Performance Engineer

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

Performance Engineer
JMeter
Dynatrace
Datadog
Splunk
Java
Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
Docker
orchestration
Kubernetes
SQL
NoSQL
Microsoft Azure

Job Details

Performance Engineer

Company Overview

World Wide Technology (WWT) is a global technology integrator and supply chain solutions provider. Through our culture of innovation, we inspire, build, and deliver business results, from idea to outcome.

Based in St. Louis, WWT works closely with industry leaders such as Cisco, HPE, Dell EMC, NetApp, VMware, Intel, AWS, Microsoft, and F5, focusing on three market segments: Fortune 500 companies, service providers and the public sector. WWT is a $22 billion dollar privately held organization that employs more than 8,000 people and operates in more than 4 million square feet of state-of-the-art warehousing, distribution and integration space strategically located throughout the world. WWT is proud to announce that it has been named on the FORTUNE "100 Best Places to Work For " list for the ninth consecutive year and was awarded for multiple categories on Glassdoor s 2019 Employees' Choice Awards, honoring the Best Places to Work.

World Wide Technology Holding Co, LLC. (WWT) has an opportunity available for a Performance Engineer to support our client located Toronto, Canada – Onsite.

Title: Performance Engineer

Location: Toronto, Canada – Onsite

Duration/Type of Job: 6 Months

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field / Relevant Experience.
  • 10+ years of experience in performance engineering, with a focus on performance testing, tuning, and troubleshooting.
  • Expertise in using performance engineering tools such as JMeter, Dynatrace, Datadog, and Splunk.
  • Strong programming skills in Java, with experience in JMeter scripting and Fiddler.
  • In-depth knowledge of application architecture, including the ability to analyze and optimize performance at the system, database, and application levels.
  • Experience with analysis, heap and thread analysis, and other diagnostic techniques for troubleshooting performance issues.
  • Strong understanding of performance engineering best practices, methodologies, and processes.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • A passion for continuous learning and staying up-to-date on the latest industry trends and tools.
  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitLab CI is essential for automating performance testing in the software development lifecycle.
  • Containerization and orchestration: Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes is essential for optimizing application performance in containerized environments.
  • Database performance tuning: Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, along with their performance optimization techniques, is essential for a performance engineer.
  • Cloud platforms: Experience with cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure is essential for performance engineers working on cloud-based applications.
  • Load balancing and content delivery: Knowledge of load balancing techniques and content delivery networks (CDNs) is essential for optimizing application performance in distributed environments.

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