Performance Test Engineer

Job Description

Business
GE Corporate

Business Segment
Corporate Initiatives Group

About Us
GE is planning for tomorrow. Where will you be?

Now is the time to join GE in building a better tomorrow, today. If you thrive on being challenged, interacting with diverse technical teams and using your expertise to imagine, innovate and explore, then GE’s new Advanced Manufacturing & Software Technology Center in Van Buren Township, Michigan, is the place for you! Here, the best and brightest technical and research experts will come together and use cutting-edge technologies to solve some of the world’s toughest problems. Realize your potential today. Join us at this world-class facility where you’ll find endless learning opportunities, a culture committed to driving innovation, and state-of-the-art amenities like next-generation virtual meeting technology, collaborative workspaces, a fitness center and more. With positions available in so many areas, there’s sure to be an opportunity for you to put your imagination to work!

Role Summary/Purpose
The Performance Test Engineer will build and execute application load / stress tests, analyze test results, isolate problems, and coordinate performance tuning to ensure business availability and response time SLAs are met.

Essential Responsibilities

Work closely with application teams to ensure performance test requirements are understood, conform to standard process input templates, and are delivered in a timely fashion

Review proposed transaction simulations, workload, and test data to ensure design meets Performance Test methodology best practices

Ensure performance test scripts developed offshore conform to standards; create scripts if necessary

Execute performance tests

Analyze test results, draw conclusions, and recommend performance focus areas to appropriate subject matter expert

Coordinate performance bottleneck remediation

Using Six Sigma tools, identify process improvement opportunities, and automate where possible

Qualifications/Requirements

Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of experience in an IT position)

At least 5 additional years IT experience

At least 1 year experience in performance test methodology: designing tests and execution scenarios

At least 1 year experience working with Load Runner or other performance testing toolELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act

Be 18 years of age or older

Willing to submit to a background investigation and drug test as part of the selection process

Willing to work out of an office in Visteon Village, Van Buren County, Wayne Township (near Ann Arbor / Detroit)

Please submit your application for employment through GEcareers.com to be considered

Additional Eligibility Qualifications
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.

Desired Characteristics

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Strong interpersonal skills; experience working in a matrixed team environment

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Performance problem isolation experience in one or more of the following areas: Web Servers – iPlanet, ApacheApplication Servers – Weblogic, WebsphereDatabase – Oracle, SQLServerOS – Sun Solaris, LinuxMiddleware – MQSeries

Working knowledge of Sitescope

Green Belt Certified (GE Employees only)

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