Performance Test Engineer

Artech is the 10th Largest IT Staffing Company in the US, according to Staffing Industry Analysts' 2012 annual report. Artech provides technical expertise to fill gaps in clients' immediate skill-sets availability, deliver emerging technology skill-sets, refresh existing skill base, allow for flexibility in project planning and execution phases, and provide budgeting/financial flexibility by offering contingent labor as a variable cost.

Job Description:
Job Title: Performance Test Engineer
Location: Minneapolis MN, Des Moines, Atlanta GA and Charlotte NC
Duration: 12 plus months
Looking for W2 candidates
Required Skills

• Technical Experience (prefer 5 or more years' experience)
• Ability to troubleshoot/debug scripts
• Performance Testing
• Testing Tools (ALM PC 12, LoadRunner, VuGen 12 , Analysis 12)
• Programming Languages (C, C++, Java, Java Script, XML, JSON, .NET)
• DB skills (Oracle, MySQL)
• Multiple monitoring tools (App Dynamics, OpTier, Introscope, Splunk, Teleran)
• Multiple Protocols (SOAP, UI, Web HTTP/HTML, Web Services, Java Vuser, TruClient)
• MS Office (Outlook, Lync, LiveMeeting, Excel, Word, PPT, Visio)
• Development, execution, and maintenance of test scripts and scenarios; evaluation, analysis, and documentation of performance results.
• Effectively communicate performance results to application owners and management.
• Provide feedback and recommendations to project/development teams and management for capacity planning and production performance improvements
• create clear documentation for test plans, test strategies, data flows, step documents, scripts, and scenarios; research and planning for performance testing of applications that are new to SPLI testing
• Work with diverse teams/partners located across US and India
• Communication – written and oral
• Self-starter – assertive and highly motivated
• Work flexible hours during execution phase (nights/weekends)

Preferred Skills

• Large Financial institution experience

Responsibilities/Task

• Acts as a lead in providing application design guidance and consultation, utilizing a thorough understanding of applicable technology, tools, and existing designs
• Analyses highly complex business requirements, designs and writes technical specifications to design or redesign complex computer platforms and applications
• Provides coding direction to less experienced staff or develops highly complex original code
• Acts as an expert technical resource for modelling, simulation, and analysis efforts
• Verifies program logic by overseeing the preparation of test data, testing, and debugging of programs
• Oversees overall systems testing and the migration of platforms and applications to production
• Develops new documentation, departmental technical procedures, and user guides
• Leads projects, allocates and manages resources and manages the work of less experienced staff
• Assures quality, security and compliance requirements are met for supported area and oversees
• Creation of or updates to and testing of the business continuation plan
• Responsible for the creation, customization, development, programming and maintenance of performance test scripts and libraries using Client Performance Center testing tool
• Responsible for evaluation, analysis, and documentation of assigned performance testing
• Provide technical guidance of performance testing to application developers, architects, business partners and management

For more information, Please contact

Pavithra P

973 507 7535 

pavithra.p(at)artechinfo.com