Performance Engineer

Company: VOLT

Job Title: Performance Engineer

Job Type: Temp

Job Duration: 6 Months

Job Location: WALTHAM, Massachusetts

Salary: 64.28 - 71.42 USD Hourly

Responsible for measuring the performance in support of new releases and initiatives with the focus on developing tests to perform complex load characterizations, stability tests and scalability tests. This includes data collection activities and ability to analyze results to identify bottlenecks. Must demonstrate the ability to understand system architectures, pinpoint problem areas, and contribute to the development of test strategies and results documentation. In addition, this person will provide assistance in ongoing efforts to enhance our test framework and simplify data collection and visibility.


Responsibilities:

-- Participate in discussions and planning with Development

-- Design and implement overhead, scalability, stability, and stress tests using industry standard tools and custom developed software written in Java

-- Assist in collection of CPU and Memory usage from the application servers and collection of test data from Wily.

-- Assist in compilation of performance data (httpd, ws connections, db connections) from application server data collection script files. Graphical rendering.

-- Assist in development of test strategies, plans, and results analysis documentation

-- Review automation implementations and encourage sound design principles