Systems Engineer (performance Engineering)

Job Description

Title: Systems Engineer (Performance Engineering)

Duties: The Systems Engineer (Performance Engineering) is responsible for creating and implementing performance test plans to evaluate system operations and detect performance bottlenecks.

You will analyze CPU usage, memory usage, and other performance metrics of underlying infrastructure.

This Systems Engineer will collaborate across teams to determine appropriate performance SLAs.

You will identify performance and process improvement areas; determine appropriate tests and monitoring strategies for applications; and analyze performance by measuring the relationship between end-to-end performance, user behavior, and business goals to maximize the business ROI and increase efficiency.

You will be responsible for conducting chaos testing and designing test scenarios to replicate production issues in lower/performance testing environments.

This Systems Engineer will define and follow resilience and reliability best practices as well as develop a Performance Test Strategy, script & execute Performance Tests, perform root cause analysis, and provide mitigation.

You will plan and manage deliverables for capacity planning and performance diagnostics, architecture design, tuning, and monitoring; conduct system security, performance, and stress testing; analyze test results; and recommend action plans.

You will also perform web and mobile application penetration testing as well as network penetration testing (external & internal), including vulnerabilities, documenting technical issues identified during security assessments.

Other responsibilities include mentoring junior team members and providing technical assistance to improve system performance, capacity, reliability, and scalability.

Requirements: Must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Science, or related and 5 years of performance engineering experience, including:


* Performance testing for web applications and middleware systems
+ Chaos engineering and testing
o Infrastructure management in on-premises and cloud environments
o LoadRunner, JMeter, and BlazeMeter
o Python, code profiling, and observability tools
o Data mining, Splunk and Dynatrace
o CPU utilization, JVM tuning, memory analysis, thread management, query performance optimization
o UNIX, Linux, Windows, Java, MS SQL, C, C++, Python, ATG, QT4, Oracle, Excel macros, APIGEE, PingIdentity, Kafka, TCP/IP, and LAN monitoring

About Autozone

Since opening our first store in 1979, AutoZone has grown into a leading retailer and distributor of automotive parts and accessories across the Americas.

Our customer-first mindset and commitment to Going the Extra Mile define who we are, for both our customers and AutoZoners.

Working at AutoZone means being part of a team that values dedication, teamwork, and growth.

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