Load and Performance Engineer

Apex Systems is a staffing and consulting firm and we are looking for a Load and Performance Engineer with 3-10 years of performance testing in Load Runner/Jmeter, SQL/Java programming skills, and experience with Dynatrace to place at our client, a large North American bank.

Client: Big Five Bank

Contract: 1 year rolling contract

Location: Toronto, Downtown Core, 3 days/week onsite

Responsibilities:

• Works under the direction and with a Performance Lead
• Writes technical performance test plans
• Develops data driven load test scripts using Citrix Protocol
• Uses Load Runner (or JMeter) to design and execute load and performance tests
• Lead the data creation activities for the required load tests
• Designs and executes different types of load tests (load, failover, aging etc)
• Works closely with application development, architecture, infrastructure and production support groups for defect triage and production planning.
• Reports findings according to a defined process, such as sending an email.
• Participate in project/team meetings and actively contribute.

Key Qualifications:

• About 3-5 years of previous hands on experience as developer and/or performance architect
• An understanding of web protocols including HTTP, HTTP, Citrix etc.
• Any experience in any load management applications like LoanIQ (Finastra). If someone has development experience, that will be better.
• Must be well versed in using VUGen 9.5 or greater for advanced test script development beyond the built-in record and playback capabilities.
• Experience in Programming languages such as C, Java, SQL query development, Scripting, etc.
• Ability to use different monitoring/profiling tools (Dynatrace, CA Wily Introscope, AWR reports etc.) to monitor, gather, and report application performance on Windows or Linux machines
• Knowledge of Splunk to be able to do better load test analysis.
• Has an understanding of the distributed load test environments, and the application architecture
• Knowledge of performance bottlenecks and end-to-end performance web performance measures
• Strong analytical skills with a natural ability to research and resolve complex systems, applications and user issues
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to troubleshoot issues in the load and performance test environment
• Individual will provide performance testing capabilities for complex applications.
• He/she will work with stakeholders on a daily basis to design test cases, create performance test scripts and execute performance scenarios.