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Performance Tester

SkillStorm is seeking a Performance Tester for our client in Charlotte, NC OR Richardson, TX OR Jersey City, NJ. Candidates must be able to work on SkillStorm's W2; not a C2C position. EOE, including disability/vets.

Job Description:

• Expert communication skills o Ability to lead performance efforts – project analysis, resource assignments
• Participate in performance test requirements and make sure others on task (ScrumMaster/Product Manager & Owner)
• Ability and experience in managing a team of PT Testers
• Prior Performance Execution experience
• Lead Performance defect triage meetings and orient towards solution
• Ability to mobilize others in team and out for root cause analysis of issues and performance bottlenecks
• Test Plan Review and Guidance
• Performance Test plan/test strategy, results Review and Guidance
• Very proficient knowledge of specific Technology in LOB space

Required Skills:

• LoadRunner (VuGen) scripting experience at medium to high level of expertise
• Understanding of basic performance metrics: TPS, RT, Memory, GC, CPU. IO, etc
• Strong monitoring experience (AppDynamics)
• Proficient in the following tools; AppDynamics LoadRunner/Performance Center Splunk
• Manage in agile environment leading to solutions with little supervision

Desired Skills:

• Previous Development Experience Desired
• The candidate(s) must possess exceptional written and verbal communication skills; and be able to demonstrate those skills to a varying level of internal & external resources, to include senior leadership.
• The candidate should be self-motivated and be able to detect a major concern that should be escalated to management for resolution.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical personnel.
• Ability to work or lead a technical team from diversified geography and culture to complete strategic planning, mission-critical design and development work.
• Strong results-oriented awareness, with an optimistic and enterprising attitude.
• Experience in diagnosing complex technical issues.
• JMeter experience o Leverage profiling tools (i.e. dynaTrace & AppDynamics) to analyze and define performance characteristics of an application, recommend enhancements, and trouble shoot bottlenecks.
• Performance trouble shooting (heap dump & thread dump analysis)

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