Description
Description:
Organization is looking for a candidate with strong performance testing and automation background. This position offers opportunities for project control oriented, independent-minded technology enthusiasts who want to exercise technical expertise in IT and telecommunications broadband network technologies. Needs to understand customer video operations and devise load and stress strategies to ensure product meets customer performance and sizing requirements.
Specific scope of responsibilities includes but not limited to:
Designing test strategies to measure system performance against sizing requirements and to expose system bottlenecks Write, automate, and execute performance/scaling test cases Analyzing potential performance bottlenecks Stage simulated production data and prepare the performance lab environment for testing. Writing tools to simulate Load traffic models and any monitoring tools as needed. Trouble shoot the system for performance testing failures and effectively communicate and resolve and test with Core Product Engineering Teams
Required Experience and Skills: 3 years relevant work experience. Good Scripting skills in at least one common language (Python, Perl, Shell). Highly proficient in a Unix/Linux environment Experience testing Java web applications and associated technologies ( XML, HTML, HTTP/S and Web Services/SOAP protocol)
Preferred Experience and Skills: Strong exposure to performance testing concepts and end-to-end performance web performance measures (server response time, throughput, network latency, etc.) Strong analytical test design/test planning and technical troubleshooting skills, especially in the areas of load and performance testing. Experience with configuring and executing load tests with Tsung load tool Experience with IBM WebSphere WAS and WPS Programming skills in Java and/or Erlang Software design experience. Experience with relational database systems (especially Oracle) Experience in designing and executing system performance tests and in working with sizing models to predict whether a system will meet the expected load.
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Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
