Description
Performance Architect - 6 month contract
My financial services client are looking for a number of Performance Architects on a contract basis. This is a Greenfield project that has been signed off for the next two years, and has the best contract rates on the market.
They are looking for the following skill set:
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
- At least 7 years of industry experience and 5+years Java/JavaEE development experience.
- Solid experience with performance engineering and certification of production level Java/JavaEE based multi-tiered applications. Designing, implementing, executing, and analysing software performance tests and benchmarks.
- Strong knowledge of the following environments and technologies:
Linux, Tomcat, OSB, REST and SOAP and WSDL-based Web Services. - Working knowledge of Oracle and SQL.
- Expert troubleshooting and reasoning skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills coupled with a proactive approach to work.
- Good attention to detail and an ability to work methodically whilst under pressure and working to strict deadlines.
DESIRABLES
- Ability to significantly contribute to performance engineering team scrums
- Background in architecting Java/JavaEE applications a plus.
- Experience with NoSQL (Redis, MongoDB) and Hadoop (Cascading) technologies
- Experience with Splunk and Apache Camel
- Experience in building performance management frameworks including code level instrumentation
- Experience in growing systems from medium to high transactional volume at low latency