PERFORMANCE ENGINEER
Location: Chicago, IL
Rate: $55 - $60/Hr C2C
Local candidates highly preferred (In person interview may be conducted... NO SKYPE).... Previous healthcare industry or past Blues experience is a plus.
THIS IS A PERFORMANCE ENGINEER POSITION. NOT A JAVA DEVELOPER.
This Performance Engineer will be part of a performance engineering team, working with other performance engineers with focus on server application performance. Work on multiple projects and help in performance tuning of software applications. Tasks will include design & architecture review, code review, performance analysis, performance test, load/stress test, documenting results and maintain the environment for performance testing. They will create, review, update and execute LoadRunner scripts as well as monitor OS, Application resources (WebSphere, MQ, Oracle, DB2). The PE Engineer will write and maintain tools in JAVA and J2EE (coding experience) to analyze and identify the inefficiencies in the application. Additionally they will deploy / installing J2EE applications on multiple platforms and make configuration changes using the WAS Admin console.
QUALIFICATIONS:
•Should be able to work on multiple projects and help in performance tuning of software applications.
•Experience writing tools in JAVA and J2EE (coding experience).
•Be very analytical to identify the inefficiencies in the application using performance tools like JProbe or any other tool.
•Experience deploying / installing J2EE applications on multiple platforms.
•Knowledgeable about making configuration changes using the WAS Admin console.
•Knowledgeable with monitoring tools like BMC Patrol
•Should be familiar with Operating System, networking, SDLC concepts.
•Experience with Loadrunner supported protocols (HTTP/HTML, Web Services, Citrix, Flex, AMF, TCP/IP, SQL)
•Languages: Java2, UML Methodology, SQL, HTML, XML
•Web Development: J2EE Suites, AWT, Struts, Spring, Hibernate and JavaBeans, VB Script, JSF
•DB: DB2, Oracle, MS SQL Server, TOAD
•OS: Unix (Sun Solaris, HP, AIX), Linux, Windows 2000/XP/NT
•Middleware: MQSeries , JMS, SOAP, LifeRay
•OO Tools: Rational Rose
• IDE: RAD, WSAD , Eclipse, JBuilder , JDeveloper
• Version Control: PVCS 6.0, Clear Case, Documentum
• Web/App Servers: WebSphere, JBoss, Apache, Tomcat, iPlanet
• Other tools: Ant, Junit , Log4j , Rational Clear Quest, Rational Test Manager, Rational Requisite
