Kforce has a client in Cincinnati, OH that is seeking a Level 3 Performance Engineer to join their team on a 12-month contract to hire basis. Local candidates are required. This person will mostly be working from home initially but could have days in the office required.
Responsibilities:
Dive deeply into SW/HW systems to solve for performance issues and make architectural, design and coding recommendations where needed
Conduct Architectural & Technical reviews during software development life cycle and to identify potential bottlenecks and provide suggestions for performance improvements
Collaborating with development leads and project team to review and refine application NFRs, SLAs, & KPIs to create acceptance criteria and performance budgets necessary to measure, validate, and improve performance
Collaborating with developers to promote the concept of performance engineering during all phases of the SDLC to detect and correct performance issues earlier in the lifecycle
Monitoring application performance during performance tests or production usage using APM and other monitoring tools to isolate the fault domain, dive deep into application code, and identify root cause of performance issues
Profiling application performance from end-user perspective to inventory performance concerns and suggest tuning opportunities across the application stack
Performing deep dive JVM analysis examining garbage collection logs, heap dumps, and thread dumps as needed
Documenting performance findings and recommendations
Interacting with project teams, development, operations, and infrastructure resources to recommend solutions to remediate performance issues
Participating in re-architecture, redesign, and refactoring decisions to satisfy performance requirements
Developing dashboards and reports to provide ongoing visibility into the performance of client applications
Contributing learnings and experiences to the company's performance CoE
REQUIREMENTS:
Strong leadership in developing the performance test plans and executing them with excellence, leading and representing the performance test team in meetings, comfortable working with cross functional IT teams and leadership team
To be considered for this position, candidates must have experience in a similar role, or they must possess significant knowledge, experience, and abilities to successfully perform the responsibilities listed
Relevant education and/or training will be considered a plus
The Performance Engineering practice is focused on optimizing the performance and scalability of enterprise applications through the combination of:
Testing: Analyzing, planning and executing production-like simulations across mobile and web solutions to identify & remediate performance problems, prevent production outages, and guarantee predictable performance
Diagnostics & Monitoring: Instrumenting the complete application architecture to provide real user and system performance data to provide insight into the root cause of all application bottlenecks, enable real time visibility to reduce risk exposure
Performance Analytics: Measuring the relationship between end-to-end performance, user behavior, and business goals to maximize the business ROI, improve business KPIs, and increase efficiency
Business Optimization: Empowering technology/business stake holders with contextual intelligence to visualize, quantify and maximize the business value of performance to improve the quality & performance of the business, increase customer satisfaction, and protect the company's reputation
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless
and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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