• Out of state candidates are welcome to apply as long as you are willing to relocate to sunny San Diego!  There are indeed worse places to relocate ! J
   
• Must be a US Citizen -OR- possess a Green Card -OR- have  an 'existing' H1-B Visa to be considered. Thank you.

Position Description / Responsibilities:

• Play a pivotal role in ensuring that our client's platform can scale to dramatic peaks.
• This position will provide technical leadership to a team of performance test engineers and work with a cross-functional team in testing high performance, architecturally sound, scalable systems that align with business needs.
• Partner with Engineering to understand performance risks in a distributed/SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) environment and design test scenarios for the same.
• Perform hands-on in all aspects of performance testing including writing test scripts and execution as well as do task-planning, scheduling and assignments amongst team members.
• Work with the Engineering Lead to understand project architecture and business requirements to devise a performance test strategy.
• Collaborate with the Engineering Lead to define the platform components to be performance tested and identify test scenarios for the same.
• Develop scalable, re-usable test scripts using HP LoadRunner HTTP and RTE protocol.
• Identify and articulate performance risks in the solution to project team.
• Work across IT to schedule all performance tests and manage all performance testing timelines.
• Work on continuously improving the efficiency of the performance lab environment, testing and result reporting process. Includes defining and prioritizing improvements and tools to improve testing efficiency.
• Provide technical leadership in identifying and rolling out new technologies/tools and methodologies for load testing and stress testing.
• Provide technical leadership in performance engineering and performance modeling concepts.

REQUIRED Technical Skills:

• 6+ years of industry experience with 2+ year experience in design and implementation of performance testing solutions in distributed software systems for an internet or e-commerce based company. The more experience the better.
• 4+ years of design and implementation of performance tests using HP Load Runner supporting a SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) based Microsoft .NET/C# and SQL Server platform and Warehouse Management Systems.
• Strong understanding and experience with HP LoadRunner performance test suite.
• Strong understanding of system performance characteristics, points of measurement and key indicators of large scale, heterogeneous distributed system environments.
• Knowledge of performance engineering concepts including but not limited to performance modeling and simulation methodologies and techniques.
• Knowledge of software development technologies including ASP.Net/C#, ASP/VBScript, XML, SQL, Java and OO concepts is preferred.
• BE/BTech/BS in Computer science or related field is preferred.

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