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Position: Performance Architect

Location: Boston, MA

Job Description:

• Minimum of 7 years of related experience.

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in performance engineering (analysis, testing, and tuning).

• Minimum of 4 years of experience developing n-tier, J2EE software applications.

• Minimum of 4 years of experience working in Unix or Linux environments.

• Expertise in performance analysis of distributed platforms including Linux, Windows, AWS, Containers and VMware (tools: TeamQuest, OMi, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk).

• Substantial knowledge of the functionality and performance aspects of the above computing platforms.

• Experience in advanced statistical and analytical modeling.

• Excellent analytical skills including:o Data exploration, analysis and presentation utilizing descriptive statistics and graphical techniqueso Time series analysis and forecastingo Key Performance and Volume metrics relationship modeling

• Understanding of queuing networks modeling and simulation modeling concepts and experience with one of the industry standard analytic modeling tools – TeamQuest, Metron-Athenee, HyPerformix, and BMC.

• Expertise in load testing tools, such as JMeter, LoadRunner etc.

• Experience in scripting (Perl, Unix shell, Python, Terraform, Chef, Jenkins).

• Experience using JMS/IBM-MQ messaging system.

• Understanding of RESTful web service, JSON, and XML.

• Experience in Relational Databases, preferably Oracle.

• Experience working with AWS services (Kinesis, Elastic Beanstalk, Cloudwatch, Lambda, etc).

• Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementations, including testing, using Jenkins or similar tool.

• Expert MS Office skills. Effective use of Excel statistical functions and advanced Power Point presentation skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience working with Agile teams (preferably scrum).

• In-depth knowledge of the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC).

• Experience in the financial services industry.