Performance Engineer

Performance Engineer

On behalf of our client in the Banking Sector, PROCOM is looking for a Performance Engineer.

Performance Engineer – Job Description

• Monitor service, productivity and assess efficiency levels within own function and implement continuous process / performance improvements where opportunities exist

• Actively seek continuous improvement and automation opportunities within the testing process

• Acquire and apply expertise in the quality engineering discipline, provide guidance, assistance and direction to others

• Identify, recommend and effectively execute standard practices applicable to the discipline

• Adhere to internal policies/procedures and applicable regulatory guidelines

• Keep abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts

• Collaboratively engage with relevant stakeholders at all levels, both internal and external, to shift from finding defects to proactively preventing defects

• Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite

• May lead work streams by acting as a project lead / subject matter expert for small scale projects / initiatives in accordance with project management methodologies

• Serve as a partner and provide ongoing support to the enterprise and/or business, aligning to bank's Testing Methodology and QE best-practices

• Analyze the end-to-end solution (business, solution requirements, architecture, blueprints, etc.) requirements to recommend pragmatic and sound test specific solutions for own area; may analyze, develop, debug, and maintain test suites (automated/ manual), traceability matrix; and log defects/assist in defect resolution, as required

Performance Engineer – Mandatory Skills

• Performance Engineering background

• Track record of leading successful large scale Infrastructure projects

• 6+ years of leading performance test engineering

• 5+ years of Performance Testing/Monitoring of Web Applications

• Candidates MUST be able to code with a programming language using standard software development practices like unit testing and iterative development

• Possess good knowledge of network and edge technologies

• Demonstrate excellent Linux fundamentals and a solid understanding of diagnosing system utilization

• Experience working with Agile methodologies

• Possess excellent documentation and communication skills, with the ability to influence others

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline for performance testing

• Experience with Performance test framework development and automation

• Experience working with large scale distributed systems & large data volumes

Performance Engineer - Nice to Have Skills

• Experience with some of the following technologies and services:

• Cloud-based Infrastructure as a Service (especially Azure)

• Container-based service schedulers (e.g., Docker, ECS, Kubernetes, etc.)

• MySQL, Java, Python

• Perf tools like JMeter, LoadRunner etc.

• Log management tools (Splunk)

• Monitoring systems (Prometheus, Dynatrace, Datadog)

Performance Engineer - Assignment Start Date

ASAP – 12 months to start

Performance Engineer - Assignment Location

Toronto, ON – Work Hybrid