Sr Software Engineer - (Performance Design)

Scope:

• Responsible for creating performance load testing scripts in JMeter, Gatling, Taurus, Blazemeter, Fitnesse and/or Selenium.
• Lead collaborative efforts across teams to improve customer success including critical problem analysis, identification of performance bottlenecks and establishing recommendations on the technical design, configuration, and performance best practices of the Blue Yonder solutions and databases in order to meet the customer’s business requirements.
• Provide technical leadership to manage and improve performance for our Blue Yonder products and SaaS delivered solutions including our new and emerging AI, ML and SaaS solutions. 

Current technical environment:

• Software: Java, J2EE, Springboot, Kubernetes, Kafka, Ignite, Elasticsearch, GIT, Rest API, Mulesoft, App Dynamics, Splunk
• Architecture: MS Azure, Microservices, Windows and Linux
• Database: Snowflake, SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure Data Lake, Oracle, MySQL, NOSQL

What you’ll do:

• Lead all aspects of performance design, tuning and optimization for the Blue Yonder Supply Chain and Executions solutions. This would include (but not limited to) the following
• Lead activities to design, develop and execute Performance Load Tests utilizing JMeter, Gatling, Taurus, Blazemeter, Groovy and Python to simulate workloads and measure throughput and response times of the Blue Yonder solutions.  Tools and experience similar to LoadRunner, Cycle, WebLOAD, Silk, BlazeMeter.
• Analyze the Technical and Solution Architecture and make recommendations in order to optimize system performance.
• Provide technical support to the implementation teams; this includes best practice design, environment setup and configuration.
• Utilize performance monitoring and profiling tools such as AppDynamics, Splunk, Sar, nmon, perfmon, wireshark, fiddler, YourKit, Explain Plans, SQL Server Management Studio, Oracle AWR Reports to detect, isolate, and resolve performance issues.
• Assist in analysis, redesign and recommendations to improve application code, database queries, scripts and integrations.
• Troubleshoot escalated production issues to assist the Consulting, Cloud and Support Teams in a timely manner.
• Act as the liaison to both product development and Consulting/Support/Cloud teams.
• Provide inputs to PMs / Client partners for developing project plans and ensure delivery consistent with the project estimates provided.

What we are looking for:

• Minimum of 4 years of technical hands-on experience with either the Blue Yonder products or comparable enterprise, supply chain or execution software solutions (Manhattan, SAP APO, Logility, Oracle Manufacturing).
• BS Degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Computer Engineering / Mathematics, or related fields (or equivalent work experience).
• Experience in performance testing or product benchmarking.  Knowledge of JMeter, Cycle, Load Runner, Gatling, Taurus, Blazemeter or other load testing simulation tools.
• Strong understanding of performance concepts including scalability, throughput, latency, resource utilization, multi-threading, and distributed architectures.
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving mindset.
• Quick learner, self-motivated and result oriented individual looking for a challenge and able to implement changes and make a positive impact.
• Knowledge of SaaS architectures (Azure preferred), server and VM fundamentals.
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems. Advance knowledge of – Python, Java, Perl, Korn shell and/or Windows bat/cmd files. 
• Basic knowledge of data integration, messaging and ingestion methods.
• Ability to resolve complex problems with little to no guidance.
• Ability to manage customer expectations regarding technical issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to learn new tools, techniques, and approaches to tuning and optimization.
• Must be able to manage your time well and work on multiple projects.
• Prefer profiles with previous SaaS experience and/or Supply Chain, Warehousing, Execution and/or ecommerce solutions.
• Responsible for creating performance load testing scripts in JMeter, Gatling, Taurus, Blazemeter, Fitnesse and/or Selenium

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