistic test scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Ensure applications are performant, reliable, and scalable.
• Design and implement performance testing scripts.
• Troubleshoot application performance issues.

Skills

Application Performance Management tools

Performance Engineering practices

LoadRunner

JMeter

Java

JavaScript

SQL

Education

Senior level knowledge with 10+ years of experience

Tools

NeoLoad

Selenium

Dynatrace

Job description

Application Performance Engineer

Location: Waterford
Duration: Permanent

Job Description
We are looking for a Application Performance Engineer to join our Performance Engineering team. This is a great opportunity for someone with the right experience to broaden their skills and share their knowledge. We are looking for an experienced individual who can work both as part of a team and individually to meet our client needs.

• Ensuring our applications are performant, reliable and scalable
• Planning, definition, execution and analysis of performance testing strategies and solutions
• Design and implementation of performance testing scripts and tools
• Identification and troubleshooting of application performance issues, providing resolution recommendations to development teams.
• Participate in validation of software releases and hardware upgrades.
• Communicate with Application Development team on application performance issues.
• Be part of shift left performance testing in the CI/CD pipeline delivery
• Work with DevOps team to identify and verify tuning enhancements for applications
• Assist in triage of production performance issues in a fast and efficient manner
• Ability to work on and execute multiple project engagements simultaneously
• Mentor and assist junior members of team, including reviewing and advising on requirements gathering, test design, scripting and analysis

Required Experience
Senior level knowledge with in excess of 10 years industry experience in performance engineering practices is required for this role. We are looking for an individual who can take on the responsibility of performance testing engagements and troubleshoot performance issues from the outset. You will need experience with the following:

• 10+ years of experience in Performance Engineering, at least 3 years of which needs to be within a senior role
• LoadRunner, NeoLoad, JMeter, Selenium or similar test automation tools
• Application Performance Management tool experience, such as: Broadcom DXI O2, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic
• Experience in analysis of production data and modelling of realistic test scenarios
• Ability to build custom tooling to streamline work processes
• Analysis of and identification of performance issues in Java applications
• Containerized and serverless environments
• MSSQL, Oracle Databases, DynamoDB and other databases
• Front end applications developed with JavaScript technologies
• UNIX/Linux systems
• Windows Server
• Knowledge of Cloud Computing, specifically AWS
• Experience in troubleshooting network performance issues
• Trend analysis of Performance testing results
• An understanding of security principles and implementing these in performance testing
• Experience with CI/DI tools such as CDD and Jenkins, specifically with integrating performance testing into pipelines
• Creation/Configuration of Synthetic Application Monitoring

Technical Skills: Automated Testing/Scripting, Java, JavaScript, Python or Go, SQL, experience with GIT and/or BitBucket repositories, general IT troubleshooting skills.

Desired Experience
The following experience is desired but not essential to the role

• Front-Web Web Development experience, specifically using JavaScript
• Configuration and Administration of Apache and Java environments
• Experience with Grafana, Influx DB and Prometheus or similar solutions
• Experience with OTEL
• Experience working in an agile environment

Candidates should hold appropriate RTWs for Ireland i.e. Stamp1G Spousal, Stamp 4, Irish/British/EU passport.

Candidates must be eligible to work full time and long term in the location specified or currently hold a valid appropriate long term work Visa to apply.

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