Performance Test Engineer- Senior Level - USC OR GC

Company Description

USM Business Systems Inc. is a quickly developing worldwide System Integrator, Software and Product Development, IT Outsourcing and Technology assistance supplier headquartered in Chantilly, VA with off-shore delivery centers in India. We offer world-class ability in giving most astounding quality and administrations through industry best practices planned to convey remarkable worth to our customers.

Utilizing our industry knowledge, administration service offering expertise and innovation abilities, we distinguish new business and innovation slants and create answers for help customers around the globe, giving top of the line solid and practical IT benefits which are cost effective services.

Established in 1999, the organization has corner qualities in building and dealing with a Business Oriented IT environment with rich involvement in technology innovation, ERP and CRM counselling, Product Engineering, Business Intelligence, Data Management, SOA, BPM, Data Warehousing, SharePoint Consulting and IT Infrastructure. Our other offerings include modified solutions and administrations in ERP, CRM, Enterprise architecture, offshore advisory services ,e-commerce, Social , Mobile, Cloud, Analytics (SMAC) and DevOps.

USM, a US ensured Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) is perceived as one of the fastest developing IT Systems Integrator in the Washington, DC zone. Most as of late, USM was positioned #9 on the rundown of the Top administrations organizations in the DC Metro Area – Washington Business Journal (2011). We are a project-driven firm that reliably meets the IT needs of our State and Government customers through development and business keenness.

Job Description

Position: Performance Test Engineer- Senior Level

Location: Greenbelt, MD

Contract Length: 6 month contract to hire

Required Years of EXP: 10 years

Locals to VA/MD/DC – Face to Face must

This does require candidates to get a Public Trust so requires them to have a GC or US Citizenship.

Description

• Is an expert at measuring, analyzing, and optimizing the performance and scalability of web and mobile applications. You will work with architects and developers on large-scale, enterprise-level performance test projects.
• Has tested systems in cloud, on-prem and hybrid environments
• Understands web application and browser concepts (HTTP, connections, cookies, caching, streaming, etc.)
• Knows how to analyze performance requirements, translate into detailed test cases, and create your own test scripts
• Can handle test data in various formats (JSON, XML, CSV, etc.) and you understand data storage, encoding, encryption, data transformation, and related concepts
• Knows how to parameterize your scripts for load, spike, stress, and soak tests.
• Familiar with APM tools and can explain what metrics they provide and what they mean
• Works well independently and as part of a team
• Is a creative and persistent problem solver

Required Skills Must have:

• Hands-on experience using performance test tools to develop scripts, monitor application/database/machine level performance, analyze performance metrics, troubleshoot errors/failures/bottlenecks, and prepare performance test dashboards and reports
• At least 5 years of experience in Java/C development or other software development experience
• Deep knowledge of how web applications work over HTTP protocol.

· Minimum 5 years of experience using automated test tools for Functional and/or Performance, Stability, Scalability, and Reliability testing using LoadRunner, WebTest, JMeter, Watir, Fit, FitNesse, Ruby or others

· Minimum 5 years of object oriented programming experience, with C#, Java, Ruby, or C

· Minimum 5 years SQL experience and an ability to write intermediate to complex SQL code

· Experience on any performance testing tool (HP Performance Center, JMeter, VSTS, etc.)

· Hands-on experience with performance monitoring tools New Relic APM, App Dynamics, Compuware APM (Dynatrace)

· Experience with diagnostics tools to identify root cause like HP diagnostics

· Hands-on experience performance testing mobile (iOS/Android) applications

· Experience in both Windows and UNIX environments

· Strong written, oral, and presentation skills

· Excellent communication and customer facing skills

Technologies and Tools:

• HP LoadRunner, HP UFT, JMeter, Perfecto Mobile, AppDynamics; Proficient with Java and/or C# and a scripting language

Experience:

• Seeking ten (10) years of experience performing software development activities, with a Bachelor’s Degree, or eight (8) years of experience with a Master’s Degree

Additional Information

If you are interested in above position, please share your updated resume to gmahesh(at)usmsystems(dot)com or can directly call me on 703-880-4184.